Politics
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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 -
Dale Duncan at City Hall: March 29th, 2007
Getting out the foreign vote They say diversity is our strength, but you wouldn’t know it from looking at Toronto city council — a mere 6.8...
By Dale Duncan -
Friday’s Headlines
• Di Biase awaits election decision [ Toronto Star ] • Rating buildings on bird kindness [ Toronto Star ] • Putting diversity on the menu ...
By Julie Yamin -
Thursday’s Headlines
• Lunch express rides again [ Toronto Star ] • More power to Italy on waste [ Toronto Star ] • Keep it simple, spare us frills [ Toronto...
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Budget jargon and gibberish
Cross-posted from Eye Daily. There’s a good article in the Toronto Star today about how incomprehensible the city’s budget must be to those...
By Dale Duncan -
Wednesday’s Headlines
• Paying a high price [ Toronto Star ] • Smoking fight moves to apartments [ Toronto Star ] • Apartment smoking ban eyed [ Globe and Mail ...
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Tuesday’s Headlines
• City budget: $7.8 billion, 3.8% tax hike [ Toronto Star ] • City eyes tax hike of 3.8% [ Toronto Sun ] • Toronto budget shortfall means...
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City operating budget released – deputations on Thursday
The City of Toronto released its proposed 2007 operating budget today. Unlike the capital budget, where the city can borrow money, the operating budget...
By Dylan Reid