Tag Archive | "TTC"

News Briefs · Toronto

Man wanted for videotaping women on TTC

Posted 25 July 2010 by Sarah Moore

Police are on the lookout for a man wanted for videotaping women beneath their skirts in TTC stairwells. Continue Reading

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Arts & Life · News · Toronto

Cops, LGBT community members hold emergency meeting ahead of Pride

Posted 02 July 2010 by Sarah Moore

Members from the Toronto Police Service, LGBT community and the Community Consultative Committee held an emergency meeting July 1 to address allegations of contact between police and LGBT community members during the recent G20 summit. Continue Reading

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News · Toronto

Two charged in TTC mugging

Posted 22 May 2010 by Ozman Omar

Toronto police have charged two men in connection with a high-profile robbery aboard a Toronto Transit Commission subway last month. Continue Reading

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Opinion · Scarborough

TTC not on track

Posted 22 April 2010 by Angela Rotundo

Toronto residents at a town hall meeting, hosted by the Amalgamated Transit Union on Sunday, were more than happy to share their thoughts on the recent behaviour shown by the TTC. Continue Reading

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Bus operators Jeff Gill and Laverne Snagg act as panelists at the town hall meeting

Audio · Featured · News · Scarborough

Tired of terrible transit: TTC riders

Posted 22 April 2010 by Nadia Persaud

A TTC town hall meeting last Sunday was meant to further dialogue between commuters and frontline TTC workers but calls for TTC Chair Adam Giambrone’s head set a different tone. Continue Reading

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A new group, the Public Transit Coalition, held its first rally Wednesday night at Toronto City Hall. The PTC seeks to pressure Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty to reinstate some $4-billion in funds promised in 2007 for light-rail transit in Toronto. Those dollars were withdrawn in the 2010 spring provincial budget.

Featured · News · Toronto

Group forms, rallies for transit funding

Posted 22 April 2010 by Chris Higgins

Community groups and transit activists gathered last night to protest provincial budget cuts to Toronto Mayor David Miller’s much-vaunted Transit City plans. A rally organized by the Public Transit Coalition (PTC) filled the main council chamber at Toronto City Hall. Speakers urged the provincial government to reverse its decision to slash $4-billion from the recent Ontario budget, [...] Continue Reading

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News · Toronto

Sheppard Avenue lobby group opposes LRT

Posted 19 April 2010 by Aaron Lui

Denis Lanoue has no time for Toronto’s expansion of light rail transit. “It (is) basically a streetcar that would stop at every bus stop and wouldn’t go that fast at all,” Lanoue said. Denis Lanoue is head of Save Our Sheppard (SOS) and president of the Heathwood Ratepayers Association. Instead of the proposed LRT on Sheppard, Lanoue [...] Continue Reading

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Former leader of the Ontario Progressive Conservative party, John Tory, put his mediation skills to the test Sunday at a forum hosted by TTC union workers.

Featured · News · Toronto

Forum opens door on better communication between TTC, riders

Posted 13 April 2010 by Francois Biber

A dysfunctional union and management dialogue has long plagued the Toronto Transit Commission, but as former mayoral candidate John Tory and the Let’s Talk initiative set up by the Amalgamated Transit Union Local 113 recently revealed, communication is key for success. On Sunday Tory mediated a panel discussion between TTC union chief Bob Kinnear, four TTC [...] Continue Reading

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Harjinder Singh Sandhu (left) and Puneet Singh Chhina (right) were found dead in the trunk of an abandoned rental car near Rosebank and Taunton Roads in Pickering on May 5, 2009. Their murders have been linked to explosives found in a Scarborough storage unit on March 31.

Featured · News · Scarborough

Murders lead police to explosives

Posted 08 April 2010 by Kimberlee Nancekivell

Durham Regional Police are investigating the connection between explosives and weapons found at Dayton Self Storage on March 31 and a double murder last spring. Continue Reading

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A TTC safety crew investigates the scene of a streetcar derailment at Queen Street East and Broadview Avenue on Monday.  The accident delayed streetcar traffic along Queen for approximately two hours.

Featured · News · Toronto

Latest streetcar derailment still a mystery

Posted 23 March 2010 by Aileen Donnelly

The TTC cannot determine why a handful of streetcars have left the tracks while turning right from Queen Street onto Broadview Avenue. That includes a derailment that occurred Monday evening. About 5:35 p.m., a 506 Carleton streetcar heading west on Queen derailed while turning right onto Broadview.The streetcar had just been serviced and was returning to [...] Continue Reading

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