ELECTION AFTER-MATH
• Grits wooing Bryant and Thomson for 2011 vote [The Star]
• Mayor-elect Ford busy in Florida [The Sun]
CITY HALL
• Orientation day at city hall [Globe & Mail]
• Rookie councillors get tour of City Hall [National Post]
• Peter Kuitenbrouwer: Kyle Rae’s parting gift to City Hall [National Post]
• Peter Kuitenbrouwer: Winding down David Miller’s mayoralty [National Post]
• New city councillors learn the ropes at City Hall [The Sun]
• Surplus city!: Levy [The Sun]
TRANSPORTATION
• Fiorito: Cyclists doing good for all of us [The Star]
• Chris Selley: Hey, GO? Just make the trains run on time [National Post]
• Only time will tell if GO charter actually improves service [The Sun]
• What Should We Do With King and Queen Streets? [Torontoist]
CULTURE
• Numbers confirm Nuit Blanche popularity [Globe & Mail]
• One friar, two cooks, many volunteers, 1,000,000 meals (and counting) [Globe & Mail]
• Vintage Toronto Ads: Expect the Unexpected at Village by the Grange [Torontoist]
STREETSCAPE
• The Ossington moratorium appears to have been lifted [BlogTO]
• The Fixer: New asphalt patch seals but doesn’t heal [The Star]
OTHER NEWS
• Arsenal of guns ‘destined for Toronto streets’ [The Star]
• Hospital bans waiting-room magazines [Globe & Mail]
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RE: The Ossington moratorium appears to have been lifted
Best news of the day!
The Ossington moratorium was not lifted, it expired. Under the by-law it could only last one year, with a single possibility of a one-year extension.
I live only a block away from Ossington. Looks like the freeze on new eateries didn’t kill the avenue after all.
It actually makes sense to have short moratoriums on stuff like this. It gives an up-and-coming neighbourhood time to diversify.
This way, when 75% of these bars close down within a few years, there will still be a community there. It’s true genius, really.
I have to say that I was disappointed that one of Hamish’s famous puns didn’t make it into Joe Fiorito’s article.
Infamous puns, I should think.