U.S. lawsuit settlement will lead to cleaner air in Toronto A settlement in the lawsuit against American Electric Power (AEP) in the United States (U.S.) will significantly reduce transboundary air pollution in Toronto and improve the health of local residents, ...
Read More »Island airport crash threat
British crash revives concerns about similar vulnerability at Island airport By Dennis Findlay – CommunityAIR today released a copy of a letter it has sent to Minister of Transport Lawrence Cannon detailing a number of serious safety concerns at the ...
Read More »Charges laid in connection to local homicide
Christopher Lewis, 23, of Ajax has been charged with first degree murder in the death of Jermaine Osbourne, 19. Lewis was arrested by members of the Guns and Gangs Unit on November 15, 2007. On Tuesday, June 6, 2006, police ...
Read More »Children in low-income neighbourhoods suffering
A new report by Toronto Health says income is a factor in childhood disorders Children from low-income families are more likely to suffer from health problems such as asthma, tooth decay and obesity, said a report released by Toronto Health. ...
Read More »Praise youth and it will prosper
Submissions being accepted for the Junior Citizen of the Year Awards There’s an old Irish proverb that says: “Praise youth and it will prosper.” So often the accomplishments and good deeds young individuals perform are overlooked and under acknowledged. We ...
Read More »Sewell: Acquitted? Your records may still follow you
By John Sewell – The Toronto Police Services Board alternates its monthly meetings between Committee Room 2 at city hall and the auditorium on the second floor of the College Street police headquarters. But neither space seems to get the ...
Read More »Cabbagetown objects to Army occupation of storefront
By Angela Scappatura – The Salvation Army is working with community members to find an alternative to a planned mission on Parliament St., a spokesman for the group confirms. “We sensed from the BIA that there is a strategy to ...
Read More »Clear choices for Downtown voters
While most voters this month will hold their noses and make their X-marks, Downtown residents have real choices. Despite the disaster Dalton McGuinty has been, perverting the Liberal brand for big business, one local Liberal who deserves to be returned ...
Read More »TTC has too many customers ???
Now from the brain trust that operates the Toronto Transit Commission comes word we need fewer riders. The TTC is just too crowded with passengers, so we’ll trim their numbers by about 6 million this year with a fare hike. ...
Read More »Lunatics keep on track
As if to accentuate the lunacy that prevails at city hall and the TTC, the transit experts who can’t schedule buses are asking city council to approve killing the retailers unlucky enough to be located on King Street between Parliament ...
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