October 9th, 2013 NOW Ben Spurr City council has, for the moment at least, refused to let Ryerson University out of an agreement to keep the iconic Sam the Record Man sign on its campus. The school was seeking to dissolve the terms of an easement the institution entered into in 2008 when [...]
October 9th, 2013 CBC News It was the subway, not the LRT, that won out in Tuesday’s close council vote to extend the TTC’s Bloor-Danforth line in Scarborough. To see how each councillor voted, check out our council vote tracker posted at the bottom of this story. The decision means the subway will [...]
Dear Residents, I hope you find my latest update to you interesting and informative. It's been such a pleasure seeing so many of you recently throughout Ward 22's neighbourhoods. I wish you and your family a very happy Thanksgiving weekend and please always feel very welcome to contact me if I can be [...]
October 3, 2013 Andy Byford CEO, Toronto Transit Commission 1900 Yonge St Toronto ON M4S 1Z2 Dear Mr. Byford, Recently, you informed me that the TTC expects to require a temporary closure of the Yonge subway line between St. Clair and Eglinton stations at some point in the future. [...]
October 3rd, 2013 Inside Toronto Justin Skinner For years, development in the Yonge and Eglinton area has been handled in a piecemeal fashion, leaving local residents in the lurch as they have tried to preserve green space. That is set to change with an initiative underway to create a plan for the midtown [...]
September 25th, 2013 CBC News Counillor Josh Matlow is calling on Toronto’s Ryerson University to confirm that the Sam The Record Man sign, once an iconic piece of the Yonge streetscape, has not been damaged, broken or “even destroyed.” Matlow wrote to Ryerson president Sheldon Levy to clarify what he says are rumours [...]
September 25th, 2013 National Post Natalie Alcoba Toronto’s transit boss says that if he had to choose, he would pick building a Downtown Relief Line over the contentious Scarborough subway. Andy Byford made the comment on Wednesday, after the TTC endorsed an extension of the Bloor-Danforth line that would run under McCowan Road, [...]
Dear Residents, I hope you find my most recent update to you below both interesting and informative. It's very important to me that I represent your priorities and keep you informed about our community and decisions being made at city hall. I continue to advocate for thoughtful, evidence-based & fiscally responsible policy that serves [...]
Below is my response to TTC CEO Andy Byford’s reply to my letter requesting more information about the proposed Scarborough subways. October 7, 2013 Dear Mr. Byford, Thank you for your letter dated October 4, 2013 in response to my letter dated September 30, 2013 requesting additional information for the upcoming City [...]
