After 12 years on city council, Mike Layton, representative for University-Rosedale’s Ward 11 will not seek another term. Given the systemic changes made to the city’s governance in recent years, it’s no surprise Layton’s made this call—but it’s a shame and a real loss to this community.  Read more

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• EDITORIAL CARTOON: How Nice (Dec. 2021)
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• EDITORIAL CARTOON: Fourth wave funnies! (Aug. 2021)
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The provincial PCs handily won another majority at Queen’s Park. The progressive parties split the vote and Doug Ford walked up the middle with his “get it done” message. It’s a simple and catchy phrase that Ford could utter authentically. A key plank in their plan is building Highway 413, but it appears that getting it done might not be so simple.  Read more

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• EDITORIAL CARTOON: How Nice (Fall 2021)
• EDITORIAL CARTOON: Fourth wave funnies! (Aug. 2021)
• EDITORIAL CARTOON: How Nice (Jul. 2021)
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Doug Ford has lowered the discourse for campaign-time politics by sucking another party into a vacuum of sorts. The PCs have given free licence plate renewals and are promising a five-cent drop in the gasoline tax—if reelected. 

The Liberals have countered with a buck-a-fare public transit plan. It feels like we are at the CNE with hucksters competing for attention.  Read more

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Updated Tory Campaign Slogans

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• EDITORIAL CARTOON: How Nice (Spring 2022)
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• EDITORIAL CARTOON: How Nice (Dec. 2021)
• EDITORIAL CARTOON: How Nice (Fall 2021)
• EDITORIAL CARTOON: Fourth wave funnies! (Aug. 2021)
• EDITORIAL CARTOON: How Nice (Jul. 2021)
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We are just weeks away from the provincial election and voters are being besieged with election advertising. Every party is making bold claims of course, but the ruling Progressive Conservatives under Doug Ford are touting their environmental credentials, and that is nothing but offensive and absurd.  Read more

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Inflation, housing and a green transition are all key elements

By Chrystia Freeland

On that Thursday in March, just over two years ago—when our travel plans were hastily cancelled, when our children came home from school, and when we rushed to the grocery store to buy toilet paper and hand sanitizer—we knew then that this virus would disrupt our lives.  Read more

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Shaw Street, Toronto’s first street with more bikes than cars 

By Mike Layton

When we think of ways to improve Toronto’s cycling network, grand projects such as the bike lanes across the city’s core on Bloor Street or Danforth Avenue, typically come to mind.   Read more

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• EDITORIAL CARTOON: How Nice (Fall 2021)
• EDITORIAL CARTOON: Fourth wave funnies! (Aug. 2021)
• EDITORIAL CARTOON: How Nice (Jul. 2021)
• EDITORIAL CARTOON: How Nice (Apr. 2021)
• EDITORIAL CARTOON: Pandemic Response (Mar. 2021)
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• EDITORIAL CARTOON: Fourth wave funnies! (Aug. 2021)
• EDITORIAL CARTOON: How Nice (Jul. 2021)
• EDITORIAL CARTOON: How Nice (Apr. 2021)
• EDITORIAL CARTOON: Pandemic Response (Mar. 2021)
• EDITORIAL CARTOON: How Nice (Feb. 2021)
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Policing is largely a provincial matter, but faced with massive trucks and bouncy castles clogging up central Ottawa, plus blockades at key border crossings, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau had to invoke the Emergencies Act. As usual, Ontario Premier Doug Ford was too focused on the next election to do his job, and he should have to answer for it.  Read more

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175 Dog Years Earlier

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• EDITORIAL CARTOON: How Nice (Dec. 2021)
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• EDITORIAL CARTOON: Fourth wave funnies! (Aug. 2021)
• EDITORIAL CARTOON: How Nice (Jul. 2021)
• EDITORIAL CARTOON: How Nice (Apr. 2021)
• EDITORIAL CARTOON: Pandemic Response (Mar. 2021)
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