Politics
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Miller announces fair tax campaign
Mayor David Miller held a press conference today to encourage Torontonians to pressure their city councillors to implement the two proposed taxes. He also...
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TTC decisions: higher fares, no cuts
Earlier today, the Toronto Transit Commission held a special meeting to decide a course of action with regards to the recent budget directives. The 17,000...
By Sean Marshall -
Tuesday’s Headlines
• Don’t cut TTC, riders say [ Toronto Star ] • Revolt builds over cuts [ Toronto Star ] • TTC holds public forum on service changes ...
By Julie Yamin -
Campaigning for a FAB TO — meeting tonight
WHAT: First meeting of For A Better Toronto WHEN: Tuesday, September 11 @ 7pm WHERE: Lillian H. Smith Library, 239 College Street Those who believe that...
By Dale Duncan -
Ontario’s parliament dissolves!
Yesterday marked the official first day of the Ontario provincial election. Please visit Spacing Votes daily to keep up with our news and analysis. We...
By Spacing -
‘We’re tired of being pushed around by dictators’
Good ol’ Frances Nunziata can still give a good quote. At today’s community development and recreation committee meeting councillors Nunziata...
By Matthew Blackett -
Friday’s Headlines
• TTC needs more than dreaming [ Toronto Star ] • Group wants candidates to show they’re focused on Toronto’s needs [ Toronto Star ...
By Julie Yamin -
Thursday’s Headlines
• Toronto councillor says city doesn’t have authority to implement cuts [ cbc ] • City manager broke law with budget cut: councillor ...
By Julie Yamin -
Street furniture contract receives an award of excellence
Cross-posted from Eye Daily. If you are one of those people who question the quality of services that the City of Toronto provides, the Mayor would like...
By Dale Duncan -
Wednesday’s Headlines
• Time to ban dangerous, wasteful airshow [ Toronto Star ] • Queensway streetcar’s broken fence bugs riders [ Toronto Star ] • Had...
By Julie Yamin -
Thank transit riders for the TTC
Cross-posted from Eye Daily. There were some questions raised about one of the stats I included in my “By the numbers” post last week. The...
By Dale Duncan -
City Hall: Good, bad and ugly
The Good: The Executive Committee has the capital budget variance report for the first four months of 2007 before it today. The report says that the...
By Adam Chaleff-Freudenthaler