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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...
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Rob Ford is City Hall’s star pupil. Seriously.
The Toronto Sun published an article today on the Canadian Taxpayers’ Federation report card on City Hall. Guess who is at the top of the list, the...
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New taxes = a better Toronto, say artists
Cross-posted from Eye Daily. When was the last time you heard of a protest to raise taxes? Yesterday, Toronto artists took to Nathan Phillip’s...
By Dale Duncan -
(Don’t) forget it Jake, it’s Chinatown
WHAT: Chinatown plaques ceremony WHEN: Thursday August 30th, 12:30pm WHERE: Northwest corner of Nathan Phillips Square Unlike the sentiment of the famous...
By Shawn Micallef -
$575 million not a real number, says Pitfield
Cross-posted from Eye Daily. When I saw the front cover of Sunday’s Toronto Sun and its headline screaming “How to save our city,†I...
By Dale Duncan -
City torches services, fireworks ensue
City Manager Shirley Hoy announced a roster of cuts to City services that are needed to balance the City’s 2008 budget. The cuts reduce 2007...
By Adam Chaleff-Freudenthaler -
Clubland by the numbers
Cross-posted from Eye Daily. The issue of Toronto Life now on newsstands features an article by Denisse Balkissoon on the crowds that swarm the...
By Dale Duncan -
Dale Duncan at City Hall: June 22, 2007
Beauty is only skin deep If I had a dollar for every time I heard the term “architectural excellence†referring to development along the waterfront...
By Dale Duncan -
City Hall: New garbage collection system approved by council
Cross-posted from Eye Daily. By a vote of 26-18, city council approved a new pay-as-you-throw garbage collection system before breaking for lunch today...
By Dale Duncan -
Planning ahead
Cross-posted from Eye Daily. This week I wrote about a group called People Planning Toronto (PPT for short), who held a neighbourhood summit May 26 to...
By Dale Duncan -
Little box in the big city
Cross-posted from Eye Daily. In an effort to break into the urban market, big-box stores are learning to adapt to the big city, a trend that has yet to...
By Dale Duncan -
City Hall: Surprise, surprise — street furniture deal gets go ahead
Cross-posted from Eye Daily At approximately 5:15pm, City Council voted to sign a 20-year contract with the ad company Astral Media Outdoor to supply our...
By Dale Duncan