Opinion

Is this a North Market or a maximum-security prison?

Historic, world-famous St. Lawrence Market needs a new North Market building to replace the temporary garage it’s been forced to use for decades. That priority that has been abandoned by an amalgamated city hall that considers our Downtown a place ...

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Lone Ranger and our golden age

Don’t ignore The Lone Ranger movie because a villain in it was portrayed with a hare-lip and politically correct gripers are cruelly focusing on that, which just spotlights any kid similarly afflicted as a victim, which is worse. The movie ...

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Have citizens decide transit plans

Three strikes and you’re out is a pretty good principle to apply to human activity. After a third big mistake, maybe it’s time to look for a new way of making decisions. City council’s approval to extend the Danforth subway ...

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Long-ignored Gardiner remains a challenge to city

The domineering elevated portion of the Gardiner Expressway cost a lot to build some 50 years ago. Weather and salt have taken their toll. It has and will keep on costing a lot more to keep it working. As early ...

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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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Silencing music is no way to run our public schools

My neighbour mentioned his son who attended Winchester Public School, now attends a private school. He  told me his child was not doing well in his class: he sat in a corner in the classroom and was allowed to do ...

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I saved St. Lawrence Market from demolition in 1971

When you invade someone else’s turf unexpectedly, you often get yelled at. That happened to me when I appeared recently at a city hall committee to say I didn’t like the design of a new building proposed for the site ...

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Waterfront Toronto exemplifies wise public spending

Consider this contrast: (1) Through persistent tax cuts and fat profits, the private sector today has amassed and is now sitting on an immense $500 billion (half a trillion) pile of what the just departed head of the Bank of ...

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Toronto needs our new North Market now, not later

George Milbrandt – The St. Lawrence Market has been a Toronto tradition for over 200 years. It is an important destination for residents from across the city and is a leading tourist destination. Last year, National Geographic named this as the Number One food market in ...

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