Lawrence Heights Inter-Organizational Network will host a mayoral debate Friday, July 23.

The debate will be held at Lawrence Heights Community Centre, 5 Replin Rd. in the Lawrence Avenue and Allen Road area, from 6 to 9 p.m. Read More

Advisor criticizes political inaction on creating liveable cities at Thorncliffe/Flemingdon Park town hall

A former bureaucrat famed for transforming the city of Bogota, Colombia through the construction of hundreds of kilometres of bikeways and parks as well as removing cars from almost 100 kilometres of city streets on Sundays has sharply criticized both Toronto’s inaction on developing a liveable city and the pro-car tenor of the current mayoral debate.

According to police, a pedestrian is hit every six hours in the Toronto area, Gil Penalosa, the executive director of the Toronto-based advocacy group 8-80 Cities, said during a recent presentation at Valley Park Middle School, located at the border of the Flemingdon Park and Thorncliffe Park communities.

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Rocco Rossi says he would bring Toronto’s “failing” transit system into the 21st century with the Presto smart card.

Councillors on the TTC board say his choice of a technology is premature, but on Tuesday, July 20 the mayoral candidate said people running the system – and the rest of the city – have chosen the status quo over change and “let us down.” Read More

People praying Toronto isn’t stuck with a second-rate mayor this October are not alone.

Members of Mission GTA, a cross-denominational Christian group, are praying too, and say they will make municipal candidates the focus of a city hall prayer session on Oct. 20, just days before Toronto’s election. Read More

Mayoral candidate shares ideas for Etobicoke, rest of city

Mayoral candidate George Smitherman chose a familiar place to kick off his campaign walk across the city on Monday.

Smitherman led a group of supporters and journalists on a campaign walk starting from Etobicoke’s Centennial Park, heading along Eglinton Avenue West, sharing tidbits from his earlier years during the long journey to Weston Road. Read More

Mayoral candidate Rob Ford says respect for Toronto taxpayers starts with getting the next crop of city councillors to work as hard as he does.

The Etobicoke councillor had said he would cut the number of councillors in half, from 44 to 22. Read More