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Amen!
Toronto City Councillor and Budget Chief Shelley Carroll released a statement this afternoon in response to federal Finance Minister Jim Flaherty telling...
By Adam Chaleff-Freudenthaler -
My Toronto Video Contest Winners
The results are in and we have our winners for the My Toronto Video Contest! Overall, it was a difficult task — how do you sum up Toronto in thirty...
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Report from Pakistan
EDITOR’S NOTE: Toronto playwright (and our Centre for Social Innovation neighbour) Darren O’Donnell is in Pakistan working on a production of...
By Spacing -
A public-private re-Union
Calling Union Station a gateway to Toronto, Mayor David Miller unveiled the revitalization plan for Union Station in the heritage building’s Great...
By Adam Chaleff-Freudenthaler -
Solar in the city
Cross-posted from Eye Daily. Last week, the Government Management Committee (usually one of the more boring committees of council) approved a strategy to...
By Dale Duncan -
Canada, let her keep a memento
“I could fill up the lake with the things I didn’t say Had a good run anyway Had a good run anyway” — Final Fantasy, “The CN...
By Liz Clayton -
Hazel ready to raise hell
Cross-posted from Eye Daily. Mississauga Mayor Hazel McCallion is ready to take on federal Finance Minister Jim Flaherty and Prime Minister Stephen...
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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Hume takes swipe at Portlands energy plant
Christopher Hume wrote a column today on the rise of the Portlands Energy Centre, something the City and local residents fought the province over, but...
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Planet in Focus opens tonight
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oAgEeFv1TN4[/youtube] This week Toronto’s eco-film fest Planet in Focus (Oct 24-28) includes an exciting...
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Tree Tuesday: London plane tree of Berkeley Castle
Every Tuesday, Todd Irvine of Local Enhancement and Appreciation of Forests (LEAF) will post a stop from the Toronto Tree Tours, a collaborative project...
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Cultural Geography in Windsor
For our Windsor readers and those who may be heading to the Sun Parlour of Canada this weekend, there is a symposium on the cultural geography of the...
By Shawn Micallef