This is Jörg Cieslok. He runs Titan Outdoor Canada. He is six and a half feet tall and has a thick German accent. He has a low opinion of “grassroots groups” like residents associations. He regularly calls up Rami to yell at him. He is more responsible for illegal billboards in Toronto than almost any [...]

Public relations is a tricky job, especially for the companies that operate illegal signs across Toronto. They’ve already got to deal with a site dedicated solely to putting an end to the practice, an increasingly aware and increasingly concerned populace, and those damned vandals who forgo legal means of dissent by dealing with the problem [...]

Photo of a Koodo mobile ad by Marc Lostracco. Two pending lawsuits challenge the constitutionality of certain aspects of the City of Toronto’s sign by-law [PDF]. The first aspect is the by-law’s less favourable treatment of signs mounted on walls (known as fascia signs, most commonly made of vinyl) versus signs painted on walls (known [...]

The Globe and Illegal Signs report today that Titan Outdoor Canada Company has asked the courts to save its sixteen vinyl billboards from a City of Toronto removal order. Putting on its legal cap, Torontoist reviewed the notice of application [PDF]—the first step in the court process—filed by Titan in the Ontario Superior Court. The [...]