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a threat that's compared to 45% to believe that israel should press on until hamas releases the remaining hostages and agrees to acceptable ceasefire conditions. John wright, the executive president of maru joins us live with more on the findings. About historical those of us who >> Are old enough and I'm 67 this year, you know, recall a lot of my friends whose parents weren't home cost camps and who were part of the birth of israel as a state. Lot of the younger people haven't had that connection to the holocaust. You may have heard people in their school talking about it or or or had some kind of a and involvement with people in their neighbourhoods, maybe, but it's seen as something that happened a long time ago. The palestinian issue is something which has been forefront during their lives. And the survey of 1500 voice canada online panelists is considered accurate than 2.5% >> 19 times out of 20. It is 2.20 feeling like 35 outside much. Charles. Breaking news, cp24. We'll have a check of the roads. We come back. Hello! Now that I am in Yorkville... I am the Class-man. Louis Vuitton, Cartier, Tiffany, Rolex... You name it we've got it! Look rich, stay rich! 88 Yorkville baby. Ooh Yeaaahhh!!! Look rich, stay rich! 88 Yorkville baby. Ooh Yeaaahhh!!! Most Canadians with Mesothelioma were exposed to the Asbestos fibers at work. Asbestos manufacturers knew that their products caused cancer. Miskin Law is dedicated to helping Canadians obtain compensation for Mesothelioma claims. Call Miskin Law today! Menopause can change your hair. I have thinning happening here, which I noticed when I was taking a selfie. Using our thickening treatment fights breakage for fuller looking hair. I feel good. So I want products that are made for where I'm at. Hair Biology. Hi, Toronto! I'm Teddy Wilson. And I'm Nicole Servinis. Welcome to Things to Know t.o.. Teddy: Each week, this show shines a spotlight on a wide variety of local businesses, services, events and initiatives from across the Greater Toronto Area. Nicole: These companies are a part of what makes Toronto one of the world's most vibrant cities and a great place to live, work and play. Teddy: Join us every week on Saturday mornings for Things to Know t.o.. Nicole: And don't forget to visit our website, ThingsToKnowTO.ca, to check out all of our great content. Hello! Now that I am in Yorkville... I am the Class-man. Louis Vuitton, Cartier, Tiffany, Rolex... You name it we've got it! Look rich, stay rich! 88 Yorkville baby. Ooh Yeaaahhh!!! Look rich, stay rich! 88 Yorkville baby. Ooh Yeaaahhh!!! Tonight at 6 a promising new purpose Developed over 60 years ago for a common medication They would start making new cells giving new hope for those with m-s tonight on ctv news at 6:00 Closed captioning of this cp24 program is brought to you by Bloom Retirement Communities. Now open in Oshawa, Stouffville, Lindsay and soon London. BloomRetirement.ca. (Dynamic music) >> Well, another problem dad to the already very slow drive. If you're headed through ville brand new issues. It's a collision on the qew niagara bound on the approach to door of alpine, the right lane and shoulder block to the collision. Do this way, at least oakville getting very, very dark. So looks like rain is about to fall. So you make your way through here, driving a bit of extra care traffic severely backed up from ford drive, still seeing mainly sunny skies above the 401 through mississauga. And that's where you are running into problems eastbound 401 in the express just through the 4.10 for 3. It's a stalled vehicle in the right lane and shoulder in this collision continues eastbound 4, 1, in the express approaching keel for the right lane shoulder blocked with that crash stalled vehicle eastbound ford express east of avenue road. It's in the right lane and again, getting a bit of good news, sunny skies and the slow drive is about to end on the northbound dvp grass going crews have left the highway on the approach york mills that were blocking the right lane. Still a delay don mills outside of camera we still are dealing with problems on the eastbound lanes of the 407 woodbine, 2 right lanes blocked with the collision and also a serious collision out to cambridge in the west 4, 1, at highway. 24 only a single lane is getting by. I'll send it back to fill. >> The cp24 traffic report is brought to you by capitaldirect.ca >> Thank you, well, a new installation aimed at tackling hate was unveiled at city hall. The collaborative piece titled brush strokes of unity, fostering civility in the city. He's from the grassroots moving called enough t the many people involved creating it are different faiths, ethnicities and backgrounds. They say they hope everyone who's sees it will be reminded that it's toronto's inclusivity, respect and empathy that make it >> We realize that a lot of people need to express what's been going on in the city and feeling really stuck by it. And art creative expression is

one of the best ways to do so we came together and with just garlicky, who's the artist who has sort of inspired a lot of it is decided to bring together many people and come with a brush stroke and put together their feelings about how they felt about the city, claiming some of the values that we really those civility and tolerance and just respect towards our neighbour. And it really came together so beautifully. >> We wanted to make sure that a lot of different hands were in the pot, so that it represents exactly what we hoped for. >> Which is a united united city coming together as one and each stroke represents that in terms of colour in 5. >> The rps will be on display in the rotunda at city hall throughout the summer. And after that, it will elsewhere travelling to different communities and educational institutions. Rodeo frontman jim cuddy is releasing his 6 solo album next month and embarking on a cross canada tour. He was on cp24 breakfast today to talk about his creative process and is pretty busy schedule. >> I think the people closest to me, my family or maybe a little bored of the, the debuts and so it's a it's kind of amazing too, you know, once song becomes a song, the best part. Usually alone. It is the band or something. And then as it becomes something bigger, it's the whole thing's a thrill, you know, just in that and then forget about what it's like to then release a record and then have the world or we're part of the world here. >> The rodeo and the life band are hosting a celebration of the late gordon lightfoot at massey hall tomorrow night. The concert will feature some of the biggest names canadian music, including serena ryder city and colour. Kathleen edwards and julian taylor. 