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Contact Us | Make GST school exemption an issue this election | ||
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October 02, 2008 12:37 PM
Toronto District School Board Trustee Bruce Davis is fed up. So is a growing chorus of trustees who have joined a campaign to fully exempt school boards from paying the GST on purchases for everything...
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| Don't let the bleak economic outlook get you down | ||
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September 30, 2008 11:06 AM
It would appear that we're in for a bit of a rough ride. Despite minor job gains last month across the country, Ontario has lost thousands of manufacturing jobs this year - with the auto industry the ...
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| Council's affordable housing decision not a surprise | ||
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September 30, 2008 11:06 AM
It should surprise no one that the views of Scarborough Community Councillors and local residents were completely ignored by downtown politicians last week when it came to a vote on an affordable ...
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| Meet the candidates, watch the debate and cast an informed vote | ||
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September 30, 2008 2:01 PM
We're halfway towards election day when Canadians determine who will form the next government.You've probably heard from some of the candidates in your North York neighbourhood. You've likely seen ... |
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| Federal government - regardless of who forms it - must step up for transit funding | ||
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September 25, 2008 10:54 AM
Toronto certainly figures prominently in the $50 billion transportation plan for the GTA, as it should.Mayor David Miller and TTC Chair Adam Giambrone (Ward 18, Davenport) both sit on the Metrolinx... |
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| Look beyond election-time photo-ops | ||
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September 24, 2008 9:26 AM
This week, a local school board trustee hopes to remove the welcome mat from the doors of Toronto schools and ban federal candidates from school grounds if they don't support a multimedia campaign to ...
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| Civitan Arena: time to nudge project forward | ||
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September 24, 2008 9:26 AM
People in the community, the ones who ostensibly stand to benefit, need to have something to look forward to in the near future.
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| Centennial proposal for Guild Inn a good one | ||
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September 24, 2008 9:26 AM
The proposal by Centennial College to use the Guild Inn grounds for a Culture and Heritage Institute seems an excellent one.City councillors on the government management committee were filled in on... |
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| Time for politicians of all levels to declare war on handguns | ||
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September 18, 2008 3:00 PM
Another shooting at a Toronto school this week has prompted Mayor David Miller to renew his call for a ban on handguns and better policing at the border to stop the flow of these illegal weapons....
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| Police presence in schools a sound idea | ||
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September 16, 2008 11:37 AM
If your son or daughter attends an Etobicoke high school, they may have a new colleague in the halls this week: a uniformed and armed Toronto police officer.Six Etobicoke schools are hosting school... |
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| More unified approach for neighbourhood crime-fighting has better potential | ||
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September 16, 2008 2:11 PM
The often elusive nature of successful crime-fighting and prevention is such that the debates over what the most effective methods are tend to obscure the actual reason these debates exist in the ...
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| Conflict continues to surround affordable housing in Scarborough | ||
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September 16, 2008 2:11 PM
Last week saw a pair of interesting developments when it comes to affordable housing in Scarborough.At the same time a group that included nuns from the Women's Religious Project, officials from ... |
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| Demand a commitment on cities from federal election candidates | ||
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September 11, 2008 11:50 AM
Now it's official. Prime Minister Stephen Harper has succeeded in having his minority government and this federal Parliament dissolved in a bid to secure a majority to govern the nation for the next ...
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| Election sure to be close in Parkdale-High Park on Oct. 14 | ||
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September 10, 2008 10:15 AM
There will be many a hotly contested riding from coast to coast to coast this election. One of those will surely play out in the riding of Parkdale-High Park between incumbent NDP MP Peggy Nash and ...
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| Bike lanes valued for their future potential | ||
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September 09, 2008 11:05 AM
If you build it, they will come. Though that Kevin Costner baseball movie catch-phrase has seen more than its share of application since the late '80s film hit the silver screen, a plan to expand ... |
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| Local runs contribute to legacy of Terry Fox | ||
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September 09, 2008 11:05 AM
Scarborough residents are invited to do their part in the fight against cancer as a pair of local Terry Fox Runs are set for this Sunday.Over the past two and half decades, the Terry Fox Run has ... |
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| Terry Fox legacy impressive; maintaining it a must | ||
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September 09, 2008 11:05 AM
It may be hard to believe for some, but it's been 28 years since a 20-year-old by the name of Terry Fox began his Marathon of Hope, ultimately creating a lasting legacy that continues to spread. ...
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| Taking charge of quality care and moving people | ||
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September 02, 2008 11:12 AM
Commuters in Toronto have may have had to face delays on the subway system while trying to get to work - or home - on a tight time schedule. Unfortunately, in a city the size of Toronto, on a system ...
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| Play it safe on the road as students return to school | ||
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August 27, 2008 10:04 AM
Another summer season draws to an unofficial close this long weekend.Parents across the city are surely breathing a sigh of relief as they mark the last remaining days of August off the calendar in... |
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| Businesses at centre of controversies | ||
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August 26, 2008 10:55 AM
Two North York businesses are at the centre of two of this summer's biggest news stories and they have dealt with their respective situations in very different ways.On the night of Sunday, Aug. 10,... |
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| Subway stop sellout do-able if done on a local level | ||
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August 26, 2008 10:55 AM
Despite the fact that Toronto's subway stations have most likely been spared corporate branding, the opportunity for community-based sponsorship should not be abandoned just yet. The Toronto ... |
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| Through peaks and valleys, Olympians have done us proud | ||
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August 21, 2008 11:43 AM
As the Games of the 29th Olympiad draw to a close in Beijing, the Canadian team has experienced significant peaks and valleys within a comparatively short period of time. Laments of the country's ... |
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| Explosion fallout: much work to do to restore public confidence | ||
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August 20, 2008 10:47 AM
When it comes to vitally important matters of safety, it seems you rarely get disagreement - at least in words. We're told that safety should always be the top priority; it must never be ... |
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| Memory of man lives on in new playground | ||
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August 20, 2008 10:47 AM
It's true that tragedy often spurs action. And sometimes that action can create the impetus for positive change in a neighbourhood or community that has seen more than its fair share of adversity....
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| Explosion fallout: much work to do to restore public confidence | ||
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August 19, 2008 8:28 AM
When it comes to vitally important matters of safety, it seems you rarely get disagreement - at least in words. We're told that safety should always be the top priority; it must never be ... |
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| We need to hold fuel industry's feet to the fire | ||
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August 19, 2008 8:28 AM
The reverberating shock from the Sunrise propane disaster in neighbouring North York last week hit much closer to home with the recent discovery that three similarly sized fuel storage facilities - ...
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| School pools reprieve welcome, but long-term solution imperative | ||
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August 13, 2008 2:26 PM
Residents across the city are surely breathing a sigh of cool relief this week with news that the 39 pools in Toronto public schools have been thrown a lifeline.The school pools provide many ... |
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| Steps required to ensure Downsview blast never happens again | ||
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August 13, 2008 11:05 AM
As further details emerge from Sunday morning's devastating events in the Downsview area that forced thousands of residents from their homes in the wee hours of the morning, it is with mixed feelings ...
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| Simple, serious answers needed on garbage bin questions | ||
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August 12, 2008 9:55 AM
When we were elementary school students, we were always taught, in those interminable math lessons, that numbers never lie.Tell that to Scarborough resident Mike McGrath, whose new garbage bin sent... |
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| Grants can be more than simply a dollar figure | ||
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August 07, 2008 8:22 AM
It's tempting, one supposes, to simply look at a dollar figure associated with a particular product or devoted to a particular cause and make an on-the-spot judgment as to that figure's legitimacy. ...
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