Entries from Torontoist tagged with 'supportourtroops'
February 28, 2008
City councillor Rob Ford has at times been accused of making a career out of saying tremendously stupid things, but we here at Torontoist fully back his latest proposal to automatically name all new streets in Toronto after dead soldiers, even if the dead soldiers aren't from Toronto. If anything, we think Rob Ford doesn't go far enough. Sure, families of Canadian soldiers killed in action receive an immediate $250,000 death benefit plus an......
Continue Reading "Rob Ford, Bold Visionary For Canadian Heroes"June 23, 2007
In light of today's Torontoist vs. Torontoist debate on emergency vehicles' "Support Our Troops" ribbons, Posterchild (who is becoming a regular on Torontoist; we've interviewed him, written about his Canada Post mailing stickers, and showed off his feature film debut) sends us links to his recent work in and around Kensington Market: an infinite "Support" ribbon, and regular ribbons that read "Support Our Troupes" or "Support Our Koopa Troopas," each one pasted onto the......
Continue Reading "Support Support Support Support"June 23, 2007
At random intervals, two Torontoist staffers square off to debate an issue that's important to our city. We invite our readers to join the debate in the comments section following the post. This past week, there was considerable uproar when it was revealed that Toronto emergency vehicles would be forced to remove magnetic decals saying “Support Our Troops.” However, following much public outcry, and the deaths of three more Canadian soldiers in Afghanistan, Mayor David......
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