The political war between the supporters of two-wheel transportation and those favouring accommodation for cars has moved up a notch at Toronto City Council where our penny-pinching mayor has long declared the ‘war on cars’ ov
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Presentation of a budget by a minority government, such as the Ontario Liberal government’s recent $127.6 billion offering, is as much about the budget’s contents as it is about whether or not it will precipitate an election t
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People who want to be exceptional do exceptional things. A city that aspires to be exceptional must follow the same principle. A city that aspires to be exceptional does not over-police so that it looks more like harassment of ord
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It wasn’t 9-11, but in the aftermath of that shattering Boston Marathon attack just after 3 p.m. on April 15, the echoes of the stunning September 11, 2001 attacks could be felt. It shook Americans again to the core. Police and
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In the midst of an executive committee meeting on whether to recommend Toronto City Council accept the proposal for a downtown casino, two explosions in Boston, Massachusetts changed everyone’s focus.   Through the po
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The federal Liberal Party does love its coronations and since he announced that he was running for the leadership position Justin Trudeau has been riding a wave of expectation that he would ascend to the position once held by his
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“If you want to be an idiot, you don’t get to be an idiot in our uniform, you don’t get to be an idiot diminishing our organization and you cannot hide behind the badge to abuse the authority so carefully earned and so caref
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The devil, they say, is in the details. But could the hapless Toronto Transit Commission (TTC) have done anything more to add to its already tarnished image than to tell us that, after the extensive upheaval to construct the stree
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Shame worsens One way to allow mental illness to grow worse is to cloak it in shame and denial. The 2008 Roots of Youth Violence report co-chaired by former Chief Justice Roy McMurtry and former Speaker of the Ontario Legislature
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If anyone thought that putting a new face on Ontario’s Liberal minority government was going to change the mood of teachers as their unions work with the Ministry of Education to repair a damaged relationship, they were being to
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