On Super Bowl Sunday, some 1.25 billion chicken wings were consumed alongside 11 million pounds of potato chips, 4 million pounds of pretzels, and 2.5 million pounds of nuts. Massive quantities of beer helped wash all that down — nearly ...
Read More »$1 billion garage for $50 million casino host fee?
See the entire February edition as a flipbook at www.newsoftoronto.com By Anthony Mancusa – With a council vote on the controversial Downtown casino proposal expected in the next few months, the question faced by the public is an incredibly simple ...
Read More »Condo on historic Ontario Street site nears approval
By Dennis Hanagan – A 21-storey mixed-use building proposed for 25 Ontario St. at Adelaide St. E. will have to meet some conditions before the city will consider a zoning amendment application to allow it. The city wants a noise ...
Read More »Deport criminals faster
The legislation responds to numerous cases in recent years where dangerous offenders, who should have been deported from Canada, found loopholes to stay in the country and commit further devastating crimes By Sarah McMaster – Jason Kenney, Minister of Citizenship, ...
Read More »Tax Freedom Day early for CEO welfare bums
Big business rakes it in with huge tax breaks while you struggle most of the year with your tax burden. They hoard cash from tax giveaways, not investing in jobs By Dennis Gruending – A research study by the Canadian ...
Read More »Fraser Institute weighs in on Wynne’s prospects
‘New leadership presents new opportunity to fix Ontario’s fiscal problems’ By Charles Lammam and Hugh MacIntyre – Having won the Ontario Liberal Party’s leadership, Premier-designate Kathleen Wynne has a golden opportunity to chart a new course and undo Dalton McGuinty’s ...
Read More »Who says older voters resist change?
CARP poll puts to rest that stereotype about older voters, congratulates Kathleen Wynne By Sarah Park – CARP congratulates Premier-elect Kathleen Wynne on winning the leadership of the Liberal Party of Ontario this weekend and puts to rest the stereotype ...
Read More »Big ripoff coming from Rogers & Shaw?
Backroom deal would enable the pair to grow to even more gigantic proportions and dominate your phone & Internet By Open Media – Rogers has struck a backroom deal with Shaw1 to take over systems crucial to delivering our mobile ...
Read More »Hudak speaks to Wynne(r)
Touts creating jobs while spending less to do so By Tim Hudak – On behalf of my colleagues in the Ontario PC Caucus, I want to extend my sincere congratulations to Kathleen Wynne who will become our 25th Premier, following ...
Read More »Harper sneaking out the sellout of Canada
Another in a list of predatory trade deals the Harper government is trying to ram through to protect tar sands development and safeguard corporate profits at the expense of the rest of us By Emma Pullman – In just four ...
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