Politics
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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...
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‘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...
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Friday’s Headlines
• TTC needs more than dreaming [ Toronto Star ] • Group wants candidates to show they’re focused on Toronto’s needs [ Toronto Star ...
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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 ...
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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...
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Wednesday’s Headlines
• Time to ban dangerous, wasteful airshow [ Toronto Star ] • Queensway streetcar’s broken fence bugs riders [ Toronto Star ] • Had...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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