Rebate cut called boon for neighbourhoods
Toronto’s neighbourhoods would look prettier without boarded up stores, say supporters of Mayor Tory’s rebate cut.
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Chow boasts new endorsements
Four sitting councillors and three candidates announced their support for Olivia Chow Tuesday in a media event. The councillors, all hailing from Toronto’s west end, include Sarah Doucette (Ward 14, Parkdale-High Park), Mike Layton (Ward 19,…
City daycare funding on chopping block in budget debate
Christina Gilligan says she’s having a hard time finding affordable childcare space for her little girl in Toronto. Her toddler, she says, is on a long waiting list to get into Bellevue Child Care Centre, one of the centres slated to close if the city’s proposed operating budget passes.
Scarborough development project hits a ‘Wal’
SmartCentres, a Canadian real-estate developer plans to build an $18-million, 9,500-square-metre mall at the site anchored by a Wal-Mart at Markham Road and Eglinton Avenue East.
Toronto ambulances lead Caravan of Hope
As the sun sets over Houston, Texas a road weary convoy of do-gooders turns in for the night. Father Hernan Astudillo is leading a team of volunteers dubbed “The Caravan of Hope” from Toronto to Soyapango, El Salvador. Their mission is to deliver two decommissioned Toronto EMS ambulances to the impoverished town.