To worry is to be. To be is to worry.
A developer is appealing to the Ontario Municipal Board for permission to build a 40+-storey mixed use building in the lot immediately behind the much smaller condo building that I live in. (If you’re not from Ontario and don’t know what the Ontario Municipal Board is, don’t worry. It’s not relevant to this story. Suffice [...]
Stephen Harper, his caucus and, more broadly, the Conservative Party of Canada must think that Canadians are complete idiots. I live in a funny old country. Well, actually, compared to most countries in Europe and Asia it’s a rather new country. But it is a funny country and “funny new country” doesn’t roll as comfortably [...]
Toronto’s chief medical officer recently recommended that the city reduce speed limits on Toronto’s streets. I haven’t read the report containing that proposal, but my understanding is that it suggested that lower speed limits would reduce the number and severity of car-versus-pedestrian accidents. And, in turn, that would reduce the number of deaths from such [...]
On December 30, when the Canadian media were busy getting ready to celebrate New Year’s and they were also tied up reporting on some Canadians going after a hockey championship—nothing is more important in Canada than hockey—our Prime Minister prorogued parliament until March. If you’re not familiar with the word prorogue, I’m not sure of [...]
I’ve never been overly political. And I’ve never posted someone else’s video here. (Or mine for that matter, but that’s not surprising seeng as though I’ve never made one.) I don’t know who is responsible for this video. Whoever it is, thank you. And I usually try to be funny here. Once in a while [...]
The City of Toronto recently reached a contract agreement with two union locals that had been on strike for a little more than a month. There were a number of issues on the table during the strike, but the one that gained the most salience with the media and, therefore, with the public, was the [...]
As I write these words, Toronto is into the third week of city workers’ strike. Toronto welcomes a number of tourists to the city during the summer months. If you’re thinking of coming here, rest assured that very few of our tourist attractions are affected by the strike. The CN Tower is still standing. The [...]
I’ve know since I was a child that many people from other parts of Canada don’t exactly love Toronto, the city of my birth and where I’ve lived my whole life. Avoiding that knowledge would have been impossible as those sentiments are legendary in Canada. In truth, to say they “don’t exactly love Toronto” is [...]