Politics
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City Clerk slammed by information czar
Ontario’s Information and Privacy Commissioner has rebuked Toronto City Clerk Ulli Watkiss’s attempt to withhold files from a Toronto...
By Adam Chaleff-Freudenthaler -
“Le Toronto artistique”: hors de prix?
Today in the Toronto Star’s op-ed section, Martin Knelman argues that Toronto is finally getting the funds it needs to compete with Montreal as...
By Leah Sandals -
Mississauga not fiscal paradise anymore
The City of Mississauga, hailed by critics of the City of Toronto as a financially sustainable paradise for many years, is now anything but. It’s...
By Adam Chaleff-Freudenthaler -
No TTC strike this week
The Toronto Star is reporting that there will be no TTC strike this week: The union representing Toronto transit workers said today that its members...
By Matthew Blackett -
Anti-Car Petition
Streets Are For People! are once again engaging the public and the government in an effort to disrupt our car-obsessed society. To celebrate Earth Day...
By Patricia Simoes -
Mayor turns to Facebook, YouTube to fight guns
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jc06nT2gvjw[/youtube] For years, Mayor David Miller has written to prime ministers (first Paul Martin, now Stephen...
By Adam Chaleff-Freudenthaler -
Bicycle Advocacy Workshop at City Hall
Council Chambers, Toronto City Hall (Queen & Bay) Sunday April 13 – 11:00am to 4:00pm Learn how to improve cycling conditions in your Ward...
By Dave Meslin -
Blue Ribbon Blues
When Mayor David Miller’s blue ribbon Fiscal Review Panel reported out in February, it took the wind out of the sails of Council’s...
By Adam Chaleff-Freudenthaler -
Big Apple’s road work
Cross-posted from Eye Weekly. New York’s city council approved implementing congestion charge Monday in a “close†30-20 vote. (According to the...
By Dale Duncan -
POLL: have you started riding your bike?
Back in the fall we asked Spacing Toronto readers if they planned to ride their bike throughout the winter. Much to our surprise, 37% said they would. We...
By Matthew Blackett -
The Story of Two Pools
Here’s the story of two wading pools. One in Ward 19 and the other in Ward 25. At the beginning of the City’s budget process, both pools...
By Adam Chaleff-Freudenthaler -
City Council Bits and Bites
Council’s smallest member This morning, Council’s speaker, Councillor Sandra Bussin, ordered Councillor Rob Ford to retract and apologize...
By Adam Chaleff-Freudenthaler