By Adam Chaleff-Freudenthaler
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Billboard tax: What really happened to arts funding
Having worked with the Beautiful City alliance to win the billboard tax and signs by-law [PDF] that was adopted by City Council yesterday, I’ve got...
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Cooking a 2010 election agenda
Almost one month ago, Councillor Gord Perks commented on a Spacing Toronto article that speculated about which progressive candidates might run for mayor...
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Breaking News: TTC to make student fares fairer, Metropass to increase less
A campaign called Fair Student Fares is about to get what it wants out of the TTC and Metropasses won’t be increasing in price by quite as much as...
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Lawyer: New insurance regs to ding non-drivers
Toronto lawyer Patrick Brown sent out a mass e-mail this evening warning of troubling developments for non-drivers (people without auto insurance) in new...
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Billboard tax and signs by-law face final hurdles
After the St. Clair Right of Way was approved, Toronto Environmental Alliance activist Gord Perks told me that nothing worth doing at City Hall takes less...
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Short-term pain for long-term…pain
This past weekend, newspaper headlines were warning Toronto that 2010 would be the year that the city budget is cut to pieces. As the Globe reported, city...
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Where’s John Tory?
“Where’s John Tory?” might sound like a dumb question given that the man hosts a radio show five times each week but the prospective...
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Schoolyard bully kicked Miller out of shame
In a media scrum yesterday after David Miller announced he would not seek a third term as Toronto’s mayor, Adam Vaughan talked about the “kick...
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Mayor announces that he wont seek third term
Flanked by family, friends, his staff and media, an emotional, passionate and feisty Mayor David Miller announced that he will not seek a third term...
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Special council meeting called for streetcar funding
The City of Toronto announced that a special meeting of Toronto City Council will take place on Firday at 10am to approve paying for two-thirds of its...
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Torontonians Mostly Content With City Hall, Poll Says
If you’re hoping Mayor David Miller will lose the 2010 mayoral election, polling firm Environics has bad news for you. Torontonians are mostly...
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Breaking News: Sheppard LRT receives provincial, federal funding
Update: 12:20PM According to the National Post’s Allison Hanes, the money for the Sheppard LRT is not, in fact, part of the federal...