Author Archives: Bulletin Editor

Toronto Police should discard sound cannons as gesture of good faith

Toronto Police Services Board should deny Chief Bill Blair’s request tomorrow By Dylan Penner – The Toronto Police Services Board should deny Chief Bill Blair’s request tomorrow to buy the controversial sound cannons that the federal government lent them for ...

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Internet radio, smartphone-Ipad keyboard, snow shovel

The Gadget Zone By James Careless – Your regular dose of cutting-edge consumer high-tech to ward off the winter blahs!   Internet radios are receivers that can tune to the thousands of stations on the Web, via an Ethernet or ...

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Does Toronto really want a financial centre?

It would bring some of the worst people on earth to our city and pressure for more neocon deregulation of the financial scammers. Below, see former top banker Nomi Prins explain how they run the government. By Frank Touby – ...

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Will Canada’s Sports Hall of Fame open the door for cricket?

‘Today, cricket in Canada is experiencing renewed popularity. Immigration in the 1970s sparked new interest in the sport and participation is increasing’ By Chris Redford – Ask Canadians who Frederick Heather is and the universal response is, “I never heard ...

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RRSP Checklist and Tips

10 RRSP tips from the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Ontario By Dana Newton – RRSP Checklist •    The RRSP deadline is March 1, 2011. •    To qualify as a 2010 deduction, contributions to your personal or spousal RRSP must ...

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CEO pay an outrage as Canadians grow poorer

‘This handful of elite CEOs pocket the equivalent of the average Canadian wage by 2:30 pm on January 3’ By Trish Hennessy – Canada’s best-paid 100 CEOs breezed through the worst of the recession with earnings 155 times higher than ...

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Perennial concerns raised at Garden District meeting

By Duncan McAllister – The garden district—it just looks beautiful. This was the motto for district signs and plaques suggested at a Nov. 29 meeting attended by members of the Garden District residents’ association and ward 27 councillor-elect Kristyn Wong-Tam. ...

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Residence, residents come to club land

By Dennis Hanagan – City planners are expected to hold a community consultation meeting early in 2011 regarding a proposal to construct a building at Peter and Adelaide streets that would be 100 metres taller that what zoning allows. The ...

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Panel seeks external and community input on Pride

By Kimberly Spice – For the first time in Pride Toronto history, a community advisory panel (CAP) has been created with a mandate to consult with numerous groups, politicians, stakeholders and the city to create recommendations for Pride on how ...

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New CityPlace association represents ‘significant voting block’

By Kimberly Spice – The Bathurst Quay Neighbourhood Association, York Quay Neighbourhood Association and the Annex Residents’ Association are getting a new neighbour as the CityPlace Residents Association (CPRA) makes its official launch in the New Year. Concord CityPlace currently ...

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