TORONTO The Toronto District School Board has launched a $90 million lawsuit against the city, the province and the Toronto Police Services Board, alleging that a massive fire that gutted a high school two years ago was the result of negligence. It was May 7, 2019 nearly two years ago to the day when a six-alarm fire tore through York Memorial Collegiate Institute at Eglinton Avenue West and Keele Street. Firefighters were first called the building shortly after 2 p.m. on May 6 after a fire broke out in the hallway space behind the main stage area of a second-floor auditorium. The building was evacuated and firefighters attacked the fire inside the auditorium.
City manager lashes out at TDSB over baseless and irresponsible allegations in $90M lawsuit
by Lucas Casaletto, John Chidley-Hill of The Canadian Press
Posted May 6, 2021 5:28 pm EDT
Crews battle a fire at York Memorial Collegiate Institute on May 7, 2019. CITYNEWS/Mehrdad Nazarahari
Toronto’s City Manager isn’t holding back as the back-and-forth between officials and the Toronto District School Board continued Thursday; a day after the TDSB
Among the damning claims made by the TDSB, they allege negligence allowed a small blaze to erupt into a much larger one
Legal documents filed on Wednesday show the board is seeking $90 million in damages in connection with the fire at the historic school.
Published Wednesday, May 5, 2021 4:36PM EDT The Toronto District School Board has launched a $90 million lawsuit against the city, the province and the Toronto Police Services Board, alleging that a massive fire that gutted a high school two years ago was the result of negligence. It was May 7, 2019 nearly two years ago to the day when a six-alarm fire tore through York Memorial Collegiate Institute at Eglinton Avenue West and Keele Street. Firefighters were first called the building shortly after 2 p.m. on May 6 after a fire broke out in the hallway space behind the main stage area of a second-floor auditorium.
TDSB to review school names with a focus on diversity
by News Staff
Posted Apr 28, 2021 12:28 pm EDT
School children play in the yard of Adam Beck public school in Toronto on Tuesday, April 6, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Frank Gunn
The Toronto District School Board (TDSB) is going to conduct a city-wide review of school names in a move is to better reflect the diversity of the city.
The TDSB is putting together a special group to carry out the review with the goal of having a plan together by the end of June.
The group will include students, parents, teachers, and members of the community as well as people involved in anti-racism work.