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January 13, 2009 -
"Plan to
legalize rooming houses across city faces
obstacles" (The Scarborough Mirror: Mike
Adler) |
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Meanwhile, supporters say
continuing to ban rooming houses in Scarborough, North York
and East York is illegal discrimination, despite the arguments
of opponents such as Del Grande who say the city should let
"single family" communities remain what they were built to
be. Read Full
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January 13, 2009 -
"Scarborough
considers overnight street parking ban in
winter" (The
Scarborough Mirror: M. Adler) |
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Local
councillors will also get an update on snow-clearing in
Scarborough next month, after Ward 39 (Scarborough Agincourt)
Councillor Mike Del Grande reported some recent "challenges"
in areas north of Hwy. 401. Read Full
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December 4, 2008 -
"Chair for
Scarborough Community Council" (The Scarborough
Mirror) |
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Ward 39 (Scarborough Agincourt) Councillor
Mike Del Grande will be taking over the chair of the
Scarborough Community Council for the last two years of the
term. Read Full
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November 14, 2008 -
"City eyes plan
to force grow-op homes' repair" (The Toronto Star:
Paul Moloney) |
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The
City of Toronto has come up with a plan to restore homes badly
damaged from being used as marijuana grow operations. "As it
stands right now, you've got some of these buildings boarded
up in communities," said Councillor Mike Del Grande. "It's a
blight. It's an eyesore." Read Full
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October 3, 2008 -
"Big rival
malls want to get bigger" (The Toronto Star: John
Spears) |
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Scarborough
residents need to take note of a couple of upcoming
condominium plans and start voicing their concerns on these
matters loudly and clearly. Read Full
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June 12, 2008 -
"City tries to
force auto wrecker out of Rouge Park: business
owner" (The
Mirror: Mike Adler) |
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Ward
39 (Scarborough-Agincourt) Councillor Mike Del Grande noted
staff had not reported any violation history for Standard
Auto. The report "insinuates there is a problem with this
business" but does not back that up, he
said. Read Full
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June 10, 2008 -
"Densities for
proposed condo projects are far too high" (The Mirror: David
Nickle) |
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Scarborough
residents need to take note of a couple of upcoming
condominium plans and start voicing their concerns on these
matters loudly and clearly. Read Full
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June 6, 2008 -
"Bridlewood
condo proposal angers local councillor" (The Scarborough
Mirror: Mike Adler) |
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This
spring, after meetings with Del Grande and an ad hoc community
group, the developer submitted a formal proposal Del Grande
said was essentially the same, with density and buildings
unreasonably high for the area." The
community's very upset that they never listened one
iota," he said this week, warning the city may have to oppose
the plan at the Ontario Municipal Board." Read
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May 29, 2008 -
"Council
rejects last-minute pleas to save the Kirkhams Road
Bridge" (The Mirror: David
Nickle) |
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"For
these three homes to have to sustain garbage trucks going
through this road, that wasn't an issue because it suited the
majority of Torontonians," said Del Grande. "Unfortunately, we
allowed that bridge to deteriorate. We didn't spend a single
plug dime on it. The balance here I don't think is
fair." Read Full
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May 5, 2008 -
"Ont. farmers volunteer to take in
reindeer" (The Toronto Sun: Ian
Robertson) |
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Zoo board member Mike
Del Grande, a city councillor, said he doesn't get involved in
daily decisions but will ask why officials decided to destroy
unwanted male calves and did not issue statements addressing
public concerns. Read Full
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February 12,
2008 - "No rooming Houses Here, Councillors
Vow" (The Scarborough Mirror: Mike
Adler) |
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‘Scarborough
is not downtown Toronto’: Del Grande. Read Full
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February 7,
2008 - "Licensing of Scarborough rooming houses
considered" (The Scarborough Mirror: Mike
Adler) |
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This week, Denis Lanoue, president
of the Heathwood Ratepayers' Association, which represents
owners in Agincourt's northeast corner including on New Forest
Square, said rooming houses should be built somewhere
else. Read Full
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January 29,
2008 - "Chester Le set to Involve
Youth" (The Scarborough Mirror: Mike
Adler) |
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"It's a vote of confidence in the
