Author Archives: Bulletin Editor

Viewpoint: Communities are the new frontier

By Max Moore –  I believe nations are failing us, and that communities are the solution to our problems. When people ask if I’m a Communist, I say, no I’m a Communityist. There’s a big difference between a Communist and a ...

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Foundation donates $100k to Cabbagetown youth centre

On Aug. 27, kids from the Cabbagetown Youth Centre’s Performing Arts Camp held their end of summer concert. Over 1200 kids from St James Town and Cabbagetown participated in the event titled ICONIC, “a night of dance, drama, music & ...

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Renamed Tower Power Toronto solar group meets Sept. 16

By Tim Grant — Rosario Marchese and Nick Morgan are the guest speakers at the Sept. 16 meeting of Tower Power Toronto, formerly the Downtown West Multi-Unit Solar Energy Project from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. at 21 Nassau St. Marchese ...

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Viewpoint: HST will have real impact on condo owners

Special to The Bulletin By Rosario Marchese –  When Linda Pinizzotto steps out of her office to show condos to potential buyers, she knows there’s a storm looming on the horizon for her clients. “The HST will have a huge negative ...

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Neighbourhood Plans Achieve LEED Gold

Waterfront Toronto’s East Bayfront, West Don Lands and North Keating in the Lower Don Lands have achieved Stage 1 LEED ND GOLD (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design for Neighbourhood Development) certification under the pilot program established by the U.S. ...

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Sewell: Cops in schools; tasers; cop brawl; union boss

In this issue: 1. Police in Toronto schools 2. Braidwood Inquiry on tasers 3. Silence on police brawl 4. New head of Police Association 5. Complaints office to open 6. Police compensation By John Sewell – This Police Accountability Bulletin is ...

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Ribbon cutting for Yonge Street Pedestrian Promenade

By Ulla Colgrass, York Quay Neighbourhood Association — The densely populated neighbourhood put great demands on the pedestrian realm. Rezoski was praised for his tenacity and urban savvy, giving this formerly sad part of  Yonge Street  a green and pedestrian-friendly ...

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Prince of Pot Rally

“My husband is a Canadian citizen who never crossed the border, yet he has been charged and punished in a foreign country. This should be very disturbing to Canadians. Marc is a political prisoner. He shouldn’t be sent to the ...

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Torontonians were hung out to dry

There was only one loser in this whole civic strike mess. It’s you. The plural you. The citizen you. Most councillors took a summer holiday, effectively being on strike themselves. Against you. Those who vacationed avoided the unpleasantries of civil ...

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Frank Touby: Veggies breathe CO2—should they pay the carbon tax?

By Frank Touby – I’m trying to get my head around this global warming/climate change thing and the carbon tax that hapless professor Stéphane Dion was trying to flog in his quixotic tumble to political obsolescence that keeps Stephen Harper ...

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