We can be compassionate about refugees and uphold the law
The people of Toronto-St. Paul’s have shown time and again just how compassionate and understanding to the needs of refugees our community can be.
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VIEWS
Heads up, pedestrians! Taking that call not worth your life
Every day pedestrians are seen with their heads in their cellphones strolling down the sidewalk or crossing the street without paying attention.
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Tackling the ‘fear factor’ as homicide rate fluctuates
In 2017, police reported 660 homicides in Canda, 48 more than the previous year. This represents a 7 per cent increase in the homicide rate.
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North Toronto, Leaside students returning after productive summer
Impressive group of students are making their way back to school after productive summers learning skills to further their careers and make a difference in the world.
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When do we get upgrade to Bloor-Danforth subway line?
The Bloor-Danforth subway line s being sorely neglected by the city while the Yonge-University-Spadina line gets all the improvements, rider says.
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Pipelines safer than rail transport through midtown, MP says
With the lack of pipelines being built in Canada between 2012 and 2017, the number of rail cars carrying crude oil across the country has tripled.
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Tenants need protection from extreme heat
Everyone should have the right to a comfortable and healthy home. Unfortunately, the City of Toronto’s bylaws do not protect that right for tenants suffering from extreme heat.
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Let us all try to ‘build back better’
In the wake of the van attack at Yonge and Finch, we need to better understand the importance that a sense of belonging has as a determinant of health.
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Subways cast a wider net than LRTs
Councillor Josh Matlow has announced he wants a judicial inquiry into the Scarborough subway. I can get behind that. We would be able to tell the judge that a subway casts a wide web of surface feeder routes.
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Residents hail settlement reached on Brownlow development
After nearly three years and countless hours, a settlement was finally reached for the 18 Brownlow, now known as 71 Redpath, development in the Soudan apartment neighbourhood.
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Because it’s 2018: Feminism in Toronto-St. Paul’s
Every year we celebrate International Women’s Day in Toronto-St. Paul’s by hosting a summit of our young women leaders. Once again, our amazing public school trustee, Shelley Laskin, co-hosted us at North Toronto Collegiate Institute.
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We cannot let increase in traffic fatalities continue
Vision Zero is a road safety strategy that aims to eliminate all pedestrian and driver fatalities. Originating in Scandinavia, the strategy accepts that humans will make mistakes and that streets must be accordingly designed to reduce the impacts of those mistakes.
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Fear the day cracks join up to make block-long pothole
I was inspired by your online letter writer (“Potholes have gotten worse despite all the roadwork,” Feb. 28), who was concerned about the city’s potholes in East York. He has nothing on midtown Toronto.
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Potholes have gotten worse despite all the roadwork
Wherever you try to drive, traffic is tied up by construction — and not all of it to do with transit projects. Much of it has just been ongoing road repair work — filling potholes and so on.
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All of us have to do better recognizing racism
Canada 151 is the time for all of us to move into the next 150 years of Canada walking the talk of equality and inclusion.
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