It’s Monday night and Mary-Margaret McMahon is busy greeting guests. Some she knows by name, the rest receive warm introductions as they filter in. While everyone settles down she offers coffee and cookies. Despite having all the appearances of an intimate gathering, this is no party.
Toronto paramedics are “very, very, very angry” with the terms of the contract and feel betrayed by CUPE Local 416 president Mark Ferguson, claiming they have not been granted “true essential service” status, which would have put them on parity with police and fire fighters.
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…
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…
A community is left in limbo. Parents are left worried, daycare workers are left sacrificing, volunteer workers are donating and a family oriented neighbourhood is left fighting. What weighs heavily on their minds is the question: Will Scarborough’s Progress Child Care centre shut down or not?
Last Wednesday the TTC announced another customer service panel where riders will be able to interact one-on-one with the staff and a forum will be opened up for questions. Scarborough TTC bus driver and commuters expressed their opinions about TTC’s new promises.
After months of emotional debate, City Hall’s executive committee heard from over 200 deputations during a 20-hour marathon meeting that wrapped up early Tuesday morning.
Mayor Rob Ford and his 13-member committee heard from many Torontonians about proposed service cuts.
It took them five decades, but the City of Toronto is finally going to replace city hall’s 50-year-old windows with modern, energy-efficient double-pane units.
Twitter marked its fifth birthday this week. In that handful of years since its launch, it seems everyone’s jumped aboard the social media juggernaut: celebrities, businesses and even fictional characters have joined the 140-character-limited microblogging site. And so have some Scarborough politicians.
Banging on bongo drums and shaking tambourines, the Ontario Coalition Against Poverty (OCAP) made its presence felt at a morning budget committee meeting at Toronto City Hall on Feb. 10.