Waterfront Toronto advisory panel still has concerns about Sidewalk Labs’ data collection, new report says; Toronto eyes tax on vacant stores to discourage speculators from sitting on empty properties; Remember when Toronto was festering with garbage in 2009 during the city workers’ strike?; and more news:

Waterfront Toronto advisory panel still has concerns about Sidewalk Labs’ data collection, new report says (Toronto Star)

LORINC: Burning down the (laneway) house (Spacing Toronto)

GO Rail eastern expansion could be boon to Whitby train users (Toronto Star)

Toronto eyes tax on vacant stores to discourage speculators from sitting on empty properties (Globe and Mail)

Remember when Toronto was festering with garbage in 2009 during the city workers’ strike? Share your memories (Toronto Star)

“We don’t have a mortgage, which is mind-blowing”: Why an engineer and a media advisor left Toronto for Kingston (Toronto Life)

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