Dear friends, As I mentioned to you in my previous update, my motion to return some common sense to the rules regulating moped and scooter parking was sent to the chair and members of the Public Works and Infrastructure Committee and Councillor Michelle Berardinetti, a member of that committee, was prepared to move it [...]
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June 2013 Bree Rody-Mantha PostCity Tower Hill Development has submitted an application for a 56-storey, mixed-use development at 2221 Yonge St., the northern neighbour of the 37- and 54-storey Minto Midtown condominiums. Yonge Street and Eglinton Avenue is no stranger to condo controversy, and this application is no exception. When the preliminary [...]
June 12 2013 Daniel Dale Toronto Star To the chagrin of its chief executive officer, the Toronto Community Housing Corp. may be asked by council to inform the city’s ombudsman whenever a senior is facing eviction for unpaid rent. Councillor Josh Matlow made the proposal during council’s Wednesday debate on ombudsman Fiona [...]
June 11 2013 David Paterson PostCity Few people know about the pressures on Toronto’s green spaces better than the residents of the Yonge-Eglinton neighbourhood. A pressure that has recently been increased as the hoarding goes up around the soon-to-be-built-over open space at Yonge Eglinton Centre — another loss for the community. Ever [...]
June 11 2013 James Armstrong Global News Toronto’s city council voted to explore ranked balloting and let permanent residents vote during a council debate Tuesday. The votes were part of a larger motion on electoral reform that included suggestions to establish weekend elections and internet voting. Changes to municipal elections would [...]
June 6 2013 Paul Moloney and David Rider Toronto Star Toronto’s social housing provider is being urged to make changes to halt its “shameful” treatment of senior citizens who fall behind on their rent. Councillor Josh Matlow, chair of the seniors strategy subcommittee, wants Toronto Community Housing Corp. to implement changes recommended [...]
June 12, 2013 Jim Kenzie Toronto Star Toronto City Council voted recently to spend upwards of eleven million dollars on traffic light synchronization in the city. Wait a minute… When I went to university – yes, there were cars then – we (‘we’ because we carpooled, dontcha know…) knew instantly when [...]
June 12, 2013 Jim Kenzie Toronto Star Toronto City Council voted recently to spend upwards of eleven million dollars on traffic light synchronization in the city. Wait a minute… When I went to university – yes, there were cars then – we (‘we’ because we carpooled, dontcha know…) knew instantly when [...]
Earlier this week, my colleagues passed a motion to improve traffic signal synchronization at City Council. I am pleased that the Mayor and the Chair of Public Works made this a priority in response to my letter of September 2011. Traffic congestion is a significant problem for Toronto's motorists, public transit users and cyclists. [...]
