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on May 20, 2012
May 20, 2012, The Star. Nearly six years after a push for Expo 2015 fell apart, there’s a movement afoot for Toronto to consider bidding for the World’s Fair in 2025. “It’s very early in exploration. The conversations are very casual. It’s information-gathering,” said Councillor Kristyn Wong-Tam. Read More…
on May 17, 2012
May 17, 2012, Now News. You might have the impression that the only transportation debates worth having are subways vs LRT or bikes vs cars. But last week we were reminded that there are others. The first was introduced by Councillor Krystyn Wong-Tam: a pilot project cutting traffic on Yonge from four to two lanes [...]
on May 12, 2012
May 10, 2012, NOW Magazine. With big changes in the works for Yonge, the Yonge Street Planning Framework is worth a read. Commissioned by Wong-Tam in 2011, the document… Read More at #TOPOLI DOCS
on April 10, 2012
April 10, 2012. Starting early April, the City of Toronto will be doing watermain valve construction work on the west side of Jarvis Street, just north of Gerrard Street. This work is part of the Gerrard Watermain Replacement project, which is necessary to increase capacity and maintain the safety and reliability of the water supply. [...]
on April 12, 2012
April 12, 2012. Councillor Kristyn Wong-Tam and Stephen James Kerr want everyone to know why public banking may be a potential solution to the many issues we are faced with in these austere times. Click here to see why.
on April 13, 2012
April 13, 2012. Starting in late April, the City of Toronto will be doing watermain valve construction work on the east side of University Avenue, just north of Elm Street. This work is part of the Gerrard Watermain Replacement project, which is necessary to increase capacity and maintain the safety and reliability of the water [...]
on April 25, 2012
Project Start Date: April 30, 2012 Completion Date: June 30, 2012 The above-noted project is part of a City-wide watermain replacement program. These water services are being replaced to ensure the continuous supply of safe drinking water. To view the full notice, please click here.
on May 2, 2012
May 2, 2012, The Globe and Mail. A Toronto city councillor will bring forward a motion next week that, if passed, will call on Ontario to join forces with Quebec in fighting against the deletion of data in the federal long-gun registry. Councillor Kristyn Wong-Tam will introduce the motion at the next city council meeting. [...]
on May 2, 2012
May 2, 2012, Torontoist. Somehow, it’s already Wednesday. Creepy. So anyhow: Councillor Kristyn Wong-Tam wants Ontario to join up with Quebec in the fight against long-gun registry data deletion (say that 5 times fast); surveyed TTC riders are strangely content with transit service; Doug Ford is pro property tax freezes; Toronto roads account for half [...]
on May 2, 2012
May 2, 2012, AM 640 News. Toronto councillor Kristyn Wong-Tam is leading the charge to keep the data in the federal long-gun registry. She’ll introduce a motion at the next city council meeting that will call on the province to do everything it can to save the data and allow police to access it. Read [...]
on May 4, 2012
May 3, 2012, NOW Magazine. Cycling advocates hoping to save the Jarvis St.bike lanes got some ammunition for their cause on Thursday, when the Toronto Cyclists Union released a city report that found the road is safer since the lanes were installed in 2010. Read More…
May 4, 2012, The Sun. Toronto city councillors will have the long-gun registry in their sights next week. Councillor Kristyn Wong-Tam is asking city council to urge the province to ask the federal government for the data in the registry before it is scrapped. Read More…
on May 7, 2012
May 7, 2012, Torontoist. Saturday’s sold-out street-food party drew a crowd of thousands, providing more evidence of the scene’s emergence into the mainstream. Read More…
on May 8, 2012
May 8, 2012, The Star. It’s Canada’s most famous stretch of road. But cruising downtown Yonge St. by car will be more difficult this summer if the city agrees to close two lanes of traffic for a proposed Celebrate Yonge street festival. Read More…
on May 8, 2012
May 8, 2012, InsideToronto. When the federal government shuts down the long-gun registry, the provincial government shouldn’t get rid of the data it has provided, say two city councillors and a coalition of victims’ advocates and women’s organizations. Read More…
on May 9, 2012
May 9, 2012, The Sun. TORONTO - Priscilla de Villiers came to Toronto City Hall Monday to urge councillors to fight for the federal long-gun registry data. De Villiers’ daughter, Nina, was abducted from a Burlington tennis court and murdered in 1991. The man that did it was carrying a .22-calibre rifle that until that point he had used [...]
May 9, 2012, Citytv. Toronto’s city council debated a host of measures at a two-day monthly meeting, including how to deal with bed bugs and expanding permission for food trucks. Read More…
May 9, 2012, Openfile. On May 8, the Globe and Mail reported that Mayor Rob Ford had turned down PFLAG’s invitation to attend a flag-raising event being held at City Hall on May 17. It would have been a relatively painless way for him to finally acknowledge the city’s LGBT community, which he snubbed last year [...]
May 9, 2012, The Globe and Mail. Two Toronto councillors are pursuing different paths in their efforts to improve the city’s main drag. Councillor Kristyn Wong-Tam, whose downtown ward includes the Yonge Street strip, is seeking approval for a one-month trial this summer to increase pedestrian traffic and business by reducing lanes and “widening sidewalks” between Gerrard [...]
May 10, 2012, Openfile. A notable win for Councillor Kristyn Wong-Tam (Ward 27, Toronto Centre-Rosedale) today at council, as a motion sponsored by her and Adam Vaughan (Ward 20, Trinity-Spadina) passed overwhelmingly despite needing a two-thirds margin to even get heard today (it would normally be punted to the Mayor’s Executive Committee). Wong-Tam’s motion called for [...]
on May 10, 2012
May 10, 2012, The Sun. TORONTO - Toronto city council fired a shot Wednesday at the federal government for killing off the long gun registry. Read More…
on May 10, 2012
May 10, 2012, National Post. Toronto’s unofficial main drag, Yonge Street has had its ups and downs. A low point came in January 2011, when the once-bustling Empress Hotel, at the corner of Gould Street, burned down. The destruction of the historic building became a catalyst to look at ways to invigorate the storied street, already [...]
May 10, 2012, Global Toronto. TORONTO – Despite being repealed in the House of Commons, the controversial long-gun registry continues to be a matter for discussion across Canada, as Toronto City Councillors move to save the data for Toronto Police. Read More…
on May 10, 2012
May 10, 2012, NOW Magazine. City could ease cash crisis if it put revenues in a bank of its own. Those who participated in Occupy Toronto last fall have fond memories of economist Jim Stanford at the protest mic in front of the bank towers on King. Read More…
on May 10, 2012
May 10, 2012, Openfile. Between a flying shark, Trojan horse, and banana costumes, City Hall has had a history of welcoming Carrot Top-like stunt props. So if you walked into council chamber Tuesday morning and saw an eight-foot, Golem-like cardboard statue and scoffed, you could be forgiven. Read More…
on May 11, 2012
May 11, 2012, The Bulletin. Residents of Moss Park and the Garden District met with local politicians on April 23 to provide feedback and suggestions for the future of their community. The meeting, held by city councilor Kristyn Wong-Tam and Toronto Centre MPP Glen Murray, is one of five follow-ups to initial meetings held in May and [...]
on May 17, 2012
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