TRANSIT
• TTC union promises 48 hours’ strike notice [ Toronto Star ]
• TTC talks expected to continue next week [ Globe and Mail ]
• TTC strike not likely next week [ National Post ]
• Progress in TTC talks; union promises 48-hours’ notice before job action [ CBC.ca ]
• TTC’s looking at strike three [ Toronto Sun ]
• Peterborough rail link nixed [ Toronto Sun ]
• Shooting at Spadina station wounds teenager [ National Post ]
• ‘Pandemonium’ after woman shot on subway [ Toronto Star ]
• 17-year-old girl shot on Toronto subway [ CBC.ca ]
CITY HALL
• Ford chided over marital spectacle [ Toronto Star ]
• Tibetan activists ask Miller to postpone China trip [ Globe and Mail ]
ENVIRONMENT
• Earth Hour: Let there be dark [ Toronto Star ]
• In darkness we may all see the light [ Toronto Star ]
• Taking baby steps in cutting electricity [ Toronto Star ]
• Toronto gets ready to rumble, environmentally [ Globe and Mail ]
• This was Earth Hour (in rehearsal) and This Would Count [ Globe and Mail ]
DEVELOPMENT
• Leslieville mall not ‘big-box’ project, developers say [ Globe and Mail ]
• World-famous architect condemns big-box plan near Toronto waterfront [ CBC.ca ]
• Queen not keeping up with the Jones [ Toronto Star ]
• Downsview Park finally sees action [ Toronto Star ]
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Seems there is still a gun problem in Toronto.I saw a post card sent out by Jack Layton that asked constituents of his riding to send in (postage free of course we pay the freight).(These mailings are used to get an “interested” list for their party so that you can be canvassed for your vote).To tell Harper that we need to ban guns in toronto.It’s as if Jack has the solution.There seems to be very little going on at city hall about this.And the police force is in a fight over their contract with this city as well.
I wonder if any real citizens have any ideas about this problem post it here for anybody to see “no charge”.
I wonder if the trip to China will hurt Millers chances in the next federal election against Olivia Chow.I still don’t understand why he doesn’t cancel that expensive trip.Our sister city is Milan, we don’t need another.
Hume:
“Downsview Park is showing signs of life. There still aren’t any shovels in the ground, but the park’s recently appointed chair, David Soknacki – yes, that David Soknacki – is making things happen.”
“in December, PDP got borrowing authority … would have been cause for concern, but with Soknacki at the helm, optimism doesn’t seem so out of place.”
After this year’s “forgotten tax cut” leading to a raid on, of all things, the snow clearing reserve, along with the fiasco over leisure fee hikes – is anyone else nostalgic for our old budget chief? I sure am.
I was surprised to see that Peter Kuitenbrouwer’s fantastic piece about suburban sprawl in Vaughan, from today’s National Post, isn’t included in your list of headlines. For those interested, the piece is at http://www.nationalpost.com/todays_paper/story.html?id=407713
Dave>thanks for bringing that article to our attention.Peter is a unique reporter and honest as they come.He is a friend and neighbour and I hope that someday he will finish the interview that he started with me before he was called away by his editor(that media problem again).I enjoy speaking with people who understand our city.Good for him and good luck with his book.Darkness at the edge of town,Peter Kuitenbrouwer.
Awesome quote there from Rob Ford’s mother-in-law.
“He make show. He is not normal.”
Yes, we know.