October 30th 2012 CBC News A home on Manor Road, in the Yonge-Davisville area, is the subject of growing concern for neighbours and community leaders because it is overflowing with boxes, garbage bags and cats. On the surface it seems as if the solution should be simple — order the homeowner to [...]
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October 23, 2012 TownNEWS Omar Mosleh The question of how and when transit expansion in Toronto will be funded was the focal point of a packed town hall meeting in midtown Oct. 22. “We’re arriving at long last at a critical, but far more intelligent moment,” said Ward 22 councillor Josh Matlow, who [...]
October 20, 2012 Toronto SunDon Peat , Jenny Yuen TORONTO – City officials can’t investigate all the fraud complaints reported in Toronto, Auditor General Jeffrey Griffiths said last week. Griffiths insisted his investigators “do a damn good job” with the resources they have, but added lots of fraud cases are falling through the cracks. [...]
On October 11, 2012, I gave a presentation at the University of Toronto Institute for Life Course and Aging about building an age-friendly Toronto. Please click here to view the video. You can also download my slide deck.
October 10, 2012 Torontoist Desmond Cole Since 2006, it’s been City of Toronto policy that all advertised civic appointments—both paid jobs and hundreds of volunteer opportunities—make a direct appeal for applications from “women, youth, First Nations, people with disabilities and racialized communities.” In late September, a damning report by the City’s ombudsman, Fiona [...]
Dear residents, If you're available, please join me and Friends of The Beltline tomorrow morning for our Third Beltline clean up and tree planting. When: 9:45am-noon, Sunday, October 14th, 2012 Where: Meet at Robert Bateman Parkette (Chaplin Cres. between Russell Hill and Warren Road). Come early and enjoy a hot drink compliments of Second [...]
October 8, 2012 Toronto Star Tara Walton Problem One: Casa Loma is a majestic urban castle, complete with towers, secret passages and a 240-metre tunnel, but it’s also an underused money pit needing $20 million in renovations. The sprawling building is a burden on a cash-strapped city. Problem Two: Toronto owns 100,000 [...]
