Author Archives: Bulletin Editor

Entertainment District BIA reveals revamped master plan

Kimberly Spice – The revamped 2009 Master Plan, created by the Entertainment District BIA (ED BIA), was revealed Feb. 6 at Metro Hall to neighbourhood residents. New additions to the Downtown neighbourhood can already be seen such as the newly ...

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St. Lawrence Neighbourhood activist dies

Joan Campbell March 3 at St. Michael’s Hospital, was a Publisher, Historian, Author, Professor, Translator, Editor By Bulletin Staff – Longtime St. Lawrence Neighbourhood Association (SLNA) member and community advocate Joan Campbell, 83, passed away peacefully on March 3, 2013 ...

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Group hits province for privatizing health care

‘Not only is the Health Minister covering up the cuts and privatization, she has also fomented these cuts without any proper health planning process and without any democratic process’ By Kim Johnston – The Ontario Health Coalition has responded to ...

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Toronto Shelter Providers: A Short Survey Preliminary Results

By Beth Wilson – At the end of February 2013, Social Planning Toronto initiated a short survey to better understand the experiences and perspectives of Toronto shelter providers regarding access to shelter for people who are homeless. We have contacted ...

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$143 pencil sharpener wins Teddy Waste Award

Toronto District School Board (TDSB) walked away with the top local boobie prize for its outrageous contract with the Maintenance and Skilled Trades Council By Candice Malcolm – The Canadian Taxpayers Federation (CTF) held its 15th annual Teddy Waste Awards ...

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How Wine Criticism Is Changing

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Twice in the past three months, the wine world has been rocked by news from Robert Parker, the world’s most famous wine critic By David White – In December, Parker announced that he’d sold a “substantial interest” in the Wine ...

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St. Lawrence to get slashed into 2 ridings

There was no public voice at the commission from St. Lawrence and the final decision has been made in exclusion of a St Lawrence voice By Todd Ross – The new federal riding distribution has been released and the St. ...

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Is an art display a fair trade for loss of parks & trails in Downtown TO?

By Frank Touby – Michael Cruickshank of York Heritage Properties sums it up on behalf of Downtown residents who endure a shameful dearth of parkland in this major first-world city: We get a wall hanging for 35 acres of parkland. ...

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Port Authority described as deadbeats

Owes city tax arrears over $50 million since 1999, took a settlement of $48 mil from a round-heeled city council, then backed down on its promise to pay its tax arrears, says CommunityAIR By Brian Iler – On Monday a ...

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