September 10, 2012 SNAP Downtown Toronto Josh Matlow, City Councillor for Ward 22, St. Paul’s, was lending a hand at one of Habitat for Humanity Toronto’s current build projects at 96 Ritchie Avenue in Toronto’s west-end. Construction on the two-bedroom, fully-accessible home has been underway since May, and keys to the home will [...]
August 31. 2012 TownNEWS Karolyn Coorsh Josh Matlow took matters into his own hands when an elderly constituent’s garbage had yet to be disposed of more than a week after the scheduled pickup time. After the constituent complained, his office tried to track down the trash collection provider Green For Life Environmental and [...]
July 23, 2012 Digital Journal Andrew Moran Toronto – Lieutenant Governor of Ontario David C. Onley, Toronto City Councillors Josh Matlow and Norm Kelly and community members helped welcome the official ceremonial launch of Neshama Playground, the city’s Oriole Park that is fully accessible for all. On Jun. 8, 2008, Lieutenant Governor [...]
July 13, 2012 National Post Vidya Kauri Toronto city council has adopted a motion that could help apartment dwellers who are uncomfortably hot in the spring because of a current bylaw that requires landlords to keep the heat on during this time. Councillor Josh Matlow says he is not trying to require [...]
June 25, 2012 Jewish Tribune Joanne Hill TORONTO – The Jewish character of early 20th century Toronto is well-represented in a new photo exhibit at the City of Toronto Archives. The exhibit – Picturing Immigrants in the Ward – How photography shaped ideas about Central and Eastern European immigrants in early 20th [...]
From Openfile.ca http://www.openfile.ca/toronto/blog/2012/exec-committee-asks-staff-work-metrolinx-and-other-gta-cities-transit-funding Exec committee asks staff to work with Metrolinx and other GTA cities on transit funding Posted by John Michael McGrath on Wednesday, June 13, 2012 For months now, Josh Matlow (Ward 22, St. Paul's) has been pushing for a more intelligent conversation on transit funding. Matlow, to his credit, has [...]
July 6 2012 Openfile John Michael McGrath City Council’s agenda for next week’s meeting has been put online, and near the bottom of the “member’s motions” section you’ll see something odd: seven separate motions from Councillor Josh Matlow (Ward 22, St. Paul’s), all relating to the installation of solar panels across Toronto. And [...]
4 July, 2012 National Post Megan O’Toole The city’s audit committee voted Tuesday to move toward eliminating paid-duty police officers at construction and work sites, with Councillor Josh Matlow citing a “collective frustration” at the system’s high costs. “When the average person would see, with all due respect, our police officers standing [...]
June 26, 2012 Inside Toronto Lisa Queen With two buildings proposed for the area of Yonge Street and Helendale Avenue north of Eglinton Avenue, residents are applauding a move that will see the city consider the developments as part of a larger study of the neighbourhood. The first proposed development at 2360 [...]
June 23, 2012 Toronto Star Kate Allen The story of the Ontario Municipal Board is a story about the future of Toronto: whether, as growth redraws the skyline, this city will be a paint-by-numbers or a work of art. As a quasi-judicial tribunal that hears appeals arriving from municipal planning decisions, the OMB’s story [...]
