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By Mairin Piccinin

  • Thursday’s headlines

    SCARBOROUGH SHOOTINGS • Community leaders working on solutions to gang violence [Toronto Sun] • Crime reporting, 140 characters at a time [NOW] • Chief...

  • Wednesday’s Headlines

    SCARBOROUGH SHOOTING • Scarborough shootings: 2 killed, 22 hurt in gunfire at block party [Toronto Star] • Scarborough shooting: ‘Gang involvement’ in...

  • The cure for subway train congestion has arrived

    According to a recent Toronto Transit Commission report, ridership across the city’s public transit system is growing at a rate “well above industry-wide...

  • Thursday’s headlines

    ONECITY • Council derails OneCity transit plan [Toronto Sun] • Karen Stintz’s OneCity plan goes ‘down in flames’ [National Post] • City council set for...

  • Thursday’s headlines

    PARKING • Toronto eyeing increase in parking rates [Toronto Star] • City looks at extending parking grace period [Toronto Sun] • Toronto eyes parking...

  • Thursday’s headlines

    TRANSIT • Six ways to improve the Allen [The Grid] • James Pasternak’s musing on TTC citizen members is alienating one of the better candidates...

  • Wednesday’s headlines

    RIVERDALE FARM • Riverdale Farm handed funding lifeline from executive committee [Toronto Star] • Riverdale Farm won’t be put out to pasture...

  • Is this the ugliest pedestrian tunnel in Toronto?

    Serving as pedestrian tunnels, the two large corrugated metal pipes tucked under a CN rail bridge on Dufferin Street just north of Eglinton Avenue connect...

  • Thursday’s headlines

    PLASTIC BAGS • Mayor Rob Ford asks council to scrap plastic bag fee; council instead scraps plastic bags [Toronto Star] • Shoppers react to plastic bag...

  • Wednesday’s headlines

    TRANSIT • Cyclist hit by TTC bus suffers severe head injuries [Toronto Star] • TTC workers awarded 6% raise over 3-year contract [Toronto Star] • TTC...

  • Thursday’s headlines

    TRANSIT •  Help the TTC find the Dupont station shooter, get a (tax-free!) reward (OpenFile) •  Quote of the day: Glenn De Baeremaeker on the horror of...

  • Functional Furniture at the Brick Works

    In June 2012, Toronto’s historic Brick Works will host Design by Nature, a unique exhibition of functional furniture and sculptural work made from...