Bloor West Village Residents Association

Byelection will choose MPP to replace Gerard Kennedy

We go the polls September 14th to elect an MPP to replace Gerard Kennedy in Parkdale-High Park. There is a strong field of contenders.

The Bloor West Village Residents Association is hosting an public meeting, open to all, featuring all the candidates. It’s your chance to meet those seeking your vote, hear the issues, and to put your own questions to them.

Doors open at 7:15 and refreshments will be available.

Date: Wednesday, Sept 6/06
Place: Runnymede United Church (basement)
432 Runnymede Road.
Time: 7:30 to 9:30

For more info, see:
http://www.electionsontario.on.ca/en/parkdale-high_park_en.shtml

The Bloor West Village Residents Association

presents its

1st Annual General Meeting

&

Safety in the Village
with
Staff Inspector Brady Smollet
Toronto Police Services

Wednesday, March 22nd, 7:00 pm
Runnymede United Church
432 Runnymede Rd.

Meet the top cop in the Bloor West Village. Raise your concerns and ask questions about law enforcement, crime and parking.

• This is the BWVRA’s first Annual General Meeting. Come and join up – just $10! Members will vote for executive members and on bylaws.
• Any member wanting to stand for office can nominate themselves.
• All local residents are welcome to attend!
• For more information email info@bwvra.ca

Informed & active residents keep neighbourhoods strong!

The Bloor West Village Residents Association presents

“Meet the Federal Candidates”

Take this special opportunity to challenge our local candidates on the issues that matter most to our community on the eve of the January 23rd election.

Wednesday, January 11th, 7:30 pm
Runnymede United Church
432 Runnymede Road

Confirmed participants so far include:

• Sarmite Bulte (Liberal Party) incumbent Member of Parliament
• Jurij Klufas (Conservative Party)
• Peggy Nash (NDP)
• Robert Rishchynski (Green Party)

Meet the candidates. Hear their views. Have your say.

The BWVRA exists to provide a forum for local residents to voice and debate issues of importance to the Bloor West Village community.

All residents living in the area are invited and urged to participate.

The Ontario Government will soon table legislation giving Toronto its own charter and expanded powers. Learn more about the important changes this will mean for planning, development and governance.

MPP and Education Minister Gerard Kennedy will hold an open meeting Tuesday, November 29, 2005, 7:30 p.m. Officials from the City of Toronto will also be present to speak and answer questions.

Location is the Fern Avenue Public School, 128 Fern Avenue, in the General Purpose Room. The meeting is being hosted by the Roncesvalles-Macdonell Residents’ Association. All are welcome.

The Bloor West Village Residents Association is happy to announce another public meeting, to which you are warmly invited.

The topic is “Our Vanishing Urban Forest“.

Have you noticed the mature trees in our parks and along our streets are dying, infested, blowing down? Hear and question a panel of experts on the loss of our urban canopy in the village and what steps, if any, we can take to restore our forest.

Participating on the panel will be:

• Richard Evans, Director of Urban Foresty, City of Toronto
• Regina Gudelis, Supervisor of Urban Forestry Planning and Protection
• Shelley Petrie, Executive Director, Toronto Environmental Alliance

Tuesday, November 15, 8:00 pm
Runnymede United Church
432 Runnymede Rd.
(2 blocks north of Bloor, across from Runnymede Public School)

Doors open at 7:45. Meeting starts at 8:00.

The Governing Toronto Advisory Panel, appointed by Toronto City Council, is preparing recommendations for changes to the City’s governance system in anticipation of broader powers under a new City of Toronto Act. The Advisory Panel has been hearing from Torontonians since it was appointed in July. You are invited to bring your ideas to a final public session before the Advisory Panel prepares its advice for Council.

In small roundtable discussions, you will have the opportunity to share your ideas and suggestions on governance issues such as public engagement, balancing neighbourhood and city-wide decisions and the roles and responsibilities of Council, the Mayor, Community Councils, etc.

Tuesday, November 15, 2005
7:00 p.m. – 9:30 p.m.
St. Lawrence Market Complex – North Market
92 Front Street East
(closest intersection – north side of Front St. E., west of Jarvis St.)

To register please call Access Toronto at 416-338-0338 TTY 416-338-0889
Weekdays 8:00 am to 5:00 p.m.

Other ways to get involved: complete an online survey at http://www.toronto.ca/governingtoronto or email the Advisory Panel at govpanel@toronto.ca

For more information on the Panel visit http://www.toronto.ca/governingtoronto/backgrd.htm