As Shannon Butcher sang old popular songs by the cordoned-off waterslide in what once was Scarborough’s largest hotel, a middle-aged couple stood up and danced.
People in Scarborough’s Metrogate community can look forward to new ways out of their isolated neighbourhood, but these might take a decade or more to build.
Posted: Jan 14, 2021 9:32 PM ET | Last Updated: January 15
Twenty-seven candidates are running in a municipal byelection on Friday in Scarborough-Agincourt. Community groups led by Scarborough Civic Action Network interviewed candidates by Zoom and put the interviews on YouTube. Fourteen candidates took part.(Submitted by Anna Kim)
The city is urging residents in Ward 22 to get out and vote in the Scarborough-Agincourt byelection on Friday despite the COVID-19 pandemic.
Friday s byelection is being held to replace Jim Karygiannis, who was removed as city councillor last year due to a campaign spending violation in the 2018 municipal election.
Twenty-seven candidates are running for municipal office. There are 65,793 people eligible to vote.