Politics
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Headlines worth following
Here are a few headlines worth following today, and I’d love to hear your comments about: The City of Toronto Act: the new law passed yesterday at...
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Final City Idol tonight
Toronto & East York Final Event! Six candidates will try their best. Only one will become a City Idol! The winner will run for City Council in the...
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Howard to quit? Ducharme says cars rule road
This TTC fiasco story won’t end soon, it looks like — Moscoe may step down from the the TTC Chair position. From Jeff Gray in the Globe and...
By Matthew Blackett -
The Billboard Battalion vs. Dundas Square
Nearly every community council meeting taking place at City Hall these days attracts someone from the Billboard Battalion, a sub-group of the Toronto...
By Dale Duncan -
Is it time for Moscoe to step down, too?
UPDATE: The TTC Commission promptly asked Rick Ducharme to clean his desk out today, not on Nov. 30th as the former-GM had suggested in his resignation...
By Matthew Blackett -
Toronto’s new lobbyist controls
With the proposed new Toronto Act stating the City of Toronto must implement a lobbyist registry, and with the Bellamy Inquiry reccommending that the city...
By Laura Hatcher -
TTC General Manager to quit
If the last 10 days at the TTC haven’t been weird enough, the transit system’s GM Rick Ducharme is quitting as of November 30th citing...
By Matthew Blackett -
Pedestrian Crossover Update
Update on the city’s pedestrian crossover initiative — council has approved it. From the Adam Giambrone e-newsletter: Council approved a...
By Dylan Reid -
. . . And the winner is:
Well, even though the official announcement isn’t for another two hours the Star is reporting that West 8 has won the Waterfront design competition...
By Ian Malczewski -
City Idol tonight
A little last minute, but the downtown portion of City Idol drops tonight at the Kathedral (corner Bathurst and Queen W). More info here. photo by Lee Towndrow
By Matthew Blackett -
70% of election funds from developers in 905 region
The Star has an article today (as does the Globe’s John Barber) about political donations in the 905-region. In Vaughan, “the city above...
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TTC union attack ads
Did anyone see the ads that the TTC union took out in the major papers yesterday? They described how TTC driver Bobbie was assaulted by a passenger...
By Matthew Blackett