Change was in the air at last night’s Beaches-East York NDP nomination meeting, where local anti-racism activist and educator Rima Berns-McGown was tapped as the riding association’s pick to run in the upcoming provincial election against Liberal incumbent Arthur Potts. “We’re going to take this riding back, and then we’re going to make all of […]
At the Metrolinx public consultation at Hope United Church the night of June 15, there seemed to be one thing on people’s minds: noise. The meeting, attended by around 70 people including Beaches-East York MPP Arthur Potts and city councillors Mary-Margaret McMahon and Janet Davis, featured a presentation from Metrolinx representatives about the planned Lakeshore […]
Beaches-East York MPP Arthur Potts appears to have made his point with his latest consumer-protection focused private members bill, which makes it illegal for companies to expire reward points based on time alone in Ontario. The bill passed the legislature yesterday. Loyalty One, the company in charge of Air Miles, which prompted the bill, reversed […]
While knocking on doors during the 2014 election, I quickly learned that healthcare was a key concern in Beaches-East York. Toronto East General Hospital was scheduled for expansion, but provincial funding was jeopardized by the election. Residents did not want to see the loss of a much-needed renewal that would help TEGH modernize and better […]
News that a bill similar to the tipping bill Michael Prue championed for years will come into effect later this year has the former Beaches-East York NDP MPP feeling slightly shortchanged. Working to regulate service industry tips and gratuities, mainly by making it illegal for employers to take all or a portion of employee tips, […]
Vet’s story triggers reader memories Re: Nine decades of life on Silver Birch (Nov. 3): It was with great interest that I read about Bob Fraser’s memories of the war, as my father’s memories of it were very similar. In fact, Bob Fraser might like to see the picture of my father Bill Houston, a […]
Standing down the street from the office of what many call a hate-filled newspaper, Beaches-East York MPP Arthur Potts announced more funding on July 16 for police who investigate hate crimes. Over the next two years, the Ontario government will spend $399,000 to maintain the Hate Crime and Extremism Investigative Team – a coordinated effort […]
It sounded like a regular community newspaper. Shortly after Genet Rady moved her downtown hair salon to the Upper Beach, she bought a year’s worth of ads in the Your Ward News. But when her first customer picked up a copy in her new Gerrard Street salon, Rady got a shock. “Do you read that […]
Red tape may smother the idea of a fish farm in Crescent Town before it gets a chance to grow. That is the concern expressed by John Crumb, a manager at Pinedale Properties. Pinedale owns the vacant three-level Crescent Town retail space where Beaches-East York MPP Arthur Potts and a newly formed community group have […]
Where most people see a big wide gap between the stores in Crescent Town, others spot good fishing. Led by Beaches-East York MPP Arthur Potts, local organizers are testing the waters for a Crescent Town food co-op that can grow its own greens, and even raise some fresh fish on the side. “It’s a work […]
