Five overdoses near Toronto nightclubs early Saturday, including one that killed a 24-year-old woman, triggered a health warning and calls for clubs and authorities to take new steps to save lives.
Mon., April 10, 2017
Toronto needs to overhaul its approach to designing and rolling out emergency shelters across the city, a new report urges.
“Engaging communities in First Step Housing and Services” was commissioned by the city’s shelter, support and housing administration division and details a new framework to design and set up shelters.
By John Rieti, CBC News Apr 08, 2017 5:00 AM
This April, nearly 1,000 refugees will spend the night at a Toronto shelter.
With that number steadily climbing and housing getting more and more expensive, city councillors are hoping to build more shelter spaces across the city.
Coun. Paula Fletcher (Ward 30, Toronto-Danforth) admits that with shelters at 97 per cent capacity — far higher than council's committed target of 90 per cent — the pressure is on.
StreetARToronto (StART), in partnership with the Toronto Police Service, asked 22 of Toronto's outstanding street artists to create large-scale murals of world monuments in the East Chinatown (Broadview Avenue and Gerrard Street) community to add colour and vibrancy to the neighbourhood, help reduce graffiti vandalism, and showcase Toronto's creative street art talent. StART is a program of Transportation Services' Public Realm section. It is an innovative, public-private partnership designed to develop, support, promote and increase awareness of street art and its ability to beautify the city's visual landscape.
In an interview with CP24 Sunday afternoon, Coun. Paula Fletcher agreed that council would need lots of information from staff before moving forward, but she said the idea is worth examining.
“I think we should look at it,” Fletcher said. “It would be just reasonable since we had the Pan Am Games and we have all of that infrastructure. Let’s see what it would cost and if we could actually pull it off.”
This significant project includes a new skating rink and ice trail, winter
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Councillor Paula Fletcher celebrated with the members of the Jolt Program at their "topping off ceremony" on Friday, February 24, 2017. The group has been working on a low-rise condo building at Queen St. East near Pape Ave in Leslieville.
Development calls for 10M square feet of office space, and 2M square feet of retail
Andrea Janus, CBC News Feb 25, 2017 5:00 AM
The city calls it the former Unilever site. But the developer that's taken over the 60 acres of land down near Lake Shore Boulevard and the Don Valley Parkway has a new name for the space it hopes to turn into a second city business hub: East Harbour.
February 27, 2017
Domestic and foreign film, television, digital and commercials production investments in Toronto had a third record-setting year in 2016 and achieved the $2.01-billion level for the first time.
"The epic growth of our creative screen sector illustrates that Toronto is a compelling and competitive global production hub with a long-term, sustainable success story," said Mayor John Tory. "We're proud of Toronto's film and television industry and we want it to continue to grow. We will keep working with our industry partners so they have what they need to create jobs, attract talent and contribute to the economy."
Ward 30 Toronto-Danforth Councillor Paula Fletcher (right) and Councillor
Mary-Margaret McMahon (Ward 32, Beaches-East York) share a hug Sunday, Feb. 12
