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AGO’s Unambitious Massive Party

AGO's annual fundraiser promised the future and failed to deliver.

By Jaime Woo • Photos by Andrew Louis

Walker Court at the AGO's Massive Party.
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City Council is Supreme

A lot of people are saying City Hall is in shambles. Don't believe them.

By Hamutal Dotan • Photos by Andrew Louis

Karen Stintz and Peter Milczyn hug it out on the floor of council, while their colleagues decide which of them will be the new chair of the TTC.
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Ontario to Toronto: Grow Up

We've long complained we don't have control over our own affairs. Now the province is handing us responsibility for a major decision on a silver platter, and Rob Ford's handing it right back.

By Hamutal Dotan • Photo by Andrew Louis

Rob Ford during city council's transit debate this month.
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An Atypically Uncontroversial Day at City Hall

Mayor Ford's victories are becoming a lot less interesting than his defeats.

By Steve Kupferman • Photo by Andrew Louis

Mayor Rob Ford at a press conference following his transit defeat last Wednesday.

City Council Unanimously Ratifies Collective Agreement with CUPE 416

Contract approved after only a short debate this morning.

By Steve Kupferman • Photo by Andrew Louis

CUPE Local 416 President Mark Ferguson, at December's executive committee meeting.
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Truth and Fiction in Toronto Politics

The Fords are trying to divide Toronto against itself. But the downtown vs. suburbs rhetoric is both wrong and irresponsible.

By Hamutal Dotan • Photos by Andrew Louis

Doug Ford during a city council meeting this week.
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City Council to Vote on Pedestrian-Only Streets

Vote will determine whether Willcocks and Gould become permanent car-free zones.

By Wyndham Bettencourt-McCarthy • Photos by Andrew Louis

U of T's pedestrian-only zone on Willcocks Street.

Old Books Get a New Home

A new antiquarian and collectables bookshop finds its place on College Street.

By Jess Davidson • Photos by Andrew Louis

Sellers & Newel, 672 College Street.
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Ford Attempts Coup to Stall Debate on Transit City

TTC commissioners are now in open revolt against Chair Karen Stintz.

By Steve Munro • Photo by Andrew Louis

Karen Stintz at the preview of the TTC's new streetcar design, in November 2011.

Scene: The Coldest Day of the Year Bike Ride

Monday's "Coldest Day of the Year Ride" was neither very cold nor very long, but it was fairly well attended.

By Steve Fisher • Photos by Andrew Louis

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Student Nutrition Programs Rescued, But Most Other Proposed Cuts Remain in Budget Draft

Budget committee ignores calls to use surplus to offset many planned cuts.

By Geoffrey Mosher • Photo by Andrew Louis

A deputant and her baby at the two-day budget committee deputation session last week.
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LEAF Brings a Bit of Wilderness to the TTC

A not-for-profit organization takes small, unused spaces in the city and re-imagines them as gardens.

By Jake Tobin Garrett • Photos by Andrew Louis

The newest Urban Forest Demonstration Garden at the Walmer entrance to Spadina Station
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Would You Like Some Gravy With Your Nutritious Breakfast?

Climb-down on nutrition programs more about season-friendly politics than good policy.

By John Lorinc • Photo by Andrew Louis

A deputant and her baby at the two-day budget committee deputation session last week.
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Mike Layton’s Movember

The councillor talks about his Jack-inspired 'stache and the importance of prostate cancer awareness for men's health.

By Jacqueline Martinz • Photos by Andrew Louis

The evolution of Councillor Mike Layton's Movember 'stache, from November 1 to November 29.
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A Streetcar We Desire

Toronto finally gets a peek at the future of our streetcars—and they can't come soon enough.

By Laurence Lui • Photos by Andrew Louis

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Peggy Nash Wants to be Your First NDP Prime Minister

NDP finance critic throws her hat in the ring for party leadership, but is setting her sights even higher.

By André Bovee-Begun • Photos by Andrew Louis and Christopher Drost

Peggy Nash launches her bid for NDP leadership. On the platform behind her, from left to right, Councillor Sarah Doucette (Ward 13, Parkdale-High Park), Cheri DiNovo (MPP Parkdale-High Park), Councillor Gord Perks (Ward 14, Parkdale-High Park), and Mike Sullivan (MP York South-Weston) look on.

Scene: Sonic Boom Reopens

Sonic Boom opens in its new location, inside Honest Ed's.

By Steve Kupferman • Photos by Andrew Louis

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Mourning Jack Layton in Nathan Phillips Square

As friends, colleagues, and supporters gathered in Nathan Phillips Square to remember Jack Layton, we spoke with a few of the people who knew and worked with him often.

By Steve Kupferman • Photos by Andrew Louis

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Ave Atque Vale, Jack

Deep in our hearts, we didn't think he could lose a fight.

By Christopher Bird • Photo by Andrew Louis

Jack Layton celebrating on the night of the most recent federal election.
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Jarvis Bike Lanes Saved for One Year, Birchmount and Pharmacy Bike Lanes to be Removed

By Hamutal Dotan • Photo by Andrew Louis