Frank Touby

Frank Touby’s editorials, columns, articles, short stories

Xplornet a bad buy, deceitful company: pick an alternative

Reviewed and Updated April 26, 2018 Xplornet’s TV ads misrepresent the company. There are much better alternatives than an exploitive and deceptive corporation. NOTE: This reprehensible corporation is now getting into the telephone business as well as satellites. Don’t expect ...

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Police don’t work jobs, they uphold a sacred trust

The land of my birth, in whose army infantry I served during the nascent Vietnam-War era, has abandoned its Constitution and principles. Using the 9/11 incidents as an excuse, it became a police state. I pray that my adopted homeland, ...

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Liberate Toronto from the Ontario Municipal Board

Editorial — Every Ontario premier since (but not including) Bob Rae has sold out our city to corporate interests, primarily those in the high-rise, high-density development game. But even Rae failed to do what Liberal Premier Kathleen Wynne has an ...

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Hundreds celebrate Bob Kemp Day

Certainly the promise of free food, music and community helped, but hundreds turned out for the fifth annual Bob Kemp Day, sponsored by the 51 Division Community Police Liaison Committee (CPLC) and some local merchants. Many were there Aug. 15 ...

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Cop car wrecks beloved basketball court

Frank Touby — The pride and joy of so many St. Lawrence Neighbourhood young people is a glorious basketball court on The Esplanade across from the St. Lawrence Rec Centre that was, in effect, ‘vandalized’ by a thoughtless cop chasing ...

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Of course business won’t fairly regulate itself

The stupidity and cupidity of the Tories under Mad Mike Harris has created no end of problems in Ontario, not the least of which is we had almost 2 horrible terms of Dalton McGuinty, a Tory in sheep’s clothing By ...

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Francis Lankin named Ontario Press Council chairwoman

Replaces deceased former chair Robert Elgie By Frank Touby – Order of Canada recipient Frances Lankin P.C., has been selected chairwoman of the Ontario Press Council. She replaces Robert Elgie, who died April 3 at age 84. Lankin, a former ...

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Market’s famed Rube the ‘Rice Man’ dies at 92

Just prior to his death this week Rube was seen last Saturday at the Market tending to some of the rice displays By Frank Touby – Famed “Rice Man” Rube Marcus, a fixture For 37 years in St. Lawrence Market’s ...

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Let big business exploit the public sector

‘The merger of state and corporate power is by definition called fascism,’ Gerald Celente, U.S.-based trends analyst and forecaster. Meanwhile two big-business groups present their ideas for getting at your tax money. By Frank Touby – Self-interested private businesses can ...

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