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Aidan Chamandy

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  • 2 weeks ago | thetrillium.ca | Aidan Chamandy

    This article was first published by TorontoToday, a Village Media publication. Mayor Olivia Chow said she and Premier Doug Ford’s government are working toward a “win-win” solution that could preserve some of the bike lanes targeted by the province while keeping space for cars. “We're moving forward,” Chow said at an unrelated press conference on Tuesday alongside Ontario’s Transportation Minister Prabmeet Sarkaria.

  • 2 weeks ago | torontotoday.ca | Aidan Chamandy

    Mayor Olivia Chow said she and Premier Doug Ford’s government are working toward a “win-win” solution that could preserve some of the bike lanes targeted by the province while keeping space for cars. “We're moving forward,” Chow said at an unrelated press conference on Tuesday alongside Ontario’s Transportation Minister Prabmeet Sarkaria.

  • 2 weeks ago | torontotoday.ca | Aidan Chamandy

    Anxious city councillors and their aides will have to wait weeks for a clearer picture of whether Toronto political staff can unionize, a debate that has gripped city hall for a month. On Monday, lawyers for the City of Toronto and the union seeking to represent city hall's political staff argued over whether to count the votes that could determine the fate of the unprecedented labour drive. Political staff at city hall are hired (and fired) by the councillors they work for.

  • 3 weeks ago | torontotoday.ca | Aidan Chamandy

    The City of Toronto is concerned a tiny home pilot project to temporarily house people living in encampments could delay efforts to build more supportive or affordable housing. Last summer, city council told staff to study whether tiny homes — or micro shelters — could be easily deployed on vacant and underutilized city-owned lands, to get people out of tents and under a roof. Several city divisions have worked on a solution over the past months, but it hasn’t gone smoothly.

  • 3 weeks ago | thetrillium.ca | Charlie Pinkerton |Aidan Chamandy

    Premier Doug Ford’s government is considering making restrictions on building heights and certain construction activity in the flight paths of helicopters that bring patients to two downtown Toronto hospitals permanent. The Ford government issued a minister’s zoning order (MZO) early last year to restrict the heights of buildings constructed in the paths Ornge “air ambulances” fly to transport patients to Toronto’s Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids) and St. Michael’s Hospital.

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Aidan Chamandy
Aidan Chamandy @AidanChamandy
7 Mar 25

SCOOP: Toronto city council staff will vote to form a union. Read exclusively on @torontotodayca https://t.co/8N2EE7ZMIk

Aidan Chamandy
Aidan Chamandy @AidanChamandy
6 Mar 25

Come for the @DavidHains column, stay for the Donald Shoup shoutout. #realonesknow

TorontoToday
TorontoToday @torontotodayca

OPINION: Everyone is sick of blocked streetcar paths. We need a solution. https://t.co/TbGyRtBsMS

Aidan Chamandy
Aidan Chamandy @AidanChamandy
31 Jan 25

Queen’s Park and City Hall heads should be familiar with @DavidHains great work. Huge free agent pickup by @torontotodayca

Allison Smith
Allison Smith @QueensParkToday

Excited to welcome the fine @DavidHains to the TorontoToday contributor roster. In his first city hall column, David argues that Olivia Chow needs to seize the political uncertainty federally and provincially to make some gains for Toronto. https://t.co/QafaLQm3yq