ANNEX GLEANER NEWS (Oct. 2020): Parking versus housing – Kensington Market considers a change
NEWS: Parking versus housing (Oct. 2020)
November 2nd, 2020 · Comments Off on NEWS: Parking versus housing (Oct. 2020)
EDITORIAL: Ford’s angry budget (May 2019)
May 28th, 2019 · Comments Off on EDITORIAL: Ford’s angry budget (May 2019)
The most recent Ontario budget targets Toronto for over $177 million in annual provincial funding cuts. The targeted cuts are to Toronto’s programs in healthcare, child care, legal aid, tourism, and transit. In exchange, Premier Ford’s province-wide base gets a few shiny trinkets, and as a whole the budget still fails to resemble the kind […]
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NEWS: Election chaos (October 2018)
October 16th, 2018 · Comments Off on NEWS: Election chaos (October 2018)
Council cuts a concern By Ellie Hayden Local residents’ associations, business improvement areas, and community organizations are concerned that reducing Toronto City Council from 47 to 25 seats will wreak havoc with the business of the city in their neighbourhoods. “Clearly Ford is going to put his foot down wherever he feels like putting his […]
NEWS: Hundreds protest cuts to council (Aug./Sept. 2018)
September 11th, 2018 · Comments Off on NEWS: Hundreds protest cuts to council (Aug./Sept. 2018)
Defending downtown democracy By Ellie Hayden “Shame!” Hundreds of people huddled shoulder to shoulder shouted the rallying cry at an emergency public meeting on August 13 at the Scadding Court Community Centre. The event was organized by Mike Layton (Ward 19, Trinity-Spadina) and Joe Cressy (Ward 20, Trinity-Spadina) to protest Bill 5, The Better Local […]
GREENINGS: Urban under-representation (Aug./Sept. 2018)
September 11th, 2018 · Comments Off on GREENINGS: Urban under-representation (Aug./Sept. 2018)
Giving the suburbs a leg up at the expense of progress Premier Ford wants to do Toronto a favour by slashing the size of council, and only Toronto seems to be targeted. Our ward of University-Rosedale, population 98,600, is now represented by a single councillor. To put this into perspective, Grey County, population 93,000, has […]
FORUM (JULY 2017): Butter tarts, tourtière, and raisin maple donuts
August 1st, 2017 · Comments Off on FORUM (JULY 2017): Butter tarts, tourtière, and raisin maple donuts
Local politicians celebrate Canada at 150 As the nation celebrated the big 150 this month, we wondered how our local politicians marked our big day. Member of Provincial Parliament Han Dong (Trinity-Spadina), councillors Joe Cressy (Ward 20, Trinity-Spadina) and Mike Layton (Ward 19, Trinity-Spadina), and Toronto Catholic District School Board trustee Catholic School Board Jo-Ann […]
CHATTER (FEBRUARY 2017): Welcoming the rooster
March 5th, 2017 · Comments Off on CHATTER (FEBRUARY 2017): Welcoming the rooster
NEWS: Rail safety focus of town hall
May 13th, 2016 · Comments Off on NEWS: Rail safety focus of town hall
Minister of Transport questioned on diverting dangerous goods By Annemarie Brissenden If residents at the well-attended town hall on rail safety were looking for the federal government to commit to diverting railway tracks out of dense urban neighbourhoods, they came away disappointed. [pullquote] “We are not actively looking at relocating rail outside of Toronto”—Marc Garneau, […]