Frank Touby

By Frank Touby – There’s a chance for renewal and revitalization in Toronto with the hope we will elect an effective, rational new mayor unburdened by politial correctness or ideology. What stands in the way is the Mike Harris curse. ...

By Frank Touby –  Do you get the feeling they really don’t give a damn about you? Does it seem to you that the labels Left and Right no longer fit the suits who wear them? You’re not hallucinating. There is ...

By Frank Touby – If Downtown were a city of its own—not a bad idea, by the way—there might be an overthrow of the government in the works. At least that’s what The Bulletin’s online poll at www.thebulletin.ca would indicate. (The ...

By Frank Touby – I’m trying to get my head around this global warming/climate change thing and the carbon tax that hapless professor Stéphane Dion was trying to flog in his quixotic tumble to political obsolescence that keeps Stephen Harper ...

By Frank Touby — Long-suffering Corktown dog owners are soon to have their off-leash park, says area Coun. Pam McConnell. So, in fact, are others throughout the city. But Corktowners will hear about theirs first in a public meeting scheduled ...

Like him or not, there’s no way Conrad Black was guilty of any criminal act. He’s among the wrongly convicted by out-of-control prosecutors who aggrandize themselves at the expense of celebrities. By Frank Touby – I’m heartened to learn that ...

By Frank Touby – Let’s say you’re walking down Yonge Street with your backpack (or your briefcase or whatever) and a cop thinks (or claims to think) there’s a smell of pot coming from it. The cop uses that superior ...

Condo dwellers get whacked with an 8% jump in condo fees; renters get whacked with 8% increases; everybody gets whacked and maybe the wacky goofball who agreed to it will get whacked too By Frank Touby – The guy nobody ...

Cops from 51 Division respond to officer’s call he’s pursuing a suspect who has dropped an ammo cartridge By Frank Touby — A dozen or more patrol cars from 51 Division and others nearby last night (Mar 18) converged on ...

City hall finally gets its act somewhat together and tentatively offers a smattering of spice on sidewalks to somewhat match the greatness of Toronto’s restaurants By Frank Touby — Say goodbye to Toronto’s strictly tube-steak sidewalk cart vendors. Hot dogs ...