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Reg Hartt: Obituary of Gino Empry

Celebrated Garden District theatrical agent dead at 83 By Reg Hartt – Gino Empry, a dear friend, passed away Saturday morning. His funeral takes place Wednesday at 10:30 a.m. at St. Michael’s Cathedral, with a burial to follow at Prospect ...

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Former roommates Ignatieff, Rae spat over foreign policy

By Angela Scappatura – The Liberal leadership candidates faced off in an afternoon of debates that took place at Roy Thompson Hall on Sunday. The two hour televised event began with some awkward moments. An address by Interim Liberal Leader ...

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Fort York to host seminar for owners of older homes

Join Christopher Cooper, editor-in-chief of Edifice Old Home Magazine, as he leads a full day seminar and forum for old home owners, contractors and conservators on Nov. 12  from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Participants will discover ways to maintain, ...

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Ballet takes successful ‘next step’ to future

David Banks, Board Chair of The National Ballet of Canada, announced the successful completion of the $3.5 million Next Stage Campaign led by board member David Tory.  Banks said the board owed an enormous debt of gratitude to David Tory ...

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Porkers’ ferryland crashes

The dysfunctional Toronto Port Authority gave another example of how it richly deserves to die. But now it’s a Tory pork barrel since Steve decided the money-losing operation that’s too lucrative to die should be his. It survives by taxing ...

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Public Forum: What is really happening in Trinity-Spadina schools?

For the past three years the McGuinty government has taken advantage of the perception that they are kinder, gentler and better than the Harris Tories. Nowhere is this more evident than in the education sector. It is time to assess ...

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Bike sharing program out of steam

BikeShare, a multiple award-winning bike lending program run by the Community Bicycle Network, must find a new source of funding or the popular program will shut down. BikeShare is Canada’s longest-running and largest community bike lending initiative. This week, the ...

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Yonge St. sign blitz demands compliance

Confusion continues to reign at Yonge and Wellesley where at least one business owner has been told to remove street-level signage. Despite calls from The Bulletin to clarify the nature of compliance action taken by by-law enforcement officers in late ...

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Loose Larry Cannon sloughs off concerns

Figure the Tassé study will keep the Toronto Pork Authority in power By Frank Touby – Don’t expect anything more from the Tassé “study” about the reprehensible Island airport than an attack on the evils of Paul Martin’s handling of ...

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By-law force targets Yonge & Wellesley

A small crew of by-law enforcement officers hit the pavement on Sept. 27, one long-time Yonge and Wellesley business owner reports. The officers wrote up signage-related tickets for at least one second-story business. The Bulletin is interested in hearing from ...

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