Mahdis Habibinia

A motion at council next weeks wants a referendum on the island airport expansion in the October municipal election.

Hearings to decide on a union drive by political staff at Toronto city hall is finally expected to start Friday.

This week’s council meeting is the first since the election period officially kicked off with finger-pointing and ethics accusations.

Coun. Chris Moise hired prominent municipal law expert John Mascarin to help him through the investigation.

The motion aimed to ask the province to add a referendum on the $5-billion Billy Bishop expansion to the Oct. 26 municipal ballot.

This week’s council meeting was the first since the election period officially kicked off with finger-pointing and ethics accusations.

For some of the staff who make Toronto’s elected offices run behind the scenes, the union drive is about breaking free from what they describe as ill treatment at jobs they otherwise enjoy.

The confirmation Olivia Chow will seek a second term as mayor of Toronto ends months of speculation.

Mayor Olivia Chow said "everyone deserves a safe workplace" in response to allegations of workplace abuse the Star revealed this week.

Kids at Orde school will move to Heydon Park, which serves special-needs girls, due to tower construction, but unclear where Heydon Park kids will go.