With the looming addition of light rail to Eglinton Avenue, MPP Mike Colle is looking to residents and shareholders to help shape the future of the street. Colle, who represents the riding of Eglinton-Lawrence provincially, will lead a walk through the middle of the city, hiking along Eglinton from Kennedy subway station to the Mount [...]
It has happened to most of us. You are going to work in the morning or coming home in the afternoon and some joker stops in the curb lane. Maybe she is popping in to grab a morning coffee. Maybe he is pausing to pick up his wife at her office. Or maybe it is [...]
The Communist Party of Canada is thinking about filing a human rights complaint against Councillor Giorgio Mammoliti, the party’s Ontario leader said Sunday. Mammoliti, a prominent ally of Mayor Rob Ford with a long history of provocative remarks, has gleefully escalated his red-baiting rhetoric over the last week. On Tuesday, he said he would [...]
On Saturday, August 13 and Sunday, August 14, 2011, the Yonge Subway will be closed between Bloor-Yonge Station and Eglinton Station in order to begin installation of a new double cross-over section of track just south of St. Clair Station. When completed, subway trains will be able to be turned back at St. Clair Station. [...]
Dear Toronto residents, Please review my motion to ensure our city’s interests in the headwaters of our region’s river systems, our nearby agricultural lands and our access to affordable, local food is protected. Moreover, any of us who cherish our own neighbourhoods can empathize with local residents in our region who might be [...]
Fresh from winning my first election to city council last year, I was approached by the Toronto Star to write a weekly column about city hall from a newly elected councillor’s perspective and to offer readers a unique and candid look into local politics. […]
Toronto’s audit committee will probe why city staff disobeyed policy and made millions in untendered purchases before getting approval. The decision comes the same day a Star investigation revealed staff had improperly approved purchases worth nearly $2.5 million since 2009, with nearly $1 million of that since Rob Ford took office. “By bringing [...]
Josh Matlow has a way of staying in the news. On Sunday, the rookie councillor who already pens a weekly column for the Toronto Star and is a frequent guest on talk radio begins a new gig hosting a show of his own on Newstalk 1010. “I love the experience” of being on the [...]
The latest member of Rob Ford’s inner circle to come out against major library closures is Giorgio Mammoliti. Several others including Karen Stintz, James Pasternak, and Frances Nunziata have also spoken out against widespread library closures, making it appear unlikely that council would support shutting down a large numbers of branches. […]
On the streets of midtown Toronto, under a light drizzle and gloomy skies, it smells like fall. It sounds like it, too, as resident after resident brings up the issues that have been burning inside City Hall lately, and will again come September when city council deliberates over what services the municipal government should [...]
