Politics
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How about roundabouts?
Cross-posted from Eye Daily. Last week, the Public Works and Infrastructure Committee voted to get staff to do a study on the feasibility of installing...
By Dale Duncan -
Dale Duncan at City Hall: Condo Craze
Not all wards are treated equally. Take Ward 20, watched over by well-known feather-ruffler Adam Vaughan. As of Oct. 27, the councillor had counted 71...
By Dale Duncan -
“We can’t afford to do business this way”
Toronto-based think tank the Wellesley Institute has published a landmark report on the administrative burden felt by community organizations that rely on...
By Adam Chaleff-Freudenthaler -
Toronto needs to cut vehicle emissions by 30%: report
The City of Toronto released a report today from Toronto’s medical officer of health, Dr. David McKeown, that states nearly 200 lives a year and $1...
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Killer traffic: By the numbers
Cross-posted from Eye Daily. 1,700: The number of premature deaths in Toronto that exposure to smog pollutants contribute to each year. 6,000: The number...
By Dale Duncan -
Harper to Toronto: You’re Fired
On one of those thick and hot August evenings where you sweat standing still the Conservative candidate for Toronto Centre came to our door. I was a...
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Woulda, shoulda, coulda, didn’t
Chalk this up to a “shoulda been” election promise. Yesterday, Ontario NDP leader Howard Hampton called on Premier Dalton McGuinty to raise...
By Adam Chaleff-Freudenthaler -
FairDevelopmentCharges.to
For those of us who find fault with the real estate and development industries for being more concerned with building profits than cities, October was our...
By Adam Chaleff-Freudenthaler -
2008 capital budget — prepare your deputations now
Cross-posted from Eye Daily. November 13 — mark it in your calendars. That’s the day the city has set aside for Torontonians tell the budget...
By Dale Duncan -
Get down with downspout disconnection
Cross-posted from Eye Daily. Illegaldownspouts.ca — okay, so this website doesn’t really exist, but in a matter of three years it might. This...
By Dale Duncan -
A day for remembering
Today is the second anniversary of the death of cyclist Ryan Carriere. Ryan was tragically killed while on his bike at the intersection of Queen and...
By Tammy Thorne -
To Milton, with love
The mayoralty in her sights, Councillor Karen Stintz has already begun to lay the foundation for her 2010 platform. With more than three years to go...
By Adam Chaleff-Freudenthaler