Opinion

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 ...

By John Sewell – It happened so quickly that everyone except insiders was taken by surprise. It was as though the event was so contentious and important that the public was not entitled to any prior notice or any chance ...

By Michael Comstock – Muddy York was once Toronto’s nickname. Sidewalks of wood and coal cinders fell apart every spring as the icy ground heaved and softened. Muddy York was the first urban reference about Toronto. Fittingly, this was a ...

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 ...

By Michael Comstock – Biodiversity is a word from the science of ecology which has become an axiom for a healthy world. It speaks to the range of organisms present in a particular ecological community. Healthy bio-diverse planets can be ...

By John Sewell – Someone, probably Police Chief Bill Blair, will have to soon make the decision whether police officers should again be put in selected Toronto high schools. About 20 schools have had officers assigned to them since last ...

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 ...

Even before there was history, tax collectors have been the detested scourges on humankind. As far back as cave dwellers, there were thugs in animal skins who forcibly claimed turf and extracted tribute. Today they wear polyester and wool. In ...

From the point of view of the Toronto police service, 2008 was a successful year in the use of the Taser. According to a report by Chief Bill Blair to the March 30 meeting of the Toronto Police Services Board, ...