June 13, 2012 National Post Natalie Alcoba Rob Ford’s allies would not take a sales tax or Toronto specific road tolls dedicated to building transit off the table, restrictions that the mayor himself supported. On Tuesday, the executive committee endorsed a motion by Councillor Josh Matlow that directs the city manager to set [...]
June 13, 2012 Toronto Sun Don Peat TORONTO – A bid to take a sales tax and Toronto-only road tolls off the table when it comes to transit funding got derailed by Mayor Rob Ford’s executive committee Tuesday. Ford himself voted in favour of Councillor Denzil Minnan-Wong’s unsuccessful motion to rule out a [...]
June 12, 2012 TownNEWS Omar Mosleh Have no fear — the emus, wallabies and llamas of High Park Zoo are not going anywhere any time soon. City council voted to accept donations to ensure High Park Zoo stays open for the rest of 2012 and, at the very least, a good portion of [...]
May 17, 2012 A new parkette is expected to open soon at the corner of Soudan and Dunfield avenues, and the name is up to you. Ward 22 councillor Josh Matlow is asking local residents to nominate a worthy person to name the park after. “Think of someone who merits the acknowledgement,” Matlow [...]
May 9, 2012 What should we do with Toronto’s iconic castle on the hill? Almost a year after the city ended a decades long arrangement with Casa Loma’s previous operators, the Kiwanis Club of Casa Loma, the city wants to know how the castle can be best put to use. Councillors Josh Matlow and [...]
May 9, 2012 Councillors went bananas for fair trade yesterday, posing with human-sized fruit and sipping the coffee on offer. (There were also chocolate bars, and in the interest of full disclosure we will report that Torontoist editor Hamutal Dotan ate one.) Fair Trade Toronto (FTT) visited the city council meeting yesterday to launch its campaign [...]
May 9, 2012 Toronto’s city council continued a two-day monthly meeting Wednesday, debating measures like transit and a credit card that would put money into city coffers. But the marathon session took a nasty turn during an exchange between Coun. Gord Perks and Coun. Josh Colle. While discussing the proposed return of the Toronto [...]
May 4, 2012 A possible development in the Yonge and Eglinton area has a few homeowners on Soudan ave crying foul, saying they feel pressured by the developer to sell their homes. Michelle Zafir, who lives in a semi-detached house on Soudan ave, received a letter in early March from Compten Management Inc, offering [...]
May 1, 2012 New amenities, including benches, drinking fountains and a community garden, will be coming to Oriole Park as a result of a participatory budget meeting held by Ward 22 councillor Josh Matlow. Deer Park residents gathered at Christ Church Deer Park on April 16 to vote on a list of additions they [...]
May 1, 2012 TTC officials are looking to the future with their proposal for the upcoming Chaplin LRT station. But residents in the area say they want to preserve the look of the past. A public consultation was held by the TTC on April 25 at Forest Hill Collegiate to let people know about [...]
