March 28, 2017 Updated: March 29, 2017 Chris Fox CTV News On Tuesday city council voted 27-17 against a motion from Councillor Josh Matlow that would have asked staff to prepare an “apples to apples comparison” between the subway extension to the Scarborough Town Centre and a previously abandoned plan to replace the Scarborough RT [...]
March 28, 2017 John Rieti CBC News Mayor John Tory says city council should be debating the finer points of the Scarborough subway plan rather than trying to scrap it and go back to a proposed light rail alternative. (John Rieti/CBC) The issue of the [...]
March 23, 2017 Jennifer Pagliaro The Toronto Star Toronto Councillor Josh Matlow asks TTC CEO Andy Byford a question during the Scarborough transit debate at city hall on July 13, 2016. (Chris So / Toronto Star) In light of new facts which indicate a more than 50% increase in the projected costs of the one-stop Scarborough [...]
Dear Residents, A bad deal for Scarborough residents keeps getting worse. The cost of the 1-stop subway proposal has risen to $3.346 billion, a 50% increase from when the project was first announced in early 2016. As the cost is going up, Staff are projecting that fewer people will actually want to use the new [...]
February 28, 2017 Erin Ruddy Canadian Apartment Toronto Skyline The controversial topic of rent control in Ontario is back in the news after two Toronto City councillors voiced concerns about what they are calling “unethical” rent hikes across the GTA. As [...]
The Yonge & St. Clair Valentine's Day Fire at the Badminton & Racquet Club The term “hero” is sometimes used too easily but I can’t think of a better word to describe the Fire, Police and EMS responders who attended to the 6-alarm fire at Yonge & St. Clair last week. For more than 24 hours, [...]
The Ontario Municipal Board (OMB) is an unaccountable, unelected and anti-democratic provincially-appointed body that has the final say over our city's planning decisions. The influence that the OMB has had on the Yonge-Eglinton area were featured in a well-written, informative series in the Toronto Star this past weekend. As many of you know, I have been a [...]
February 28, 2017 May Warren Toronto Metro Tenants who can’t afford rent increases of hundreds or even thousands of dollars might be left looking for a new place, if their unit is in a building built after 1991. Councillors Ana Bailao and Josh Matlow are [...]
The City continues to phase in delivery of the new Green Bins and the neighbourhoods in the northern part of District 3, east of Yonge Street and west of Victoria Park Avenue, will start receiving their new bins beginning March 9. It will take about three months to complete this distribution. The City will deliver to [...]
At Toronto and East York Community Council this week, my colleagues supported my motion to ensure the neighbourhood will be represented by City Planning and City Legal to oppose the inappropriate development proposal at 1417-1431 Yonge Street, just south of St. Clair. This file has had a long history and several iterations. On November 24, 2015, the [...]
