December 10, 2011 Call it the 5 cent solution. Councillor Michelle Berardinetti, a member of the budget committee, wants to urge businesses bagging cash from the city’s 5-cent plastic bag fee to pony up to help save a rash of programs on the chopping block in the 2012 budget. “It’s a local tax and it [...]
December 9, 2011 Mayor Rob Ford’s office is continuing to thwart efforts to get a peek at his daily itinerary, raising questions from Ontario’s information and privacy watchdog about his commitment to transparency and accountability. The mayor has denied a request from The Globe and Mail to obtain his schedule within 30 days. The reason [...]
Please join Councillor Josh Matlow on January 11, 2012, 7:00pm at the North Toronto Memorial Community Centre (200 Eglinton Ave W) for a town hall discussion on the proposed 2012 City of Toronto Budget.
Help Shape the Future of the Port LandsThe City of Toronto and Waterfront Toronto are working on a development and implementation plan to accelerate revitalization of the Port Lands, and want the public to be part of the process.We are interested in hearing your views and want to keep you informed as we create a [...]
December 1, 2011 Former Toronto mayor David Crombie is asking the city to “revisit” its proposal to axe funding for seven school pools, urging staff to work with the school board instead. The city has proposed eliminating programs in school pools at Bedford Park, Frankland, Gordon A. Brown, Hillcrest Community Centre, Runnymede Collegiate, [...]
December 1, 2011 A bid to give city council the final say on locking out municipal employees failed to gain enough support at City Hall on Thursday. Councillors John Filion and Josh Matlow sought to strip the lockout power away from Mayor Rob Ford’s handpicked employee and labour relations committee, as the city [...]
December 1, 2011 A bid to strip Mayor Rob Ford’s handpicked employee and labour relations committee of the ability to start a lockout lost at city council Thursday. Left-leaning councillors defended the ill-fated move to give the final say in a lockout to council as a way to preserve democracy while Ford’s allies [...]
Dear Friends and Residents, I believe that when decisions are being made at City Hall that affect any neighbourhood or street in our ward, it is vital that those residents are informed. When it comes to the 2012 City of Toronto Budget, Council's decisions will have an impact on not only one community, but [...]
November 30, 2011 Tyler Bozak, like thousands of men across the GTA, now faces a hair-razing decision. Movember is over and all those moustaches, grown in the name of prostate cancer awareness and fundraising, await their fate. […]
