Frank Touby

By Frank Touby – The Regent Park Centre of Learning was inaugurated Nov. 1 in crowded room filled with area residents and the city’s edu-cratic elites, including Anne Sado, president of George Brown College, Sheldon Levy, president of Ryerson University ...

“Place is absolutely important in our history. Time and place are interconnected and we must have a sense of roots in a city so diverse. The collective memory is anchored and connected in place. This site was a game changer ...

He’s the political Luddite of city hall, and like the dead canary in a coal mine, Rob Ford signals the presence of lethal gasses that have all but killed the progressive brand in Toronto. For that you can thank David ...

Roy McMurtry youth detention facility still dangerous for inmates months after premier and his minister learned of illegal behaviour there. By Frank Touby – It’s outrageous how the Province of Ontario is abusing young people. Laurel Broten should be fired ...

Roy McMurtry youth detention facility still dangerous for inmates months after premier and his minister learned of illegal behaviour there. By Frank Touby –  It’s outrageous how the Province of Ontario is abusing young people. Laurel Broten should be fired ...

By Frank Touby – It’s sad that Mayor David Miller has not only imploded as a politician, but also had his hopes dashed of leaving that legacy he (and we) sacrificed so much to create. The province has said it’s ...

By Frank Touby – Are you looking for a bookie to take your bet on electricity prices? It turns out the new smart hydro meters won’t necessarily save you money and might well cost you more.Dalton McGuinty apparently wants you ...

By Frank Touby –  When, in plain English, is a 7-storey-deep tunnel not a “bridge”? When the Toronto Port Authority (TPA) wants to evade the legal constraint that it builds no bridge or “similar fixed link” between the Island airport ...

Limo-service operator/self-promoter and now mayoral candidate predicts Miller will resign in 20 minutes By Frank Touby –  Self-promoter J. P. Pampena’s lust to get his name in the media spurred a desperate attempt March 10 to second guess Mayor David ...

Magazine dubs dysfunctional city a hero of the sustainability sweepstakes By Frank Touby — The city that can’t keep its streets and parks clean, its century-old water pipes from bursting, its transit moving people efficiently…and all the other failings the ...