Cutting budget, not quality of service: TTC
According to a TTC budget report, current service will not be affected by the budget cuts requested by Mayor Tory.
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‘He didn’t let anyone push him around’
The reaction to Ford’s death, at age 46 after a long fight with cancer, appeared to be divided on Toronto streets and on social media.
Mayor John Tory remembers predecessor Rob Ford
Rob Ford was “very true to himself and his principles”, Mayor John Tory said. Tory spoke with media following the news that the former mayor and Ward 2 councillor had died at the age of 46 after fighting a rare cancer. “(Rob Ford) was above all else a profoundly human guy, and he will be missed,” Tory said.
East York families in line and out of luck
Rod Malos was number 41 in line when his wife called to tell him to come home. While he waited his turn, she’d successfully enrolled their children in summer swimming and soccer programs online.
On his way out of the East York Community Centre, moments later, Malos handed his ticket to a man who had just arrived at the end of the line. By the time number 41 was called, less than an hour after registration had begun, however, the man who received Malos’s ticket was out of luck.
On March 9, dozens of people lined up early at the community centre, waiting to register their children for spring and summer recreational programs in East York.
Inside workers strike tentative agreement with city
The union representing a large amount of Toronto’s inside workers has reached an agreement with the city.
Justin Trudeau makes history for Pride Toronto
Organizers of Pride Toronto are elated Justin Trudeau will partake in the summer celebration, the first Canadian prime minister to do so.
Drake to receive key to the city
John Tory is giving the key to the city to rapper Drake outside of Ricoh Coliseum on Friday.
Mayor Tory serves up free-breakfast initiative
The program director at the Thorncliffe Neighbourhood Office applauds Mayor John Tory’s initiative to provide free breakfasts to Toronto-area grade school students, but believes the program doesn’t go far enough.
In 2014 the Government of Ontario released a poverty reduction strategy; it included $10 million made available between 2014 and 2019 to reduce poverty in Ontario communities. On Monday, Mayor Tory announced the allotment of $500,000 (of that $10 million) to offer breakfasts to communities in need. Mohan Doss, the program director of Thorncliffe Neighbourhood Office, appreciates the initiative, but has some criticism.
“What about youth between 19 and 28, who are not in high school, who will not have access to free-breakfast programs?” Doss said.
Revamping Toronto’s community housing
The Mayor’s task force on Toronto Community Housing has released a list of recommendations targeted at improving longstanding issues residents have faced. Mayor John Tory unveiled the findings of the report in a press conference on Jan. 26.
SmartTrack not derailed by new plans
Mayor John Tory announced the revised plans for SmartTrack to connect the Toronto Pearson employment hub with the rest of the city.