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Board of Health meeting 22 October 2012
Today, the Board is talking about pedestrian deaths in Toronto due to cars running them over, amongst other things. On your mark . . .
Reading reports so you don’t have to: food and housing
Today, Executive Committee talks affordable housing. Here’s a rundown of the recommendations from Cllr Ana Bailão’s working group—and why they dovetail with the Daily Bread Food Bank’s policy goals. Continue reading
What the bitter end of the Jarvis bike lanes means for Toronto bicyclists.
In short, yesterday’s vote at city council, on the phasing in of the completed Sherbourne bike track coinciding with the return of the convertible fifth wheel lane on Jarvis for cars, comes down to five practical things: As a cyclist-commuter, you won’t be getting a completed Sherbourne bike track until … Continue reading
Liveblog: Sept. 24 Board of Health meeting
Despite a late arrival, let’s get this post-summer check-up going.
Liveblog: Sept. 24 Budget Committee
School’s back in session, kids. Here’s this meeting’s agenda, where we’ll be talking ~surpluuuuus~.
Son of #FordCourt: day 2 liveblog
Less facepalming, more dry legal wrangling. Continue reading
Law and Forder: #FordCourt liveblog
Top lawyers Lenczner and Ruby face off over Ford’s alleged conflict of interest. Continue reading
Jiminy Crickets
During yesterday’s memorial marking the 1st anniversary of Jack Layton’s death, the inevitable Will she? Will she?! question came up. Would Layton’s widow, Trinity-Spadina MP and former city councillor, Olivia Chow, run for mayor of Toronto in 2014 against incumbent Rob Ford? Inevitable certainly since a recent poll was released … Continue reading
Quotable: Jane Jacobs on municipal public hearings
“A public hearing in a big city is apt to be a curious affair, simultaneously discouraging and heartening. Sometimes the sessions are calm and speedy; but often they are tumultuous and last not only all day, but far into the night. Whole segments of city life, problems of neighbourhood upon neighborhood, district upon district, parades of remarkable personalities, all come alive in this room…” Continue reading