community," said Ward 39 (Scarborough-Agincourt) Councillor
Mike Del Grande, adding Chester Le residents, after such
significant investments, should be able to seize opportunities
on their own. Read Full
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January 15,
2008 - "Scarborough Gets Its Fair
Share" (The Scarborough Mirror: Mike
Adler) |
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Ward 39 (Scarborough-Agincourt)
Councillor Mike Del Grande, however, said he's convinced
"we're quite under-served" on transit. Read Full
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December 20,
2007 - "Splendid China Phase 2 clears OMB
hurdle" (The Scarborough Mirror: Mike
Adler) |
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Splendid China will install speed
humps, if needed, in the Heathwood subdivision west of the
mall. Its development charges will also pay to expand
L'Amoureaux Community Centre, welcome news in what Ward 39
(Scarborough-Agincourt) Councillor Mike Del Grande noted is a
"priority neighbourhood" the city calls lacking in community
resources. Read Full
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November 15,
2007 - "City issues fines in connection with
alleged Scarborough rooming houses"
(The Scarborough Mirror: Susan
O'Neill) |
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"We're achieving some progress in
trying to deal with some of these issues in our community,"
Ward 39 (Scarborough-Agincourt) Councillor Mike Del Grande
said in an interview, noting the operator of an allegedly
illegal rooming house was recently fined $72,000. Read Full
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November 2,
2007 - "New Rules Approved for Pool
Fences"
(The Scarborough Mirror: Susan O'Neill) |
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Ward 39 (Scarborough-Agincourt)
Councillor Mike Del Grande introduced a motion to ensure that
the fencing installed between the house and the pool is
constructed with materials that will provide visibility into
swimming areas. Read Full
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October 2,
2007 - "Scarborough Community Council
denies bid to stop shopping mall
expansion"
(The Scarborough Mirror: David
Nickle) |
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"The tax base is on the south side
of Steeles," he said. "We're going to get improvements to the
community, which is one of the 13 priority neighbourhoods.
There are a lot of benefits that occur, but the city has to do
its part to extend the road to Finch. And anyone driving along
Redlea will be getting to the Pacific Mall on the north
side." Read Full
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August 29,
2007 - "Scarborough councillor seeks fine
structure for grow-op homeowners"
(The Scarborough Mirror: Susan
O'Neill) |
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"Landlords or anybody that owns
these places are going to be hit hard," Del Grande said in an
interview Wednesday, noting that the bylaws were created in
consultation with police, fire, public health, building,
licensing and legal staff. Read Full
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July 5, 2007
- "Massive amount'
of guns found in storage facility" (The National
Post: Matthew Coutts) |
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"Police tell me this was not
penny-ante stuff," said local councillor Mike Del Grande after
speaking to investigators yesterday. Read Full
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June 21, 2007
- "City Struggles to Deal
with Rooming Houses" (The Scarborough
Mirror: Mike Adler) |
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There's not been much progress lately
towards an easy solution for shutting rooming houses down,
Ward 39 (Scarborough-Agincourt) Councillor Mike Del Grande
said this week. Some
people, meanwhile, are getting rich by exploiting
roomers." Read Full
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June 18, 2007
- "Pay raise goes to charity. Councillor donates extra $5,700
in salary, 'keeps promise"
(The National Post: Kelly
Patrick) |
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Mr. Del Grande donated to 12
groups in amounts ranging from $100 to $1,600. "I wanted
people to know I kept my promise," Mr. Del Grande told the
National Post in an interview, adding the $5,700 was over and
above what he normally contributes to worthy causes every
year. Read Full
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April 3, 2007
- "$20 Million RONA Home & Garden Centre Opens in
Scarborough" (The Scarborough Mirror) |
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175 Local Jobs In
Scarborough Created....City Councilors
Chin Lee (Scarborough Rouge River) and Mike Del Grande
(Scarborough Agincourt).... Read Full
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February 2,
2007 - "Double driveway must go:
City" (The Toronto Star) |
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Local Councillor Mike Del Grande
says it would be a mistake to grant exceptions to the rules.
He says he was elected because of widespread complaints that
the area was going downhill, and bylaws should be enforced.
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January 23,
2007 - "Councillor Seeks Regulation of International
Schools" (The Scarborough Mirror) |
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Del Grande noted that the schools
are often fronts for other operations and said students are
left high and dry after paying costly tuition fees.
