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Entries from October 2014

It’s time to build our city again

October 8th, 2014 · Comments Off on It’s time to build our city again

Ex-candidate for federal seat eyes city seat

By Joe Cressy

Toronto is a great city. Survey after survey ranks Toronto amongst the top cities in the world.  And we have much to be proud of: unique and engaged neighbourhoods; a diverse population; financial and innovation hubs; a thriving arts and cultural industry; and green spaces that rival those anywhere in the world.

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A very Canadian solution

October 8th, 2014 · Comments Off on A very Canadian solution

COURTESY JODE ROBERTS, DAVID SUZUKI FOUNDATION

This canoe at Dewson Street Publc School functions as a planter for milkweed, essential for the survival of monarch butterflies and is a great nectar source for bees and other pollinators. Students at the school planted the garden. COURTESY JODE ROBERTS, DAVID SUZUKI FOUNDATION

Tired canoes re-purposed as pollinator point

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Equip officers with body cameras, tasers

October 8th, 2014 · Comments Off on Equip officers with body cameras, tasers

Iacobucci calls for a shift to a “zero deaths” police culture

By Brian Burchell

It’s been just over a year since Sammy Yetim was shot and killed by Toronto police on a TTC streetcar on Dundas Street.

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