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Join us June 8 for a Major LGBTQ Community Summit: The Countdown to World Pride 2014
on May 22, 2013
Toronto City Hall – Council Chambers 100 Queen St West Saturday, June 8, 2013 9:30am Please register today at: www.countdown2wp14to.eventbrite.com Click here to view the flyer WHO’s coming to the Summit? We have invited a wide range of groups, leaders, individuals, members, supporters, friends andparticipants from a wide range of Greater Toronto’s LGBTQ community to [...]
Condos becoming part of Toronto’s affordable housing tool box
on May 21, 2013
May 21, 2013, The Star. With more than 70,000 households languishing for years on Toronto’s affordable housing wait list and few public dollars available for new construction, the city is turning to its burgeoning condo market for help. Half a dozen condominium developers have inked deals with the city and non-profit housing providers to offer [...]
Update on Fire at 914-920 Yonge
on May 21, 2013
Updates from Brookfield Property Management * Brookfield has advised that as of February 22, updates will be provided weekly on Fridays. The May 17 update is available and can be seen here. The May 10 update is available and can be seen here. The May 3 update is available and can be seen here. The [...]
Support for the Bay & Davenport Reconstruction Project
on March 19, 2013
The City of Toronto will be reconstructing Bay Street between Bloor St. and Davenport Rd. One of the key benefits to pedestrians will be widening Bay Street’s sidewalks. The City of Toronto has consulted with the community and local stakeholders including residents’ associations and the Bloor-Yorkville Business Improvement Area. One of the top priorities identified [...]
March E-Newsletter Online
on March 20, 2013
The March, 2013 edition of our e-newsletter is now online here. If you would like to sign up to receive e-newsletters by email, please complete the ‘Email Updates’ form on the right of this page.
Public input invited for study of Toronto’s downtown transportation
on March 22, 2013
News Release March 22, 2013 Public input invited for study of Toronto’s downtown transportation The City of Toronto will host a drop-in event next week to obtain public input as part of a study the City is undertaking on transportation operations in the downtown core. The purpose of the Downtown Transportation Operations Study is to [...]
FOOD FOR THOUGHT: COULD YOU SURVIVE ON $6.65?
on March 27, 2013
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE FOOD FOR THOUGHT: COULD YOU SURVIVE ON $6.65? Executives, politicians and media personalities are about to try! Toronto, ON March 20, 2013 – From April 1-7, 2013, 6 volunteers will drastically restrict their personal food budgets to $6.65 a day to help understand and draw attention to, the poverty and struggle of [...]
DAY 3 AND CITY COUNCIL MEETS
on April 4, 2013
April 4, 2013, Fife House. Normally, I have a large soy latte in the morning that delivers both the espresso kick and a liquid breakfast that keeps me going until lunchtime. However, because of the Thrive on $6.65 challenge, I forego the latte and find myself getting hungry sooner in the day. I start snacking on raw almonds around [...]
April 4, 2013. Urban Toronto.ca. Lanterra Developments and architectsAlliance have been collaborating with the City and a neighbourhood Working Group towards a condo proposal for 501 Yonge Street that is acceptable to everyone, and have recently presented the latest iteration of the plan to the City’s Design Review Panel for consideration. The next step will be a revised submission for a zoning amendment to [...]
51 Division CPLC Community Hero Award
on April 15, 2013
The 51 Division Community Police Liaison committee has established the 51 Division CPLC Community Hero Award. The award was established this year to recognize individual volunteer contribution, by those who live or work in 51 Division, towards the betterment of life in 51 Division through their dedication to community safety, security and well-being, crime reduction, [...]
Pride to host rally in place of Trans March
on April 16, 2013
April 16, 2013, Xtra! Pride Toronto (PT) has officially cancelled its 2013 Trans March. Co-chair Francisco Alvarez says the board will instead organize a rally and throw its support behind trans activists who plan to march down Yonge Street on June 28, with or without a permit. The decision comes after a fiery Trans Pride town [...]
World Pride Human Rights Conference 2014 – Call for Presentations
on April 16, 2013
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 12, 2013 (Toronto, Canada) The Mark S. Bonham Centre for Sexual Diversity Studies at the University of Toronto and Pride Toronto are thrilled to announce their partnership to present The WorldPride Human Rights Conference 2014. Taking place June 25 — 27, 2014 in the heart of downtown Toronto, Canada, The WorldPride [...]
