Politics
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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 -
SPACING POLL: What do you think of the air show?
As I mentioned in previous posts, I live down near the waterfront, so for the last three days I’ve been given a taste of what a possible American...
By Matthew Blackett -
How to curb a car culture?
The CBC and National Post are reporting today that a council committee is proposing higher property taxes for certain businesses (gas stations and...
By Sean Marshall -
Moscoe delcares war on highway billboards!
IllegalSigns.ca found a new ally in councillor Howard Moscoe. The verbose politician from North York is asking for a freeze on sign permits throughout...
By Matthew Blackett -
Friday’s Headlines
• Public raging at garden razing [ Toronto Star ] • Woman whose yard was razed receives letters informing her the backyard is next [ National...
By Sean Marshall -
Dale Duncan at City Hall, August 30th, 2007
We need new taxes Provincial election campaigns will soon to kick into full throttle and many Torontonians will be putting their energy into pressuring...
By Dale Duncan -
Spacing Votes starts today!
Spacing Votes is now up and running. There are only a few posts currently up, but content will increase as the province gets closer to the official start...
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By the numbers — our sustainable city
Cross-posted from Eye Daily. Thought the big city was all smog and traffic jams and pavement? As it turns out, Toronto is Ontario’s most sustainable...
By Dale Duncan