There’s been a lot of noise lately around outgoing Councillor Kyle Rae throwing a going away party funded by his office budget to the tune of $12k. Blowhard Councillor Rob Ford introduced a motion in Council to make him pay it back, and Council Speaker… Read More
Giorgio Mammoliti withdrew from the Toronto mayoralty race today. It was not a surprise. He wasn’t going to be the next mayor, but along the way he got an opportunity to showcase a host of ideas. Good ones, bad ones, wacky ones – Mammoliti had… Read More
I think Toronto Mayor David Miller is right. The Canadian government should assume full responsibility for damage done during the G20, including compensation for lost revenue to local businesses. Some will say, well who is going to pay, and unfortunately the answer is that we… Read More
A new poll shows Toronto mayoralty hopeful and blowhard Rob Ford on top, ahead of George Smitherman. The poll shows Ford at 17.8% support compared to Smitherman at 15.9%. Keep in mind that it is a small poll with a margin of error of 3.1%.… Read More
The campaign leading up to the municipal elections in Toronto in the fall is focusing more and more around how we get around in the city. By that I mean primarily public transit, roads and bikes. I think this has been driven out of a… Read More
Check out this article about abuse of workers in Mississauga. From the article: Employees in Mississauga’s transportation and works department were tied up with duct tape, spanked until they were bruised and humiliated at the behest of one of their supervisors, a city official says.… Read More
Thanks to Finny’s Friend for sending these photos he took at the bird festival yesterday at Sam Smith Park. “It was a great day around Sam Smith park as the area bird enthusiasts and other naturalists met with the public for fun and to share… Read More
At the bird festival yesterday, we picked up a copy of Birds of Toronto – A guide to their remarkable world. This is a City of Toronto publication and the first in a Biodiversity Series. This is an excellent publication and if you live in… Read More
These photos arrived via email today from Finney’s Friend, a regular at the leash free park over at the RL Clark Filtration Plant, next to Sam Smith Park in beautiful Longbranch. Here’s what the email said: Dear friends of Sam Smith dog off leash area… Read More
For arranging to have the G20 summit in Toronto. It’s going to be an excellent time….to go on a road trip somewhere.
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