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Metrolinx opened a public contest on November 3 to name two tunnel boring machines that will dig the Yonge North Subway Extension, a 6.3-kilometre line from York Region to Finch Station. Ontario residents aged 18 and older can submit names until November 14, 2026.
A Canada Pulse Insights poll conducted for CityNews between September 14 and 25, 2026 found that 68 per cent of Toronto residents and 62 per cent of GTA residents want more speed cameras on roads. The poll was released November 4. City data shows speeding on Parkside Drive rose 200 per cent after Ontario banned municipal speed cameras in November 2025.
Leora Smith, a lawyer with the Community Justice Collective, says Toronto Police placed unconstitutional conditions on four people arrested at bike lane protests on Bloor Street West. TPS says the charges are for obstruction, not protest. A larger protest is planned at University Avenue.
The province says it has finished removing 1.2 kilometres of protected cycling infrastructure between Clissold Road and Royal York Road, the first completed bike lane removal under the Ford government's program.