Racist messages found in Scarborough
Residents in the area reported the posters at the corner of Kingston Road and Warden Avenue to the city and Ward 36 councillor Gary Crawford.
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Toronto’s balanced budget, future plans may be flawed
Toronto budget chief Gary Crawford’s newly balanced budget has its share of critics. The spending package originally had a $91-million gap.
A tale of two cities
The City of Toronto should get ready to say goodbye to yet another two hotel landmarks— although their proposed replacement buildings are very different.
ArtsVote Toronto paints picture of stronger city through better funding
Rob Ford swept into power as Toronto’s mayor in 2010 on a platform of ending the city’s “gravy train”. That scared Meaghan Davis. She saw social services and the arts pitted against each other in a fight to prove their worth. It spurred her to act.
Community opposes Habitat for Humanity’s Birchmount plans
On Nov. 7 the community surrounding 357 Birchmount Ave. had an opportunity to meet with the developer, Habitat for Humanity, and city officials to find out what the latest plans are for the site. And what the neighbours heard didn’t sit well. They had a number of concerns, many focused on the one of the issues that plagues the entire city – traffic.
City and residents battle over plan to trim trees on Chine Drive
The fate of a line of century-old trees, the city has voted to cut down on Chine Drive in Scarborough, remains on hold. City plans along Chine Drive, where members of the Group of Seven artists met at one time, have called for the installation of sidewalks. And with a school located at the end of the street, city officials worry about the safety of travelling students beneath such elderly trees.
Residents still fuming over July flood
Natasha Morris has owned her home since 1983, but has not slept in her own bedroom since July 14. She is currently sleeping on a couch in her Scarborough Ward 36 home after a storm left her basement bedrooms flooded on July 15. Her roommate is sleeping on the floor.
Living on the edge
Gary Crawford grew up in the Scarborough area and is now the city councillor for Ward 36, which covers Bluffer’s Park. Ever since he was a teenager, he remembers stories of people scaling the sides of the Scarborough Bluffs or venturing close to the edge to experience the majestic views. “This is something that has been going on for generations,” Crawford says.
Scarborough firefighters are living on the edge
People wandering too close to the edge of the cliffs is an ongoing issue that tends to happen in spring and summer, says Gary Crawford, councilor for ward 36. Although the city has put both signs and fences up to keep people away from the eroding cliffs, there are always those who take the risk.
Community still motivated as dispute over quarry lands wears on
The residents of Scarborough’s Birch Cliff community will not give up the fight over the planned development of high-rise towers on the quarry lands, according to the president of the Concerned Citizens of Quarry Land Development.