January 18th 2014 Chris Fox CP24 Parking illegally while running in to a store or coffee shop during rush-hour is about to get a whole lot pricier — even if you are only there for a minute. Under new rules that will take effect this week, the City of Toronto is hiking the [...]
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Dear Residents, It has been a very busy start to 2014. I have been working on several local priorities in every Ward 22 neighbourhood and bringing initiatives forward to council to improve our city on issues ranging from seniors, youth equity, transit, infrastructure, gridlock, planning, and much more. Now, and over the next [...]
January 15th 2014 Eric Criger 680 News A playground at Toronto’s June Rowlands Park will be named after iconic Canadian children’s entertainers Sharon, Lois and Bram. The Toronto and East York Community Council approved the proposal from Coun. Josh Matlow on Wednesday. Matlow tweeted that there would be a special event to [...]
January 14th, 2014 Patty Winsa Toronto Star A comprehensive youth violence strategy released by the city Tuesday recommends appointing a councillor to serve as a “youth equity champion” and the creation of a city-wide committee to combat the problem. The youth equity champion, who would be appointed in 2015, would promote the strategy [...]
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January 12th, 2014 Town Crier Josh Matlow- Ward 22 Councillor I’ve heard from many midtown tenants that being a renter in Toronto is becoming increasingly difficult and their home budgets are being squeezed tighter every month. And while I appreciate that guideline rent increases have been capped, Above the Guideline Increases for basic upkeep and [...]
January 9th 2014 Eric Emin Wood Town Crier Hoping to prevent what they call “abuses of entitlement” that might tilt decisions in favour of the interests of developers over those of the communities in which they build, two midtown councillors have mounted a campaign for reforms to the Ontario Municipal Board. Kristyn Wong-Tam, [...]
January 8th 2014 Eric Emin Wood Town Crier It would be a stretch to think of Glebe Manor Parkettes, a pair of green spaces located along Belsize Drive, between Wilfrid Avenue and Boyton Road east of Mount Pleasant, in terms of the living, natural neighbourhood stopping places the city would have them represent. [...]
In November 2012, I requested that the City of Toronto news release boilerplate -- the standard text that follows each official City news release -- be revised to remove the inappropriately ideological partisan, and politically aspirational (rather than factual) content which purported to speak for City Council without the authority to do so. The [...]
