East Yorkers protest fire truck’s move to Scarborough
“The average response time since amalgamation has gone way up since I was mayor,” said Beaches-East York MPP Michael Prue. “It’s not going to get there on time.”
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Toronto MPP supports Gateway Hub plan for east-end commuters
A Toronto-area MPP endorses a Metrolinx initiative that he says would reduce east-end Toronto transit-users’ commuting time to downtown. Introduced in 2008, the “Big Move” was a 25-year plan from Metrolinx to develop and integrate elements of transit in the GTA to improve accessibility and commuting times. Under the initiative, for example, commuters could use the Danforth GO Train station (located on the east side of Main Street south of Danforth Avenue) as a “Gateway Hub” or quick connection to the TTC Bloor-Danforth subway line (just up the street at the TTC Main Street).
Prorogation a real Page turner
Liam Donnelly knows the names, faces, portfolios and ridings of all 107 Ontario MPPs. He’s not a high-powered political figure or a lifelong bureaucrat. Donnelly is 13 and served as a Parliamentary Page.
Wynne, Prue, Tabuns doing the ‘Queen’s Park Shuffle’
Wynne, who represents Don Valley West, was provincial education minister from 2006 until just last year, when McGuinty moved her to the transportation portfolio. Now she’ll serve as minister of Aboriginal Affairs as well as minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing.
Despite loss, Burstyn still eager to serve Beaches-East York
While the Liberal candidate for Beaches-East York won’t be going to Queen’s Park, she warned that she would not disappear on the important issues. The Liberal candidate Helen Burstyn fought to unseat the incumbent New…
Prue’s lucky sweater proves lucky again
On election nights, Prue has been known to sport the “lucky” sweater that his wife knitted 20 years ago, when he was a municipal politician. Tonight was no exception.
East York sticks with its MPPs
Liberal Kathleen Wynne lived up to her name, winning with 24,454 votes or 58.3 per cent of the vote in Don Valley West. She easily defeated Andrea Mandel-Campbell, bringing in nearly twice as many votes as the 11,626 claimed by the Conservative candidate.
Prue wins Beaches-East York again
Beaches-East York has given Michael Prue a strong fourth mandate. Though the race in east-end Toronto was close – with Liberal candidate Helen Burstyn on his tail through the evening vote count – Prue managed…
East York: two parts orange, one part red
While some polls have yet to report, all three incumbents in East York have been declared re-elected.
A phased-in 407 extension riles Durham mayor
Changes are coming to Ontario’s toll highway and John Henry, the mayor of Oshawa, isn’t happy. He says the changes could create traffic chaos in his city.