After being run down twice by cyclists who ran red lights, Emily Niedoba hopes the city will crack down on cyclists who flagrantly ignore the rules of the road. Niedoba, who says she sustained brain injuries, was initially hit by a cyclist in Yorkville who didn’t even bother to check her condition as she lay [...]
The TTC’s former chair says Mayor Ford’s plan to run a subway line into Scarborough isn’t realistic. On Newstalk 1010s The City with councillor Josh Matlow, Adam Giambrone dismissed the plan as too expensive. […]
The architect of Rob Ford’s mayoral campaign will launch a right-wing advocacy firm after the provincial election. Nick Kouvalis told councillor Josh Matlow on Newstalk 1010’s The City, the time is right for the Respect for Taxpayers Action Group—with Torontonians focused on the budget process. […]
With news of federal NDP Leader Jack Layton’s passing Monday morning, many local politicians spoke admiringly about the man who got his start as a city councillor at Toronto city hall in the 1980s. “We lost a great man, a man who probably could have become the prime minister of Canada,” former mayor Mel Lastman [...]
TORONTO, Ont. – Mayor Rob Ford and Premier Dalton McGuinty wrapped up their meeting at Queen’s Park, Wednesday. The two discussed speeding up progress on the Sheppard subway line, including other issues like daycare, public health, Ontario Place and the sale of 900 Community Housing homes. […]
Drivers who stop their cars curbside on busy rush-hour arterials should face a stiff fine, and a greater likelihood of being caught, according to city councillor Josh Matlow. “I’ll often find myself crawling in traffic – assuming it might be an accident or some construction – and then I find out it’s actually some [...]
TORONTO – Ontario Liberal MPP Mike Colle is getting his exercise during this election campaign. Colle lead a group of walkers on a 20-kilometre trek Wednesday afternoon along Toronto’s Eglinton Avenue to promote a light rail project that is scheduled to go under the avenue, creating a second east-west transit corridor to take strain [...]
TORONTO - A Toronto city councillor wants to hit people who block city streets during rush hour in the pocketbook — hard. Coun. Josh Matlow is proposing a $500 fine for motorists who stop in driving lanes during rush hour. The current fine for blocking a live lane on rush-hour routes ranges from [...]
Drivers who block traffic during rush hour could be hit with a $500 fine from city hall if one Toronto councillor has his way. Coun. Josh Matlow says drivers who stop in traffic and block a lane during peak hours should be fined $500 for holding up traffic. Current fines range from $40 up [...]
It’s something that makes motorists crazy: Other motorists who stop in the curb lane, either to jump out to grab a coffee or drop off their dry cleaning. There’s also the trucks that park illegally in the curb lanes. A Toronto city councillor wants a sharp increase in the fine for those rude manners, and [...]
