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TTC STRIKE: Liberals drafting back-to-work bill
Back-to-work legislation for the TTC will hit Queen’s Park tomorrow, according to the Toronto Star. Premier Dalton McGuinty signed the order in...
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Saturday’s headlines
TRANSIT • TTC workers on strike [ Toronto Star ] • Riders left high, dry, and riled [ Toronto Star ] • TTC union rejects deal, set to...
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TTC STRIKE: Workers to be ordered back: Miller
A developing story in the Globe and Mail says Mayor David Miller has secured an agreement with the province to get the TTC back to work. A visibly angry...
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TTC STRIKE: Workers to walk out at midnight
Sixty-five per cent of TTC workers rejected the contract recommended to them by their union executive, prompting a strike set to begin at midnight. The...
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Who is listening to the public’s petitions?
On Tuesday afternoon, interventionist group Streets Are For People! celebrated Earth Day by presenting their contentious petition to the Ontario...
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Events Guide: city lecture, tree planting, stuff swap, and more
WHAT: Mark Kingwell presents “Walking in the City†WHEN: April 25, 6:30 pm WHERE: Signy and Cléophée Eaton Theatre at the ROM “Any...
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Friday’s headlines
TRANSIT • TTC deal awaits key approval [ Toronto Star ] • Grumblings heard ahead of TTC vote [ Globe and Mail ] • Cash in place, but still...
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Do you ride in Mass?
I had the pleasure of meeting a graduate student from York this week who is researching Critical Mass, and he wants to know: Have YOU ever participated in...
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Councillor: Sun scorched taxpayers
The Toronto Sun, according to Councillor Howard Moscoe, stiffed Toronto taxpayers by neglecting to pay three months of its taxpayer-subsidized rent for an...
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Heritage Toronto walking tours this weekend: downtown terra cotta and westside Indian Road and Grove
This weekend’s Heritage Toronto walks (free + no reservation required): Terra Cotta Design in Toronto’s Historic Architecture Saturday, April...
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Thursday’s headlines
TTC • Next stop on Yonge line…’Home Depot’? [ Toronto Star ] • What’s in a name? Possibly a lot of money [ Globe and...
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ROAD TRIP: charming Iowa City
IOWA CITY, IOWA — The last city I stopped to see on my trip, before gunning the car to get home to Toronto, was the university town of Iowa City in...
By Matthew Blackett
Canadian Urbanism Uncovered