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Entries from Torontoist tagged with 'firedepartment'

September 28, 2007

GTA "bubble boy" has new hope after new experimental gene therapy. The donor: a very surprised Jerry Seinfeld. Dalton McGuinty challenges John Tory to explain where Tory will find $1.5 billion in budget cuts. Which is a good point, and begs the question why he didn't ask that, you know, at the debate. Shocking: Stephen Harper promises tax cuts. The government has a nearly $14 billion surplus this year, but it looks like Toronto......

Continue Reading "Hope For Bubble Boy, Harper Says No Money For Toronto, And Kensington Market Almost Burns Down (But Doesn't)"

September 9, 2007

Yesterday, after spending the morning and early afternoon at Day 1 of the Cabbagetown Festival (article to come), Torontoist decided to go for a relaxing bike ride through the Don Valley. Clearly the relaxing part of the plan didn't pan out, as we happened to be first on the scene of a wild brush fire, the flames of which were moving rapidly west and south thanks to unusually hot and dry conditions. Then, while......

Continue Reading "Fire In The Valley"

June 23, 2007

Come and join Pedestrian Sundays in Kensington Market this weekend by celebrating the sun and the recent summer solstice. Join the Guerrilla Gourmet and "Brook the Cook" for a special summer street picnic. Ten dollars buys you a share in their "three course carbon free meal," featuring the season's local organic ingredients all cooked using Brook's amazing "grill," which focuses the sun's rays to heat the cookware (shown above). The picnic begins at 4......

Continue Reading "Here Comes The Sun"

September 22, 2006

Jane Pitfield should send a thank you card to Royson James' office. The Star columnist must've hit a nerve with the mayor's office with yesterday's column. It accused the mayor's office of sitting on a proposal to buy the Green Lane landfill and possibly costing the city millions. The mayor denies this and talked to the Star's publisher. Jane Pitfield's campaign is capitalizing on this mistake. The fire department is estimating that yesterday's huge warehouse......

Continue Reading "Garbage Becoming Election Issue, 11 Drug Cops In Trouble, Yet Another Pitfield Gaffe"

August 24, 2006

This morning's papers are split between a huge fire and carjackings. So first the carjackings. A 44-year old ex-con known to police as the "Buggy Bandit" was at it again this morning. The man successfully stole a SUV from a woman. He proceeded to drive dangerously, flipping the car over several times and then proceeded to try to steal a number of other cars until he was stopped by onlookers and the police. The "bandit"......

Continue Reading "Carjacking Mayhem, Huge Fire in Etobicoke, TTC OKs Bombardier Deal"

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