Know your ward
Of Toronto’s 44 wards, 10 are in Scarborough. Here’s a cheat sheet of some of the basics on each.
Gary Crawford
Mayor walks STC to talk weight loss, LRT, chicken wings
Mayor Ford took an hour-long walk through the Scarborough Town Centre on Saturday. Flanked by councillors Norm Kelly, Gary Crawford and Doug Ford, he was there to promote his “Cut the Waist” campaign.
12B bus brought back to Kingston Road
After residents were unhappy with missing service along Kingston road after a Variety Village stop was added, the TTC brought back the 12B bus last weekend.
Scarborough still fond of Ford a year later, poll finds
Regressive. Out of touch. Anti-Toronto. These are only a few of the words Rob Ford’s critics use to describe the Toronto mayor. Scarborough residents seem to disagree.
Residents keep city on the right path
The city of Toronto’s park department proposed that a one kilometre stretch of natural path known as Chine Meadows to nearby residents, be paved over to provide an alternate route to cyclists on Kingston Road.
Kingston Road should go under the knife
Change is inevitable. The only way to move this city forward is to bulldoze the old and build up the new. Talks of redeveloping Kingston Road may become a reality, according to Councillor Gary Crawford. In getting rid of the unappealing buildings and concrete, Crawford wants to make this area a lot greener — and I couldn’t agree more.
Kingston Road facelift to start next year but no source of funding yet
Redevelopment on parts of Kingston Road should start next year despite questions about where the money will come from, first-year Ward 36 councillor Gary Crawford says.
Councillors pay frozen, divides Scarborough
Councillors have voted to freeze their pay for the year, completing another campaign promise for Mayor Rob Ford. However, Scarborough’s councillors are divided on the vote.
Anti-wind turbine groups welcome new councillor’s stand
Gary Crawford’s opposition to the proposed wind turbine project in his ward is making him popular with local environmental groups. Wind Concerns Ontario, a coalition of dozens of anti-wind turbine groups from across the province, welcomes the Ward 36 councillor’s take on Toronto Hydro’s plans to erect the turbines off his ward’s shore
Bluffs barriers ‘protect idiots from themselves’
Daredevils on the Scarborough Bluffs don’t get much sympathy from residents or politicians. “There’s always an idiot who wants access to the Bluffs,” said outgoing Ward 36 councillor Brian Ashton.