Fifteen years ago, six cities were amalgamated to create megacity Toronto. Despite two-thirds of the population voting against the merger in a referendum, it was nevertheless imposed on us by the provincial government of the Mike Harris Progressive Conservatives. It ...

The $500 million bill to repair the Gardiner Expressway forces a number of momentous questions to the fore,  then raises the question of whether the city has been well governed for the past few decades. Should city council just decide ...

Community media are sprouting Downtown like alfalfa seeds on a damp towel and it can only get better for those of us who live and hope to thrive in the heart of North America’s most exciting city. Toronto is a ...

We understand that Rogers Centre will be the destination of the Opening and Closing ceremonies of the  Pan Am Games in 2015. Based on our detailed knowledge and research into traffic and transportation management in the immediate vicinity, we believe ...

Government budgets determine the state and well-being of our society and us as its citizens. How will they affect us? Will they improve or worsen our lives? How do we learn about these budgets and can we participate in setting ...

The understatement of the year just ended comes from the lips of Ward 20 Coun. Adam Vaughan who says that among developers, “there is an appetite for 90-storey buildings.” Of course! There is an appetite among developers for 120-storey buildings ...

Dennis Hanagan – Artscape Liberty Village at 60 Atlantic Ave. has closed after 21 years of providing affordable studio space for artists. “It’s painful to have to close down a project that’s one of the early successes of Artscape and ...

Eric Morse Supporters of Riverdale Farm are looking forward with interest and some anxiety to the city’s plans for the future of community involvement in the governance of the Farm. Their concerns follow the winding-up of the municipally-constituted Riverdale Farm ...

Helen Kampfmuller – The Jordan Klapman All-Stars will celebrate Mardi Gras with a thrilling sing-along concert of gospel hymns and swing spirituals at St. Andrew’s Church (King St. W. at Simcoe St.) on Feb. 9 at 7:30 p.m. The show ...

Kimberly Spice – The precedent-setting Mirvish proposal for 266 to 322 King St. W.—which consists of three towers, 84-storeys, 86-storeys, and 82-storeys—has prompted local councillor Adam Vaughan to implement a stronghold approach to the continual density explosion in the Downtown ...