Surprise! Bike lanes, congestion to stay
To absolutely no one’s surprise, Toronto city staff today recommended a pilot project to install and evaluate separated bicycle lanes on Bloor St. be made […]
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Woodbine casino: Wynne wins, Ontario loses
Tuesday’s announcement of a winning bidder selected to build a casino complex at Woodbine in north west Toronto marks a major victory for Premier Kathleen […]
Toronto deserves better than King St. Transit Pilot
Online today in the Toronto Sun… Toronto City Council opened a new front in the War on the Car, approving an ill-conceived King Street Transit […]
Permits for accessible, not free, parking
Toronto City Council has created a booming illegal market in fake Handicapped Parking permits. The fix is simple. As a society, we’ve dedicated choice parking […]
Week in Review: April 30, 2017
1. Toronto has a new Fire Chief. After scouring the planet to find a replacement for former Chief Jim Sales, they eventually settled on the guy […]
Toronto needs new powers… just not yet
Toronto mayor John Tory has called for his city to receive “more power” from the provincial government. He’s absolutely right: the city needs a realignment […]
Only in Toronto does “service” = “job”
Picture this… One sunny summer afternoon, you’re driving home from work in Toronto and you’re delayed by a city construction crew filling potholes on the […]
Toronto’s Ride for Heart plan needs fixing
Today, Toronto City Council will approve the 12-hour closure of both its major highways for a charity bicycle ride in June. The Ride for Heart, […]
Week in Review: January 15, 2017
Catch The Week in Review audio from #TheBestShowEver on Newstalk1010 here! Last Sunday, actor Meryl Streep wowed the audience at the Golden Globes Awards in Hollywood with […]
Forgetting Rob Ford – a classless misstep
It’s been just over nine months since former Toronto Mayor Rob Ford died of cancer. I wondered what the city was planning as a permanent […]
The real problem is: all news is fake
Following on the heels of Donald Trump’s election as President of the United States, the intelligentsia is up in arms about “fake news.” It was […]
Walking the talk on veterans
Toronto Mayor John Tory has proclaimed Veteran’s Week from November 5 to 11 – a week that includes a Council meeting beginning Tuesday, November 8. It’s a […]
Week in Review: October 16, 2016
Toronto Ward 5 Councillor Justin DiCiano is under investigation by the city’s integrity commissioner, according to the CBC. While the Integrity Commissioner doesn’t comment on […]
Police wrong to order new combat cars
Toronto Police Chief Mark Saunders today announced he was ordering a fleet of aggressive new “combat cars” to replace Toronto’s fleet of white police cars. […]
Podcast: September 11, 2016
What colour should Toronto’s police cars be? Does a sick police horse deserve a lights & sirens run to the vet? Where were you at […]