Thank you to the hundreds of people who celebrated and honoured North America's beloved children's music trio last Saturday at the naming ceremony and concert for our new Sharon, Lois & Bram Playground. Ward 22's Davisville Village Farmers’ Market opens for another season! AppleTree Markets, a local Ward 22 non-profit organization, will [...]
Rathnelly Area Residents Association AGM Please join me on Thursday, May 8 at 6:30 pm for the Rathnelly Area Residents' Association's Annual General Meeting. This year the meeting will be held at The Mabin School, 50 Poplar Plains Road. I'll be discussing local issues and priorities for our city as well as rail safety [...]
Dear residents, Rob Ford advised the City Clerk today that he is taking a personal leave of absence due to his ongoing problems with substance abuse. I wish Mr. Ford, and his family, well if he is trying to improve himself. However, his recorded bigoted comments toward the LGBTQ community, his racial slurs and his sexist [...]
Yonge Eglinton Bus Barns The TTC's bus barns site at the south west corner of Yonge and Eglinton has been left as a derelict eyesore for too long. While the area will now be used as a staging ground for the Eglinton Crosstown construction, there is no excuse for the condition in which the [...]
Dear residents, There have been massive power outages reported across Toronto this evening. In Midtown, I know that it has already affected the Yonge/St. Clair area. If your home has no power, Toronto Hydro's number is 416-542-8000. I'm providing you their website here and Twitter account here. However, I've already heard back from some residents [...]
Toronto Takes Step Forward Toward Freeing Food Trucks Council took a significant step forward toward offering a greater diversity of street food in Toronto by easing restrictions on food trucks. While there certainly will be more mobile vendors on the streets in new locations this summer, I believe Council could've gone even further to free [...]
Significant Progress Made Toward Keeping Hodgson Rink Open! The Hodgson ice rink is closed this year as a result of two ammonia leaks in two years. Components at a facility like Hodgson have a life cycle of 15-20 years. The Hodgson rink is now over 30 years old. There is no doubt that the rink's [...]
Fighting to Keep Hodgson Rink Open for our Community Keeping Hodgson rink open for the 2014/15 season and retaining it in our community is a top priority for me as both our City Councillor and as a local parent myself. With the Hodgson rink closed this year due to necessary repairs, I worked [...]
REMINDER: You're Invited to a Community Skating Party at June Rowlands (Davisville) Park! After working closely with parents in our community, I'm delighted to announce that the "SkinnamaRink" natural ice rink (near our newly named Sharon, Lois & Bram Playground) at June Rowlands (Davisville) Park is now open for fun! This season, Hodgson Rink [...]
You're Invited to a Community Skating Party at June Rowlands (Davisville) Park! After working closely with parents in our community, I'm delighted to announce that the "SkinnamaRink" natural ice rink (near our newly named Sharon, Lois & Bram Playground) at June Rowlands (Davisville) Park is now open for fun! This season, Hodgson Rink [...]
