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Pat Taney

Reporter · CA

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  1. Article · Sep 7, 2026 · By Pat Taney

    Busy Toronto roadway gets much needed repairs; road crews also repaired other city streets this summer (opens the original)

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    Last March, several drivers reached out to Speakers Corner asking us to visit what they argued was the worst street in the city when it came to potholes. Deep craters dotted a long portion of Unwin Avenue, which runs from Cherry Beach to Tommy Thompson Park. The roadway, and pavement had been eroded entirely, which left several vehicles with costly repair bills. “As you can see now, we couldn’t be happier,” said Jason Singh, one of the several people who asked us to look into the problems there

  2. Article · Sep 2, 2026 · By Pat Taney

    Investors calling for police to investigate Toronto area financial planner (opens the original)

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    Local investors are increasing their calls to investigate a Toronto area financial planner they allege has failed to back investment loans he personally guaranteed. CityNews last reported on Toronto financial planner Serguei Totrov in a Speakers Corner piece in July, when he said investors who worked with him would start seeing long overdue interest payments by August. “But nothing happened yet,” said Margarita Nelyubova, the latest investor to come forward. She says she and her husband invested

  3. Article · Aug 31, 2026 · By Pat Taney

    Runners demand answers and refunds after signing up for a Toronto road race that never happened (opens the original)

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    It was advertised as being a one-of-a-kind event for runners promising to light up Toronto’s night sky. Instead, the GloToronto 5K, 10K and half marathon has left several runners who signed up demanding answers and refunds. Benjamin Khadem signed up for the race back in January when he was looking to expand his running goals. “Last year I did a 10k and it was really fun, so this year I said lets up the ante and do a half marathon,” he said. He came across the GloToronto website online which had

  4. Article · Aug 26, 2026 · By Pat Taney

    Man who served jail time for $30K in unpaid fines owes money, city says (opens the original)

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    A Toronto man who now lives in Alberta reached out to Speakers Corner after old fines he thought were a thing of the past — and resolved after serving jail time — have come back to haunt him. His story begins at Sankofa Square — then Yonge Dundas Square — back in the mid-1990s, which was a hot spot for various tableside vendors selling all sorts of goods. Halpin Hild ran one of those tables, admittedly without a permit. “I was just trying to make a living. We were selling imitation Oakley [sungl

  5. Article · Aug 17, 2026 · By Pat Taney

    Parents frustrated with long wait times for Ontario autism program (opens the original)

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    A Vaughan mother is frustrated after waiting years to access the provincial autism program, with no clear end in sight. Amy Jones says her six-year-old son Elijah has autism and speech apraxia. “[It] is a neurological problem – it makes his brain and mouth not connect together,” she explains. Elijah’s doctors say he needs speech therapy as soon as possible, but he has been unable to access the Ontario government program designed to help pay for that therapy – the Ontario Autism Program (OAP). “T

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