December 5, 2012 City Centre Mirror Justin Skinner Should all go according to plan, Oriole Park will soon be home to Ward 22’s first community garden. Councillor Josh Matlow is working with stakeholder groups in hopes of establishing a stewardship committee to launch and oversee the project, which requires a few volunteers [...]
November 27 2012 Toronto Star Paul Moloney City council has vowed to do a better job of letting people know they can fight a parking ticket if it was issued shortly after the meter expired. While council decided in July that people should not have to pay a ticket issued within 10 [...]
November 26 2012 Toronto Star Josh Tapper The tiny courtyard appears exclusive enough, tucked next to the One Bedford condominium just north of Bloor St. Two square granite benches; a garden, neatly manicured but withering in the November chill; and two “No Smoking” signs. To the average passerby, the unassuming space, which is owned and [...]
November 9 2012 Toronto Star Karissa Donkin A historic post office on Yonge St., near Eglinton Ave., has been sold to a private developer, despite months of protest from local residents. The group, which collected 10,000 signatures in favour of saving the building, received word Friday that Postal Station K has been [...]
November 9 2012 Global News James Armstrong The historic Postal Station K in north Toronto has been sold to a private developer by Canada Post. Postal Station K, located just north of Eglinton Avenue on Yonge Street was the site of a significant moment in Canadian history. First built in 1937, the site housed The [...]
November 8 2012 Gleaner Community Press Samori Brown On Friday Oct. 12 faculty and students at the Waldorf Academy (250 Madison Avenue) celebrated the school’s 25th anniversary. Far from the single kindergarten class of its inception in 1987, the once small home school has since grown to include three more kindergarten classes and [...]
November 10 2012 National Post Tristin Hopper Despite months of efforts to save Postal Station K, a Depression-era Yonge Street post office, on Friday Canada Post announced it had sold the building to a private developer. “Selling this historic building, with no understanding that it will be protected in perpetuity, was nothing [...]
November 2 2012 Inside Toronto Rahul Gupta A last ditch effort by Mayor Rob Ford was not enough to prevent Toronto City Council from at last approving a draft agreement for four light rail transit lines for the city. By a 30-11 margin, LRT supporters voted overwhelmingly to approve the framework of [...]
November 6 2012 The Star Wendy Gillis Can you copy and paste remembrance? Mayor Rob Ford’s official Veterans’ Week proclamation, issued in error Monday, contained serious mistakes because it was not updated from previous years’ declarations. Among the errors was the statement that this year marks the 93rd anniversary of the [...]
November 2nd 2012 SNAP North Toronto With all the discussion taking place regarding the future of public transit in Toronto, Councilor Josh Matlow recently hosted a Transit Town Hall presentation and discussion at the North Toronto Memorial Community Recreation Centre. Speakers included Paul Bedford, Richard Joy, Steve Munro, Bill Dawson, and Jamie Robinson. [...]
