Politics
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Petty Laws Week
London, Ontario city council has just passed a law banning under-18s from purchasing markers or spray paint without a parent or guardian present. Yes...
By Dylan Reid -
Anne Murray: Menace II Toronto
Last night the Toronto Psychogeography Society started one of our weekly drift’s at the corner of University and King after an Images-Geothe film...
By Shawn Micallef -
City Idol opens on Friday!
Almost three million people live in Toronto. All important decisions are made by forty five people. They’re called City Councillors. City Idol is...
By Matthew Blackett -
New mobility hub launched today!
The New Mobility HUB Launch at Exhibition Place Tuesday, April 25, 8:30 – 10 am From the Bike Toronto website: The City of Toronto will be getting...
By Spacing -
Live Free and Die (on bikes)
I bought this hot (as in sexy, not stolen) Peugeot bike in Windsor last week for $40, complete with “new rubber” and in very good working...
By Shawn Micallef -
T.O.’s Expo bid, the Metropass, the suburbs
A few links to articles in the Toronto Star today: With the city set to decide late next month whether to back a bid for the Expo 2015 world’s fair...
By Matthew Blackett -
Toronto homeless survey
Jeff Gray writes in today’s Globe and Mail: A controversial one-night city survey of the homeless is set to go ahead this week, despite opposition...
By Matthew Blackett -
Speaking of the waterfront…
CommunityAIR, the group that helped stop the bridge to the Toronto Island Airport, is still battling hard to keep any kind of commercial airline out of...
By Matthew Blackett -
Last day for street furniture survey
Today is the last day for the public to fill out a street furniture survey. It is very important for as many people to fill this out so that the City...
By Matthew Blackett -
Who wants to build Toronto’s street furniture?
The Globe and Mail reports today that the City of Toronto met with companies who will potentially bid on the street furniture contract. There is...
By Matthew Blackett -
Congestion Inflation
The Toronto Star reports that congestion is costing us $2.3B-$3.7B a year and that the new provincial budget is planning to spend $1.2B to invest in...
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Toronto’s community gardens
Earlier today I posted about community gardens in Los Angeles. Coincidentally, Eye Weekly has a feature on Toronto’s community gardens. Amid budget...
By Matthew Blackett