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Before & After: Looking back at old Customs
Comparative Then and Now Front St. looking east from Bay St. towards the Customs House 1910 – 2011 Before and After will appear each Friday...
By Alden Cudanin -
Friday’s Headlines
CITY COUNCIL • User fee hikes could raise cost of fun and fidelity [The Star] • Toronto poised to hike recreation fees to find $23-million [Globe &...
By Eric Mutrie -
Don Cherry responds to our Pinko buttons
Back when the Pinko button-craze was full blown, we sent a handful of buttons and magnets to Don Cherry and his sidekick Ron MacLean. We hoped he’d...
By Matthew Blackett -
STREET SCENE: Taxis
STREET SCENE: Taxis Street Scene will appear each week showcasing the illustrations of local artist Jerry Waese.
By Jerry Waese -
Thursday’s Headlines
CITY COUNCIL • An end to the war on pets? [The Star] • Super Mayor’s Marvel comic version of budget exploits is missing a few panels [Globe & Mail] â€...
By Eric Mutrie -
TTC holds off on fare increase, service cuts
UPDATE –Â January 12, 5PM At the special meeting today, transit Commissioners deferred any decision on the proposed cuts to bus service until its...
By Sean Marshall -
World Wide Wednesday: Bungalows, Stats, Maps and Quiet Train Cars
Each week we will be focusing on blogs from around the world dealing specifically with urban environments. We’ll be on the lookout for websites outside...
By Hilary Best -
Wednesday’s Headlines
CITY COUNCIL • A new budget day: fare hike off, police force to shrink [The Star] • City ombudsman seeks 10% budget hike [The Star] • Fiorito: The...
By Eric Mutrie -
LORINC: The new balancing act
Regardless of who’s in charge, the City’s budget launch is almost always an exercise in political performance art and yesterday’s fringe fest’ was no...
By John Lorinc -
Property tax “freeze” = tax cut
With the City of Toronto introducing a budget with a property tax “freeze,” it’s worth remembering that when it comes to property taxes...
By Dylan Reid -
Lost Villages: West Hill
West Hill and its neighbouring “lost” village, Highland Creek (featured two weeks ago) share a common early history. Both villages were...
By Sean Marshall -
Tuesday’s Headlines
CITY COUNCIL lead stories… • Tax hikes expected across the GTA [The Star] • Ford’s budget: TTC, user fees increased [The Star] • Liberal councillors...
By Eric Mutrie