Politicians split on funding for priority neighbourhoods
Scarborough councillors are conflicted when it comes to outgoing mayor David Miller’s $40-million plan to invest in Toronto’s 13 neediest communities.
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Residents challenge Ward 42 council hopefuls on youth issues
Ward 42 residents crammed into Burrows Hall Community Centre Sept. 15 to challenge Ward 42 candidates about child and youth services in the area.
Mayoral frontrunners favour fewer city council members
Some of Toronto’s mayoral frontrunners are finding common ground when it comes to one issue: downsizing city council.
New technology will help voters with disabilities cast their ballots
Tina Marano’s life will change on Oct.25. Completely blind and hearing impaired since birth, she has never voted in an election without a friend to assist her. But this Election Day, she will feel the thrill of voting on her own for the first time.
Trustee campaigns despite court case
Angela Kennedy insists her decision to appeal a conflict-of-interest charge won’t get in the way of her campaign to run for re-election as Toronto Catholic school board trustee. Kennedy is one of eight incumbents of…
Gender a factor in mayoral sparring, experts say
Sarah Thomson leans firmly across the oval table.
“You being the common man, is a joke,” she says driving home her attack on Rob Ford.
Ford hardly seems to notice her efforts. With a laugh and a smile he turns to his neighbour at the debate as if Thomson does not exist let alone that she is unloading a barrage of verbal attacks.
One in seven Toronto residents without the vote
Bin Lin has to wait for eight years to cast her first vote in aToronto municipal election. The 25-year-old landed in Canada as a permanent resident in 2006. Last July, she filed her application for…
Mayoral debate addresses Toronto’s reputation for fairness
Nancy Jenter’s city is no longer Toronto the Good. As a welfare recipient and food bank patron, Jenter says she knows first-hand how Toronto treats its underprivileged citizens. “Poor people are being left to rot…
Mayoral candidate Rossi presents his TTC vision
A public transit commuter from Scarborough challenged Toronto’s mayoral candidates to come up with a better way during a public debate at the University of Toronto Tuesday night. Sarah Thomson, Rocco Rossi, George Smitherman, Joe…
Mayoral debate rejigged due to scheduling conflicts
Two mayoral debates are planned for tonight in Toronto, leaving candidates and organizers to do some last-minute juggling.