Registration for City of Toronto recreation programs for spring and summer 2012 begins Wednesday March 7 for general programs, spring skating and swimming lessons, and summer camps.
How to register: Online: 7 a.m. to midnight. More information is available at http://www.toronto.ca/parks/torontofun.
Touch Tone: 7 a.m. to midnight. Call 416-338-0000 and follow the voice prompts.
Social Housing - Not for Sale
March 1, 2012. 7-10 PM at Edward Day Gallery
952 Queen Street West
Presented by the Toronto Social Action Coalition
The Toronto Community Housing Corporation wants to sell over 700 houses and displace thousands of tenants from their homes and neighbourhoods. In Toronto, over 80,000 people are already waiting for affordable housing and many more struggle with homelessness, poverty and unemployment. This evening will bring together City Councillors, thought leaders, and activists to discuss the importance of affordable housing. The path to a strong and thriving Toronto, and the fight to save Toronto's social housing. All are welcome.
Council Highlights City Council meetings of February 6 and 7, and February 8, 2012
Special meeting on transit. Toronto City Council affirmed its support for a light rail transit (LRT) priority plan for Toronto, consistent with the Metrolinx plan of 2010. Immediate priorities are construction of the Finch West LRT from the Spadina Subway extension to Humber College; the Eglinton Crosstown LRT from Jane Street to Kennedy Station; and the Scarborough Rapid Transit conversion to LRT from Kennedy Station to Sheppard Avenue - with an extension to the Malvern Town Centre as funds become available. Council directed the City Manager to establish an expert advisory panel regarding transit on Sheppard Avenue. The panel will consider questions raised by Council and report back by March 21. In addition, Council authorized the Toronto Transit Commission to enter into discussions with Metrolinx to study the future feasibility of five other transit projects.
The park will offer many exciting features including a re-purposed wading pool with water spout, new playground equipment including new swings, natural play features including climbing logs, and significant new tree plantings.
Along with many colleagues, I have worked for a budget which supports kids and families; protects the vulnerable and the elderly; supports a prosperous Toronto; and makes a liveable city. At times this has been a most difficult task.
Hope you can make it tonight- Monday, December 19th at 7:30 at the Frankland Community Centre to discuss our plans to save city programming at the Frankland Community Centre.
Please take a moment to sign the online petition here:
http://www.change.org/petitions/toronto-city-council-stop-the-closure-of-frankland-pool
and take a look at the facebook group here:
The Chair of the Budget Committee has advised the City Clerk of the
rescheduling of the following
meetings under s. 27-34 of the Council
Procedures.
The meeting of the Budget Committee originally scheduled for
December 8, 2011 to hear public
deputations on the 2012 Capital and
Operating Budgets has been rescheduled to Wednesday,
December 7 at 9:30
a.m.
The meeting originally scheduled for December 7, 2011 to hear from
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The City is proposing to withdraw funding from the pool at Frankland CC., as well as 6 other TDSB pools at Bedford Park CC, Gordon A. Brown MS, Hillcrest CC, Runnymede CI, S.H. Armstrong CRC and Sir Wilfred Laurier CI. I am very concerned about this.
I am absolutely shocked that this announcement would be made without any prior consultation with the City's community partners, the Toronto District School
