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Toronto transit: ‘Downtown’ relief line could be the subway suburbanites crave

Posted on April 9, 2012 by Administrator

[written by Tess Kalinowski, courtesy of thestar.com] How do you spell relief if you ride the south end of the Yonge subway? D-R-L — downtown relief line. Since 1910, when the idea first emerged of a transit line connecting the … Continue reading →

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Matt Gurney: Rob Ford discovers that the Bush doctrine doesn’t work with transit

Posted on March 22, 2012 by Administrator

[written by Matt Gurney, courtesy of nationalpost.com] Toronto City Councillors will vote Wednesday on how best to pursue mass transit on Sheppard Avenue East, a major east-west road running through the north-eastern quadrant of the city. Sheppard already has a … Continue reading →

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Temporary casino in Toronto could fill gap while new one built

Posted on March 14, 2012 by Administrator

[written by Tanya Talaga, courtesy of thestar.com] A temporary casino could spring up in the Greater Toronto Area as the region waits four to six years for a swank new gaming facility to be built. The province is vowing to … Continue reading →

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Vote over subway called ‘a straight-up fight’

Posted on February 8, 2012 by Administrator

[written by Patrick White, courtesy of globeandmail.com] When Councillor Karen Stintz thinks about the verbal assault she’s sure to endure on the council floor, she breaks into a nervous smile. “Just trying to get through the day,” she says, when … Continue reading →

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Thousands fill streets for Toronto Remembrance Day ceremony

Posted on November 11, 2011 by Administrator

[written by Natalie Alcoba, courtesy of nationalpost.com] Miles McLaren marched in Remembrance Day parades as a boy scout in his home town of Omemee, Ontario. On this November 11, under a sun drenched lawn of Toronto’s Old City Hall, he … Continue reading →

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