Mayor John Tory wants the public to get back on track with the talks of SmartTrack, announcing six new stations, including two in Scarborough.
CBC News Oct 10, 2017 Julia Whalen, Amara McLaughlin
Work on Mayor John Tory’s signature transit project — the SmartTrack rail line — reached a landmark in its implementation Tuesday evening as the public got to have its say in the first of three consultations this week.
“We want to hear from Torontonians,” Tory told reporters in Scarborough Tuesday morning.
士嘉堡變天 改建愛靜閣商場 建5000居住單位商場寫字樓
高密度大型社區 住宿購物休憇集一
【明報專訊】研究策劃了20年的士嘉堡愛靜閣商場(Agincourt Mall)重建工程﹐終於完成初步規劃。這是一個超級大型發展計劃﹐將興建5000個居住單位﹐2.37萬平方米零售面積﹐8500平方米辦公樓。 此外還附帶數條新的馬路﹐和一個8400多平方米的新公園。
Toronto Star Oct. 2, 2017 Betsy Powell
On Monday night, council deferred a vote on a pilot project that would allow Toronto residents in some neighborhoods to keep up to four chickens in their backyards.
CBC News Sep 26, 2017 Lorenda Reddekopp
Caleb Mabano, president of the Rwandan Community Abroad Toronto, says flying the Rwandan flag is part of the healing process for genocide survivors. (Lorenda Reddekopp/CBC)
A Rwandan-Canadian community leader and a city councillor are criticizing a city staff decision to deny permission for an annual event at Toronto city hall commemorating the Rwandan genocide, which resulted in the deaths of as many as one million people.
The city council chamber was crowded Monday evening to discuss the future of the proposed Rail Deck Park, a sprawling green space that would stretch from west of the Air Canada Centre to Bathurst. (Michael Cole/CBC)
City councillors and the public packed into council chambers Monday evening to debate the future of the proposed Rail Deck Park, a green space that would stretch from just west of the Air Canada Centre to Bathurst Street.
CBC News Sep 23, 2017 John Rieti
Coun. Jim Karygiannis says morale is low among paramedics and fewer workers with advanced life support skills are available. ((David Donnelly/CBC))
A Toronto councillor is warning the city has fewer paramedics with advanced life support (ALS) skills working these days, but Canada’s largest ambulance service says if you have an emergency you’re still in good hands.
The licensing committee voted 4-1 Monday in favour of city staff recommendations endorsing Premier Kathleen Wynne’s plan to sell marijuana only in government run, LCBO-type shops across Ontario after federal legalization takes effect next year.
CBC Sep 19, 2017
Marijuana dispensary owners and high-profile pot activists spoke out at city hall on Monday, urging councillors to go against the province’s plans to sell weed through an LCBO-like system once its legalized next summer.
Toronto Sun September 18, 2017 Antonella Artuso
A Toronto committee has endorsed the provincial government’s plan for recreational marijuana despite pleas from the pot industry to support private dispensaries and cannabis lounges within the city limits.
