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Entries from Torontoist tagged with 'torontocommunityfoundation'

December 29, 2007

In a minor renovation probably not related to the Toronto Community Foundation, someone has added a new station name along the top of one of Ossington Station's track-level signs: Not Gnosis. So, Ossington does not have "a special knowledge of spiritual mysteries" (according to the OED's definition), which should not really surprise anyone who's ever been to it. Half-inspired, half-lame, the anonymous anagrammatist's work is nonetheless the closest any station's seen to a physical......

Continue Reading "Gino's Snot"

July 13, 2007

The bus platform of Pape station was engulfed in a whirlwind of mops and microphones early yesterday afternoon as workers scrubbed the walls and windows till they sparkled and the media mingled with curious commuters, all of them eager for TTC chair Adam Giambrone to arrive and kick off the Station Modernization Program. This whammy of a project, which will include the restructuring and redesign of nine subway stations, was set into motion at......

Continue Reading "You've Always Got Time For Pape Hortons"

October 17, 2006

In Rome, at least 1 person has died, and 10 more have been seriously injured in a subway collision involving two trains. It has been over 10 years since the Russel Hill incident here in Toronto. The Toronto Star's editor-in-chief Giles Gherson and publisher Michael Goldbloom resigned on Monday. Goldbloom wrote about the declining newspaper industry in his resignation letter. Canada's prison system is systemically discriminatory against aboriginals, according to the ombudsman for inmates. Also,......

Continue Reading "Star's Chief Quits, New Surveillance Cameras, City Election Updates"

October 5, 2006

The mayoral debate at the St. Lawrence Centre last night was a success. 27 out of the 38 candidates showed up including LeDrew, Miller, Pitfield and this guy, who is young enough to be their kid. We stink, or at least our garbage does. It's probably why a Superior Court judge has given the Halton Recycling Plant a big thumbs down and ordered it closed till next year. A lawyer is filing complaints that the......

Continue Reading "Mayoral Candidates Out In Force, We're Losing Jobs and Immigrants, Recyling Bags Gets Thumbs Down"

June 9, 2006

Despite criticism from the media, many councillors and Rick Ducharme's public admission that his actions as TTC chair made him quit, Howard Moscoe made it clear he won't be stepping down from the Chair. That is until he talked to his wife. Gloria Moscoe, his wife of 46-years, would like him to spend more time with his family which means Moscoe might step out of the TTC Chair's role but not until after the November......

Continue Reading "Moscoe Ignores Critics Listens To Wife, One Hot Spring, A Rain Of Guns and A Hail of Bullets"

April 24, 2006

A TTC janitor might just be subject of one ot those TTC employee ads after spotting a four-year old boy that was snatched and Amber-Alerted. A 34-year old woman was also arrested. The Post reports on what happened to the Redpath Sugar sign on the waterfront. Bob Rae and Carolyn Bennett are both now officially in the Liberal Leadership race. A car ran into a streetcar on Queen and River injuring three people. Spacing Wire......

Continue Reading "Kidnapping Happy Ending, Parkdale Beach Issues, What To Do With the Scarborough RT?"

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