Councillor Jim Karygiannis plans to introduce a motion on Thursday to allow wards within the City of Toronto to opt out of allowing cannabis retailers and medical marijuana dispensaries to open up shop.
Councillors share New Year’s resolutions for the city, from building housing to balancing budgets
Jim Karygiannis (Ward 22 Scarborough-Agincourt)
His council resolution: Subway, subway, subway. My greatest resolution is that I need to work on the Sheppard subway extension from Don Mills out to McCowan.
Councillor Jim Karygiannis. (Paul Borkwood/CBC News)
It’s important to my constituents because of the development happening — there’s 60 to 70 towers coming along, a lot of them along Sheppard. When you have this great density intensification, you will need means of transportation.
His personal resolution: To spend more time with my granddaughter, Evelyn. If I get to see her for 10 to 15 minutes a day, I am in heaven.
Daily Bread food bank opens to meet north Scarborough ‘priority’ need
Victoria Park and Sheppard location builds on tenant effort
The last Toronto food bank to open in 2018 started with a woman handing out bread.
Indra Adjei saw plenty of people in her northwest Scarborough building who needed it — seniors, people who lost their jobs, people who couldn’t work.
Many of them felt isolated — and lots of times, when people from 80 or more families came for bread each Friday, it made Adjei’s day to see them smile.
Should Toronto wards be allowed to ban cannabis dispensaries?
Should Toronto wards be allowed to ban cannabis dispensaries?
Since recreational cannabis became legal in October, individual provinces and municipalities have been working to iron out the finer details of what the new regime will look like in their jurisdictions.
Scarborough councillor says wards should be able to opt-out of having cannabis shops
Jim Karygiannis becomes Scarborough Community Council chauirperson
Agincourt councillor wants local body to have larger role
Councillor Jim Karygiannis was chosen on Dec. 11, 2018 as chairperson of Scarborough Community Council. – Metroland file photo
Jim Karygiannis, a veteran politician known
Toronto councillors vote to double their budgets
The new Toronto Council voted to double councillor staffing budgets and put in motion a possible pay hike at its first meeting.
Paramedic union sweet has councillor “gravely concerned” about shortage of ambulances
Coun. Jim Karygiannis speaks out after tweet on Nov. 25 said only 16 ambulances were available
The union representing Toronto paramedics tweeted on Nov. 25 that there were only 16 ambulances available to service the entire city. (CBC)
A Toronto city councillor is worried that there might be too few ambulances available to respond to critical calls in the city after paramedics sounded the alarm on Twitter last Sunday.
Coun. Karygiannis calls out potential rival over election flyer drop
He says Norm Kelly distributed material in area he is not currently registered in
Coun. Jim Karygiannis shows a flyer put out by Norm Kelly, his potential opponent in the upcoming election, that he says is out of bounds. – David Nickle/Metroland
The transition period between the 47-ward council that Torontonians thought they’d be voting for, and the 25-ward council that Premier Doug Ford is set to impose on the city has some councillors stepping on one another’s toes.
And at least one councillor, Ward 39 (Scarborough Agincourt) Coun. Jim Karygiannis is crying foul over a piece of literature that was apparently dropped by Ward 40 (Scarborough Agincourt) Coun. Norm Kelly in a neighbourhood that currently he is not registered to run in.
The literature, appropriately headlined WHOOPS!, is directed at residents in the Bridlewood neighbourhood that Kelly currently represents, telling them he will be running to represent them after all.
“Things have changed,” wrote Kelly in the letter, headlined Re-Elect Norm Kelly.
What things? It’s complicated.
Currently, candidates are registered to run in wards approved by council for a 47-ward council, which has different ward boundaries than the current 44-ward council.