Tuesday, September 10, 2013

Leading for Patients: Online survey seeks community views on possible hospital merger

(September 9, 2013) – Rouge Valley Health System (RVHS) and The Scarborough Hospital (TSH) invite the community to participate in an online survey to express their views on the benefits and risks of a possible merger of the two hospitals.

The survey asks several questions and invites questions from the community. The survey is part of a broad set of stakeholder engagement activities to involve the community and inform the hospital boards in their decision making.

The online survey is now available and can be accessed on the “Leading for Patients” website at: http://www.leadingforpatients.ca/community-survey/.

Wednesday, September 4, 2013

Changes to the 53 Steeles East bus route

Several significant changes have been made by the TTC to the 53 Steeles bus routes effective September 1st, 2013. Most of these changes affect stops in our ward, and riders should be aware of the following changes:

53 Steeles (Finch Station to Pharmacy) Eastbound - The short-turn route will be eliminated, and all local buses will now run as 53B (Finch Station to Markham Road) routes. This will result in increased local service for riders in our ward between Pharmacy and Kennedy Road.

53E Steeles Express and 53F Steeles Express - Because of the above changes, express buses runing both ways will no longer be stopping at non-major intersections from Pharmacy to McCowan. For our ward, this means the express service will no longer serve the following stops: Firebrace Road, Ferrier Street, the walkway west of Warden, Mountcastle Gate, Kelvin Grove, Redlea Avenue, and the Milliken GO Station.

Weekend service will be increased for all 53 routes, resulting in more frequent buses.

For more information, please see the full TTC service advisory below: