An Environics survey commissioned by the BCBF Alliance indicates a strong majority of Torontonians support enhanced protections for public space.
78% of the general population and 8/10 of municipal voters support "the city removing billboards that violate city bylaws and implementing fines to a level that discourages future violations." (For more information on illegal billboards please visit http://www.illegalsigns.ca)
68% of the general population and 7/10 of municipal voters are in support of "the city working to reduce billboards and corporate posters in general." |
First Place Winner: Worst Glue or Tape Postering |
Booty Camp Fitness |
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Top winner again this year, Booty Camp Fitness plasters the city at will defacing hundreds of traffic sign and street light poles per block.
Every pole, every post box, every traffic signal, every street lamp, every traffic sign seriously defaced along Ossington and Bloor and the neighbourhood. An average of 30 posters per pole. Alert Ossington resident Alert resident Grace says she's lost faith in her city because of lack of enforcement.
Lisa Richards is the public relations spokesperson for this company. She only gives the corporate line with little regard for public relations and by-laws. Richards does not seem to care about the community, just the buck.
The photos at left were all taken by Davisville residents and represent less than 10 percent of the Street SPAM litter Boot Camp has perpetrated on this community. 230 Queens Quay W Suite 829,
Toronto, Ontario M5J 2Y7.lisar@bootycampfitness.com.
Call to complain: Best Body Boot Camp,
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Second Place Winner: Worst Glue or Tape Postering |
TV WALL MOUNT |
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TV Wall Mount guy trashed nearly every traffic sign, traffic signal and light pole downtown and has now launched a campaign to the TO burbs, striking at Etobicoke, Scarborugh, and beyond. Alert residents estimate some 15,000 stickers around the city. Want to know where? Just open your eyes in any direction. Mr. Mount's latest litter can be found at every, intersection along Eglinton from Renforth to the Don Valley.
WTV Wall Mount guy uses an unlisted phone number like many Street Spam sign litterbugs. Would you buy something from an unlisted business with an unlisted phone? Would you let these litterbugs into your home?
647-238-7069 is the unlisted phone or cell. Give Mr. Wall Mount a call. Let him know your |
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First Place Winner: Worst Glued to Mail, Newspaper, or Traffic Signal Boxes |
Dr. Jamie Events Distribution |
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Dr. Jamie's event postering company has reportedly defaced upwards of 2000 city parking meters with its Street SPAM litter junk signs.
Alert residents have tried to remove his junk signs from parking meters along Bathurst around Toronto West Hospital (photo left). An estimated 150 parking meters along Bathurst alone have been defaced by Jamie.
Doing business as Dr. Jamie, he can litter and Street SPAM in just hours. Imagine operating a business that depends on city parking meters for resale to clients?
Dr. Jamie's Events Poster Distribution posters everywhere and anywhere? He gets up to $1900 to poster city parking meters, utility poles, traffic signs.
Call Dr. Jamie and explain why and how he trashing our fair city: 416-604-5627. |
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Second Place Winner: Worst Glued to Mail, Newspaper, or Traffic Signal Boxes |
City Asphalt Sealing |
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Multi-catagory winner City Asphalt Sealing, 5 - Belwood Blvd., Concord, Ontario L4K 5H4), will glue to almost anything, but traffic signs and traffic control boxes are this litterbug's favourite targets, often replacing worn or painted or removed signs within just a day of removal by Toronto officials or concerned residents. This has been going on for years. They just don't care.
The Asphalt sign pictured on a traffic pole to the top left was placed right over one of their own spray-painted out just a day earlier.
Call these chapion city litterbugs at 416-312-4453 or wemail at info@cityasphaltsealing.ca to complain. |
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Out-of-control Booty Camp Fitness cartel attacks neighbourhood traffic control boxes with impunity and at epidemic proportions, ioften with hundred of junk signs glue to most everything in a one-block range. Alert residents report a hired gun, professional and abusive adult male is doing much of the plastering with no regard for community standards and environment.
