Posts Filed Under: Billboards

Vandalist: Billboard Takeover

Art versus commerce.

By Stephanie Avery May. 29th, 11:01 am

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Opinion: Our Transit Agency Shouldn’t Be in the Business of Endangering Drivers

Metrolinx wants to allow eight new giant electronic billboards—right along the 401 and 427. How is an agency that's supposed to make travel better issuing such an absurd proposal?

By Dave Meslin (Guest Opinion) Jul. 8th, 5:18 pm

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Toronto Should Say No to More Digital Billboards

Soon council will consider recommendations that would allow more digital billboards in parts of the city where they're currently prohibited. One public-space activist explains why that's concerning.

By Alison Gorbould (Guest) Sep. 24th, 2:45 pm

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CBC Reporting Loans Given to Giorgio Mammoliti by Real Estate Investors He Backed at City Hall

Loans totaling $275,000 were extended to the city councillor by real estate investors, after he supported their applications to install lucrative billboards.

By Hamutal Dotan • Photo by Christopher DrostFeb. 14th, 6:34 pm

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Supreme Court Lets Toronto’s Billboard Tax Stand

The City can collect its due from outdoor-ad companies.

By Steve Kupferman Nov. 22nd, 12:30 pm

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Vandalist: Love It or Hate It

Are billboard takeovers good, bad, or irrelevant?

By Stephanie Avery May. 25th, 1:45 pm

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Ontario Court of Appeal Upholds Billboard Tax

In a 3–0 decision, judges find that the City of Toronto was within its authority to create the tax, and extend the City's scope of application.

By Hamutal Dotan Apr. 2nd, 1:46 pm

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LED Billboards Threaten Safety and Public Space, Say Critics

More than mere annoyances, these big signs may have big implications for the future of outdoor advertising in Toronto.

By Graeme Bayliss Dec. 13th, 10:30 am

City May Appeal Court Ruling on Billboard Tax

By Hamutal Dotan Mar. 24th, 3:37 pm

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TOSAT Posts a Comprehensive Gallery of Its Work

By Steve Kupferman Aug. 27th, 3:06 pm

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Signed and Delivered

By Hamutal Dotan Dec. 7th, 3:51 pm

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Billboard Companies Protest Billboard Tax…On Illegal Billboards

By Hamutal Dotan Dec. 1st, 9:00 am

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Sign of the Times

By Hamutal Dotan Nov. 5th, 9:00 am

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Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Signs but Were Afraid to Ask

By Hamutal Dotan May. 7th, 9:00 am

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Mourning and Loss in the Land of Consumption

By Amanda Happé Apr. 15th, 10:45 am

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Big Wheel of Justice Creaks Slowly Forward

By Robin Rix Feb. 20th, 1:00 pm

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I, Jörg

By Jonathan Goldsbie Sep. 26th, 10:35 am

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Democracy Shock

By Jonathan Goldsbie Sep. 25th, 12:00 pm