A local church parishioner thinks the looming closure of Bellwoods House, a long-term shelter for women, is a bad and poorly-timed decision. Speaking Wednesday at a Toronto City Hall public forum, before city council’s budget committee, Elizabeth Magner told local politicians the shelter is a vital resource for women in crisis. “This is their home [...]
Trinity-Spadina City Councillor Adam Vaughan (Ward 20) wants the City Hall building to be better maintained. Speaking in council chambers Wednesday morning, Vaughan proposed reestablishing the Nathan Phillips Square volunteer advisory committee in order to oversee the building’s additions and maintenance. The value of the city’s citizen-dominated volunteer committees, including the Nathan Phillips Square Advisory [...]
Toronto's highrise-housing building boom should continue to climb skyward for the next couple of years thanks to the sputtering U.S. economy, Toronto Real Estate Board president Richard Silver says.
Last Thursday, when Rabindranath Maharaj won the 37th annual Toronto Book Award, he said he felt great. He admitted it was later, though, that the positive effects really sank in. “My greatest pleasure was two days afterwards when I opened my laptop and I began to write,” Maharaj said.
East York News Ontario Votes 2011
Sipping red wine, Liberal Party of Canada President Alfred Apps said that he thinks Burstyn’s ability to close the historically large gap between the NDP and Liberals in Beaches-East York is impressive. He also thinks another Liberal government in Ontario is an important step in the right direction for the party.
East York News Ontario Votes 2011
The debate, one of many across the province for “Education Day,” saw Shawn Ali of the Green Party, Helen Burstyn of the Liberals and New Democrat Party incumbent MPP Michael Prue face off at Secord Elementary School to an audience of more than 100 people.
MP Brian Wilfert looks to centralize the death notification process with a one-stop phone number.
Toronto taxi driver Khalil Talke says he’s been victimized twice. Last Valentine’s Day, Talke picked up a passenger at Downsview subway station in Toronto. The man directed him to the Yonge and Sheppard area. He then attacked Talke, stabbing him repeatedly from behind before running away. A passerby called police. What made matters worse for [...]
For nearly a decade, the French-language college headquartered in Sudbury has operated a Toronto branch at 951 Carlaw Avenue — a building it shares with Centennial College. But in December, Collège Boréal announced that it is preparing to open a new, larger building in September 2012, to consolidate students from its two Toronto-area campuses.
Suzanne Lilly has been waiting to celebrate a big birthday for a long time. But it’s not her own: Bedford Park Public School is turning 100.
Some of the TTC riders attending an information meeting tonight at Metro Hall voiced their anger about the proposed transit budget cuts. The meeting, the first of four this week, attracted more than 100 people. It attempted an open-house style gathering that featured visuals, information and TTC planners moving around the room. There were no [...]
