The Toronto Observer

At the corner of Dawes Road and Victoria Park Avenue, a nearly completed barn-like structure stands at the centre of a small island of grass. The structure, installed under the city of Toronto's public art program, pays homage to the older days of the area when this corner of East York was all farm land, not a busy urban intersection.

A Toronto city councillor believes the composition of the mayor’s executive committee has nothing to do with gender balance, but everything to do with alliances.

While the proposed expansion of the city’s smoking ban to include restaurant patios may be good for people’s health, it might have a negative effect on local businesses.

Barring a change of heart from the Toronto City Council, some transit riders will be spending a little more every time they take TTC. A new operating budget, which includes a five-cent fare increase, has been approved in principle by the Toronto Transit Commission. But one city councillor says the fare hike will hit the [...]

Gary Webster disagreed with the mayor and now he's out of a job because of it, Councillor Janet Davis says. The Toronto Transit Commission today voted 5-4 to terminate Webster — its chief general manager and a 36-year veteran of the TTC — because, she said, he would not side with Mayor Rob Ford on his transit plan.

“Bed bugs are in every kind of building – in all different income neighbourhoods. They’re in hotels, they are in our public spaces. What we need is ongoing funding to be able to approach this in a very fundamental way," says a Toronto city councillor.

Private garbage pickup from Yonge Street to the Etobicoke border may be "too great a risk to take", Coun. Janet Davis says. On Oct. 24, after a long day of debating, city council voted 26-16 in favour of privatizing waste collection and awarded Green For Life Waste and Recycling Solutions the contract.

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 [...]

Janet Davis says she will return to city hall as the councillor for Ward 31, and fight for the needs and services of families, neighbourhoods and communities. Davis and her supporters gathered Monday night at the Bus Terminal Restaurant on Danforth Avenue. She delivered a celebratory speech thanking her constituents.

Council candidate Jane Pitfield says the Danforth business owners need the help of the city. The candidate for Ward 29 said parts of the Danforth, between Coxwell and Victoria Park avenues, have been falling into decay.