Donation of innovative playground-in-a-box by Foresters benefits Toronto’s Flemingdon Park community
Life insurance provider Foresters has donated Toronto’s first “Imagination Playground in a Box” to its neighbour, the Flemingdon Park Community Centre. The Imagination Playground is a collection of specially-designed, over-sized blocks that children can assemble in many different ways. Children from the community, including nearby child-care centres, will have an opportunity to learn, play and [...]
On Tuesday night the Toronto Transit Commission’s General Manager Gary Webster was fired after a closed door meeting at City Hall. The final vote was 5-4. Webster was let go “without just cause” which means that he will be given two years of severance pay. Andy Byford, the chief operating officer, with take over Webster’s [...]
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Registered Electors Should Receive Their Cards by Wednesday, February 29, 2012 OTTAWA, ONTARIO–(Marketwire – Feb. 22, 2012) – Elections Canada is mailing over 74,000 personalized voter information cards to electors in Toronto–Danforth (Ontario) who are on the lists of electors. Electors who do not receive their voter information card by Wednesday, February 29, or [...]
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TORONTO, Feb. 21, 2012 /CNW/ – The Toronto Port Authority (TPA) today announced that it has implemented a key recommendation outlined in the 2010 Jacobs Consultancy Report with the installation of a state-of-the-art aircraft noise barrier at Billy Bishop Toronto City Airport. The TPA engaged Jacobs to undertake a wide-ranging ambient noise study between 2008 [...]
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City of Toronto Media Relations: Combatting the twin challenges of persistent unemployment and sectoral talent shortages is the goal of Working as One, A Workforce Development Strategy for Toronto, presented to the City’s Economic Development Committee today. Developed by the City’s Employment and Social Services Division, Working as One focuses on better ways to integrate [...]
Continue reading …VIA Rail’s Black History Month Express a big hit with Toronto-area kids
February 20, 2012 No Comment
TORONTO, Feb. 20, 2012 /CNW Telbec/ – Every year as part of Black History Month, the Toronto Children’s Breakfast Clubs organize a day trip to Parliament Hill for a group of children from disadvantaged neighbourhoods in Toronto. For many, it’s their first time on board a train; perhaps their first time away from home; and [...]
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The Japanese-Canadian band MONKEY MAJIK brought their special magic to Toronto Sunday night at the Japanese Canadian Cultural Centre for a special free concert as Ambassadors of RESILIENCE. Monkey Majik consists of Canadian brothers Maynard and Blaise Plant (vocals and guitars) along with the Japanese rhythm team Tax (drums) and Dick (bass). The band has [...]
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Migrating Landscapes, a Canadian wide architecture competition, is being exhibited at Toronto’s Brookfield Place until February 24, 2012. The exhibition is the work of Canadian architects and designers under the age of 45 have been influenced by migration and immigration. The sanded wood scraps build miniature city skyline models with videos featuring the projects. Winners [...]
Continue reading …Public meetings to discuss the impacts of Full-Day Kindergarten on Toronto’s child care system
February 17, 2012 No Comment
The Ontario Government has introduced Full-Day Kindergarten (FDK), which could have an impact on the availability of child care spaces in Toronto. Toronto City Council has asked the Province for additional funding so that child care spaces will not be lost. The City of Toronto is holding two public meetings about the potential impacts of [...]
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Initiatives to improve traffic safety in Toronto have led to a reduction in vehicle collisions over the past number of years, statistics indicate. Collisions – whether between two vehicles, a vehicle and a pedestrian, a vehicle and a cyclist, or a vehicle and a stationary object – have decreased by about 24 per cent, down [...]
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