Josh MatlowCity Hall Diary What I love most about coming into work every day is the very public nature of City Hall. Every day, there are weddings, arts and cultural events, and its square has played host to New Year’s Eve celebrations, anti-war protests and many newcomers’ first skates. And unlike Queen’s Park or Parliament [...]
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Dear residents, This morning, Premier McGuinty and Mayor Rob Ford announced a new plan for rapid transit expansion in Toronto. The mayor’s plan replaces the previous Transit City initiative which would have seen Light Rapid Transit (LRT) lines on Eglinton, Sheppard, Finch and through Scarborough with some portions built underground. Mayor Ford has put forward [...]
by Peter Kuitenbrouwer With a rebellion turning into a revolt in its west end, the Toronto District School Board on Wednesday night slunk away from the idea of creating an Africentric “school within a school,” at Oakwood Collegiate Institute, a proud, historic high school at Oakwood and St. Clair avenues. Chris Spence, the TDSB Director of [...]
BY JOHN LORINC AND ADRIAN MORROW The Ontario government will give the green light to Toronto Mayor Rob Ford’s $12.4-billion bid to completely bury a crosstown light-rail line while using private money to pay for two extensions to the city’s Sheppard subway. If built, the LRT under Eglinton Avenue would be the longest all-new subterranean [...]
Photo- Richard MacFarlane Councillor Matlow meeting with the Oriole Park Association to discuss community priorities and city-wide issues If you live in Ward 22's Chaplin Estates neighbourhood and would like to get involved with or learn more about your local ratepayer's association, please click here.
Josh Matlow City Hall Diary Here‘s a little secret most politicians won’t readily divulge — we don’t exactly do all of the work ourselves. In the public spotlight, Toronto city councillors, along with the mayor, receive both kudos and criticism. But when it comes to serving residents, we rely on our staff to help us [...]
For those residents of Ward 22 who are in the Oriole Park area (west of Yonge, south of Eglinton and north of Chaplin Crescent), your local residents’ organization, the Oriole Park Association will hold its Annual General Meeting on Tuesday, March 29 at the North Toronto Memorial Community Centre, 200 Eglinton Avenue West, beginning at [...]
UPDATE: Unanimously passed by City Council on April 12, 2011 Thank you to my colleagues on Council, CARP, SPRINT and everyone who's been so supportive of ensuring our city is prepared for a demographic shift and advocating for an age-friendly Toronto! A Strategic Plan for Toronto's Seniors- March 25th, 2011 Community Development and Recreation [...]
by David Nickle Toronto and East York Community Council members threw up their collective hands yesterday and voted to have an independent mediator try and find a solution to an impasse over a proposed four-storey condominium development on Kippendavie Avenue in the Beach. The development proposal came to community council with a recommendation from city [...]
