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Let’s de-amalgamate this horrid Metro mess

Is Kathleen Wynne as bad for Ontario as Mike Harris? In the political wrestling match at Queen’s Park the question of which of two concurrent political villains is the meanest, greediest and least competent. It’s a tossup. The evils that ...

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Sign up for city winter swim and skate programs

Registration for City of Toronto’s winter swim and skate programs and March break camps starts this coming weekend The City of Toronto offers a wide range of safe, fun and high-quality recreation programs for people of all ages, skill levels ...

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Time is here and now to close the Island airport

We were struck by the preliminary cost estimate in the Nov. 22, 2017 report to the City of Toronto Executive Committee for the proposed Rail Deck Park project (8.3 hectares; 20 acres) is $1.665 billion (2017 constant dollars) or approximately ...

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Downtown PATH sports improved signage

Navigating the PATH can be a constant source of frustration, particularly it’s your first time down there. But manoeuvring through North America’s biggest underground mall just got easier. Helpful new signage recently appeared, offering clearly labeled directions to specific buildings and transit services in the vicinity. This, in ...

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Gibraltar Point erosion-control update

Toronto and Region Conservation Authority (TRCA) has commenced an addendum study to an Environmental Assessment (EA) that was completed and approved in 2008 to provide long-term erosion protection of the Toronto Island, along the southwest shoreline, approximately located between Hanlan’s ...

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Toronto opens Downtown supervised injection site

Toronto Public Health (TPH) officially opened its doors Nov. 8, 2017 to the city’s first permanent supervised injection service. Located inside The Works at 277 Victoria St., this life-saving health service provides a safe and hygienic environment for people to ...

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Don’t put bike lanes on main streets

Bike lanes aren’t a 21th-century transportation solution if they’re placed on main streets. They become a politically correct obstruction to vital traffic flow in North America’s fourth largest working city. Further, bike lanes are for most a fair-weather option. Bike-users ...

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Taking the air out of Airbnb Toronto

Toronto and Vancouver have restricted Airbnb listings to a primary residence. The number of listings is dropping fast Airbnb Toronto is an online service for “Air bed and breakfast.” It’s for guests who want a cheap place to stay the ...

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Riverdale residents object to filming intrusions

Not everyone loves TIFF and the film industry, especially this Riverdale neighbourhood in Toronto. A year after the nightmare filming of “It” the Movie (2017) at 450 Pape Avenue, excessive filming continues to the dismay of the neighbourhood For the ...

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Has the Texas disaster taught us a lesson?

I recently predicted our planet was doomed due to either nuclear holocaust, viral pandemic or azoospermia (lack of sperm). Biology 101 proves that adding 70 million people a year to our world will result in catastrophic consequences. The Texas flood ...

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