Author Archives: Bulletin Editor

Second reading for anti-credit-card ripoff bill

Visa & Master Card charges can reach over 3% of the final transaction value, a total that includes 3% on top of HST By Tony Elenis – Senator Pierrette Ringuette tabled a Senate Public Bill S-215 An Act To Amend ...

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Tribunal frees up TREB from accusations

Rules no anti-competition violations in use of online services restricted to its members By Mary Gallagher – The Competition Tribunal announced that it has dismissed an application initiated by the Commissioner of Competition against the Toronto Real Estate Board (TREB), ...

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City hall lobbying must be resisted, not registered

A big mistake made by ex-mayor David Miller was to institutionalize lobbying by spending $1 million to establish a registry for lobbyists. That makes the shady practise seem legitimate. Plainly, lobbying is more than mere salesmanship. If it weren’t, then ...

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Toronto loses top ‘sugar daddy’ spot to Vancouver

Maybe it’s a product of the radiation from Japan’s tsumani, but Vancouver has unseated Toronto, as Canada’s Sugar Daddy capital. Seekingarrangement.com, calling itself the world’s largest sugar-daddy dating website, experienced a 71% increase in the number of total sugar daddies ...

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Police board deception leads to abusive cop stops

Good intentions in public life are to be welcomed, but they can often be deceiving. Sometimes the good intention is as far as it gets. That seems to be how the Toronto Police Services Board has been acting. Lots of ...

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Bad tenants, prostitutes top Cabbagetown South agenda Gang shootings not random: 51 Div officer advises residents

The Cabbagetown South community faces many challenges—but at the March 6 meeting of the Cabbagetown South Residents’ Association (CSRA), over 50 residents came out to meet them. The meeting agenda was wide-ranging from dilapidated buildings to litter and streetwalkers. One ...

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Class clown grows into second career on Second City stage

Awarded the title of Class Clown at prom, Jason DeRosse has always been a funny man. DeRosse never planned to be a comedian for a career, but he instantly quit his job in advertising after producers of Second City recognized ...

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CUPE says NO casino…again

Even if the meager requirements for a new casino from the City Manager’s report were met—which we know is unlikely—we side with the Medical Officer of Health in believing a mega-casino is a bad deal for Toronto By Bulletin Staff ...

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Smoked fish product dangerous at Hooked stores

Might be contaminated with bacteria that produce toxins which can cause deadly botulism. ‘In severe cases of illness, people may die,’ says Canadian Food Inspection Agency. By Bulletin Staff – The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) is warning the public ...

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CUPE & OCAP seek 55% boost in social assistance

‘Would help people recover from 18 years of declining income from the Harris-McGuinty cuts’ By David Robbins – Anti-poverty activists visited the office of Ontario Finance Minister Charles Sousa today to bring him and Premier Kathleen Wynne a message: raise ...

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