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Mayor Miller officially launched his re-election campaign by not mentioning Jane Pitfield and throwing a party instead. Over a dozen councillors showed up to lend their support and even environmentalist Robert Kennedy Jr. sent in a video message.

Torontoist found himself nodding along in agreement with Gord Perks' latest column in Eye which goes on at some length on how politicians, and most importantly Premier McGuinty, is continuously telling the City that many of our priorities (transit, downloading, etc.) are political impossibilities.

Sorry for that headline. These stray microwaves could be an answer to looming the energy crisis in Toronto. Instead of throwing out microwaves and air conditioners, as Mayor Miller might suggest with his preference for conservation, the Ontario government will be building a gas-fired power plant along Toronto's waterfront property. This of course comes after The Ontario Power Authority rejected a proposal for a 550-megawatt gas-fired plant on the site of the old Hearn station on the waterfront. And what of the recent discussions on nuclear energy? The discussions on nuclear energy, as it stands, is that public discussions are scheduled. With loads of opposition to nuclear power, the three-year plan to phase out coal-burning plants, and now a decision on a new plant (against city council wishes, no less), Premier McGuinty is under significant pressure to act. Was the blackout that bad?

By now, most everyone in the city knows of the single most unfortunate event in Toronto this year: On Boxing Day, while shopping, 15-year-old Jane Creba was killed by errant gunfire. Six other innocent bystanders were also wounded.

"This project is absolutely not dead. Rumours of it being dead are grossly exaggerated," says TTC commissioner Joe Mihevc of the recently-halted Streetcar reno plan. Work on the $65 mil project was already messily underway, and now it's not clear what will happen. Regardless of what the ruling was based on, the appeal process will take months, a development Mayor BoomBoom calls "unfortunate."