The Ontario Municipal Board is an unelected quasi-judicial tribunal that has traditionally acted as the developer’s best friend in Ontario. It has run rough-shod over elected city councils, democratically-decided zoning…
I received an email recently saying I was too old and should begone – not his precise words but that was the gist of what he said. And I suppose…
Don’t kill land transfer tax, budget chair advises - thestar.comIsn't it curious? All those people bad-mouthing David Miller and his governance of Toronto. Yet, Miller managed the finances well and…
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Everyone remember this absurd poll put out last year? Yeah, well, it’s back. So is The Mop and Pail’s pathetic coverage/pimping, including what will surely be a fascinating live chat…
Everyone remember this absurd poll put out last year? Yeah, well, it's back. So is The Mop and Pail's pathetic coverage/pimping, including what will surely be a fascinating live chat…
Everyone remember this absurd poll put out last year? Yeah, well, it’s back. So is The Mop and Pail’s pathetic coverage/pimping, including what will surely be a fascinating live chat…
By Ian Mulgrew for the Vancouver Sun The Conservative government’s omnibus “tough-on-crime” legislation should be redubbed “tough-on-civil-liberties” if it embraces all the last Parliament’s law-and-order leftovers. Prime Minister Stephen H...
Wade Locke’s been making the rounds of local media in advance of his talk tonight at the Harris Centre of Memorial University. Your humble e-scribbler posted the details of it…
From 7 to 8 it will be an honour to de entertain you with the worst song in history.It is from Europe, well, Norway, and it makes Rebecca Black look…
It is the book that he is writing about hockey. He is our beloved Prime Minister and he will be in Boston ce soir to cheer on the Vancouver Canucks…
Today it is hot, heading for the low 30s (the mid 80s F) with humidity that makes the temperatures much more uncomfortable. Last night it was cooler and about 2…
… is to bash and slash pretty much any opinion, line of work, profession, whatever, that does not line up with their narrow philosophies. The teaching profession is often the…
Douglas Quan, Postmedia News: Wednesday, June 8, 2011 12:47 PMAn RCMP investigator examines the area in Iqaluit's cemetery where the body of a man was found alongside a shotgun June…
The Morden inquiry into the G20 debacle is going to be the only official public review we will ever have about what happened in Toronto a year ago.The review, launched…
Inspired by this headline:N.L. rescue centre closure outrageous: MP Harris
In the Toronto Star this morning Senator David Tkachuk lights into Brigette DePape, and those who call her actions heroic.How dare he?Mr. Tkachuk represents everything that is wrong with our…
On May 2nd, Canadians -- well, at least 24% of them -- thought they were voting for stability. They might begin to rethink that proposition, although it really is too…
