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Election still looms
July 02, 2009 3:31 PM
Well looks like we temporarily bit the bullet and dodged a summer election.

Now comes the prospect of a fall election because of the whining heads of the other parties. I've never been able to put...

 
City answers are less than satisfactory
June 30, 2009 10:56 AM
Re: 'Public consultation held for bin design,' Letters, June 19

The city manager who replied to the letter headlined "Garbage bins show no regard for physical limitations" (June 5) asks for a...

 
All road users should follow the rules
June 30, 2009 10:56 AM
Re: 'Road rules apply to cyclists, too,' Letter, June 12

Oh my, this letter was a good example of the misconceptions that abound among road users.

Yes, too many cyclists abuse their privilege and...

 
Streetcars not the transportation solution
June 30, 2009 10:56 AM
Transportation Minister John Baird is doing Toronto a big favour by not funding Mayor David Miller's short-sighted plans.

I would like to see the roads repaired properly so the potholes do not...

 
More intelligent ways to spend public money
June 30, 2009 10:56 AM
Another CUPE garbage strike - it's wonderful news.

I think the union should stay on strike long enough for the Toronto taxpayers to realize that the operation of city services should only be done...

 
Yearning for a 'city with heart'
June 30, 2009 10:56 AM
Re: 'Blast victims fight $11,000 rebuilding fee,' News, June 19

For shame on the City of Toronto for following the letter of the law and enforcing a $11,000 fee for re-building after the Sunrise...

 
Time for privatization to happen
June 29, 2009 1:03 PM

The union model with 18 paid sick days is broken and archaic in 2009 and myself and other fellow taxpayers I have spoken with refuse to have raised taxes for garbage workers.

To avoid going the...

 
Taxpayers tired of unions
June 29, 2009 1:03 PM
I wonder what is going to happen to all the garbage while it is waiting to be picked up?

Next week is blue box pickup where I live. If they don't settle soon, Toronto is going to lose all that...

 
Unions asking too much
June 29, 2009 1:03 PM
The city workers are on strike!

I expected nothing more (much less in fact). The issue appears to be sick days and the use and accumulation of them. Sick days are defined as "an employee benefit...

 
Trees, not a median, would improve area around propane blast site
June 24, 2009 4:07 PM
Re: 'Cleanup of Sunrise Propane blast site set to finally begin,' News, June 5

For 10 months, the polluted site has been sitting there behind a board fence on Murray Road waiting for cleanup to...

 
Elections should be every four years
June 24, 2009 4:07 PM
Can we the citizens not somehow make it law or have something done to implement a law to make it mandatory to have federal elections every four years (like October or November of the fourth year)?
 
Ignatieff leads alone
June 23, 2009 3:00 PM
The "I" in Ignatieff is all we've heard rambled from the smug Liberal leader for a week now.

For Michael, old buddy and pal of Trudeau, not once did I hear we (the Liberals) or we (Canadians) only...

 
Many EAs remain employed at TDSB
June 23, 2009 3:00 PM
In last Friday's edition of The Guardian (June 19) appeared a full page ad from CUPE 4400 which was supposedly a message from a 22-year Toronto District School Board educational assistant (EA) who was...
 
Bike lane decision will be remembered at the polls: reader
June 12, 2009 1:34 PM
Re: 'Toronto: four wheels compete against two wheels,' Editorial, May 27

I see Toronto's mayor and council have led the taxpayers down the garden path again. I am referring to the passing of the...

 
Output meters needed to gauge wind power
June 12, 2009 4:02 PM
In the Greater Toronto Area there are two wind turbine of some significance; one at the Exhibition Place and the second larger one at the Pickering nuclear station. They could be used to add some...
 
Be more tolerant of cyclists
June 11, 2009 10:31 AM
I could not believe it when I read Raquel Baranyai's letter on Wednesday, June 3rd.

Her opinion seems to be rather narrow and a little out of date. More and more people are riding their bikes not...

 
Cycling is a choice enjoyed by many
June 10, 2009 10:05 AM
Re: 'Bicycle lanes benefit a small portion of the city's population,' Letters, June 5

Re: 'Bicycle lanes benefit the minority,' Letters, June 5

I don't consider myself part of a "limited group of...

 
Columnist confuses fact with fiction
June 10, 2009 10:05 AM
Re: 'Cyclists... your maker awaits,' Cook on Carlaw, May 29

Latent hostility disguised as feeble humour is a volatile recipe for transportation disharmony and asymmetrical coexistence. However, by...

 
Real solutions needed to tackle problems at Rowntree Mills Park
June 09, 2009 10:31 AM
Re: 'Cars banned from Rowntree Mills Park,' News, June 5

It is unfortunate when residents read about a park being closed off to automobiles (especially one so close to my home) due to the bad...

 
New regulations hampering community enjoyment
June 04, 2009 10:42 AM
Last fall, when officials at St. Joseph's Health Centre proudly implemented provincial Smoke Free Environment regulations, they hoped they had solved the problem of smokers hanging around the hospital...
 
Extension of subway system, not LRT, needed in the city's north end
May 27, 2009 10:24 AM
For the past few months, I have closely followed the plans for the development of a web of LRT lines throughout Toronto. As a 20-year-old student at the University of Toronto who has also spent two...
 
Spirit of philanthropy lives on
May 26, 2009 11:52 AM
On behalf of the (Sleeping Children Around the World Foundation), a sincere thank you to The Guardian and Tamara Shephard for the exceptional coverage of the foundation's first corporate-backed...
 
LRT will divide community
May 26, 2009 11:52 AM
Thanks for raising the issue of LRT vs. subway for Etobicoke. As a longtime resident I've heard about a subway extension along Eglinton since the 1960s. The lovely stretch of open green space along...
 
City fails to update residents on recycling changes
May 20, 2009 12:50 PM
The City of Toronto is now accepting polystyrene and plastic bags in its blue bin recycling program, but no one seems to know about it.

After a conversation I had with a waitress regarding the...

 
Park meant for entire community, including dogs
May 20, 2009 2:55 PM
Re: 'Ellerslie Park not the right place for off-leash dog park: resident,' Letters, May 15

In response to the letter, may I point out the following:

1) That the notices were distributed in...

 
North York residents honour mothers with life-changing gifts
May 20, 2009 2:55 PM
Mothers and children overwhelmed by extreme poverty in the developing countries of Ghana, Burkina Faso, Paraguay and Nicaragua say thank you to North York residents for life-sustaining gift donations...
 
Every little bit counts
May 19, 2009 4:00 PM
Mothers and children overwhelmed by extreme poverty in the developing countries of Ghana, Burkina Faso, Paraguay and Nicaragua say thank-you to Etobicoke residents for life-sustaining gift donations...
 
Councillor clarifies process behind planning protocol
May 15, 2009 12:30 PM
Re: 'City planning survey a waste of time,' Letters, May, 8

I share Michael Gregory's frustration with the slow pace of the City of Toronto planning division's O'Connor Avenue study.

However, I...

 
City goes against its own recycling rhetoric: reader
May 12, 2009 4:15 PM
Recently I got a flyer titled Toronto Recycles which outlines what and how items get recycled. I was surprised to find many items that are marked recyclable in the Do Not Recycle list, like plastic...
 
Time is now to reclaim Rouge Park
May 11, 2009 2:41 PM
Re: 'Rouge Park sitting in a state of helpless limbo,' Opinion, April 10

Mike Adler's piece strikes the heart of the matter. Federal protection and financial input is needed in order to bring the...

 
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