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By Michael Gregoris – Following a public outcry over what one group called a “secretive process,” Toronto’s transportation services has called a public meeting to discuss the possibility of revamping the Gardiner’s York-Bay-Yonge interchange and creating a local street from ...
Read More »Youth, mental health, gala on 51 Div. CPLC agenda
By Duncan McAllister – The 51 Division community police liaison committee (CPLC) met on March 9. The meeting kicked off with a presentation on Toronto’s mobile crisis intervention team, or MCIT, units by nurse Ellen Marchildon from St. Michael’s hospital ...
Read More »Sleepless nights continue for CityPlace: GO noise continues
By Kimberly Spice – CityPlace residents fed up with the constant construction of the rail lines running through their back yard lashed out at Metrolinx officials at the March 3 residents association meeting. Updating the corridor between Bathurst and Spadina ...
Read More »Ryerson program studies Corktown
By Anthony Marcusa – If there was ever any Pan Am envy rising from the residents of Corktown, a project by an enthusiastic group of Ryerson students will likely quell it. While the West Don Lands are abuzz with development ...
Read More »Old Town group seeks allies for crosstown bus
By Kimberly Spice – The Toronto Transit Commission (TTC) does not see any need to enhance services on Parliament St.—but the Old Town Toronto Network (OTTN) hasn’t exhausted their bus dreams yet. The OTTN is gearing up for an effort ...
Read More »Survey, meetings paint a portrait of riding for Murray
By Eric Morse – A curiously low-profile multi-level community consultation and planning process that has been underway in Toronto Centre for the past year or so made a stop in Cabbagetown on March 24. The brainchild of Toronto Centre MPP ...
Read More »Church St. residents win temporary reprieve from development fight
By Duncan McAllister – The Church St. community may have scored a temporary win in their fight against the Gloucester Mansions development at 580-596 Church St. and 67-71 Gloucester St. In a letter to city hall, lawyers for the developer ...
Read More »Dirt, danger may plague Martin Goodman Trail during TTC construction
By Kimberly Spice – Starting in April, pedestrians on the Martin Goodman Waterfront Trail along Leslie St. south of Lake Shore will see an increase in vehicular traffic as the Toronto Transit Commission (TTC) starts to move out soil from ...
Read More »Toronto Police misbehaviour is rampant
Police board chair Alok Mukerhjee comes under fire for making up his own rules By Toronto Police Accountability Coalition – Toronto Police Accountability Bulletin No. 59, March 21, 2011 This Bulletin is published by the Toronto Police Accountability Coalition, ...
Read More »Police speed traps
Letter to: Mayor Rob Ford and Bill Blair, Chief of Police By Carolyn Taylor – On Sunday afternoon my husband and I drove down the Don Valley Parkway and exited onto Bayview Extension. A few moments later we were stopped ...
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