DVN Development Updates
This week, I want to give you an update on development applications currently being considered here in Don Valley North. As regular...
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- Apr 11
- 6 min
E-BLAST: Creating & Protecting Housing in Toronto
Housing has been a hot topic these past few weeks, though most of the attention here in Toronto has been focused on the Vacant Home Tax....
- Apr 5
- 1 min
CBC: Toronto takes steps to address vacant home tax confusion
If homes occupied for 6 months of 2023, residents don't have to pay late fees, mayor says.
- Apr 4
- 6 min
E-BLAST: Spring Reminders 2024
You know what they say: “April showers bring May flowers.” If that’s the case, we had better be in for a pretty spectacular May. Even...
- Mar 28
- 4 min
E-BLAST: Council Highlights: FIFA, Sheppard Subway, and Parking Lots
Update on Hosting FIFA World Cup 2026 The biggest item on the agenda of last week’s Council meeting was the update on the City’s role in...
- Mar 21
- 4 min
Safer Streets in The Peanut
Over the Family Day long weekend, I spent a few days driving all over the city of Indianapolis, Indiana. My family and I were there for a...
- Mar 7
- 4 min
5 Ways to Spend March Break in Toronto
It’s hard to believe that March Break is already here. Whether or not you have kids bouncing off the walls heading into the break, this...
- Feb 29
- 6 min
E-BLAST: Beep Beep! Parking Changes Ahead?
This week seemed to be all about parking: Where we park, how much we pay when we park in the wrong place, and who pays the price of...
- Feb 22
- 5 min
E-BLAST: Building for the Future of Don Valley North
Today, I wanted to provide you with updates on two of the biggest projects underway in our ward right now: the redevelopment of Fairview...
- Feb 15
- 4 min
E-BLAST: We Finalized the Budget, Now Let's Get to Work
Yesterday, we finalized the 2024 City Budget. I know it has dominated both my E-Blast column and the news over the past month, and for...
- Feb 8
- 5 min
E-BLAST: Council Highlights: Noise Bylaw Review, Foreign Buyers Tax & More
In the midst of all the craziness that is Budget season, we do have a regular business session of City Council. It always feels like the...
- Feb 1
- 6 min
E-BLAST: RapidTO: Not as Rapid as Riders Hoped
It's been a while since I shared a comprehensive transit update in this column. With an important report adopted at Executive Committee...
- Jan 26
- 1 min
TORONTO STAR: Toronto budget committee urges Olivia Chow to ease burden on residents, but stops short of asking for lower tax hike
Councillors introduced a motion asking the mayor to work with city staff to find ways of "improving affordability" for residents.
- Jan 25
- 4 min
E-BLAST: What's Happening in Toronto this Winter?
We're still very much in the thick of the budget process. Earlier this week, my fellow Budget Committee members and I listened to two...
- Jan 24
- 1 min
LEFT LOOKING IN: All About The 2024 Toronto City Budget
Join David Moscrop with Ted Aivalis, CUPE 416 Vice President and co-host of Left Looking In, with guests Shelley Carroll, Toronto City...
- Jan 19
- 1 min
CBC METRO MORNING: 'We need help now' Budget Chief Shelley Carroll defends Toronto's proposed budget
Shelly Carroll is the City Councillor for Don Valley North and the Budget Chief for the city of Toronto.
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