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A makeover for our green spaces

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AFTER MAYOR Miller’s announcement that he will not be seeking re-election next year, I feel relieved that we have a real chance to get back on the road we need to be on to make Toronto a better city in the future, most particularly in the way of our city finances, meaningful improvement of our environmental sustainability (not just planting flowers) and building more subways, not only streetcars.

Dangerous drivers curbed in Thornhill

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ONE OF THE biggest concerns raised by residents is speeding traffic in residential subdivisions. Recently, some new traffic calming measures were installed in the Thornhill Woods subdivision that generated some safety concerns from area residents. The City of Vaughan does not implement traffic calming measures unless they are being requested by the residents themselves. Instead, … Continued

Take a bow, tie a knot

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THREE YEARS AGO this month, accomplished playwright Adam Pettle and stage darling Patricia Fagan were married in Toronto’s City Hall before an audience of three.

Bridging dance hall divide

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MORE THAN 40 years after being arrested and jailed in Mississippi for his civil rights work, Paul Saltzman, an Emmy-winning producer-director and Northview Heights Secondary School graduate, returned to the south to see how the social and political landscape had changed.