Ontario’s auditor general, Bonnie Lysyk, and now, protests across the province, have the Ford government playing their best defensive game. In a scathing investigative report released in August, Lysyk showed more of the same in terms of the Ford government’s approach to decision-making and democracy. For those of us who have been paying attention, none of it comes as a surprise, but we can only hope that this spells the end of a corrupt regime, and that these Greenbelt decisions won’t move forward.  Read more

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No sleepy summer in University-Rosedale

By Dianne Saxe

I hope you’ve had a good summer, even if it has been the hottest in at least 120,000 years. Here are a few of the issues we have been working on for you.  Read more

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Crisis underscores a larger housing crisis that Ford refuses to help fix

By Jessica Bell

Refugees and asylum seekers who arrive in Canada have been forced to flee their homes for many reasons, including war, violence, and natural disasters made worse by the climate crises.  Read more

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Country Style restaurant closes after serving Annex for 62 years

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Goodness Me!, formerly Noah’s, closes after 39 years

By Fox Oliver

On Saturday, May 20, Goodness Me! Natural Food Market (formerly Noah’s Natural Food), located at 322 Bloor St. W, closed their doors for good. The store opened in 1984, but as large chunks of Bloor and Spadina are set to be demolished to make way for condominium towers, existing retail is being pushed out.  Read more

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BIA selected by advocacy group for foundational work 

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Since retiring from her career teaching elementary school five years ago, photo artist and independent filmmaker, Martha Davis, has found opportunities to work with children outside the classroom. This May, she joined the Scotiabank Contact Photography Festival with her Diorama Dramas.  Read more

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• EDITORIAL CARTOON: Scale of badness (Mar. 2023)
• EDITORIAL CARTOON: Winter’s not as cold as these deals! (Feb. 2023)
• EDITORIAL CARTOON: How Nice — Can dreams come true? (For John Tory) (Dec. 2022)
• EDITORIAL CARTOON: How Nice (Nov. 2022)
• EDITORIAL CARTOON: How Nice (Oct. 2022)
• EDITORIAL CARTOON: How Nice (Sept. 2022)
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Back in 1973, when Ontario Premier Doug Ford was just nine years old, Conservative Premier Bill Davis brought in the Niagara Escarpment Planning and Development Act. This was the foundational legislation for what we now call the Greenbelt—2 million acres of farmland, forest, wetlands and watersheds in southern Ontario. Every premier since then, of every political stripe, has fought to protect that—until now. Premier Doug Ford is bent on tearing the area apart despite whatever promises he made in the last election, and that destruction is justified by a false premise.  Read more

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Battling inflation and the challenge to create a clean economy

By Chrystia Freeland

Canada has made a remarkable recovery from the COVID recession.  Read more

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Building a greener, safer city

By Dianne Saxe

If you’re anything like me, June means enjoying fine weather with fine people, and I hope that all of you are able to enjoy the summer to its fullest.   Read more

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Province allowing density but forgetting about education

By Jessica Bell

As an MPP and parent of two children who attend TDSB schools, I am personally and politically concerned about the quality of education University-Rosedale’s 33 schools provide to our children.    Read more

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