TORONTO, Ont. – City Councillor Josh Matlow wants to get tougher on motorists who stop in live lanes during rush hour and increase the fine to $500. You can see it on every downtown street every morning: drivers who stop in these lanes to either grab a coffee, drop off a passenger or for another [...]
Motorists who park in a lane of traffic to run for a coffee or make a delivery are “road hogs” who should be towed and slapped with a $500 fine, says Councillor Josh Matlow. Matlow has prepared a motion to go to city council next month increasing the fine for drivers who take up [...]
Coun. Josh Matlow is proposing a $500 fine for drivers who block Toronto roads during rush-hour traffic, saying the current fines aren’t enough. The north Toronto councillor told CityNews.ca that he’s frustrated by selfish drivers blocking the curb lanes so they can grab a morning coffee. […]
A Toronto city councillor says the city should put the brakes on motorists who hold up traffic on major roads during rush hour, causing delays and headaches for fellow drivers. Coun. Josh Matlow is proposing a $500 fine for motorists who are caught parking, idling or obstructing traffic in curb lanes or bicycle lanes [...]
A Toronto city councillor says he’s tired of ‘road hogs’ who cause needless traffic jams in the city and he wants to make them pay. Josh Matlow says he’s tired of the drivers who stop their cars to run an errands during rush hour, while other drivers have to pull around them. “What [...]
With the looming addition of light rail to Eglinton Avenue, MPP Mike Colle is looking to residents and shareholders to help shape the future of the street. Colle, who represents the riding of Eglinton-Lawrence provincially, will lead a walk through the middle of the city, hiking along Eglinton from Kennedy subway station to the Mount [...]
It has happened to most of us. You are going to work in the morning or coming home in the afternoon and some joker stops in the curb lane. Maybe she is popping in to grab a morning coffee. Maybe he is pausing to pick up his wife at her office. Or maybe it is [...]
The Communist Party of Canada is thinking about filing a human rights complaint against Councillor Giorgio Mammoliti, the party’s Ontario leader said Sunday. Mammoliti, a prominent ally of Mayor Rob Ford with a long history of provocative remarks, has gleefully escalated his red-baiting rhetoric over the last week. On Tuesday, he said he would [...]
Toronto’s audit committee will probe why city staff disobeyed policy and made millions in untendered purchases before getting approval. The decision comes the same day a Star investigation revealed staff had improperly approved purchases worth nearly $2.5 million since 2009, with nearly $1 million of that since Rob Ford took office. “By bringing [...]
Josh Matlow has a way of staying in the news. On Sunday, the rookie councillor who already pens a weekly column for the Toronto Star and is a frequent guest on talk radio begins a new gig hosting a show of his own on Newstalk 1010. “I love the experience” of being on the [...]
