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Its Bangladeshi Victory Day in Scarboroughs Oakridge neighbourhood, and Monowara Begun recalls what happened in 1971, when she was in fifth grade and Pakistani soldiers captured men from her hometown. 聽 They got them to stand in line and they shot them, she says in Bengali during an evening of patriotic songs and dancing at Oakridge C
stanley thermos mug ommunity Centre last month.A grandmother now who has lived in the nearby Teesdale Place highrises for 10 years, Begun says the area needs more jobs and job training, especially for women, a graveyard for Muslims, and daycare centres. ARTICLE CONTINUES BELOW We have a lack of services for children, and the only recreation centre here is totally overbooked. In 2015, Oakridges child poverty rate was 54.6 per cent, the same as in 2011. Its third-highest among Toronto neighbourhoods and more than twice the city average. ARTICLE CONTINUES BELOW Community workers say lack of affordable child care adds to that poverty.Sultana Jahangir, head of the South Asian Womens Rights Organization SAWRO based in Teesdale blames local MPP Lorenzo Berardinetti for not doing more to create new daycare spaces. We should take all the children to his office and let h
stanley mugs im open a daycare centre over there, she says angrily. ARTICLE CONTINUES BELOW Berardinetti didnt respond to interview requests. A
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Taxes are going up.On Feb. 14, the mayor and councillors passed the 2023 budget that includes a 7.52 per cent overall tax increase. In the last few months, the mayor has consistently argued the tax incr
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botella stanley address the costs of the COVID-19 pandemic, support investment in major community assets and account for inflation. This is year one of two years of difficulties. So next year budget is going to be difficult as well because we are building the foundation fo
stanley kubek r the future, said Mayor Marianne Meed Ward. ARTICLE CONTINUES BELOW We are not just planning for all of the services that our community needs for this term of council 鈥?we are planning for the next seven generations, and this budget and the next one and the future ones that we will deal with on our watch are part of putting that strong foundation into place. The property tax bill is made up of three portions, the City of Burlington 48.9 per cent , Halton Region 33.4 per cent , and the Boards of Education 17.7 per cent . ARTICLE CONTINUES BELOW Some highlights include:鈥?Funding for two new community centres 鈥?Skyway Community Centre located at 129 Kenwood Ave. and the former Robert Bateman High School at 5151 New St. ARTICLE CONTINUES BELOW 鈥?$72.6 million of capital investment in 2023 to maintain infrastructure.