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January 19,
2007 - "Scarborough councillor wants city's new powers to be
used against grow-ops" (The Scar. Mirror) |
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When it comes to dealing with grow operations, 72 of
which have been busted in Del Grande's ward over the past four
years, there are several things the city could be doing, the
first of which is requiring on-title disclosure that a home
has been used a grow house, since toxic mould, chemical
residue and structural damage can result from indoor marijuana
farming. Read Full
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January 23,
2007 - "Del Grande's Grow-Op Plan Makes Sense" (The
Scarborough Mirror) |
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Scarborough councillor Mike Del
Grande is right on the money when he says council should use
some of its expanded powers under the City of Toronto Act to
get tough on marijuana grow house operators. Read Full
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December 22,
2006 - "Hospital's decision process at issue in
Superior Court" (The Globe & Mail) |
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Mike Del Grande, the city
councillor for Scarborough's Ward 39 who was elected to the
board a year ago, also said several of his attempts to meet
with coalition members have been
rejected. Read Full
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September 14,
2006 - "Feuding Neighbours Even Fight Over Fences"
(The Scarborough Mirror: David Nickle) |
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Ward 39 Councillor Mike Del Grande
(Scarborough-Agincourt) said that the city shouldn't be using
fences to deal with matters that are more properly before the
courts. Read Full
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September 7,
2006 - "Speed Humps May Sprout In Scarborough" (The
Scarborough Mirror: Mike Adler) |
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"There aren't any in my ward, but everybody's asking
for them in my ward," said Del Grande, adding he believes
humps should surround all schools not on major
roads. Read Full
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September 2,
2006 - "Updating Boilers a Boon to Condos" (The
Toronto Star) |
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Toronto City Council in May passed
a motion by Councillor Mike Del Grande (Scarborough-Agincourt)
asking the Ontario government to change the act to allow
better access to capital reserve funds for energy efficiency
upgrades. Read Full
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August 25,
2006 - "Scarborough Councillors Unite on RT Line" (The
Scarborough Mirror) |
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Scarborough deserves a subway but at the same time must
be realistic: Del Grande
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August 3,
2006 - "Aging power cables to be replaced in
Scarborough" (The Scarborough Mirror) |
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Toronto Hydro has already replaced
large sections of cable in Ward 39 Councillor Mike Del
Grande's (Scarborough-Agincourt) community, said LaPianta.
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July 18, 2006
- "An Oasis In Chester Le" (The Scarborough
Mirror) |
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The landscaping has made the centre's yard "an oasis in
the desert," said Ward 39 Councillor Mike Del Grande
(Scarborough-Agincourt), adding he hopes it will encourage
more little improvements that add up to making the area
attractive. Read Full
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July 2006 -
"Green Force Episode: Chester Le Community Corner"
(HGTV) |
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Since
moving to the Agincourt neighbourhood, City Councillor Mike
Del Grande has been active in the community. One of Mike’s
recent efforts was the Chester Le Community Corner, which is
part of Community Housing. Read Full
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May 16, 2006
- "Community Council Rejects Seniors Development on Industrial
Lands" (The Scarborough Mirror) |
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The
proposal had the support of local Ward 39 Councillor Mike Del
Grande (Scarborough-Agincourt), but that wasn't enough to
convince councillors who were worried about eroding Toronto's
industrial lands. Del Grande tried to convince his colleagues
to approve the site because it offered much-needed amenities
to his northwest Scarborough community.
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6, 2006 - "Spot The Grow-Op" (The Globe &
Mail) |
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In Mr. Del Grande's ward, police have uncovered
more than 400 grow-ops in less than two years' time. The
councillor's interest in the phenomenon was born of first-hand
experience: In 2004, police raided a grow-op across the street
from his own home, near Kennedy and McNicoll.
