January 28th 2014 Metro News     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 cancel the [...]

January 28th 2014 Oliver Moore The Globe and Mail     In a bid to derail the controversial Scarborough subway extension, a councillor is pushing to defer funding until there is more information about the project’s full costs.   Josh Matlow will introduce a motion this week as city council considers a budget that includes [...]

January 24th 2014 Eric Viellette Toronto Star     This week, a drink with Josh Matlow, city councillor for Ward 22 (St. Paul’s), on the things you learn when your first term as councillor happens alongside your first turn at fatherhood.   The drinks: We settled in at the Led Zeppelin-blaring Ted’s Collision (573 College [...]

January 24th 2014 Brian Baker Town Crier   Sharon Hampson, right, one third of the musical trio who have had a local playground named after them, visited the park last summer with Councillor Josh Matlow, who proposed the naming, and his family.   Toronto and East York Community Council has addressed the elephant in the [...]

January 18th 2014 Gemma Karstens-Smith Toronto Star   Parking illegally in Toronto is about to get much more expensive.   New rules coming into effect next week will hike the fine for parking in no-stopping zones during rush hour from $60 to $150.   The hefty fines, which will be enforced from 6 a.m. to [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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. [...]