Opinion

Letter: Mystery heads at Biagio

To Bruce Bell: At the back of the courtyard of Biagio Ristorante on the back wall of the North St. Lawrence Market is a row of concrete classical heads. Could you shed some light on their origin and meaning, and ...

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Viewpoint: They’re killing our park gazebo

Bob Neighbour — Say goodbye to our beloved St. James Park gazebo. The park’s new “master plan” team has decided to tear down the picturesque landmark—home of Music in St. James Park—and put up a sterile “pavilion” in its stead. ...

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Viewpoint: Must make French version of national anthem gender-neutral as well

Canada is the greatest country in the world and the Institute for Canadian Values believes historical revisionists should leave the nation’s anthems as they have been.  On June 1, Parliament voted 219 to 79 for bill C-210, the National Anthem ...

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Soon-to-be built East Bayfront a true neighbourhood

Stig Harvor – Turning our attention away from recent significant national affairs, let us focus again on the development of our important local waterfront. We now have unusual chances to do better than the Manhattanization of the present centre-town portion. ...

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Here’s why bricks have fallen from TCHC buildings…

Stig Harvor — Why are bricks falling off the walls of public housing apartment buildings? Why are chunks of concrete falling off the elevated Gardiner Expressway? The answer is simple: All physical structures by mankind deteriorate over time (except some ...

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Viewpoint: Tell city council non-profits are not lobbyists!

Mary Micallef – You may not have heard, but City Council is just days away from a vote that would require non-profit community groups to register as lobbyists before they get in touch with their local councillor. If Council approves the ...

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Letter: On Chris Moise’s April 2016 column

I happened to see this publication in one of the newspaper boxes, never heard of it before, rather interesting. I especially enjoyed your article with your thoughts on Trump and Ford, expressing your thoughts on both men, and the danger ...

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Letter: L Tower and Trump Tower sites need to be cleaned up

I picked up my April edition of The Bulletin at No Frill’s on Front St. E. earlier this afternoon.  Again, another great read with interesting stories. I meet with a friend every month at Tim Horton’s in George Brown College ...

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Moise: Donald Trump’s populist appeal smacks of Rob Ford days

Chris Moise– As we watch the run up to the American election unfold south of the border we are reminded how divisive politics can be. We witnessed it here during the summer of 2015 in the lead up to our ...

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Humes: Downtown workers come in from far and wide

Grant Humes– The City of Toronto recently presented its Toronto Employment Survey 2015 at the February Planning and Growth Committee, and the numbers are good. Toronto saw its second-best year of employment growth in the last decade, adding 37,870 jobs, ...

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