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A common-sense resolution to revive our economy

There is a solution to bring our province and Canada out of this depression that started in 2007. It’s a common-sense resolution that would pay off big for most of us. Let’s take a look at it. It’s not really ...

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Let’s make all our votes count and have meaning

This is a good time to ask a basic question of democracy: Do our governments today truly represent the views of our population as expressed by the voters? Within the next year and a half we are faced with three, ...

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Who shall steer Toronto now that Ford has crashed?

Depressing and discouraging are the words which best describe the impact of Robyn Doolittle’s new book Crazy Town, The Rob Ford Story. Doolittle is the Toronto Star reporter who broke the story about the video of Ford smoking what appeared ...

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editorial 1403

There’s a lot to wonder about regarding Waterfront Toronto’s emergence as a voice against improving the Gardiner Expressway by tearing it down east of Jarvis. Although the announcement Feb. 20 that WT’s board endorses the demolition option, it was driven ...

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Chris Moise

Thinking about the school days of my youth brings back a flood of memories. I remember it as a place where I could get lost in my imagination at recess and learn hard lessons in and out of the classroom. ...

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Touby column

There is a prevailing viewpoint that private businesses can do nearly anything better, cheaper and quicker than any government. If there’s a buck to be made, a smart businessperson will always trump an over-stuffed government operation composed of fat-cat bureaucrats, ...

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Bite Me! Watch the CBC video about plague of bedbugs

They drink your blood while you sleep. They can attack you at home, in a hotel, at the hospital, or even on a plane. You might have them and not even know it. Trying to get rid of them could ...

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A Very Affordable Ownership Opportunity for Journalists and Media Ad Sales Pros

As the print journalism career market implodes both for writers and editors, there is a print niche that continues to thrive: Community newspapers are still being read and advertisers are finding them effective. Naturally the sales side is also succeeding. ...

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Cabbagetown invites us all to a holiday party tomorrow night

Cabbagetown

Join the fun in Cabbagetown with neighbours and friends, the Cabbagetown BIA and Councillor Pam McConnell  on Friday at the northeast corner of Parliament and Carlton streets as the neighbourhood celebrates the holiday season with the Annual Neighbourhood Tree Lighting ...

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