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Celebrate Year of Snake with a skate with Olivia

Happy New Year of the Snake, may this new year of rebirth transform our transit system and end the gridlock. Toronto is an exciting and wonderful city – unless you are stuck in traffic 80 minutes a day. The increasing ...

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Are you poor even before tax time? Pro & student beancounters will help

For the 45th year in a row, the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Ontario is organizing its annual Free CA Tax Clinics, which will be offered at various times and locations across the province. Chartered Accountants (CAs) will step up ...

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Midwife group commits to Corktown

The Riverdale Community Midwives practice has been at their current location at Queen and River streets in Corktown for the past 12 years but they been helping women in the neighborhood for more than 20. There is a waiting list ...

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YQNA begs city to consider alternate plan for streetcars

Members of the York Quay Neighbourhood Association (YQNA) know waterfront traffic. So when they make suggestions about how to route streetcar service along Queens Quay from Bathurst St. to the portlands and still tie it in to Union Station, planners ...

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Outrage over shoehorned condo bid

Anthony Marcusa – An oddly-shaped sliver of undeveloped land formed by the creation of encroaching high rises looks to be the site of yet another condo—but with privacy at a minimum due to the tight squeeze, area residents at a March ...

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Tribunal frees up TREB from accusations

Rules no anti-competition violations in use of online services restricted to its members By Mary Gallagher – The Competition Tribunal announced that it has dismissed an application initiated by the Commissioner of Competition against the Toronto Real Estate Board (TREB), ...

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Bad tenants, prostitutes top Cabbagetown South agenda Gang shootings not random: 51 Div officer advises residents

The Cabbagetown South community faces many challenges—but at the March 6 meeting of the Cabbagetown South Residents’ Association (CSRA), over 50 residents came out to meet them. The meeting agenda was wide-ranging from dilapidated buildings to litter and streetwalkers. One ...

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CUPE says NO casino…again

Even if the meager requirements for a new casino from the City Manager’s report were met—which we know is unlikely—we side with the Medical Officer of Health in believing a mega-casino is a bad deal for Toronto By Bulletin Staff ...

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Smoked fish product dangerous at Hooked stores

Might be contaminated with bacteria that produce toxins which can cause deadly botulism. ‘In severe cases of illness, people may die,’ says Canadian Food Inspection Agency. By Bulletin Staff – The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) is warning the public ...

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CUPE & OCAP seek 55% boost in social assistance

‘Would help people recover from 18 years of declining income from the Harris-McGuinty cuts’ By David Robbins – Anti-poverty activists visited the office of Ontario Finance Minister Charles Sousa today to bring him and Premier Kathleen Wynne a message: raise ...

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