Porter cancels routes
Porter Airlines has cancelled routes from Toronto Island Billy Bishop Airport to North Bay and Pittsburgh. Service to North Bay began in October 2015 and will terminate on September 11, 2017. Porter...
View ArticleAirport Noise Complaint, Sept. 19, 2017
Max Moore is a resident of Bathurst Quay and a member of CommunityAIR. He sent this e-mail today at 3:39 AM. Editor’s note. For: Joe Cressy, Toronto City Council Re: Island Airport Noise Complaint,...
View ArticleWestern Beaches Threatened
BRIEF HISTORY OF THE WESTERN BEACHES In 2005, $23 million was spent on a 600 M breakwall for the 2006 Club Crew World Dragonboat Championships. In 2009, Council approved the Western Beaches Master...
View ArticleCommunityAIR public meeting
CommunityAIR public meeting: Time: Thursday November 16, 8:00 pm, Harbourfront Community Centre This meeting has been called to discuss the glaring lack of democratic representation on the Toronto Port...
View ArticleMax Moore: Airport Subsidies or Toronto Parks
For: Toronto Star, Letter to the Editor Re: Airport Subsidies or Toronto Parks On one hand, Councillor Cressy is asking for $1.6 Billion dollars, to create a 20 acre Raildeck Park in downtown...
View ArticleRail Deck Park: Vastly Cheaper Alternative ‑ Island Airport Lands ‑ Available...
(Editor’s Note: This is a press release from CommunityAIR) For Immediate Release Wednesday, November 22, 2017 Contact: Brian Iler, Chair 416‑598‑0544 (work direct) We were struck by the preliminary...
View ArticlePILTs and the Island Airport
This is the text of a letter sent to Toronto Mayor John Tory by CommunityAIR. Mayor John Tory, City of Toronto Dear Mayor Tory Re: PILTs and the Island Airport We read with interest the report this...
View ArticleAirport master plan meeting
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View ArticleThe New Island Airport Master Plan: What to Look – and Ask – For
We’re not quite sure what Ports Toronto will put forward at the community meeting to be held next Wednesday. We do know what they put into the last Master Plan, and have a pretty good idea of the...
View Article“What’s it Going to Take? For a kid to be Killed?”
Residents call out PortsToronto for continuing to ignore escalating health and safety issues surrounding the island airport By Rosemary Frei Put your hand up if you went to the February 7 open house...
View ArticlePublic meeting on Airport Master Plan
Ports Toronto along with the City is hosting a public information meeting on a number of issues relating to their master plan including runways, public health, airport expansion. Mark Monday June 25 on...
View ArticleMore Expansion at the Island Airport
By Brian Iler, Chair of CommunityAIR A poorly-publicized and, consequently, poorly-attended meeting was called by Ports Toronto last night to update the community on its Master Planning process. I felt...
View ArticleBilly Bishop Master Plan link
Rosemary Frei – activist/videographer/journalist has done an extensive account of the June 25th public consultation of the Billy Bishop Master Plan. You will find it at this link. June 25, 2018, public...
View ArticleAdam Vaughan Town Hall on Port Modernization
TOWN HALL ON PORTS MODERNIZATION SATURDAY: NOVEMBER 17 • 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM Waterfront Neighbourhood Centre 627 Queens Quay W Toronto ON M5V 3G3 EVENT DETAILS Join Adam for a community town hall on...
View ArticleC Series planes sound like “an orca mating call”
When Robert Deluce proposed that Porter fly jets out of the Billy Bishop, Island Airport in 2013 he called them “whisper jets” to head off criticism. Now the evidence is in. Claiming these planes were...
View ArticleAdam Vaughan’s meeting on Ports Modernization
Adam Vaughan has called a Town Hall meeting for this Saturday, at the Waterfront Neighbourhood Centre 627 Queen’s Quay from 1:00 to 3:00. Adam’s been working to ensure the federal Liberals honour...
View ArticleIs Porter in crisis?
There are serious hints and indications that there is turbulence in the future for the airline with a racoon as a mascot. There are increasing number of complaints about cancelled flights, poor service...
View ArticleWaterfront for All – Statement in response to the Auditor General’s report on...
December 5, 2018 – For Immediate ReleaseTor In light of today’s 2018 annual report of the Auditor General of Ontario, Waterfront for All has had the opportunity to reflect on the value for money...
View ArticleCAIR submission on Ports Toronto governance
Transport Canada, the federal government ministry that the Toronto Port Authority, or Ports Toronto, is responsible to, is undertaking a review of all Port Authorities across Canada. CommunityAIR...
View ArticleBilly Bishop is #132
In a recent ranking of airlines and airports around the world Billy Bishop is ranked 132, the very last. Porter doesn’t even make the list. The post Billy Bishop is #132 appeared first on CommunityAir.
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