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As COVID-19 cases dwindle and vaccination numbers climb, businesses are slowly but surely preparing to see their offices become a hive of activity again.But in the usually bustling downtown core of Toronto, just how many workers will be returning to the office towers 鈥?and how best to keep them safe 鈥?is still an open question.According to a new study from the Toronto Region Board of Trade looking at five different business districts across the Greater Toronto Area,
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stanley cup UES BELOW Luring workers back to their office towers after a year of working from home, and bringing back tourists and business travellers, are vital to ensuring a strong rebound, according to the reports author. People need to be able to feel safe, said Marcy Burchfield, vice-president of the boards Economic Blueprint Institute, who wrote the report, entitled From Crisis to Opportunity, to be released Wednesday. ARTICLE CONTINUES BELOW Roughly 550,000 workers per day would come into the downtown core per day pre-COVID, Burchfield said. With office towers 鈥?and the businesses that cater to them 鈥?largely empty for the better part of the year, that daily flow has slowed to a trickle. Its the area which has been the hardest hit, Burchfield said. Meanwhile,
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This article is part of a week-long series examining how gun violence and gangs impact neighbourhoods across the GTA.Tyrone Thomas was聽just trying to get home.He had driven a friend home after an evening service at his Pickering church on Nov. 25, 2018. ARTICLE CONTINUES BELOW On the Ajax stree
stanley cup t, he noticed someone pointing something at him. My next memory was waking up a month later. It was after Christmas, he recalls.聽 ARTICLE CONTINUES BELOW When he woke, he learned it was a gun that had been pointed at him. My car was hit 14 times. I was hit 10 times, says Thomas. ARTICLE CONTINUES BELOW
stanley cup When he first regained consciousness in the hospital, Thomas couldnt walk. For three weeks he couldnt speak. ARTICLE CONTINUES BELOW Thomas is not involved with a gang. Police said at the time he may be a victim of mistaken identity in a targeted shooting. He still doesnt know the stranger who shot at him and stole a month of his life. To date, there has been no arrest in his shooting.
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