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Entries from February 2015

Build improvements all agree on

February 15th, 2015 · Comments Off on Build improvements all agree on

Re-elected in a landslide victory, Layton pushes transit file

By Mike Layton

There is no silver bullet to Toronto’s transit woes.  Almost as rare is finding a transit plan that all Torontonians can agree with.

But though seldom as it is, it does happen on occasion.

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Mobs don’t rule, nor do pawns

February 15th, 2015 · Comments Off on Mobs don’t rule, nor do pawns

It’s sad to see the students of Central Tech used as pawns to advance a singular solution to the problem of the school’s playing field. It’s a complicated issue and the students are being fed an easy-to-swallow pill about who is to blame for the state of their field.

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Residence casts long shadow

February 15th, 2015 · Comments Off on Residence casts long shadow

University still to deliver updated proposal for Spadina-Sussex development following neighbourhood outcry

The northwest corner of Sussex and Spadina avenues is the site of a pending development of a student residence. Brian Burchell – Gleaner News

By Annemarie Brissenden

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February 15th, 2015 · Comments Off on

On Nov. 16, the Santa Claus parade came along Bloor Street. The Bloor Annex BIA reprised its popular kissing stations with mistletoe hanging from some of the BIA’s lights on the streets. Some were more lucky under the lights than others.

On Nov. 16, the Santa Claus parade came along Bloor Street. The Bloor Annex BIA reprised its popular kissing stations with mistletoe hanging from some of the BIA’s lights on the streets. Some were more lucky under the lights than others.

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Dome plan inches closer

February 15th, 2015 · Comments Off on Dome plan inches closer

The Toronto District School Board (TDSB) has signed a deal with a developer, Razor Management, which contemplates applying an artificial surface and winter dome over the Central Tech playing field. The current slate of school board trustees is at the end of their term of office. The newly elected trustees, together with the two city councillors for the area Mike Layton and Joe Cressy, wrote a letter urging the current board to hold off the decision since they felt that signing the deal was premature and was not a concept they supported.

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