Dear residents, Election Day seems like much longer than a couple of weeks ago. I am deeply honoured to serve you here in our community and at City Hall. And we've been busy! I've been focusing on several neighbourhood and specific street priorities, along with city-wide policy initiatives, and will continue to provide you [...]
October 31, 2014
TORONTO – A midtown Toronto city councillor is hoping the city will take on illegally parked cars during the upcoming city council session.
Councillor Josh Matlow (Ward 22) tweeted a photo Thursday of a Tim Hortons delivery truck parked in a curb lane near the intersection of Yonge Street and St. Clair Avenue during rush hour.
“Every single day here at Yonge and St. Clair and around the city we see, in these cases, delivery trucks, or somebody just running in for coffee, putting their blinkers on and clogging up an entire lane in the middle of rush hour,” Matlow said during an interview Friday. “That’s got to stop.”
October 27, 2014
Voters in Ward 22 (St. Paul’s) have returned incumbent councillor Josh Matlow to council as their local representative.
Matlow easily outpaced a slate of candidates that included challengers Sarfraz Khan, Bob Murphy and James O’Shaughnessy.
The popular councillor, first elected in 2010 after serving as the local public school trustee, tweeted “I love you Ward 22. And congratulations Mayor-Elect Tory! It’s a new day in Toronto.”
The returning councillor was confident going into the election, but still spent eight to 10 hours a day canvassing in the days leading up to the election.
October 27 2014
It was a walk in Ward 22 St. Paul’s for Josh Matlow.
Minutes after the polls closed, the incumbent city councillor was, as his campaign manager crowed to a cheering crowd at a St. Clair Ave. sports bar, “sitting comfortably with 86 per cent of the vote.”
“Rob Ford may go down as the most divisive mayor Toronto has ever had but he brought council together to fill the vacuum,” Matlow told his supporters.
In an interview with the Star, he added, “Toronto has rejected the politics of division and dishonest rhetoric and has chosen a more thoughtful new day that will focus on the city’s priorities.”
Dear residents, As I have done for the past four years, I intend to continue to ensure you are engaged and kept informed about the issues that matter to you with my regular email updates. But today, on behalf of my family, my staff and certainly myself, I want to simply say thank [...]
September 26, 2014
GO Transit doesn’t know the details of dangerous goods being moved on tracks alongside its passenger trains, the Star has learned.
Nor was the transit agency certain of its role or capabilities during a potential disaster when the Star inquired earlier this year about rail safety and what is being hauled on its rail corridors.
In emails that circulated among GO officials in March about how to respond to the Star’s questions — emails disclosed by Metrolinx this week — one official suggested saying the transit agency is “aware in a broad sense” of the goods moved on its lines.
GO Transit president Greg Percy weighed in, writing, “if we say ‘aware in a broad sense’ we are saying we don’t know — which is actually true since we don’t receive a train manifest.
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Earlier this year, the applicants for the Art Shoppe development chose to bypass the democratic process and take their proposal directly to the OMB. At the pre-hearing, I ensured that our community's interests were well represented by City Planning and Legal staff. The OMB suggested mediation instead of a full hearing. I worked very closely [...]
Dear Residents, I hope this finds you well and that you had a great summer! As I shared with you in my most recent update, I will be able to continue sending you regular updates after the municipal election on October 27th. However, I do continue to keep my website, Twitter and Facebook pages [...]
The Toronto Public Library branch at Deer Park is offering many programs for adults from September to December, 2014. To learn about the programs being offered or to see library contact information, continue reading below.
Contact Information:
TPL Deer Park Branch
40 St. Clair Avenue East
Toronto, Ontario
416 393 7657
September
Author Talk. Disobeying Hitler by Professor Randall Hansen.
Tuesday Sept 9 at 2 pm
Disobeying Hitler tells of German revolt against the dying Nazi tyranny.
Professor Randall Hansen, political scientist, historian, U of T discusses new evidence on three direct violations of orders made personally by Adolf Hitler: The refusal by the commander of Paris to destroy the city; Albert Speer's refusal to implement a scorched earth policy in Germany; and the failure to defend Hamburg against invading British forces.
