Author Archives: Bulletin Editor

Dad, YQNA shocked by park removal

By Kimberly Spice – Daniel Torchia, the father of two young children, was shocked last month when he strolled by the Harbourfront Centre at the bottom of Simcoe St. and found that the tree-lined children’s play area had been removed ...

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Big plans for Little Trinity: parish shows plans for major redevelopment

By Duncan McAllister – In days of yore in Old Toronto, when only the affluent elite were able to afford pew fees at the magnificent St. James cathedral, such prominent citizens as Bishop Strachan, William Gooderham and Enoch Turner helped ...

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High rise opponents rally supporters for Dec. 6 public meeting

By Anthony Marcusa – An impassioned group of residents will make their case protesting a planned high rise to be built on Church St. at an evening meeting on Dec. 6. As previously reported in The Bulletin, a 25-storey residential ...

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Path to Riverdale paved with good donations

By Eric Morse – “Precedent is wonderful,” says Randy Brown. Brown heads up a citizen’s initiative to raise money for new pathway paving in Riverdale Park. He has co-opted another park’s successful brick-naming campaign for the Cabbagetown greenspace. With the ...

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Michael Comstock: Will re-sellers outsmart smart meters?

If everything goes as planned our new lifestyle will smooth out the demand for electricity. Which means the Time Of Use pricing loses its value. Is that a win-win or a lose-lose? By Mike Comstock – Your cost of electricity ...

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John Sewell: On mastering the megacity

I had a stake in this mayoral election. Rob Ford won instead, but I’d be willing to accept the same offer under him Much to my surprise I have had a lot riding on Toronto’s election for mayor. I thought ...

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Cautious hopes to regain our city

The former mayor says he leaves a wonderful legacy and that most people in Toronto agree. It just goes to show that David Miller is as a big a dumbbell  going out as he was coming in seven years earlier. ...

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