Fife House challenge prompts Councillor Kristyn Wong-Tam to reconsider poverty in Ward 27 and beyond
on April 17, 2013
Councillor Kristyn Wong-Tam of Ward 27 (Toronto Centre-Rosedale) felt the results of living on a restricted food budget immediately. As one of seven prominent Torontonians to participate in Fife House‘s one-week challenge to thrive on $6.65–the average daily amount leftover after basic housing allowance–she quickly realized the daily struggles of those living on social assistance [...]
Neighbourhood News: Yorkville is upscale, down-home
on April 22, 2013
April 22, 2013, National Post. Everyone wants to love their neighbourhood. It’s about more than the streets you use to get home after work, more than how far you are from transit or the dentist. It’s about connecting with the place and the people. This multi-part series explores some of the many vibrant neighbourhoods in [...]
Councillor Kristyn Wong-Tam offers to explain how politics works to Mayor Rob Ford
on April 25, 2013
April 25, 2013, The Star. On his Sunday radio show. Mayor Rob Ford offered to explain how politics works to women. On Wednesday evening, about 30 women gathered at a downtown pub to hear how politics works from a woman in politics. “It was a very spontaneous effort,” said Councillor Kristyn Wong-Tam, who organized the event in [...]
One-Metre Passing Rule for Cyclists’ Safety
on May 1, 2013
Councillors Wong-Tam and Layton will move a motion at the May 7, 2013 meeting of City Council that will create measures to improve cycling safety. The Office Chief Coroner of Ontario’s (OCCO) in his report Cycling Death Review (2012) points out that two-thirds of fatal cycling collisions occurred in urban centres. The Office of the [...]
During the April 23, 2013, Executive Committee considered EX31.13 Restructuring the Relationship with BIXI Toronto Inc., which was referred to City Staff for action and to report back to the Executive Committee in July 2013. The public portions of this report states that “the current BIXI Toronto business plan is experiencing difficulty in covering its [...]
Join Kristyn on a Yorkville Jane’s Walk – May 4th!
on May 2, 2013
Councillor Kristyn Wong-Tam and renowned architects Ken Greenberg and Michael McLelland this Saturday, May 4th at 10:30am as they explore the charactered history of Yorkville! For details, please visit this link: http://ward27news.ca/events/may-4-join-kristyn-on-a-janes-walk-in-yorkville
How Kristyn Wong-Tam plans to save BIXI Toronto
on May 3, 2013
May 3, 2013, BlogTo. Allowing developers to cut the number of parking spaces in new residential developments could saveToronto’s ailing bike share program, says councillor Kristyn Wong-Tam. Current city rules allow builders to trade parking capacity for auto share spaces or ring-and-post locks, and Wong-Tam wants BIXI stands added to that list. In a member’s motion [...]
May 3, 2013, The Star. A Toronto councillor is proposing that less space for cars could help save the Bixi bike program. Kristyn Wong-Tam has tabled a motion for next week’s council meeting that, if approved, would give developers an incentive to set up bike stations in their underground parking. In return, developers would get [...]
Extra, Extra: Animal Heads, TV Hosts, and Utility-Pole Wraps
on May 4, 2013
May 4, 2013, Torontoist. Councillor Kristyn Wong-Tam (Ward 27, Toronto Centre-Rosedale) is trying to get city council to allow the Art Gallery of Ontario to install the sculpture seen in the video above—Circle of Animals / Zodiac Heads, by the Chinese artist Ai Weiwei—in the reflecting pool in Nathan Phillips Square. Read more…
Newsstand: 1 metre Passing Rule for Cars and Bikes
on May 4, 2013
May 4, 2013, Torontoist. Friday is even more pleasant when the sun is out. In the news: defibrillators could be better placed to save lives in Toronto, the fight over David Dunlap Observatory ends peacefully, one Toronto councillor wants a passing rule for cars and bikes, and Ontario has a new budget. Read More…
Councillor Wong-Tam’s statement on Metrolinx Transit Funding
on May 9, 2013
There have been many passionate speeches on the issue of using Dedicated Revenues for Metrolinx Transportation Growth Funding. Such revenue tools are also known in honest circles of discussion as taxes. Taxes in a civil democracy are necessary to essential public services. There are those who wish to distort the public debate to purport that [...]
May 20, 2103, The Star. A week from now, thousands of people will fan out across Greater Toronto to take advantage of a once-a-year opportunity to poke inside intriguing buildings that are often closed to the public. As in previous years, the Doors Open roster includes architectural gems, cultural or religious institutions, and heritage buildings. But there [...]