If you’ve spent any time thumbing through old newspapers – or if you’re one of the lucky ones to have been of reading age when they were fresh off the press – you know that many of today’s debates have already happened. At a local level, fears over the commercialization of the Beach, backyard chicken […]
Over the past year there have been three public consultations and four stakeholder meetings sponsored by the city to gain input on the planning department’s proposals for Danforth East. The consultations and meetings are part of the Danforth Avenue Planning Study, a process that aims to create a specific set of development guidelines for the […]
You may recall that last fall more than 1,200 people wrote to all 44 city councilors and Mayor John Tory asking them to refuse to assign the sole-sourced lease from Tuggs Incorporated (Tuggs) to Cara Operations Limited (Cara). To refresh your memory, the 2010 sole-sourced lease gave Tuggs exclusive rights to the restaurants and our […]
When our last issue went out for distribution, I braced myself for a strong reader response to columnist Stephen Wickens’s positive take on the new Woodbine bike lanes. Like many of you, I watched the online debate become increasingly fractious as the lanes appeared on Woodbine Avenue between O’Connor Drive and Queen Street East. On […]
Back to school! It’s hard to believe that the day is here. In honour, here are some back to school tips to help the new school year get off to a smooth start. Make sure to check out the many great “Tips for Back to School” on the TDSB website. All that Paperwork: One common […]
Canada Day was full of reasons to celebrate, from the East York Canada Day parade, to the music festival in Woodbine Park, to the many neighbourhood and backyard parties across our community. I began my morning at an early citizenship ceremony in East York, welcoming 30 new citizens. Their excitement at becoming members of our […]
On July 1st we celebrated the 150th birthday of Canada and also the 150th birthday of the four founding provinces – Quebec, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick and Ontario. I wanted to take this occasion to celebrate Ontario at 150 and reaffirm my commitment to working to improve our province and our community. Ontario’s history is […]
You get a real measure of a community by how people come together to help. In our May 30 edition, we at Beach Metro News put out a call for help, that our business model – like so many in the mainstream media before us – had been disrupted. When you make an appeal like […]
“It’s weird seeing 10 carp a metre long thrashing about on the roadway…they are mating most vigourously.” That was the response of an acquaintance to my inquiry about life these days on a partially submerged Toronto Island. The effects of the rising lake are a bit different off the island. Closer to home, our beaches […]
Mary-Margaret McMahon is the Toronto city councillor for Ward 32, Beaches-East York. At a time when the City of Toronto is desperate to increase its stock of rental housing; when the city is anxious for affordability; and especially at a time when Torontonians are struggling to remain in their homes, the concept of laneway suites […]
