NEWS: Dupont decision sets precedent (March 2018)
March 22nd, 2018 · Comments Off on NEWS: Dupont decision sets precedent (March 2018)
EDITORIAL: A social contract is a precious thing (March 2018)
March 22nd, 2018 · Comments Off on EDITORIAL: A social contract is a precious thing (March 2018)
In South Africa, Cape Town is about to run out of fresh water. Authorities predict that Day Zero — the last time water will flow from a domestic tap — will hit on July 9, 2018. Three years of drought resulting from climate change has brought a city of 4 million to the brink of crisis.
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NEWS: Open kitchen (Jan. 2018)
January 29th, 2018 · Comments Off on NEWS: Open kitchen (Jan. 2018)
CHATTER: Carbon tax fuels upgrades at Kensington School (Jan. 2018)
January 29th, 2018 · Comments Off on CHATTER: Carbon tax fuels upgrades at Kensington School (Jan. 2018)
CHATTER: No more funding for Annex Family Festival (Jan. 2018)
January 29th, 2018 · Comments Off on CHATTER: No more funding for Annex Family Festival (Jan. 2018)
The future of the Annex Family Festival is up in the air after most of its funds were cut by the Bloor Annex BIA at its annual general meeting on January 9. The organization’s board of directors presented the annual budget, which included funding for the festival, for approval by the general members.
CHATTER: City budget balanced on thin ice (Dec. 2017)
December 15th, 2017 · Comments Off on CHATTER: City budget balanced on thin ice (Dec. 2017)
City Manager Peter Wallace tried again, in vain, to alert members of city council to the threat posed by hedging the city’s budget against the apparent unrelenting strength of Toronto’s real estate market. The city has enjoyed explosive growth in revenue from the land transfer tax over the last ten years, and projections for next year suggest that Toronto will get $808 million, four times what it got when the tax was first introduced.
CHATTER: Cyclists prey for open doors (Dec. 2017)
December 15th, 2017 · Comments Off on CHATTER: Cyclists prey for open doors (Dec. 2017)
The Public Works and Infrastructure Committee (PWIC) of city council has been asked to help reduce the number of “doorings” — when a car door is opened into the path of an oncoming cyclist — in Toronto. Although this falls under the provincial jurisdiction of the Highway Traffic Act, one advocate believes the city needs to act.
CHATTER Deals disappear with December demolition!! (Dec. 2017)
December 15th, 2017 · Comments Off on CHATTER Deals disappear with December demolition!! (Dec. 2017)
BRIAN BURCHELL/GLEANER NEWS Deals fell to the floor as the Honest Ed’s demolition continued with the dismantling of masonry, lumber, and steel. Originally divided by a city-owned alley called Honest Ed’s Way, the store’s sections were constructed very differently. Pictured here is the west annex, which was built on the houses that once stood there and featured crooked floors, because the houses were not built to the same elevations.
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YEAR IN REVIEW: Marking major anniversaries (Dec. 2017)
December 15th, 2017 · Comments Off on YEAR IN REVIEW: Marking major anniversaries (Dec. 2017)
A celebratory year in review
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FROM THE ARCHIVES (Dec. 2017): Changing the character of 44 Walmer Rd.
December 15th, 2017 · Comments Off on FROM THE ARCHIVES (Dec. 2017): Changing the character of 44 Walmer Rd.
If buildings are art, should they be altered from their original form?
ON THE COVER (Nov. 2017): Remembering
November 24th, 2017 · Comments Off on ON THE COVER (Nov. 2017): Remembering
CHATTER (Nov. 2017): Forcillo arrested for breach of bail
November 24th, 2017 · Comments Off on CHATTER (Nov. 2017): Forcillo arrested for breach of bail
The officer convicted in the death of a troubled teenager on a Toronto Transit Commission streetcar in July 2013 has been re-arrested for breach of his bail conditions.
EDITORIAL (Oct. 2017): Pandering to religious intolerance
November 2nd, 2017 · Comments Off on EDITORIAL (Oct. 2017): Pandering to religious intolerance
Quebec recently passed Bill 62: An Act to foster adherence to state religious neutrality and, in particular, to provide a framework for requests for accommodations on religious grounds in certain bodies.