Due Diligence Report on the proposed Port Lands Flood Protection Project. The Report provides greater certainty on the cost estimate, schedule and risks associated with the proposal to naturalize the mouth of the Don River, provide flood protection to the ...
Read More »Tow truck and auto repair insurance fraud costs us all
You just had a car accident. You’re feeling shocked and disoriented. A seemingly helpful tow truck driver suddenly arrives on scene. A typical first reaction is relief that help has arrived – someone who knows what to do. So when ...
Read More »Downtown construction projects through autumn
The City of Toronto and the Toronto Transit Commission are completing various construction projects throughout Downtown Toronto this spring, summer and fall. These projects are part of the council -approved 2016 Capital Works Program to renew our aging infrastructure. Downtown ...
Read More »Why I’ve never forgotten a Japanese girl
W. Gifford-Jones MD — 58 years ago I made an unfortunate decision. I was in the wrong place at the wrong time with the wrong Japanese girl. But the problem was not what you’re thinking! Rather, I was in Tokyo, ...
Read More »Prime Minister Trudeau meets the Ahmadiyya Caliph
On October 17, 2016, the Caliph, His Holiness, Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad was received by Prime Minister Trudeau at the Prime Ministers Office in Parliament Hill. During the meeting, Prime Minister Trudeau expressed his pleasure at welcoming His Holiness to ...
Read More »Island Airport to grow terminal without community consultation
Brian Iler — PortsToronto (in the week of Oct. 10, 2016) announced it has approved a massive expansion of the Island Airport passenger terminal, adding some 27,000 square feet of space and an eleventh gate. This announcement came as a complete ...
Read More »Jails & prisons: Ontario humanizes use of segregation
Ontario will appoint an independent external reviewer to further examine the use of segregation in the province’s adult correctional facilities. The reviewer will be asked to provide advice on an expedited basis, building on the work done by the ministry ...
Read More »Tank: two years later, blessed and a blessing
Frank Touby — On Sept. 16, 2014, a big black Labrador retriever named Tank became an orphan. His owner, Danny Murphy, died that night and along with Danny’s remains, Tank was removed from their apartment the next morning and sent ...
Read More »Mother’s Rx works for recurrent urinary infections
W. Gifford-Jones MD — Is Mother sometimes right about medical treatment? This week a report in the Canadian Medical Association Journal shows that, at times, her batting average is better than that of doctors. Drs. Blayne Welk and Duane Hicklings ...
Read More »Water-dominating Nestle can be hard to recognize
Frank Touby — It’s hard to boycott Nestle, the horrid corporation whose despicable president decreed that access to water “should not be a public right.” In the mind of that evil character, it’s proper that his corporation should prosper by charging ...
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