The Toronto Public Service today announced its 2015 United Way fundraising goal of $1.3 million at the campaign launch event held at Nathan Phillips Square. City officials were joined by representatives of the municipal unions and associations. The Toronto Public Service United Way campaign is led jointly by unions and management.
Thousands of Torontonians will begin receiving letters in their mailboxes today inviting them to volunteer to join the City’s inaugural Planning Review Panel. Toronto’s City Planning Division is launching the Planning Review Panel, an innovative process that will empower 28 randomly-selected Toronto residents to learn about city planning and offer input on a wide range of city issues.
Toronto Deputy Mayor Pam McConnell (Ward 28 Toronto Centre-Rosedale) and Dr. Peter Popkin of Golder Associates Ltd., the lead archeologist at the North St. Lawrence Market Redevelopment project site, today announced a discovery of important historical value to the City of Toronto.
The City of Toronto and the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) today signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to engage in mutual co-operation and advance their common interests in the creative screen industries in Toronto and India. Mayor John Tory and Akhilesh Mishra, the Consul General of India in Toronto, signed the document.
The City of Toronto withdrew approximately 880,000 parking tickets in court on September 4. This represents less than three per cent of all parking tickets issued between 2002 and 2014 and includes tickets for which a trial request had been submitted or a retrial ordered but no trial was yet scheduled.
