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 [...]
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. [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
October 1, 2012 The Star David Rider Mayor Rob Ford kicks off a new council session Tuesday with few stated goals and fewer signs he is open to the compromise needed to get them approved by this independent-minded council. The policy item that got the most attention on Ford’s Sunday radio show [...]
September 30, 2012 Toronto Star Don Peat Councillor Josh Matlow wants city council to reach for the sky this week. Matlow is asking councillors to urge the federal government to listen to residents’ concerns over airplane noise. Matlow wants the city manager to sit down with representatives from Transport Canada and [...]
September 26, 2012 Global News James Armstrong TORONTO – A farcical secession that started almost 50 years ago is one step closer to becoming an semi-official part of Toronto as “Republic of Rathnelly” street signs have started going up in the Toronto neighbourhood of Rathnelly. Originally scheduled to be unveiled in Spring 2013, the [...]
September 20, 2012 CBC News A pair of council members want to see a city museum included in any future redevelopment plans for Casa Loma. In a letter released Thursday, Councillors Josh Matlow and Joe Mihevc say they want to see the castle continue as a tourist attraction as well as a [...]
September 16, 2012 TownNEWS Karolyn Coorsh Any opinion Mayor Rob Ford may have on the future of Casa Loma is “inconsequential,” following his notable absence from a debate on the castle’s future management, St. Paul’s councillor Josh Matlow says. Casa Loma was one of several prominent matters the mayor missed when he bowed out [...]
