I think we need to give our City Councillors more work. Councillor and TTC head Adam Giambrone will be getting his own talk show. I’m not making this up. He’s going to ride around on a street car, taking calls, comments and complaints. Viewers can… Read More
All posts filed under “City Beat”
Goodnight Bandit
Back in April 2008, I made the following post on my previous blog: I heard this fellow interviewed on the radio, who goes into Toronto neighbourhoods at night with garbage bags and spends the night picking up trash. He also makes a point going into… Read More
This should be interesting
It was announced the other day that Toronto Mayor Miller is writing a book, to be published by Cormorant Books. He plans to tell stories of ordinary Torontonians he encountered during his term as Mayor. The book is to be called Witness to a City:… Read More
Understatement
Toronto Mayor David Miller stated the obvious, quoted in the National Post yesterday, “I think it would be very good if a number of councillors perhaps recognize that it’s time for somebody else and run,” he told reporters yesterday. ”I think it would be good… Read More
A Walk in the Park
A group of senior citizens were recently walking together in Humber Bay Park, here in Toronto. This was a warm-up for a fitness class at a nearby community centre. However, these folks were controvening Municipal Code Chapter 608 Parks. If a group holds an organized… Read More
Skating trail destined for Sam Smith Park
The City of Toronto is going to invest $2 Million to build a skating trail in Sam Smith Park, the huge waterfront park located just to the east of Anchovy World Headquarters. The location of the trail has been recently shifted to an area Southwest… Read More