November 15, 2011 Occupy Toronto protesters are planning to stay put for the time being, despite eviction notices handed out by the city earlier on Tuesday. After a lengthy general assembly meeting Tuesday afternoon, occupiers decided not only to stay put, but to invite more supporters to come down and help them “defend” [...]
November 13, 2011 Parking lots are cracking, roofs are leaking and vacancies are soaring at North American strip malls. South of the border, the malls face vacancies of more than 11%, a historical high. The first time cultural geographer Merle Patchett saw Edmonton’s sprawl from the airplane, she felt the culture shock shared [...]
November 12, 2011 Love him or hate him — but especially for those who hate him — no one has a moderate opinion of Mayor Rob Ford. Almost a year into Ford suffering the slings and arrows of Toronto’s highest office, those from his inner circle say he’s being pounded by an ongoing [...]
November 11, 2011 Two people were arrested in separate incidents after trying to disrupt a Remembrance Day ceremony at Old City Hall in downtown Toronto. […]
November 11, 2011 Last Tuesday, Councillors Josh Matlow and Kristyn Wong-Tam introduced a motion at the Planning and Growth Committee meeting to do away with the Ontario Municipal Board. (Mississauga beat us to the punch by introducing a similar motion in June.) The committee voted unanimously in favour of asking the province to remove [...]
Dear Residents, We have made a successful effort towards reforming Toronto’s planning process. This past week my colleagues on the Planning Growth management committee supported our request to ask Queen’s Park to free Toronto from the OMB. Please read details below. I’m also including a variety of updates and public meeting notices for your [...]
My office received the following update from City Staff regarding the Avenue Road watermain project. Work currently underway starting at the south end of the project and going north is as follows: They are backfilling the tunnel shaft on Cottingham St. just opposite the High Level Pumping Station. They are installing watermain pipes within [...]
Urban forestry will be planting a variety of native trees and shrubs in a wooded section of Roycroft Park near the entrance off Boulton Drive. This planting will follow the removal of several large invasive trees that took place earlier this fall, and is intended to be the next phase in a gradual replacement of undesirable [...]
Please join Toronto Hydro at one of their upcoming town hall meetings to discuss the current state of our electricity system and some of the improvements they are making to serve you better. Toronto Hydro team members will be on hand to tell you more about work Toronto Hydro is doing in your community. The [...]
Date: Tuesday, November 22, 2011 Time: 7:00 to 9:00 pm Location: Dunfield Retirement Residence – 77 Dunfield Ave (East of Yonge, South of Eglinton) The annual 53 Division Town Hall is an opportunity to learn about the work of 53 Division, meet the new Unit Commander Heinz Kuck and get your questions answered. Topics [...]
