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Making Toronto a better city
 By Arthur Weinreb  Wednesday, March 10, 2010

The liberal Toronto Star began an in depth feature about how to make Toronto and the GTA a better place to live. Even the Star that supports the socialists on Toronto City Council acknowledges that the city is not as good as it can be. The reasons are obvious at least to others; we’ve turned into a full blown nanny state where people who are not members of the elites’ special interest groups are ignored. We are a police state if you count the idling police, the puppy police, the plastic bag police, etc. We are blessed with a council that simply cannot stop taxing and spending as they strive to take care of all the residents who they deem incapable of looking after themselves.

Toronto’s public transit system:  a world class joke
 By Arthur Weinreb  Friday, February 12, 2010

The Toronto Transit Commission has been getting a lot of publicity lately; all of it bad. It began when a customer snapped a cell phone picture of a TTC ticket taker, having a nice long snooze in the booth where he was supposed to insure that riders entering the subway paid their fare. The picture was then posted on You Tube and went viral. It wasn’t long before more amateur camera buffs were posting their pictures.

Statement by John Tory:
 By Online  Thursday, January 7, 2010

I am extremely gratified by the degree of support offered to me on the streets, in public opinion polls and in the committed support of a significant number of City Councillors, however I have decided that I will pursue a different course with my life and my career.

Salvation Army Calls on Canadians to Support Christmas Campaign in Final Week
 By Online  Thursday, December 17, 2009

With just a few days left until Christmas, The Salvation Army is calling on Canadians, nationwide, to generously support its National Christmas Campaign. Christmas Kettles are currently at 50 percent of their final overall goal. To date, these Kettles have raised close to $8 million in donations, and they will need an additional $8 million if they are to meet the $16 million collected in 2008.

ACORN Causing Trouble in Toronto
 By Matthew Vadum  Monday, December 14, 2009

ACORN activists protested a proposed fare hike on Toronto, Canada’s public transit system, the Toronto Sun reports.

Majority Supported Billboard Tax, Going to Vote on Dec. 1st at 9:30am
 By Online  Monday, November 30, 2009

TORONTO, /CNW/ - The long awaited vote to put a tax on billboards with the funds going to art and enforcement is expected to begin on Dec. 1 at 9:30am.

Toronto City Councillor demands own radio show
 By Arthur Weinreb  Monday, October 5, 2009

During a radio call-in show hosted by John Tory and Tarek Fatah on Newstalk 1010, a woman phoned in and identified herself as “Sandra”. This took place on Friday, September 25, shortly after the socialist hordes in Toronto were stunned by Mayor David Miller’s announcement that he would not be seeking a third term in office. Sandra lit into the two hosts telling them what a great deal the mayor obtained for the city when the civic workers strike was settled. Sandra described Miller as “the most brilliant politician municipally anywhere in the country”.

City of Toronto Act powers to tax and regulate a disservice to small business and Torontonians
 By Online  Wednesday, August 19, 2009

Toronto, – According to the latest findings from Toronto’s small business community, “The Stronger City of Toronto for a Stronger Ontario Act” has not lived up to its 2007 billing. The Canadian Federation of Independent Business (CFIB) has released a report today indicating that the City of Toronto Act, which granted Toronto broad powers to tax and regulate, has been a disservice to Torontonians by hurting its job-creating sector: small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs).

Toronto strike settled – absolutely no surprises
 By Arthur Weinreb  Friday, July 31, 2009

Pending ratification by Toronto City Council, the city has now reached agreements with its 24,000 inside and 6,000 outside workers. The agreements call for annual wage increases of 1.75%, 2% and 2.5% over three years; quite a bit more than the 1%, 1% and 2% that was made in an offer that Mayor David Miller made public a couple of weeks ago when he saw a political advantage in showing Torontonians how tough a union thug-loving mayor could be with his beloved brothers and sisters.

Reducing violent crime
 By Arthur Weinreb  Tuesday, July 28, 2009

With seven months gone in 2009, the city of Toronto has recorded 31 murders so far this year. According to the Toronto Sun, this compares to 35 at the same time last year and 45 up to the same time in 2007. These 31 murders equates to a yearly total of 54 or 55 murders.

Home a sad place without `Tommy’
 By Judi McLeod  Thursday, June 18, 2009

Days have been long, and nights longer for Josie Graziosi whose life is not the same without her lovable Poodle mix, Tommy.

It was an emotional wrench how Josie and husband Brian Miles came to discover that their dog had gone missing on May 24.  Tommy was lost by a dog walker near the Scarborough Bluffs and his owners, away in a foreign country, weren’t told until two days later!

A whole new meaning to “school lockdown”
 By Arthur Weinreb  Thursday, May 21, 2009

God made the Idiot for practice. And then He made the School Board. - Mark Twain

The reality of the term “school lockdown” is a fairly recent phenomenon. It is a practice that is put in place to prevent students from leaving their school if there is some immediate threat of violence or a dangerous person who is thought to be in the vicinity.

Tamils take over Toronto
 By Arthur Weinreb  Tuesday, May 12, 2009

Although there have been short protests by Tamil Canadians in Toronto protesting civilian deaths in Sri Lanka there were no major problems until the end of last month. What began as a protest before the U.S. consulate on Toronto’s University Avenue ended up blocking a main street in Toronto for four consecutive days.

Editor Dismissed Over Pro-Beijing Edits, Say Sources
 By Epoch Times  Thursday, April 9, 2009

TORONTO—The top editor of Toronto’s Sing Tao Daily was fired after he edited out criticisms of the Chinese regime from a front-page story published during the thick of the heavily repressed protests in Tibet last year, sources have told The Epoch Times.

Is the City of Toronto financially bankrupt or just morally bankrupt?
 By Online  Thursday, April 2, 2009

- Adam K. Anderson

With Toronto Mayor David Miller’s latest city operating budget at $8.7 Billion, an irresponsible increase of 7% over the previous year being easily passed by Toronto city council, journalists, pundits and ordinary citizens are claiming that Mayor Miller and his minions are spending like drunken sailors.

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