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Casino advocates angle to curse us with one

‘Let us not lose sight of the fact that the OLG’s mission — repeated in their media interviews, their website, and other forms of communication — is to establish a casino in the GTA and to generate more revenue from ...

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TPA expresses glee over proposed city tax settlement

CommunityAIR says city staff sold out to Port Authority on what city estimated was $50 million of upaid taxes By Brian Iler – We’ve watched the tortured progress of the City’s efforts to force the Toronto Port Authority to pay ...

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Transit fix to be funded by taxpayers: Marchese

Kimberly Spice – Who is going to pay to fix the Greater Toronto and Hamilton area (GTHA) transit problem? You are. Proposed revenue generating ideas were presented to approximately 40 people at the Transit Town Hall meeting, Feb. 25. The ...

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Entertainment District BIA reveals revamped master plan

Kimberly Spice – The revamped 2009 Master Plan, created by the Entertainment District BIA (ED BIA), was revealed Feb. 6 at Metro Hall to neighbourhood residents. New additions to the Downtown neighbourhood can already be seen such as the newly ...

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St. Lawrence Neighbourhood activist dies

Joan Campbell March 3 at St. Michael’s Hospital, was a Publisher, Historian, Author, Professor, Translator, Editor By Bulletin Staff – Longtime St. Lawrence Neighbourhood Association (SLNA) member and community advocate Joan Campbell, 83, passed away peacefully on March 3, 2013 ...

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Toronto Shelter Providers: A Short Survey Preliminary Results

By Beth Wilson – At the end of February 2013, Social Planning Toronto initiated a short survey to better understand the experiences and perspectives of Toronto shelter providers regarding access to shelter for people who are homeless. We have contacted ...

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$143 pencil sharpener wins Teddy Waste Award

Toronto District School Board (TDSB) walked away with the top local boobie prize for its outrageous contract with the Maintenance and Skilled Trades Council By Candice Malcolm – The Canadian Taxpayers Federation (CTF) held its 15th annual Teddy Waste Awards ...

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St. Lawrence to get slashed into 2 ridings

There was no public voice at the commission from St. Lawrence and the final decision has been made in exclusion of a St Lawrence voice By Todd Ross – The new federal riding distribution has been released and the St. ...

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Is an art display a fair trade for loss of parks & trails in Downtown TO?

By Frank Touby – Michael Cruickshank of York Heritage Properties sums it up on behalf of Downtown residents who endure a shameful dearth of parkland in this major first-world city: We get a wall hanging for 35 acres of parkland. ...

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