By Gary Webb-Proctor, East York Chronicle June 19, 2019 A switch of responsibility for providing school crossing guards from police to the city’s transportation division, coming before Toronto City Council for approval today, should not result in long-serving guards not being guaranteed continued employment or being moved from where they’ve been stationed for years, hundreds of Leslieville parents and… Read more »
June 10, 2019 By Joanna Lavoie, Toronto.com Like scores of tenants across Toronto, those living at 245 Logan Ave. are feeling the squeeze of gentrification. Back in October, the 20-unit apartment building in Leslieville was sold to 2653526 Ontario Ltd. Since then, the tenants we spoke to allege the new owner offered renters up to $5,000 to… Read more »
June 3, 2019 By Joanna Lavoie, Toronto.com From people letting their dogs run illegally off-leash, to pet owners who don’t clean up after their dogs after they do their business, coupled with a lack of green space that is sometimes inaccessible and unsafe, it’s no wonder dog owners and non-pet people are having a hard… Read more »
May 29, 2019 Taylor Simmons, CBC Tenants in a Leslieville apartment building say they’re facing renoviction — a growing practice where landlords evict tenants so they can renovate units and charge higher rents — after a new landlord took over their building in October. Polina Palazova said she received formal notice last month stating she’d have to leave her apartment at… Read more »