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URBANANIMAL: Pet owners are responsible

Wed, 23 May 2012 08:18:00 EST

Dear readers,

Thousands of cats are relinquished to animal shelters every day in every part of the world and their plight rarely makes headline news.

Not so with a young orange tabby named Meow who grabbed public...

ON THE ROAD: Learn what to do if you are in an accident

Tue, 22 May 2012 08:16:00 EST

Hundreds of minor collisions occur daily throughout the city and not all of them need to be reported to the police.

Many occur on private property and as such, are not a priority call for the police to attend, so the...

SPORTS SCOOP: For the week of May 21

Mon, 21 May 2012 08:00:00 EST

Here's a guide to community sports events taking place across the city in the coming week.

EDITORIAL: Informed decisions easier to make when you've got the facts

Fri, 18 May 2012 06:00:00 EST

There have been times during this term at Toronto City Hall when the due diligence of doing one's homework was forgone and cost council time, productivity and credibility.

The mayor's plan for a Sheppard subway...

COOK ON CARLAW: My delay on the road to the Beach

Fri, 18 May 2012 06:00:00 EST

So I'm driving along Queen Street East to visit my friend in the Beach when all of a sudden I'm forced to stop.

There are flashing lights; people working; and signs that indicate traffic is being reduced to one...

BEYOND THE HEADLINES: Mayor only postpones inevitable when it comes to Toronto casino

Fri, 18 May 2012 06:00:00 EST

Finally. From Mayor Rob Ford's perspective, his team made the right decision to defer the casino decision until October. But as matters now stand, his decision is only to postpone the inevitable.

In many respects, the...

LRTs are like lawnmowers - buy the better one

Thu, 17 May 2012 08:11:00 EST

To the editor:

We all have to live within our budgets, that's just sound financial planning, however, that does not entitle anyone to make plainly dumb financial decisions and justify that decision by using the reason...

EDITORIAL: Ontario Summer Games a great test for Toronto 2015

Thu, 17 May 2012 08:11:00 EST

As excitement about the Pan Am Games coming to Toronto in 2015 begins to build, local residents will have a great chance to go through a test exercise on hosting a major athletic event this coming August as the Ontario Summer...

FRONT ROW CENTRE: 'West Side Story' on stage in North York until June 3

Thu, 17 May 2012 07:00:00 EST

NORTH YORK - Stephen Sondheim, who wrote the lyrics to Leonard Bernstein's music for West Side Story, tells how he was proudly standing at the rear of Broadway's Winter Garden theatre the night after the musical premiered to rave reviews.

Casino in Toronto is a mega mistake, reader

Thu, 17 May 2012 06:00:00 EST

To the editor:

MGM has travelled to Toronto with respect to a casino, which I think is a M-ega G-aming M-istake. However, I think Toronto, which is a world class city - not Jersey Shore with its Atlantic City Boardwalk...

BUT SERIOUSLY: Playoffs are about doing whatever it takes

Thu, 17 May 2012 06:00:00 EST

Well, we're down to just four teams left chasing the Stanley Cup, sports fans.

And if you ask any of the players in Los Angeles, Phoenix, New Jersey or New York, they'll tell you the same thing: at this stage it...

WATCHDOG: Let's not forget our animal friends as the city grows

Thu, 17 May 2012 06:00:00 EST

It is all too easy to forget it is not just people who live in Toronto.

This city has a large population of animals that live alongside us and call this place home in the same way we do.

Some of these animals are pets...

GREEN WITH ENVY: Watch and learn from your garden before renovating

Thu, 17 May 2012 06:00:00 EST

When you inherit a garden through a move, live with your "new" garden for the entire growing season to develop a detailed site inventory and perform a careful analysis.

Patience is a virtue in the gardening...

FRONT ROW CENTRE: Bittersweet tale of Gilbert and Sullivan showcased in 'Tarantara! Tarantara!'

Thu, 17 May 2012 06:00:00 EST

Although they created many popular comic operas, the backstage relationship of W.S. Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan was anything but light-hearted merriment. The story of their tumultuous partnership is the focus of Ian Taylor...

URBANANIMAL: Help answer the question 'What kind of dog is that' by dog DNA

Tue, 15 May 2012 08:13:00 EST

Dear readers,

Do you love a good mystery?

If you have a mixed-breed dog, you've probably strung together a couple of breed types to answer the question, "What kind of dog is that?"

When my husband and...

LISTED: Top 10 tips for networking

Mon, 14 May 2012 07:00:00 EST

Networking is fundamental to how I run my business and how I create relationships.

I love networking because it has given me so many amazing opportunities and experiences in my life and I have met some incredibly...

LISTED: Networking: five tips and five questions

Mon, 14 May 2012 06:00:00 EST

Organizations, community groups and professional associations across Toronto hold networking events throughout the year. The Toronto Board of Trade hosts more than 100 networking events each year. Haven't been to one...

Desi Dialogues: Remembering mom this Mother's Day from miles away

Fri, 11 May 2012 06:00:00 EST

One of the toughest things I have had to do in the past years is to be away from my mother on Mother's Day.

You see, my mother is a 78-year-old doctor in India who still practices medicine there and as you may know...

Cellphone companies must communicate with residents

Fri, 11 May 2012 06:00:00 EST

To the editor:

Re: Cellphone tower worries Rosewood residents,' News, April 15.

I read with some interest on a subject that has now appeared on the front page of the Scarborough Mirror twice. Prior to this most...

EDITORIAL: Reform to Condo Act necessary to protect owners

Fri, 11 May 2012 06:00:00 EST

Condos dot the Toronto skyline, and are now popping up across the entire city - in particular soon-to-intensify areas along Sheppard and Eglinton avenues and south Etobicoke as transit (of some kind) gets built.

However, a...

COOK ON CARLAW: Condos should work within milieu of neighbourhood

Fri, 11 May 2012 06:00:00 EST

"Did you here the one about the developer in the Beach who wanted to turn the mailbox into a condo? Well, the post office took so long doing the paperwork he moved on and developed the Fed-Ex box instead."

The...

Bottled water goes through extensive testing: Nestle

Fri, 11 May 2012 06:00:00 EST

To the editor:

Re: 'Students learn the importance water plays in life at conference," insidetoronto.com, May 2

In the story, reporter Lisa Rainford quotes Student School facilitators Jae Kim and Loren Delaney...

CRITTER CHATTER: Abandoned pets looking for new families

Fri, 11 May 2012 06:00:00 EST

In this month's column you'll meet a tiny terrier who is learning to make new friends and a stunning tabby cat who has personality plus!

Poor Pumpkin was found abandoned in a crate and left outside the front door...

EDITORIAL: Residents need to engage locally on federal riding boundaries

Thu, 10 May 2012 08:10:00 EST

It's not just at election time when, as a constituent, you have the chance to get your voice heard.

One such opportunity - the redrawing of federal electoral boundaries - is taking place over the next several months...

THE CITY: Budget debate could resurface thanks to surplus

Thu, 10 May 2012 08:10:00 EST

When Toronto Council approved its 2012 operating and capital budget in January, the mayor and budget chief declared a kind of victory.

It was true that Toronto Council had opened the $10 billion budget on the floor of...