Ceta Ramkhalawansingh — Just under two weeks from now, Councillor-elect Joe Cressy will take over as the ward councillor.  If you haven’t already done so, and wish to remain on the Ward 20 mailing list, please reply with a request ...

Frank Touby — China complains that it can’t bring its cheap labour to Canada to work its investments in our natural resource industries. Reference Poor babies! They are so hooked on slave-labour economics that Chinese oligarchs don’t want to pay ...

Ilena Aldini-Messina — The City of Toronto Historic Sites present several events in the fall that provide enriching entertainment for all ages while connecting visitors to Toronto’s rich history. Visit www.toronto.ca/museum-events for more information. COLBORNE LODGE   South end of High ...

Frank Touby — Well, Tank friends and fans, we’ve come a long way since adopting the beloved Labrador retriever formerly owned by Danny Murphy, the charismatic Irishman who made so many friends from his post by the LCBO across from ...

James Careless — Welcome back to the Gadget Zone, in the mad runup to Christmas! Consumer Corner: We’ve been hearing a lot about 4K/’Ultra HD’ TVs these days, with little clear explanation of what this term means and what value ...

Jared Kolb — The 2014 Toronto Bike Awards honours excellence in individuals and organizations that demonstrate leadership in encouraging cycling for employees, customers and the community. Industries ranging from hospitals to breweries to law firms to retail compete for one ...

Robert  Evans Wilson, Jr. — “If I were given one hour to save the planet, I would spend 59 minutes defining the problem and one minute resolving it.” Albert Einstein On the 4th of September in 1957, amid great fanfare, Ford ...

Joey Schwartz — After an almost year-long battle with colon cancer, Frank Vander Rasky passed away at Sunnybrook Hospital on Thursday, September 11, 2014, aged 65. He could be seen on Easy Roller rides and on Tuesday Ravine rides, riding ...

Frank Touby — Back in the 1980s when I was writing in national magazines and making a lot more in those pre-inflation, pre-recession dollars than I did as a broadcast commentator for Financial Post and as a newspaper editor today, ...

On Nov. 4, Denton, Texas, became the first city in the state to ban the process of hydraulic fracturing (“fracking”) when 59 percent of voters cast ballots in favor of the initiative. It did so in the heart of the Barnett Shale basin, where George Mitchell — the “father of ...