November 30, 2011 City councillors have a number of wide-ranging issues to debate Wednesday, including selling off city assets, naming rights for public buildings, separated bike lanes, amending councillor expense budget rules and backyard chickens. Council is debating whether it should sell the city’s stake in Enwave. Earlier this month, the executive committee recommended [...]
November 29, 2011 Councillor Josh Matlow says it’s time for Mint Bar Lounge to stop the music — after 11 p.m. that is. That’s because the Ward 22 councillor says the establishment, zoned as a bar and/or restaurant, has been illegally operating as a nightclub since it opened in April 2010. [...]
November 29, 2011 A city proposal to cut programming at seven school pools “is simply pouncing on people with no public discussion,” says David Crombie. The former mayor, who now heads the Toronto District School Board’s real estate corporation, plans to deliver a letter to city council and Mayor Rob Ford on the [...]
November 28, 2011 Toronto residents will face a 2.5 per cent property tax increase in a draft budget unveiled Monday by Toronto Mayor Rob Ford that targets “out of control spending.” Ford, who was elected last year on a campaign platform to curtail city spending, said the draft budget cuts total city spending [...]
November 26, 2011 Mattie purrs and shuts her eyes for a nap as she feels human fingers nuzzle the top of her head. The roughly 10-year-old brown and grey tabby is surprisingly calm around people after she was found in an abandoned shed in the Hwy. 401-Islington area along with a 15 other [...]
Dear Friends and Residents, To ensure that you are informed on the decisions being considered at Toronto City Hall, I’ve prepared the following updates for you. Please feel welcome to send me your feedback as hearing from the residents of Ward 22 assists me in advocating on our community’s behalf at Council. [...]
Please click here to read the details about the TTC service reductions and additions planned for 2012. I will continue to advocate for a public transit system that is reliable, accessible and affordable, with quality service, for every Torontonian.
November 16, 2011 The city’s Auditor General is giving Toronto’s 311 help line a poor grade when it comes to customer service. A report going to committee next Wednesday finds that about 21-thousand calls a month never get answered. […]
November 18, 2011 So, ten city councillors are growing moustaches, to raise awareness of prostate cancer. But let’s cut to the real question: who’s got the best moustache? And who’s ready to talk trash about another councillor’s ‘stache? […]
November 15, 2011 Occupy Toronto protesters were granted a temporary reprieve Tuesday evening following a last-minute court injunction against the city’s plans to evict them from St. James Park. The emergency court ruling capped a tense day for protesters, who had spent most of the time discussing how they would resist the city’s [...]
