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  • The Downtown East Side’s Balancing Act

    When Gaetan Heroux takes in Toronto's skyline, he sees a concrete tidal wave headed right for the downtown east side. The area roughly bounded by...
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  • Five ways to make Toronto more hip

    Mayor John Tory was in Austin this week to strengthen ties between Toronto and the best little town in Texas.The business mission, which coincided with...
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  • All the right moves

    1. Putting poverty back on the agenda After two homeless men died outdoors in early January, Tory responded swiftly, ordering the opening of warming centres and...
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  • Five bad moves John Tory may want to take back

    1. Still playing partisan politics For all his talk of building consensus at City Hall, the mayor set a conservative tone by stacking his executive committee...
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  • Council overwhelmingly approves John Tory’s budget

    Council passed the first budget of Mayor John Tory's term on Wednesday, approving the 2015 spending plan in an almost unanimous vote on the second...
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  • Council overwhelmingly approves John Tory’s budget

    Council passed the first budget of Mayor John Tory's term on Wednesday, approving the 2015 spending plan in an almost unanimous vote on the second...
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  • Council approves 3.2 per cent tax increase

    City council has passed the key part of Mayor John Tory's first budget. On Tuesday they set the 2015 property tax increase, which effectively determines...
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  • Council approves 3.2 per cent tax increase

    City council has passed the key part of Mayor John Tory's first budget. On Tuesday they set the 2015 property tax increase, which effectively determines...
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  • How Queers Against Israel Apartheid changed the course of Pride

    When Queers Against Israeli Apartheid announced last Thursday that it had decided to disband, it signalled the end one of the most divisive and protracted...
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  • Developer unveils plan for 29-storey tower on Honest Ed’s site

    It's big, which means it's probably going to be controversial.  But proponents of the oversized development that could rise from the Honest Ed's site at...
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  • Developer unveils plan for 29-storey tower on Honest Ed’s site

    It's big, which means it's probably going to be controversial. But proponents of the oversized development that could rise from the Honest Ed's site at...
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  • Developer unveils plan for 29-storey tower on Honest Ed’s site

    It's big, which means it's probably going to be controversial. But proponents of the oversized development that could rise from the Honest Ed's site at...
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  • Police find men who built “mystery tunnel”

    Police say they've cracked the case of the "mystery tunnel." But the explanation behind it is still pretty weird.The Toronto Police Service announced Monday morning...
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  • Police find men who built “mystery tunnel”

    Police say they've cracked the case of the "mystery tunnel." But the explanation behind it is still pretty weird.The Toronto Police Service announced Monday morning...
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  • Downtown homeless shelter shutting down

    Five weeks after the city took extraordinary steps to free up more bed space for the homeless, the Salvation Army has announced its shutting down...
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