February 19th, 2014 Toronto Life Jean Grant After lagging behind other cities for almost a decade, Toronto’s sad food-truck scene may finally be about to flourish. Next month, city councillors will put forward a series of recommendations that could release the city’s truck owners the tangle of red tape that’s been impeding them [...]
February 19th, 2014 Laurie Monsebraaten Toronto Star Marilyn Miller stands outside the midtown apartment building she has called home for more than 20 years. She has been hit with her third above-guideline rent increase in a decade. Toronto senior Marilyn Miller loves the midtown apartment she has called home for more than 20 [...]
February 19th, 2014 Robyn Doolittle Toronto Star Finally, after nearly seven years of planning, thousands of hours of debate, and a disastrous first attempt, Toronto is on the verge of passing street food policy that could actually lead to street food being sold. “It’s going to happen. Come hell or high water,” [...]
February 15th, 2014 Paul Clarke Toronto Star After months of confusion surrounding a 10-minute grace period for parking tickets, something is finally being done — again, that is. On Feb. 24, the city’s management committee will discuss an amendment that will give drivers a 10-minute grace period after their parking meter has expired. While this [...]
February 14th, 2014 James Armstrong Global News TORONTO – It will be at least 12 months before Metrolinx makes a recommendation on whether to build a Yonge relief subway line. Metrolinx staff released their timeline for several projects – including the relief line – Friday that will attempt to ease gridlock across the GTHA. But [...]
February 6th 2014 Scarborough Mirror Inside Toronto On balance and considering their limitations, Toronto council put together a proper so-so budget for 2014. It’s too bad that in the midst of all that mediocrity, the most vital debate in the 2014 budget deliberations didn’t quite happen. That’s not to say that there wasn’t [...]
February 3rd 2014 Tess Kalinowski Toronto Star The politicians say Scarborough hearts are set on a subway. But the latest online survey suggests that — given the facts — voters across Toronto, including those in the east end, would prefer an LRT. Leger Research found 61 per cent of respondents preferred an [...]
February 2nd 2014 Toronto Life On Thursday, city council passed 2014′s municipal budget without too much drama (aside from some testy moments, some apparent councillor-on-mayor tickling and, you know, the whole thing with the mayor allegedly having ordered a jailhouse beating). Most of what goes into the city’s spending plan is obscure and routine, [...]
January 31st 2014 Tess Kalinowski Toronto Star Councillor Josh Matlow is vowing to fight on against plans to build a subway rather than an LRT in Scarborough. The councillor for Ward 22, St. Paul’s, said he plans to try again at city council’s Thursday budget meeting to stall the subway project. [...]
January 28th 2014 Betsy Powell Toronto Star A councillor wants his colleagues to hit the brakes on the Scarborough subway plan as Toronto council meets to finalize the budget for 2014. A motion by Josh Matlow on Wednesday will ask council to delay the proposed $14.5-million allocation for the Bloor-Danforth extension and [...]
