Author Archives: Bulletin Editor

CAW’s Lewenza, CEP’s Coles confirm retirements

Canadian Business Journal — After five years as president of the Canadian Auto Workers union, Ken Lewenza confirmed he will in fact be stepping down as of the end of September. David Coles, president of the Communications, Energy and Paperworkers union, ...

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Island airport tunnel: Stepping stone for dangerous expansion plans

NoJetsTO — The announcement by the Toronto Port Authority (TPA) about the tunnel construction reaching the half-way point is anything but an occasion to celebrate. The controversial tunnel is part of the TPA’s long-running plans to turn the boutique Island ...

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Toronto’s Murdoch Mysteries premieres on U.S. TV

Detective William Murdoch has found a home in the U.S. on Ovation, America’s only arts network, which has launched his popular mystery series as The Artful Detective. All seven seasons of the one-hour drama (96 episodes) have been acquired by ...

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Famed Chinese dissident/artist Ai Weiwei at AGO

Andrea-Jo Wilson — One of the world’s most provocative contemporary artists, Ai Weiwei, will join Art Gallery of Ontario visitors for a live video chat with the AGO’s director and CEO, Matthew Teitelbaum, during the Gallery’s popular First Thursdays art ...

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This little piggy was fed GMOs

Shicana Allen —  Dr. Judy Carman, associate professor in Health and the Environment at Flinders University (Adelaide, South Australia) and a team of seven other co-authors and scientists have released results of a long-term, peer-reviewed toxicology study that has found ...

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Sammy Yatim report by TPAC

Toronto Police Accountability Coalition report — Eighteen-year-old Sammy Yatim was acting strangely on the night of Friday July 26 on the Dundas streetcar. He pulled out a Swiss Army knife and demanded that everyone leave the streetcar. The driver was ...

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Taxi drivers, BIAs gear up to defend business areas from bike lanes

Dennis Hanagan – Toronto wants to build physically-separated bike lanes between Bathurst and Sherbourne on either Richmond, Adelaide and Wellington streets—or on a combination of all three. There will be trade-offs: a 20-page city booklet says consideration will be given ...

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Lone Ranger and our golden age

Don’t ignore The Lone Ranger movie because a villain in it was portrayed with a hare-lip and politically correct gripers are cruelly focusing on that, which just spotlights any kid similarly afflicted as a victim, which is worse. The movie ...

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Have citizens decide transit plans

Three strikes and you’re out is a pretty good principle to apply to human activity. After a third big mistake, maybe it’s time to look for a new way of making decisions. City council’s approval to extend the Danforth subway ...

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Long-ignored Gardiner remains a challenge to city

The domineering elevated portion of the Gardiner Expressway cost a lot to build some 50 years ago. Weather and salt have taken their toll. It has and will keep on costing a lot more to keep it working. As early ...

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