Hacker News with Generative AI: Toronto

Toronto man creates tiny mobile homes to help unhoused people escape the cold (cbc.ca)
After seeing people sleeping outside in the cold year-after-year, a Toronto man is building tiny mobile homes attached to bicycles to give temporary relief to those who are unhoused.
Homelessness, Social Impact, Design, Innovation, Toronto
268 points by colinprince 20 days ago | 198 comments
'Switches' are turning handguns into machine guns on Ontario streets (cbc.ca)
Toronto police have seized more devices that illegally transform semi-automatic handguns into fully automatic machine guns this year than ever before, according to new data shared with CBC News.
Gun Control, Crime, Canada, Toronto
17 points by colinprince 49 days ago | 31 comments
Toronto crypto company CEO kidnapped, held for $1M ransom before being released (cbc.ca)
The head of a company specializing in cryptocurrency was kidnapped and held for ransom in downtown Toronto during rush hour Wednesday.
Cryptocurrency, Crime, Toronto, Kidnapping, Ransom
187 points by pr337h4m 71 days ago | 179 comments
Major Toronto Utility Company Stores Customers' Passwords in Plain Text (reddit.com)
PSA: Toronto Hydro is able to see your login password in plaintext.
Data Security, Privacy, Toronto, Utilities
109 points by oneturkmen 116 days ago | 81 comments
Tow Truck Gangs of Toronto (wsj.com)
Crime, Toronto, Transportation
17 points by fortran77 139 days ago | 4 comments
Gone 10 years, World’s Biggest Bookstore still grips readers (thestar.com)
Books, History, Toronto, Nostalgia
102 points by daveoc64 235 days ago | 70 comments