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Alter Kakers looking for rehearsal space

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Looking for a place to play loud

January 28, 2022January 28, 2022 Dennis Hanagan band, city council, economic and community development committee, musicians

Toronto’s musicians who help generate $850 million annually to the city’s economy are seeing vital rehearsal spaces drying up.

Bloor Street bike lanes

‘Temporary’ bike lanes to be made permanent, council decides

December 16, 2021December 17, 2021 Rodger Burnside Bayview Avenue, bike lanes, Bloor Street, city council, Danforth Avenue, Dundas Street East, Joe Cressy, John Tory, University Avenue

Drivers, cyclists and pedestrians had better get used to the bike lanes installed last year as temporary parts of the ActiveTO initiative.

curb-lane patio on Yonge Street

Sidewalk, curb-lane patios to become permanent dining experience in Toronto

October 28, 2021October 29, 2021 Rodger Burnside CafeTO, city council, executive committee, John Tory, patios

The city’s executive committee yesterday approved extending the CaféTO initiative allowing sidewalk and curb-lane patios indefinitely.

parking lot site for modular housing

Modular housing projects to go ahead, council decides

June 9, 2021June 10, 2021 Rodger Burnside Bracebridge Avenue, Brad Bradford, Cedarvale Avenue, city council, East York Cares, homeless housing, homelessness, John Tory, modular housing, Trenton Avenue

The city is moving ahead with two modular housing initiatives, including a project in East York that has raised local controversy.

Sidewalk snow clearing

Snow clearing extended to all city’s sidewalks, council decides

June 9, 2021June 9, 2021 Rodger Burnside Brad Bradford, city council, John Tory, sidewalks, snow clearing

City councillors have voted to extend snow clearing to about 1,300 kilometres of sidewalks not already receiving the service.

renaming Dundas Street

Renaming Dundas Street moves to public phase

October 1, 2020October 2, 2020 Rodger Burnside city council, Dundas Street, John Tory, Mike Colle, Mike Layton, Paula Fletcher

City council gave the go-ahead today to further research and holding public consultations on renaming Dundas Street project.

Cycling without bike lanes

Bike lane network to continue growing this year, city council agrees

May 1, 2020May 1, 2020 Rodger Burnside bike lanes, city council, John Tory, Kristyn Wong-Tam, Mike Layton, video conference

Bike lanes are to be installed or improved on 10 kilometres of streets this year, Toronto City Council decided during its first video conference meeting.

kids at youth centre

City council grant keeps Cabbagetown centre going

February 28, 2020March 4, 2020 Vatché Ayvazian Cabbagetown Youth Centre, city council, Grant, John Tory, Kristyn Wong-Tam

Cabbagetown residents have been happy to learn Toronto city council has given its youth centre a $161,000 grant to keep it open.

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June 17: Public consultation on city council

June 3, 2019June 16, 2019 Streeter staff city council, Eglinton Avenue West, North Toronto Memorial Community Centre, public consultation

A meeting is being held in North Toronto on June 17, a public session the city is holding to seek residents’ ideas about decision making in Toronto

Crescent Town bridge collapsed

Pedestrian bridge still out after collapsing four months ago

March 24, 2019March 30, 2019 Kyle Marshall Brad Bradford, bridge, city council, Crescent Town Elementary School, John Tory, pedestrian bridge, Pinedale Properties, Toronto District School Board

Parents, school staff and students are asking why repairs have not started four months after a pedestrian bridge collapsed outside Crescent Town Elementary School.

Bayview Extension speed limit sign

Speed limit increased on Bayview Extension

January 2, 2018July 11, 2019 Jay Garak Bayview Extension, city council, Jon Burnside, Josh Matlow, Kristyn Wong-Tam, Pottery Road, River Street, speed limit

Vehicle are legally driving 60 kilometres per hour on the Bayview Extension now, since Toronto city council approved a speed limit increase on the roadway last month.

automated road speed sign

Speeding fines on our streets could double

April 7, 2017December 23, 2017 Eric Emin Wood city council, Jaye Robinson, Joe Mihevc, Jon Burnside, Josh Matlow, Mark Grimes, speeding, traffic

City council has approved a proposal asking the province to double speeding fines for residential streets, school zones, and near playgrounds and daycares.

Ward boundary ideas still sought

October 20, 2015March 4, 2020 Eric Emin Wood city council, Ward Boundaries

While the midtown portion of the meetings may be over, the committee is still looking for “refinements” to the five choices being considered.

City council passes new criteria for 30 kph zones

May 27, 2015 Shawn Star Christin Carmichael Greb, city council, speed limit

When it comes to speeds on local streets, the ball is now in your court. On May 7 city council passed guidelines outlining how a street’s speed limit can drop to 30 kph from 40 kph, the first step of which is a community petition requesting the lowered limit.

Karen Stintz joins arts firm

March 27, 2015March 28, 2017 Shawn Star art, ArtsBuild Ontario, city council, Karen Stintz, TTC

The former Eglinton-Lawrence councillor and mayoral candidate announced this morning she was joining ArtsBuild Ontario as an executive director.

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