These defacings are higher than 2 meters from the ground, are attached 2 and 3 deep on the same pole or mail box, do not promote an event, vandalize post boxes, city traffic signal boxes, newspaper vending boxes, traffic signs and street light poles.
Lisa Richards is the public relations spokesperson for this abusive company. She only gives the corporate line with little regard for public relations and by-laws.
Richards does not seem to care about the community, just the buck.
230 Queens Quay W Suite 829
Toronto, Ontario M5J 2Y7
lisar@bootycampfitness.com
Call to complain: Best Body Boot Camp
416.519.2643
info@bestbodybootcamp.com |
Third Place Winner: Worst Glued to Mail, Newspaper, or Traffic Signal Boxes |
Florida Condos/N5R |
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Using city parking meters to sell Florida condos? True enough.
Condooutlet.com is actually N5R, an advertising and marketing company, operated by CEO Roman Bodnarchuk.
Would you buy a Florida condo from someone advertising on a parking meter?
Alert residents are trying to remove as many of this sign litter as possible, but they are made of a vinyl-like material and adhered with waterproof glue.
Bodnarchuck does business at 2487 Bloor Street West (intersection of Bloor Street West & South Kingsway Road where hundreds of Street Spam junk signs litters parking meters, traffic signs, light poles and more.
Call Mr. Bodnarchuk at 647-348-8690 or email at roman@n5r.com. |
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First Place Winner: Worst Glued-to-Traffic Signs |
City Asphalt Sealing |
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Top Toronto Litterbug, City Asphalt Sealing, 5 - Belwood Blvd., Concord, Ontario L4K 5H4 defaces thousands, some suggest every traffic sign and street light pole, in Toronto.
This has been going on for years. They just don't care.
Call this champion city litterbug at 416-312-4453 or email at info@cityasphaltsealing.ca. |
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Second Place Winner: Worst Glued-to-Traffic Signs |
S and Sons Moving |
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Second prize, but not by many votes, S and Sons Moving, has become a Toronto Street Spam litterbug of special note.
S and Sons uses the familiar yellow signs with red type but often resorts to using no name at all or different names such as Thrifty Movers.
One resident estimates the number of traffic signs defaced in the tens of thousands.
Call Stefan at 416--253-7641, FAX at 416-253-0074, email Nadia at nadia@ssonsmoving.com or Stefan's sales person atsales@ssonsmoving.com
Stefan works from a postal box: Sons Moving Services, 2850 Lakeshore Blvd. West, Postal Box #80131, Toronto, ON, M8V 4A1 |
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First Place Winner: Worst Stick-in-the-ground Signs (Signs on a Stick) |
I Buy Houses/AMM Enterprises |
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A.M. Moore (AMM Enterprises), best known for his/its citywide sign litter campaign to buy your house, litters wide areas of the city.
This company, believed to be a serial eyesore junk sign neighbourhood polluter, struck many residential areas of the city Monday, October 11, posting as many as 16 junk signs at a single intersection. The company uses unlisted and/or cell phone numbers not easily tracked.
Alert residents discovered the junk signs pictured to the left stuffed into six spots in one intersection - Eglinton and Kipling. "
Would you sell you house to someone who advertiseson street light poles and traffic signs, highway medians and your neighbour's lawn?
Call Mr. Moore to complain at 416-246-9181. Mr. Moore's sign maker is Car Mercials, 347 Betty Ann Dr., Willowdale, ON, m2r 1b5. 416-937-2929. Certainly, this sign maker cannot be proud of how its work is littering the city. |
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Second Place Winner: Worst Stick-in-the-ground Signs (Signs on a Stick) |
Roofers |
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Roofing companies are among the biggest single class of Street Spam litterbugs and voting was inconclusinve as to the single-, second-,third-worst offenders. Continental Roofing, of no known address as yet, littered inside Denfield Park and other locations, but is by no means the biggest or worst offender, it is simply typical.
Call these city park litterbugs to complain. 905-334-8147 and 416-797-8567. These appear to be unlisted phone numbers. Would you hire a contractor with an unlisted phone number?
