TheBulletin.ca Journal of Downtown Toronto
The Harbourfront Community Centre at 627 Queen’s Quay West is hosting its annual general meeting on June 18 at 5:30 p.m. The annual report and financials will be presented, followed by awards. The innovated Room 13 children’s art studio will ...
Read More »Leslieville kids meet up
A new parenting group will host their first meeting under the trees at the south end of the Lesliegrove Park on June 3 at noon. The group is open to parents with children in all age groups. Rain date is ...
Read More »Keating Channel set for residential makeover
By Kimberly Spice — Revitalization plans for the Keating Channel and the Lower Don Lands will transform current industrial wastelands into a vibrant community with water edge promenades, bridges and small watercraft access. Plans for the revitalization and urbanization of ...
Read More »Market Lane students select national book award winners
By Eric Morse — This spring, Market Lane public and senior school students had a very special chance to learn about Canadian literature and publishing, as they were invited by the Ontario Arts Council to field the juries for the ...
Read More »Greener government
Toronto Centre MPP George Smitherman announced the signature green retrofit of 222 Jarvis St. on May 20 along with Ontario Realty Corp. president Dave Glass and Strategic Asset Management veep Lori Robinson. “This iconic building will soon stand as a model for ...
Read More »John Sewell: Quickie re-hiring of chief costs needed scrutiny period
By John Sewell – It happened so quickly that everyone except insiders was taken by surprise. It was as though the event was so contentious and important that the public was not entitled to any prior notice or any chance ...
Read More »Michael Comstock: Big apple tops TO in consideration of the public’s needs
By Michael Comstock – Muddy York was once Toronto’s nickname. Sidewalks of wood and coal cinders fell apart every spring as the icy ground heaved and softened. Muddy York was the first urban reference about Toronto. Fittingly, this was a ...
Read More »Our online poll shows McGuinty makes costly blunder with BSTax
If The Bulletin’s online poll is any criterion, Dalton McGuinty has put his Ontario Liberal Party in danger in the next election. By falling in bed with Federal Finance Minister Jim Flaherty, a former Harrisite Tory, McGuinty has agreed to ...
Read More »More of a case for deamalgamation
The case for deamalgamation of this conglomerated government grab bag called Toronto grows firmer every day. We are constantly faced with examples of how city hall doesn’t work for us. It’s a problem of governance; a city designed by bureaucrats ...
Read More »Cab cluster endangers public at Eireann Quay
‘Basically, the area has become too crowded by taxi jockeys trying to service the airport’ By Boris Broz — would like to bring to your attention the untenable situation on Eireann Quay. Specifically, the ridiculous and dangerous situation of taxi ...
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