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| April 27, 2006 -
"Grow houses weeded out of
Agincourt" (The Scarborough Mirror) |
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Del Grande
(Scarborough-Agincourt), who sends a cautioning flyer to the
neighbours wherever a grow house is discovered, keeps a tally
on his website: 27 within the ward in 2004 and 14 in 2005. So
far this year there's been just one, but people still call in
their suspicions, he said this week. Read Full
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| February 21, 2006 -
"Jobs provide hope, opportunity for
Chester Le youth" (The Scarborough Mirror) |
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"I
think this is the beginning of that hope," Ward 39 Councillor
Mike Del Grande (Scarborough-Agincourt) said Monday. "We're
teaching our youth here that there is hope, that they don't
have to be marginalized, that they can be part of the
mainstream." Read Full
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| February 14, 2006 -
"Bringing Tourism To
Scarborough" (The Scarborough Mirror) |
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Councillors
supported a motion from Ward 39 Councillor Mike Del Grande
(Scarborough-Agincourt) to set up two new and somewhat
controversial tourism information pillars at the Toronto Zoo
and the Scarborough Civic Centre. Read Full
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| January 12, 2006 - "Funding Found
For Sidewalks" (The Scarborough Mirror) |
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"When
we talk about a crack problem in Scarborough, we're talking
about the middle of the sidewalks," said Ward 39 Councillor
Mike Del Grande (Scarborough-Agincourt). "The cracks are wide
enough that you need a lawnmower to clear the grass growing up
between." Read Full
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| December 4, 2005 - "More Traffic
Police Sought For Local Streets" (The Scarborough
Mirror) |
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In
Councillor Mike Del Grande's north Scarborough ward, traffic
may be the single biggest issue...."We need to get more
officers in the communities where they can make a difference,"
Del Grande said. Read Full
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| August 3, 2005 - "Chester Le
Community Begins to Bloom" (The National
Post) |
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"They took the lead, which is what
you want a community to do," Del Grande said. "There's a lot
of pride there." Read Full
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| May 5, 2005 - Standing Committee
On Justice Policy (Legislative Committee: Government of
Ontario) |
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City of Toronto speaker Re: police
and marijuana grow operations Read Full
Testimony... |
| March 25, 2005 - "Politicians
fight pot going door-to-door" (The National
Post) |
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He says they're trying to promote
"watch your neighbours." Read Full
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| November 26, 2004 - "Toronto
Going To Pot" (The Toronto Sun) |
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Councillor Mike Del Grande said he
hopes the protocol will prompt absentee landlords to be more
careful about renting out their house in the first place and
to monitor their tenants. Read Full
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| November 5, 2004 - "Don't
advertise it, councillor is told, if the neighbourhood has
gone to pot" (The Globe & Mail) |
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While the city usually demands
landlords repair their premises after pot-growing tenants have
been tagged by the cops, Mr. Del Grande wanted the city to
experiment with posting big signs on the property saying
"alleged marijuana grow-house operation." Read Full
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| November 3, 2004 - "Councillor
curbs plan to expose grow houses" (The Scarborough Mirror:
Stuart Green) |
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Ward 39 Councillor Mike Del Grande
(Scarborough-Agincourt) said that media coverage of what he
wanted to be a test project has forced him to rethink his
strategy, but he remains determined to rid his north
Scarborough ward of the "cancer" that is grow houses. Read Full
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| November 2, 2004 - "Lawn signs
identify ex-grow houses" (The Toronto Star: Philip Mascoll
& Henry Stancu) |
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Toronto Councillor Michael Del
Grande has 28 former marijuana grow houses in his Scarborough
ward and he wants everyone to know. Read Full
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| November 2, 2004 - "Signing Up In
the War on Pot" (The Toronto Sun: Alan
Cairns) |
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Councillor Michael Del Grande said
the move will help fight an "epidemic" of grow houses by
forcing absentee landlords to take responsibility for illegal
activities in their properties. Read Full
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| November 2, 2004 - "Councillor
Wants Sign To Designate Grow-Op Homes" (Metro
News) |
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Del Grande started a campaign in
his ward to point out to prospective renters and buyers which
houses were used to grow pot and are likely to be riddled with
mould and structural defects that result from such operations.
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| January 30, 2004 - "GO causes woe
in Agincourt" (The Scarborough Mirror: Michele
McLean) |
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Ward 39 Councillor Mike Del Grande
(Scarborough-Agincourt) said there needs to be a balance
between the quiet enjoyment of the neighbourhood and safety.
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January 16,
2004 - "Hydro investigating series of power outages in
northwest Scarborough"
(The Scarborough Mirror:
Susan O'Neill) |
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Ward 39 Councillor Mike Del Grande
(Scarborough-Agincourt) said his office has received numerous
calls from concerned residents. "We've seen an ongoing
problem," he said. "It's just not acceptable to have this type
of service." Read Full
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| January 10, 2004 - "Councillors
seek powers to control area rooming houses " (The
Scarborough Mirror: Stuart Green) |
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Three north Scarborough
councillors are calling for new powers to control basement
apartments and rooming houses. Read Full
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