New traffic layout at Portland and Wellington winning over pedestrians and cyclists
Two months after the City of Toronto overhauled the Portland Street and Wellington Street intersection to fix what many considered a long‑standing traffic mess, early data suggests the redesign is already paying off — especially for pedestrians and cyclists.
What was once a chaotic, honking‑heavy bottleneck has become noticeably calmer, residents tell CityNews, following a series of changes introduced in early June aimed at reducing cut‑through driving and improving safety.
“It’s a thousand times better,” one resident told CityNews. “It’
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Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls (MMIWG) have been an issue in Canada for decades, and one that went ignored for far too long. Going back to the late 1960s, women and girls were taken especially along a stretch of road in British Columbia known as The Highway of Tears. But now, there is a new highway of tears. By tracking sex ads posted online, a team from Thompson Reuters was able to follow the routes traffickers used to move their victims from one end of
Man seriously injured after being struck by vehicle at Queen and Portland
A man was rushed to hospital with serious injuries after being struck by a vehicle in downtown Toronto early Wednesday morning.
Toronto paramedics tell CityNews they were called to the Queen Street West and Portland Street area just before 5:30 a.m. for reports of a pedestrian struck. Crews treated a male at the scene before transporting him to hospital with serious injuries.
Police say the driver remained at the scene.
According to Toronto’s traffic operations, all westbound lanes of Queen Street West at Augusta Avenue were blocked