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Dennis Hanagan — The city’s Executive Committee will deal with the controversial Island airport at a special meeting March 25. It’ll look at a request for an amendment to the Tripartite Agreement (TA) that oversees the airport. Porter Airlines wants ...

Leading Toronto mayoral candidate Olivia Chow says Toronto should retain buses due for retirement and speed up commuting times by 10%. “It would immediately have less crowding and immediately make sure that families that are taking these buses arrive in ...

Eric Morse — Around 40 members of the public attended the fourth and last Union-Pearson Electrification Project public open house at Lithuanian House in Bloor West Village last month. Three previous open houses had been held during January and February ...

Dennis Hanagan — A Riverside landmark that houses an infamous strip club could be designated a heritage building and be protected from developers. Designating a building gives city council the legal authority to refuse an application that would adversely affect ...

John Bessai — Hundreds of voters have shown their support for an electoral alliance at two recent Downtown events. Over 230 people attended the It’s About Time! Action on Climate Change through Electoral Reform town hall on Nov. 28 at ...

Dennis Hanagan — Two public meetings are planned for February to hear what the community has to say about controversial developments planned for Spadina at College and another for King West across from Metro Hall. A public forum is set ...

Toronto Park People’s Park Summit is the premier event celebrating and sharing the successes and opportunities of Toronto’s 1600+ parks. This year’s theme, Reimagining the Role of Our Parks, will explore creative ways volunteers and partners can transform parks into ...

Eric Morse — If the Financial District Business Improvement Area (FDBIA) had been in place a few years ago, Toronto might have had a better chance of escaping the construction and traffic nightmare that is everything from Front St. to ...

Eric Morse — The construction and traffic horror that is currently Front St. is not Dave Barrington’s fault, he makes clear. That’s somebody else’s mess, specifically the TTC’s, in the vital but disruptive work involved in adding a second, capacity-doubling ...

Dennis Hanagan — Downtown community and business groups east of Yonge are planning ways to take full advantage of the fact living quarters for 10,000 participants in the 2015 Pan Am and Parapan Am games will be right on their ...