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On the front lines

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Seneca College’s new mental health intervention certificate program launches this May, and veteran community mental health worker Tanya Shute is at its helm as the program co-ordinator. Offered at Seneca’s King campus, the two-semester post-graduate program has accepted about 25 prospective and current front line workers from various helping-related fields, from nursing to police foundations. The … Continued

Rallying for railway safety

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In Ward 6 — and elsewhere in Richmond Hill — GO trains serve commuters on weekdays and CN transports goods along the rail tracks on a daily basis. The recent train derailment on this CN railway near the town’s Elgin Mills Road East area has heightened attention to the priority of rail safety.   As … Continued

What you pick up matters

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Whatever happened to having pride in your community? This spring, a number of residents called. They were upset by the messy state of our public spaces, from roads to boulevards and parks around the neighbourhood. They complained that there is litter everywhere they walk. They expressed their concern.  The people who are calling about this … Continued

Commuters, slow down for safety

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Traffic infiltration is something my ward, Don Valley East, has in common with Leaside, one of Toronto’s oldest planned subdivisions. On bad days on the Don Valley Parkway, literally up to 100,000 cars might disembark at Eglinton Avenue and infiltrate Leaside to get downtown. This is why, quite understandably, residents of Leaside rose up in … Continued

Local jobs can alleviate traffic woes

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In January, the City of Toronto released its annual employment survey. This report highlights an important issue for North York Centre. Our population is growing dramatically, but our local job numbers are not. This is undoubtedly having an impact on our traffic woes. Overall, employment was up in the city by 1.5 per cent last … Continued