TORONTO, Ont. – Two additional cases of vandalism have been reported and what is believed, but not yet confirmed, to be a politically motivated crimes.On Friday night, cars had their tires punctured or slashed on Howland Avenue, near Bloor and Bathurst, located in the Trinity-Spadina riding. On Saturday at Spadina and Bloor, five cars and [...]
It’s not only voters with political lawn signs who’ve had their vehicles vandalized around the city over the past few days — a candidate’s tires were also slashed.Bob Rae, the Liberal running in Toronto-Centre, posted the following tweet just after 10 p.m. Saturday: “Our front left tire slashed this morning … not nice”. […]
Vandals have targeted Liberal supporters in at least two Toronto ridings, prompting one city councillor to take action in support of constituents who have put up an election sign on their front lawn. Police have released surveillance photos of a suspect lurking in St. Paul’s, a federal riding located in midtown Toronto, after several people [...]
Kids play ball hockey near Yonge and Eglinton in this file photo. The city is under pressure to drop the city wide ban on street hockey. by David Rider, Toronto Star Urban Affairs Bureau Chief A Toronto councillor hopes to stickhandle through bureaucratic hand-wringing over legalizing ball hockey on city streets. A staff report going [...]
Toronto residents who volunteer on a batch of citizen advisory committees are speaking out against a proposal to scrap most of the groups. At the request of Mayor Rob Ford, city staff have reviewed the municipality’s complement of advisory bodies from the last term of council and are recommending that 21 of them be cancelled. [...]
by Councillor Josh Matlow for the Town Crier The Toronto Transit Commission (TTC) has stated that customer service is an important part of their mandate and has promised sweeping changes in response to numerous public complaints. When I took office as the new city councillor for Ward 22 St. Paul’s last December, I looked forward to [...]
by John Lorinc Toronto councillors appear to be splitting along partisan lines over whether then-candidate Rob Ford’s decision to allow a family holding company to pay almost $70,000 in election expenses should be reviewed by a compliance auditor appointed under the provisions of the Municipal Elections Act. However, election finance experts say these financing techniques [...]
by Peter Kuitenbrouwer With a rebellion turning into a revolt in its west end, the Toronto District School Board on Wednesday night slunk away from the idea of creating an Africentric “school within a school,” at Oakwood Collegiate Institute, a proud, historic high school at Oakwood and St. Clair avenues. Chris Spence, the TDSB Director of [...]
BY JOHN LORINC AND ADRIAN MORROW The Ontario government will give the green light to Toronto Mayor Rob Ford’s $12.4-billion bid to completely bury a crosstown light-rail line while using private money to pay for two extensions to the city’s Sheppard subway. If built, the LRT under Eglinton Avenue would be the longest all-new subterranean [...]
by David Nickle Toronto and East York Community Council members threw up their collective hands yesterday and voted to have an independent mediator try and find a solution to an impasse over a proposed four-storey condominium development on Kippendavie Avenue in the Beach. The development proposal came to community council with a recommendation from city [...]
