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Transit City

NEWS 

OneCity, we hardly knew you

July 12, 2012 Town Crier staff bus, city hall, David Shiner, Glenn De Baeremaeker, Joe Mihevc, Karen Stintz, LRT, OneCity, Peter Milczyn, subway, Toronto Transit Commission, transit, Transit City

Ambitious transit plan scrapped by council before it could leave the station

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NEWS 

The new transit map?

July 10, 2012 Town Crier staff bus, LRT, OneCity, subway, Toronto Transit Commission, transit, Transit City

What the TTC would look like if OneCity is approved and built

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NEWS 

OneCity has support in Don Mills

July 10, 2012 Town Crier staff bus, Don Mills Residents Association, Jaye Robinson, John Parker, LRT, OneCity, subway, Terry Mills, Toronto Transit Commission, transit, Transit City

Mix of LRT and subway called just right for community

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Province says no to OneCity

June 29, 2012 Town Crier staff bus, Glenn De Baeremaeker, James Pasternak, Jaye Robinson, John Parker, Karen Stintz, LRT, OneCity, Paula Fletcher, Sarah Doucette, subway, Toronto Transit Commission, transit, Transit City

Minister of Transportation cites commitment to existing LRT program as the reason

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LRT start dates planned

May 1, 2012 Town Crier staff construction, Eglinton LRT, Finch LRT, John Parker, Metrolinx, Rob Ford, Scarborough RT, Sheppard LRT, Toronto Transit Commission, transit, Transit City

Metrolinx timeline has all lines done by 2020

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NEWS 

Whatever happened to civility at city hall?

April 12, 2012 Town Crier staff city hall, Civility, Doug Ford, Fiona Crean, Gary Webster, Rob Ford, Sandra Bussin, Toronto Transit Commission, transit, Transit City, View From The Beach

A recent a full page newspaper ad ran with a simple message printed on a red background: ‘Offer your seat

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LRT it is

March 23, 2012March 11, 2020 Town Crier staff city council, Eglinton Crosstown LRT, Karen Stintz, Metrolinx, Rob Ford, Sheppard Station, subway, Toronto Transit Commission, Transit City

Council defies mayor’s wishes and votes for light rail along Sheppard Avenue East

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NEWS 

Sheppard subway or bust

March 7, 2012June 7, 2014 Town Crier staff city hall, David Shiner, Eglinton Crosstown LRT, Gordon Chong, James Pasternak, Karen Stintz, Sheppard Station, Toronto Transit Commission, transit, Transit City

Light rail for the street is ‘highly misguided’: Pasternak

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VIEWS 

Transit continues to be most pressing issue

March 7, 2012March 11, 2020 Chris Sellors Chris Sellors, Eglinton Crosstown LRT, Metrolinx, Presto, subways, The Midtowner, Toronto Transit Commission, transit, Transit City

I have been focusing on transit and transportation a lot in my column. It’s not to say there are not

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Transit issue at city hall is business as un-usual

February 24, 2012 Town Crier staff Eglinton LRT, LRTs, Mary Fragedakis, Metrolinx, Rob Ford, subways, Toronto Transit Commission, transit, Transit City

Would you like a free metropass? How about a free metropass for 900 of your friends for 50 years? That’s

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Transit City 2.0

February 9, 2012 Town Crier staff city hall, Eglinton LRT, Finch LRT, funding, Gordon Chong, James Pasternak, Karen Stintz, Metrolinx, Rob Ford, Sheppard Station, Toronto Transit Commission, transit, Transit City

Council votes to keep most of Eglinton LRT above-ground and resurrect other cancelled LRT projects

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Battle's on for Toronto transit

February 8, 2012 Town Crier staff city hall, Eglinton LRT, Finch LRT, funding, Gordon Chong, Josh Matlow, Karen Stintz, Metrolinx, Rob Ford, Sheppard Station, Toronto Transit Commission, transit, Transit City

Council discussing how to tackle projects on Eglinton, Sheppard and Finch

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New Year, new goals both citywide and local

January 18, 2012June 22, 2014 Sandra Bussin city budget, Mary-Margaret McMahon, Rob Ford, Sandra Bussin, Transit City, View From The Beach, Ward 32

A new year is a time of hope and goal setting. We recognize that we face many challenges and want

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LRT to go over or under the Don River?

December 15, 2011March 11, 2020 Town Crier staff Don Valley, Eglinton Crosstown LRT, Jack Collins, John Parker, Metrolinx, Toronto Transit Commission, transit, Transit City

Both are possible, but tunnel beneath the river would add cost to the project

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Scrapping of city's plans due to Ford boys' vanity

September 19, 2011 Town Crier staff Doug Ford, Eglinton LRT, executive committee, Port Lands, Rob Ford, Sandra Bussin, Transit City, View From The Beach, Waterfront Revitalization

Well-considered plans for transit, city services delivery and the waterfront are being consigned to the bonfires of the Ford brothers.

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That was then.

Empringham Hotel 1903
*FEATURED THAT WAS THEN 

From stately hotel to strip club—the Empringham story

November 19, 2020February 6, 2023 Eric McMillan

The Empringham, Danforth or Play Pen — they’re all the same hotel, standing at Danforth and Dawes from the late 1800s into the 1980s.

Queen and Waverley 1903
*FEATURED THAT WAS THEN 

Can you believe this century home still stands at Queen and Waverley?

February 27, 2020March 4, 2020 Eric McMillan
Beltline bridge over Yonge Street ion 1915
*FEATURED THAT WAS THEN 

When horses passed UNDER the Beltline bridge

December 1, 2019February 6, 2020 Eric McMillan
Yonge-Eglinton southeast
*FEATURED THAT WAS THEN 

Now that the Yonge-Eglinton mess has been cleared up (almost)

October 24, 2019October 25, 2019 Eric McMillan

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