This past Saturday was the first truly beautiful day of the season. The sun was out, the temperature was high, and up to 10,000 Torontonians decided to go for a walk from Yonge-Dundas Square to City Hall. “Hey hey, ho ho, service cuts have got to go!” the crowd chanted down Yonge Street during the [...]

  The TTC Commission has decided to stop giving part-time students discounted Metropasses as of September this year. As we previously reported, a proposal to make part-time students ineligible for discounted Metropasses was on the table at today’s meeting. For the 2010–2011 school year, both full- and part-time students could apply for the post-secondary Metropass, allowing [...]

Photo by Joel Charlebois/Torontoist. Coming before the TTC Commission at its next meeting, on March 1: a recommendation that part-time students be cut from post-secondary Metropass eligibility. According to the current rules, in order to be eligible, students must be “enrolled in a full-time or part-time degree or diploma program” at a recognized institution. Under [...]