One year ago today, City Council’s Executive Committee approved [PDF] the awarding of the street furniture contract—for the purposes of designing, building, owning, and maintaining bus shelters, garbage bins, ad pillars, and more for a period of twenty years in exchange for advertising rights—to Astral Media Outdoor, despite the fact that the company had absolutely [...]

Torontonians won a hard-fought battle against MegaBins months ago. But it’s not over just yet, because many of the MegaBins – like this overflowing one outside of Chester Station – are still on our streets, and will be for some time. A month and a half ago, the city works committee determined that MegaBins were [...]