Author Archives: Bulletin Editor

Marine unit praised for party patrollers

By Ulla Colgrass – The Waterfront welcomes large crowds that sail the lake on over 20 tour boats. Many of the boats are beautiful and decorated with lights and flags. Their only drawback is the thunderous music that is often ...

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Harbourfront Centre rocks way too hard?

‘Nobody expects this to be a quiet neighbourhood,’ just not bone-rattling By Anisa Lancione – Frustrated Harbourfront residents have taken the loud by the speakers by launching a noise survey and campaign to force action from the city’s noise control ...

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Corktown caterer going for gold in Beijing

Kelly Jackson, local caterer to the Corktown and Cabbagetown areas since 1995 takes off to Beijing, China on July 21, 2008. Jackson’s mission is to cook for the U.S. olympic team and coaches at the high performance training centre located ...

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Friends for Life bike rally departs Toronto

Once again, the Friends For Life Bike Rally rolled out on Sunday, July 27, 2008. That morning, over 300 cyclists departed on a six-day journey to Montreal in support of the Toronto People With AIDS Foundation. This year marks the tenth ...

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New mammoth blue bins boost recycling rates

Toronto neighbourhoods that have been using the city’s new blue bins for several months are recycling from 10 to 15 per cent more, according to solid waste management services. The larger sizes of the new blue bins are also a ...

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George Brown College to open campus on the waterfront

George Brown College has received funding from the Provincial Government to proceed with a new state-of-the art campus in the heart of Waterfront Toronto’s new East Bayfront development. The new facility will help address skills shortages in a variety of ...

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Sewell: Cops spew gobbledygook on gun facts

By John Sewell – Gun clubs have been chased out of the city by city council’s decision at the end of June, and that’s apparently a signal that our leaders think that something has to be done about guns. It ...

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Recollections of the birth of The Bulletin

By Frank Touby – Paulette and I had just been married at St. Michael’s Cathedral after 19 years of “dating” from the same bedroom. My last “solid” job, as a senior editor at Financial Post, was several years behind me—a ...

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Miller applauds selling us out to corporate interests

By Frank Touby – For a band of so-called socialists, David Miller and his council followers are looking an awful lot like neocons. They’re falling in bed with big business at every turn. Take a gander at this monstrous scheme ...

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