Politics
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Thursday’s Headlines
• Vote for your favorite inspirational outdoor ad [ Toronto Star ] • Outdoor advertising competition fiasco [ Reading Toronto ] • This city...
By Julie Yamin -
City Hall: The beginning of the end for street furniture?
Cross-posted from Eye Daily. Rami Tabello the hardworking activist behind the ingenious website illegalsigns.ca is being threatened by outdoor advertising...
By Dale Duncan -
Wednesday’s Headlines
• It took children to raise a village [ Toronto Star ] • City wants rink time freed up [ Toronto Star ] • CN Rail workers resume picketing...
By Julie Yamin -
City Hall: Poop and scoop and take it home
Cross-posted from Eye Daily. The problem of dogs in parks just got bigger. A recent trash audit done in Toronto parks (which I wrote about in a recent...
By Dale Duncan -
New twist in street furniture saga
There’s been a new twist in Toronto’s street furniture saga. Illegalsigns.ca, a local outdoor advertising watchdog, is accusing on their...
By Matthew Blackett -
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