It’s 650 metres from S.H. Armstrong Community Centre to the TTC’s Leslie Barns – 13 lengths of an Olympic pool. You’ve probably heard Armstrong pool, where Penny Oleksiak’s Olympic journey began, will soon be closed to save $162,000 annually. It’s a drop in the lake compared with money politicians flushed away in recent years on […]
A city executive committee meeting that took place yesterday saw mixed results after ward 32 councillor Mary-Margaret McMahon moved to amend two items on the agenda in order to save the S.H. Armstrong pool from closure. McMahon motioned to increase the city’s 2017 parks, forestry and recreation operating budget by $85,000 as a way to reverse […]
Recent weeks saw record numbers of Torontonians taking active interest and participation in the city’s budget process, after initial announcements indicated a number of social and recreational programs were slated to lose funding. Some lobbied city hall in person while others protested, both in Nathan Phillips Square and in council chambers. By the time the […]
