An anti-poverty activist believes Toronto’s budget cuts will hurt homeless and poor women most. Bellwoods House is a transitional house located near Bathurst and Queen streets. As a long-term shelter for women over the age 50, it accommodates up to 10 residents at a time. It assists women who are victims of violence, those dealing with long-term homelessness or a history of trauma and mental health issues.
Private garbage pickup from Yonge Street to the Etobicoke border may be “too great a risk to take”, Coun. Janet Davis says. On Oct. 24, after a long day of debating, city council voted 26-16 in favour of privatizing waste collection and awarded Green For Life Waste and Recycling Solutions the contract.
Jack Layton, leader of Canada’s official Opposition and Toronto-Danforth MP, has died. He was 61.
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…
Shaun Bowring wants to know how Ward 19’s next city councillor would make it easier for people like him to run a business in the city.
Living near Christie Pits hasn’t always been a walk in the park for Nathan Grundy.
Grundy, 32, remembers trash enveloping the park during the garbage strike of 2009 and wonders how a new city councillor would clean up Toronto’s public spaces.