Ethan Lang

Reporter

Ethan Lang is a reporter for CBC Toronto. Ethan has also worked in Whitehorse, where he covered the Yukon Legislative Assembly, and Halifax, where he wrote on housing and forestry for the Halifax Examiner.

Latest from Ethan Lang

New home sales in GTA hit record low in 2025, threatening construction jobs: report

About 100,000 construction jobs and the province’s housing supply target are at stake if numbers don’t rebound, according to a new report from the Building Industry and Land Development Association.

Toronto looks to limit size of underground floors in 'iceberg homes'

A city committee adopted recommendations Thursday to limit the size of luxury mega-basements that have started popping up in Toronto in recent years. Underground storeys can impact the city's tree canopy and flood risks, according to a city staff report.

Toronto is months away from hosting the FIFA World Cup. Ontario still hasn't signed $97M funding deal

The city is still negotiating with the province over provincial funding to host six World Cup matches this summer, according to a new report presented to Toronto's World Cup subcommittee Wednesday. The report says if the province provides any less than $97 million, the city will have to explore options to replace funding or reduce costs.

Ontario Line subway system will get protective platform doors as TTC continues mulling move

Once completed, the Ontario Line will have barriers separating platforms from tracks. But costs and technical challenges make it difficult to add similar safety measures to existing subway stations, according to the TTC board's chair.

Ontario looks to pause affordable housing requirements near transit hubs in Toronto, Mississauga, Kitchener

The province says inclusionary zoning, which allows the city to compel developers to add a percentage of affordable housing to new builds near transit stations, is deterring construction. But the opposition says pausing requirements for below-market rentals in a housing crisis would be "a serious failure."

Ontario government has spent $270K on outside lawyers in fight to remove bike lanes: FOI

Information obtained through a freedom of information request and shared with CBC News shows how much money the province spent on external lawyer fees to fight a court challenge against a law to remove bike lanes in Toronto. The advocacy group that requested the information says the money could have been better spent elsewhere to ease congestion in the city.

Toronto came closer than ever in 2025 to zero traffic fatalities, but can it get there without speed cameras?

Numbers show 39 people died on Toronto's roads last year, half as many as when the city launched its road safety plan a decade ago. But some wonder if the number will go back up with speed cameras now gone.

U of T student killed on Scarborough campus remembered as 'wonderful soul' as murder charge laid

Babatunde Afuwape, 28, has been charged in the fatal shooting of 20-year-old student Shivank Avasthi last month, Toronto police said Wednesday. They say they believe the two were not known to each other, and the shooting may have been random.

Ontario local union head says national leadership not stepping up for auto workers

As Oshawa’s GM plant faces layoffs at the end of the month, Unifor Local 222’s president says the national union and the Carney government need to do more for auto workers in the face of tariffs.

World Cup tickets in Toronto are expensive to begin with. Ontario's resale regulations don't help

With tickets to next year's six World Cup games in Toronto selling out as quickly as they're released, the only option for most soccer fans is the resale market. But a 2019 decision by the Ontario government has allowed tickets to those matches, and other major events, to go sky high.