2:26 35 degrees. It feels like outside. You're watching toronto's breaking news cp24. We come back. Food banks, canada getting most provinces and territories, poor marks when it comes to addressing poverty and food security. More on this coming up. (Mellow music) 99.9 Virgin Radio wants to help pay your way. Listen to Daryn and Deepa mornings on Virgin Radio for your chance to win $10,000 every week. Virgin Radio pays your way. Leon's Spring it on event ends Wednesday! Get incredible deals on furniture. Save up to 50% on select clearance mattresses. Save up to $1,000 on select Appliance and tv packages. Last chance to spring into savings. Have you lost your job? Don't sign any agreement until you call Kornblum Law at 905-lost-job Call today and book a free consultation. Don't sign anything until you're sure the offer is fair Kornblum Law will review your case for free and we don't get paid unless you get paid more than originally offered. Kornblum Law with convenient locations across Ontario Call 905-lost-job or visit lostjob.ca Is it time to renew your mortgage? Struggling with credit card debt? Owe money to the cra? Have difficulty paying your mortgage? Or need cash for any reason? Northwood Mortgage can help. Northwood is more flexible and has access to better rates than the banks. Approval is based on equity in your home and not just your income. And Northwood provides fast closing turnaround with a payment plan that suits your budget. For an easy home equity loan visit NorthwoodMortgage.com We're working harder for you Huge jackpots are back at Delta Bingo Online, with even more chances to win! With 20 thousand dollars in prizes starting April 20th, and one-hundred-thousand dollars in prizes on May 25th, Saturdays are for yelling bingo. Play at Online.DeltaBingo.com Kevin and Sarah have one of the world's largest collections of souvenir plates. [crash] They also have a teenager, so they got their plates insured. But they don't have life insurance. Kevin's worried his diabetes will make it hard to qualify, and Sarah does not like medical exams. So we got them some new plates to tell them about Canada Protection Plan. Canada Protection Plan has solutions for both the healthy and hard to insure. With no needles or medical exams required on most plans. You'll get great coverage at a price you'll love and there are no payments in your first month. Anybody between 18 and 80 can apply and there are great member benefits including rewards for active living and giving back. As part of the Foresters family, your coverage is backed by our excellent financial strength. Contact your advisor or call now to get a no-obligation quote in minutes. Canada Protection Plan. Protecting what matters most... you. [crash] Our Enercare technicians are experts at heating and cooling. Water heating and water purification. We can help you with a range

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much for this near. Welcome to 34 29 degrees. Let's get an early look at roads afternoon with traffic specialist adwoa nsiah-yeboah. Nice to see you. Adwoa good is this a ceiling? And you know, we are dealing with a little bit of light rain. It's arrived and the 401. >> Problems through the rain. Now this is a 4, 1, eastbound on the approach to keele crews just trying to clear a collision. Looks like most of the vehicles are bonds just a matter of time before this clears. But definitely impacting the drive. And it's very slow because of the rain and this problem from the 427. Further east on the 401 rain now coming down is heavily just a little bit of light rain as you head eastbound for one just east of avenue. This is a stalled vehicle that's blocking the right lane and shoulder. Still rain-free on the qew as you head niagara bound heads up for a collision, blocking that right lane as well as the right shoulder and a jammed up. But rain-free drive on the westbound gardiner exiting the downtown core from cherry to dufferin outside of camera view on the eastbound lanes of the 4 of 7 woodbine ongoing collision cleanup in the 2 right lanes. And a reminder on city streets, queen reduced to a single lane between woodbine kenilworth. I'll send it back to right? Angela, thanks so much. City council is meeting this week and major funding gaps will be the main talking point. This is a live look of council chambers >> Toronto is facing billions of dollars in funding shortfalls and infrastructure, transit, parks and libraries. Councillors are hoping the other levels of government will help find a solution to the money troubles plaguing the city. And mayor olivia chow broke down some of the very urgent and expensive issues to address. >> If you look at subway one very, very important example. And it's not as reliable as want it to be. Because this is a 2.5 billion dollar in t c capital back out. You've probably heard me say this before. We need new subway cars online, too. And we need it yesterday. So once again, we're hoping that the federal put joiing to prevent show and city government so that we could put the order so that we can make the service more reliable. >> We need a new deal for city of toronto. Municipalities across all the country are asking for a new deal in canada right now. Municipalities receive $0.10 of every tax dollar collected. It's not sustainable and it's not fair because we maintain 60% of the infrastructure. >> And councillors will also discuss a motion by brad bradford and jon burnside that would accelerate construction of the gardiner by allowing work to go on 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. They say that could shave a year off the timeline and saved the city. A lot of money. That motion