MPP Bell hosts community appreciation celebration
By Nicole Stoffman
LIFE: Unsung heroes of Uni-Rose feted (Jan. 2020)
January 31st, 2020 · Comments Off on LIFE: Unsung heroes of Uni-Rose feted (Jan. 2020)
FORUM: Ford plows ahead with cuts (Dec. 2019)
December 9th, 2019 · Comments Off on FORUM: Ford plows ahead with cuts (Dec. 2019)
Back at Queen’s Park, Ford resumes his agenda
By Jessica Bell
After ordering the longest break in almost 25 years, Doug Ford finally let Queen’s Park get back to business last month. While the government signalled they would take a more tempered approach, the legislation the government has introduced shows the premier is continuing his destructive path.
Tags: Annex · Columns · Opinion
FORUM: Ford’s backtracks show our resistance is working (Nov. 2019)
December 9th, 2019 · Comments Off on FORUM: Ford’s backtracks show our resistance is working (Nov. 2019)
With his popularity in free fall, the premier tries reverse gear
By Jessica Bell
Over the past year, Doug Ford has hacked away at our schools, hospitals, and communities. He’s made devastating cuts to OSAP, ambulance services, and cancer-screening programs. Under his term, class sizes have ballooned, wait times at emergency rooms have increased, and university has become more expensive. It’s a bleak picture. But the good news is we have been fighting back – and Ford is now forced to listen.
FORUM: Our streets should be safer (Oct. 2019)
October 17th, 2019 · Comments Off on FORUM: Our streets should be safer (Oct. 2019)
Dump truck strikes woman exiting streetcar
Jessica Bell, MPP University-Rosedale
On the morning of September 17, a young woman exited the streetcar at Bathurst and Ulster and was hit by a driver of a dump truck who failed to stop behind the streetcar, as is the law.
FORUM: Top takeaways for our community from Ontario’s 2019 budget (Summer 2019)
July 16th, 2019 · Comments Off on FORUM: Top takeaways for our community from Ontario’s 2019 budget (Summer 2019)
Education, health care, social services, legal aid, all on chopping block
By Jessica Bell, MPP (University—Rosedale)
On April 11, the Ford government presented their first budget called “Ontario’s Plan to Protect What Matters Most”. It’s an ironic title, considering how many cuts to key services are included. Below is a brief round-up of some of the biggest announcements and their impact on our community.
FORUM: Taking a stand against Ford’s cuts to education (May 2019)
May 28th, 2019 · Comments Off on FORUM: Taking a stand against Ford’s cuts to education (May 2019)
MPP decries slashing of school budgets province-wide
By Jessica Bell, MPP (University—Rosedale)
Every child in Ontario deserves a quality public school education.
Tags: Annex · Columns · Opinion
FORUM: With people-power there is hope (Winter 2019)
March 14th, 2019 · Comments Off on FORUM: With people-power there is hope (Winter 2019)
MPP Bell sees glass half-full in year ahead
By Jessica Bell
A new year is an opportunity to renew and recommit to making a difference. Here are three resolutions to help spur positive social change in 2019.
Tags: Annex · Columns · Opinion
FORUM: Take back Toronto on the 22nd (City Election 2018)
October 17th, 2018 · Comments Off on FORUM: Take back Toronto on the 22nd (City Election 2018)
Vote progressive on election day
By Jessica Bell
Doug Ford has hurt Toronto. Ford slashed Toronto’s wards from 47 to 25 in the middle of an election, and threatened to suspend our Charter rights and freedoms by invoking the notwithstanding clause for the first time in Ontario’s history.
FORUM: Ford is sending Ontario backwards (Aug./Sept. 2018)
September 11th, 2018 · Comments Off on FORUM: Ford is sending Ontario backwards (Aug./Sept. 2018)
Our elected officials matter now more than ever
By Jessica Bell
Doug Ford has been Ontario’s premier for just six weeks, and he’s dragging Ontario backwards fast.
NEWS: Bell wins ballot bunch (July 2018)
July 18th, 2018 · Comments Off on NEWS: Bell wins ballot bunch (July 2018)
NDP scores more votes than all rivals combined
By Geremy Bordonaro
Jessica Bell of the New Democratic Party (NDP) is the first ever Member of Provincial Parliament (MPP) for the newly formed riding of University-Rosedale. The riding, which encompasses the northern half of what was once Trinity-Spadina, includes all of the Annex.
GREENINGS: Results beg for electoral reform (July 2018)
July 18th, 2018 · Comments Off on GREENINGS: Results beg for electoral reform (July 2018)
Environment would benefit from a system that’s not a winner takes all
Big congratulations to Jessica Bell who is now representing us in University-Rosedale at Queen’s Park.
Tags: Annex · General · Life · Opinion
ON THE COVER: The Ballot Bunch (Election Special 2018)
May 29th, 2018 · Comments Off on ON THE COVER: The Ballot Bunch (Election Special 2018)
Candidates vying for your support on June 7 include (clockwise from top left): Gillian Smith, Jo-Ann Davis, Jessica Bell, Daryl Christoff, KathleenWynne, Doug Ford, Andrea Howarth, and Tim Grant. Ford,Wynne, Howarth and Mike Schreiner (centre) are party leaders. NEILAND BRISSENDEN/GLEANER NEWS, PHOTOS COURTESY ALL CANDIDATES
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FOCUS ON THE ELECTION: Grilling potential MPPs (Election Special 2018)
May 29th, 2018 · Comments Off on FOCUS ON THE ELECTION: Grilling potential MPPs (Election Special 2018)
University-Rosedale candidates answer your questions
Over the last five months we’ve published forum pieces by five people running to be your Member of Provincial Parliament in the newly formed riding of University-Rosedale: Jessica Bell (New Democratic Party), Daryl Christoff (New People’s Choice Party of Ontario), Jo-Ann Davis (Ontario Liberal Party), Tim Grant (Green Party of Ontario), and Gillian Smith (Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario).