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  • YIMBY returns

    Cross-posted from Eye Daily. After last year’s success, the YIMBY festival is returning to the Gladstone Hotel October 27. For those who may be out...

  • Dark clouds over the urban forest

    Cross-posted from Eye Daily. For once Denzil Minnan-Wong and I agree. “They keep on planting trees, yet they can’t take care of them,” he was...

  • Giambrone change of heart

    The outcry over the City Council’s approval to allow the Toronto Parking Authority to expropriate the Matador so that they can turn it into a...

  • To expand or not to expand

    Cross-posted from Eye Daily. Yesterday, before the city’s Public Works and Infrastructure Committee discussed a report (PDF) detailing many small...

  • October 10 and City Hall

    Cross-posted from Eye Daily. Considering that everyone on council knew that everyone was in favour of reopening community centres on Mondays, they sure...

  • New taxes = a better Toronto, say artists

    Cross-posted from Eye Daily. When was the last time you heard of a protest to raise taxes? Yesterday, Toronto artists took to Nathan Phillip’s...

  • Spacing at the Queen West Art Crawl — This weekend

    What: Queen West Art Crawl, Outdoor Art Show and Sale When: Saturday, September 15 and Sunday, Septbember 16 Where: Trinity Bellwoods Park, 11:00am...

  • The Media vs. Miller

    Cross-posted from Eye Weekly’s Ontario Election 2007 blog. This morning’s press conference to launch Mayor David Miller’s campaign to...

  • Campaigning for a FAB TO — meeting tonight

    WHAT: First meeting of For A Better Toronto WHEN: Tuesday, September 11 @ 7pm WHERE: Lillian H. Smith Library, 239 College Street Those who believe that...

  • Dale Duncan at City Hall: September 7, 2007

    Home repair Toronto has developed a reputation for letting things decay. There was that old heritage building at George and Shuter that collapsed last...

  • Street furniture contract receives an award of excellence

    Cross-posted from Eye Daily. If you are one of those people who question the quality of services that the City of Toronto provides, the Mayor would like...

  • Thank transit riders for the TTC

    Cross-posted from Eye Daily. There were some questions raised about one of the stats I included in my “By the numbers” post last week. The...