By PAULA FLETCHER TORONTO-DANFORTH COUNCILLOR Housing affordability is one of the most pressing issues facing us today so I am pleased to support the proposed Queen Coxwell Revitalization on the current site of the Don Summerville Apartments on Queen Street East. For a year following the city election, I pushed to ensure that Toronto Community […]
By ALAN CARTER As 2019 draws to a close, what should Jolly St Nick mark beside Ontario Premier Doug Ford’s name: naughty or nice? It’s a complicated question, because this year has been a tale of two governments and two leaders. In June, after months of outcry and plummeting poll numbers, Ford shuffled his cabinet […]
By RIMA BERNS-McGOWN Hello Neighbours, With the Ontario legislature back in session after a long hiatus, I’m honoured to be back at Queen’s Park representing Beaches-East York. There have been many issues at the forefront of our community, but one in particular stands out. I have heard from people from every corner of the riding […]
By BRAD BRADFORD COUNCILLOR, WARD 19 BEACHES-EAST YORK In October, Toronto’s City Council made an important declaration: we are facing a climate emergency. Anyone who saw the rising water levels in Lake Ontario this summer or the weather extremes the world over should agree. Parking pads are an unexpected policy solution that could help Toronto […]
By NATHANIEL ERSKINE-SMITH In this 43rd Parliament, we should be ambitious in our ideas, humble and co-operative in our approach, and squarely focused on the hard work ahead. With the right approach, minority governments hold potential for greatness. When Lester B. Pearson led a minority government between 1963-68, Parliament established universal healthcare, the Canada Pension […]
By ALAN CARTER Pity the local candidate in a federal election.It’s no small thing to put your name forward for public office, enlisting all your friends and family to help knock on doors and put up campaign signs. You might have a stellar resume, a compelling personal story, and integrity out the wazoo, but a […]
By ANDREW MERRICK After more than 70 years at the corner of Birchmount Road and Danforth Avenue, this fall the pharmaceutical company Eli Lilly Canada will move our offices back to downtown Toronto. Lilly’s work in Canada began in 1938 when we partnered with University of Toronto researchers Dr. Frederick Banting and Charles Best and […]
By BRAD BRADFORD BEACHES-EAST YORK COUNCILLOR Back to school brings mixed emotions. At the beginning of a new Toronto Council year, I’m thinking about my priorities for the year ahead. Road safety is top of mind for me, as I know it is for many members of our Beaches-East York community. Council had a good […]
By SUSAN LEGGE A little over a year ago when I started at Beach Metro News my plan was to bring in new voices and look for creative ways to save money. Our non-profit community newspaper was in dire need of some tweaks to its business model to keep it afloat. We accomplished this goal […]
By MIKE ELLIS What does a soccer tournament have to do with a sense of community? A lot. The Robbie International Soccer Tournament has been a fixture on the local scene since 1967. It was established to promote soccer, and to donate proceeds to Cystic Fibrosis Canada. Cystic fibrosis is a genetic disorder, ultimately fatal, […]
