Politics
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City Hall: Happenings at the hall, April 10 – April 13
Cross-posted from Eye Daily. TUESDAY, APRIL 10 Parks and Environment Committee Time: 9:30 a.m. Location: City Hall, 2nd Floor, Committee Room 1 Notable...
By Dale Duncan -
City Hall: Trash Talk
Cross-posted from Eye Daily. It’s a given that the city needs to change the rules related to garbage collection. Right now, there’s a six-bag...
By Dale Duncan -
Friday’s Headlines
• Holiday closings in Toronto [ Globe and Mail ] • City’s response to surprise snowstorm defended although fewer salters in use [ Globe...
By Julie Yamin -
ROM makes a deal
Back in January I posted about the Royal Ontario Museum‘s attempt to get out of paying the usual fee to the city for the encroachment on public...
By Dylan Reid -
Thursday’s Headlines
• Toronto’s hidden rivers [ Toronto Star ] • Treasure trove in the junction [ Toronto Star ] • DVP opens [ Toronto Star ] &bull...
By Julie Yamin -
Dale Duncan at City Hall: April 5
Blowing off climate change You’d think that Councillor Gloria Lindsay Luby has been around long enough to remember a time when society functioned...
By Dale Duncan -
Wednesday’s Headlines
• Businesses blame high taxes for job cuts [ National Post ] • Fewer hot dogs, more samosas by summer? [ Toronto Star ] • Closing homeless...
By Julie Yamin -
City Hall: Big spenders on the campaign trail
Cross-posted from Eye Daily. Want to run for council? Start making friends with rich people. The four mainstream dailies are all reporting on the results...
By Dale Duncan -
Tuesday’s Headlines
• Designer signs of the times [ Toronto Star ] • Toronto to levy new tax on trash [ Globe and Mail ] • The pain of being a second city ...
By Julie Yamin -
Most comments in March: discuss amongst yourselves
Each month, Spacing compiles the posts that have generated the most discussion. The number in brackets represents the number of comments of that specific...
By Julie Yamin -
Monday’s Headlines
• Lookouts missed at blind spot [ Toronto Star ] • Let panel do its job in fixing waterfront [ Toronto Star ] • ‘Every tree that...
By Julie Yamin -
The forgotten other half of Toronto’s Bike Plan
One of the key strategies for a greener and cleaner Toronto proposed in the City’s new clean air plan, Change is in the Air, is to complete the...
By Dylan Reid