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Third Place Winner: Worst Stick-in-the-ground Signs (Signs on a Stick) |
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Avenue Road Roofing is a long-time Street Spammer. Do these folks care about our neighbourhoods? Would you use a contractor who messes a neighbourhood?
Contact Mike Crellin at Avenue Road and let them know you don't do business with neighbourhood junk signers: 416-785-5129, ext.266. FAX: 416-416-785-6485. 45 Wingold Avenue, Toronto, Ontario M6B 1P8. Email: cynthiap@avenueroadroofing.com. |
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First Place Winner: Worst Strapped or Nailed to Traffic Signs Litterbug |
College Pro Painters |
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College pro Painters has earned a continent-wide reputation for defacing neighbourhood traffic signs and street poles. Identified by numerous residents, civic organizations, and municipal governments across North America, College Pro Painters' Canadian operation routinely litters residential neighbourhoods with Street SPAM as pictured by an alert resident on Usher in Etobicoke.
One of Canada's leading Street SPAM advertisers has posted junk signs on traffic signs, traffic signal poles, street light poles and more in nearly ever section of the city using lots of Coroplast (not easily recycled) junk signs nailed or tied to traffic signs.
Call them to complain. 800-327-2468 |
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Second Place Winner: Worst Strapped or Nailed to Traffic Sign/Street Pole Litterbug |
Just Junk |
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Long-time Street Spammer Just Junk comes in as a close second in the balloting for worst strapped or nailed to traffic signs or street poles. Most signs are difficult to recycle coroplast (plastic).
Is removing Mr. Thorne's signs and delivering them to him at his address (14845-6 Yonge Street, Suite 561, Aurora, ON L4G 6H8) a good idea?
Does Just Junk.com believe every space is a junk sign opportunity?
Contact owner Mike Thorne or company COO John Netherway to complain about their trash signs littering your neighbourhood. 1-800-586-5878 or 1-888-586-5888. Email them at info@justjunk.com or thorne@justjunk.com. |
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Third Place Winner: Worst Strapped or Nailed to Traffic Signs Litterbug |
310-DUMP |
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310-Dump continues to test the City's copurage to cut down on "Vertical Litter", junk signs of unitlity and traffic poles.
310 DUMP regulalrly trashes Toronto neighbourhoods.
Can a company that leaves their trash all over the city be a trusted contractor for your home and business trash? 310-DUMP Waste Management, 36c Stoffel Dr., Etobicoke M9W 1A8. |
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Long-time Street Spammer Just Junk, a close third-place winner this year, nails neighbourhoods with coroplast (plastic) junk signs.
Does Just Junk.com believe every space is a junk sign opportunity?
Contact owner Mike Thorne or company COO John Netherway to complain about their trash signs littering your neighbourhood. 1-800-586-5878 or 1-888-586-5888. Email them at info@justjunk.com or thorne@justjunk.com.
Mr. Thorne's address: 14845-6 Yonge Street, Suite 561, Aurora , ON L4G 6H8.
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First Place Winner: Worst Street Spam Junk Signs
Advertising Agency or Sign Maker |
101 Signs Canada |
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The sign behind the signs. Signs 101 Canada Inc., 6123 Steeles Ave West, (Steeles / Islington) Toronto, ON M9L 2V1 challenges Toronto by postering some 10,000 ads to traffic signs and stops signs citywide.
Call to complain at 416-915-5757 or email the at info@signs101.ca. Let these folks know you don't want your streets and neighbourhoods trashed with ad litter on public property. |
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Second Place Winner: Worst Street Spam Junk Signs
Advertising Agency or Sign Maker |
Avenue Road Advertising |
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Avenue Road Advertising may play a key role in Street Spamming Toronto neighbourhoods by promoting street letter, also known as vertical litter, to passersby who may not fully realize their business is harmed by junk signs littering our neighbourhoods. Who would by a service that makes our neighbourhoods visually polluted? Call them to complain: 416-461-1143.
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