expected to be tabled tomorrow. >> Everybody understands the challenges in congestion here in the city of toronto. Costs are economy, 11 billion dollars annually in loss of productivity and perhaps even more important is it's really having an impact on people's quality of life. I see it in facebook groups, people stop talk to me on the street. They're losing hours of their day to congestion in the city and none of that's coordinated. The idea that we're going to tie up a major artery like the gardiner for 3 plus years with no end in sight. That's unacceptable to the past 7 weeks have been horrendous for people. So my motion in front of council at this meeting is to do everything we can to expedite that construction. That includes 24/7 working around the clock to get it done faster. >> It was in the in this work. They've already agreed to do the upload. The agreed to take over the 500 million dollars in signed contracts. I have no idea why we're doing the work. But since we are doing the work, we've got to get it done as quickly as possible. 24/7 noise exemptions. That's the route to go. >> And a special tribute at city hall today for jaye robinson, who died last week after a long battle with cancer. >> Science to and >> A moment of silence was held in memory of a long time. Don valley, west councillor, flowers and a framed photo were placed on her spot in the chamber and her husband and 3 sons were in attendance as robinson's colleagues remembered her for her dedication to service. >> Jay was a good friend of mine. I remember that when she was here in the council chamber, she would always walk by me and say, can you please tell them to be quiet. I condone this goes out to the family and she will be missed. >> I also. >> Very much bonded with che around her love of parks of trees and ravines. And that beautiful dawn valley that she had in downtown west that she protected seriously and said our ravines earn a living, breathing organisms in the city of toronto. We must take better care of them. And was her leadership and sport and

spurred council 2 and staff to actually do that to pay attention to these very important green spaces. >> Robinson represented don valley west since she was first elected in 2010. She held several positions over the years, including ttc chair and chair of the infrastructure committee. She took a leave of absence in 2019 under goat right treatment for breast cancer. Robinson returned to work and year later, but mostly attended meetings virtually. She leaves behind her husband and 3 sons. I also believe. The city has created a new report aimed at changing the way homeless encampments are dealt with. Officials are moving away from an enforcement model and they're focusing instead on preventative and supportive measures to get people into permanent homes. There are now 9 active encampments, which is down from 84 last summer. City hall has faced pushback from unhoused people and advocates for clearing camps from parks and public spaces. As toronto's shelter system is at capacity. And gordon tanner is the general manager of the city's shelter support and housing administration. He talked about the main pillars of a new report. >> Several key approach. The first is expanding the enhanced focused housing focused outreach and support model. >> 2 other encampments, its exploring new service models for people that are living outdoors. It's about enhancing safety in our shelter system, both for our staff and our clients. And finally, it must be about increasing housing opportunities and shelter system flow. We know great success comes from meeting people where they're at the city has added enhanced outreach model to its encampment to a cat that allows us to provide increased security amenities, health services and street outreach. >> And councillor at the have the bravo says the city is working with experts to ensure the issue of homelessness is addressed. Compassionately. >> We're making the request of the government of ontario to located 54 million dollars to the city of toronto. For the year 5 administration of the canada ontario housing benefit program to meet demand and continue to support transitions for people living outdoors and in our shelter system to permanent housing. This is a problem for governments across the country to face face a crisis of people not having a home and put her know. This is another step that built on the shelter safety study will include assessment of needs this fall, followed shelter safety plan and the capital plan for the city of toronto. >> The report will go before the city's economic community development committee on may. 29th canada ranks among the top 10 countries in the world for stolen vehicles. That is according to interpol, the international law enforcement agency says it has identified more than 1500 stolen canadian vehicles across the globe since february. That's when the rcmp integrated its database for stolen vehicles within with rather inter. Polls at the agency says auto thefts are significant revenue source for organized crime groups and thieves are attracted to canada's abundant supply of highly prized suvs and crossovers. 2.40 to 29 degrees. This is toronto's breaking news cp24. A new poll shows most canadians think food inflation is worse than a year ago. Those details coming up. She'll never bend the knee. The greens are coming for you, Rhaenyra, and for your children. (Dramatic music) Otto: It is your great privilege to witness this, a new day for our realm! (Cheering) (Roar) Rhaenyra: We don't choose our destiny. It chooses us. (Inspirational music) (Inspirational music) This is Brad. Brad neglected to properly mount his brand new tv. And with a dishwasher on the brink... Brad's problems keep mounting. Lucky for Brad there's Jiffy. The app that connects homeowners with Pros in a Jiffy! Way to go Brad. Download the app or book online. Jiffy. Canada's number one home maintenance app. Huge jackpots are back at Delta Bingo Online, with even more chances to win! With 20 thousand dollars in prizes starting April 20th, and one-hundred-thousand dollars in prizes on May 25th, Saturdays are for yelling bingo.

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