He has been knocking on doors for years. He knows his pitch very well by now. As he approaches one of the doorsteps at Roxton Road, in Little Italy, he gently knocks on a door and patiently waits for someone to open the door. “Hi there, I’m sorry to bother you,” he said. “My name is Mike Layton, I’m running to be your city councillor. I’m just coming by to say hello and see if there are any issues on your mind.”
After waiting a year-and-a-half for an interim bylaw on Ossington Avenue to come to an end, Albino Silva has officially opened the doors to Salt Wine Bar.
Rob Ford’s West End mentality may have worked for his Etobicoke constituents, but it certainly isn’t commuting to Scarborough, in the aftermath of his sweeping election.
It came at the loss of three pairs of shoes and two pant sizes, but Mike Layton has come out on top in the race for city council chair in Ward 19 (Trinity-Spadina) with 45…
Before a wall of cameras and supporters, George Smitherman gracefully conceded last night to the new mayor of Toronto, Rob Ford. Ford earned almost half the eligible votes, while Smitherman finished with 34 per cent….
In front of a wall of cameras and supporters, last night, George Smitherman gracefully conceded to the new mayor of Toronto, Rob Ford. Ford finished with almost half the city’s 800,000 votes, while Smitherman finished…
Ford garnered almost 50 per cent of the vote Monday while George Smitherman and Joe Pantalone garnered 35 per cent and 12 per cent, respectively. In the end, Ford was able to motivate more voters to get out and support him.
Kaneiaa Jaymoorthy contacted Glenn De Baeremaeker’s Ward 38 office when he had difficulty receiving a permit to build a fence on his property. “Glenn’s staff came to my house,” Jaymoorthy said. “Glenn took the problem…
Big efforts from a little man weren’t enough to win this mayoral election. As Joe Pantalone approached the podium, the crowd chanted “Joe, Joe, Joe” repeatedly.
Early favourite Rob Ford is taking the lead in the mayoral election polls with about 50 per cent of the total votes and major news outlets are already calling it a win for Ford.