By Anthony Marcusa – The residents of Corktown will not let an opportunity pass without seeing it to the fullest potential. This was the message of the latest public meeting of the Corktown Residents’ and Business Association (CRBA) in regard ...
Read More »Toronto Island land claim settlement paid: Mississaugas plan Downtown presence
By Dennis Hanagan – It’s 205 years late, but the Mississauga Indians have received $145 million for the Toronto Islands and the land on which Toronto now stands. That’s better than the ten shillings the British paid them for it ...
Read More »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 ...
Read More »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 ...
Read More »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 ...
Read More »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 ...
Read More »St. Lawrence Market invites Toronto residents to exchange incandescent holiday lights for LED lights
By Rebecca Grima – St. Lawrence Market is inviting Toronto residents to the Market on Saturday, November 27 (10 a.m. to 1 p.m.), when residents can exchange two sets of incandescent seasonal lights and receive a free set of more ...
Read More »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 ...
Read More »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 ...
Read More »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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