TheBulletin.ca Journal of Downtown Toronto
By Bulletin Staff – A single shot was fired by an unidentified shooter at the height of rush hour on Sept. 24. The gunman fled past the Courtyard Marriott hotel after ditching the handgun. Two people were reported fleeing west of Yonge onto Grosvenor, and were believed ...
Read More »Prepare for ‘war’
By James Dalziel – Local volunteers and supporters are drawing up the front lines in a multi-year battle to raise funds for the War of 1812 bicentennial celebrations planned for 2012. The 2012 celebrations will mark the last time Canada ...
Read More »How about parties at city hall?
Should city politics be turned over to political parties? Before you utter a knee-jerk “No way!” think again. What’s the problem with city hall democracy today? Aside from the fact it’s not a democracy at all, it’s a closed shop ...
Read More »Sewell: Are our cops underworked?
By John Sewell – The President of the Toronto Police Association, Dave Wilson, has said his goal in a new contract with the Toronto Police Services Board is to ensure Toronto police officers are the highest paid police in Canada. ...
Read More »Frank Touby: It’s deadly when governments work for corporations
By Frank Touby – The multifaceted errors of amalgamation and the team that brought Toronto to this sad state of dysfunction are becoming more apparent as time goes on. Big is not best unless you’re also a big warlord like ...
Read More »Comstock: Badly managed surroundings won’t mar Old Town TO Festival
By Mike Comstock – I was considering what visitors to the upcoming Festival of Old Town Toronto, scheduled for Sept 12 – 14, will find. We are going to have Walking Tour groups raising funds for the Homework Club, led ...
Read More »Wireless internet project to connect Corktown
Local resident creates neighbourhood internet initiative By Dan Misener – If you have have a wireless card in your computer, chances are you see the names of your neighbours’ WiFi networks from time to time. Does “default” or “linksys” or ...
Read More »Toronto’s concrete slab apartments to get green retrofit
Two sites in the Downtown core have already been selected to participate in the pilot project By Bulletin Staff – The environment and residents in Toronto’s thousand, decades-old concrete slab apartment towers will be the beneficiaries of Mayor’s Tower Renewal, an ...
Read More »Toronto Island trip brings officers closer to kids
A trip to the Toronto Islands made positive waves in the South and West Asian community, with police officers coming together with youth. The Toronto Police Service South and West Asian Consultative Committee (S&WCC) hosted a BBQ at Long Pond ...
Read More »Yonge and Dundas gets ‘scramble crosswalk’
The City of Toronto is signalling a new direction in traffic management with a pedestrian priority phase implemented at the intersection of Yonge and Dundas Sts. With the introduction of this new initiative, the city is giving priority status to pedestrians ...
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