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Time the big top fell on the circus at city hall

May 9, 2012 Town Crier staff city hall, Elizabeth Witmer, Ford Nation, Gay Pride Parade, land transfer tax, Port Lands, provincial election, Rob Ford, Sandra Bussin, Surplus, Toronto Community Housing, View From The Beach, Weigh-In, Workers' Safety And Insurance Board

The circus has come to town. You may ask, “What circus?” Is it the gleaming white Moorish style structure for

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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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NEWS 

"Fence sitters" get better view of both sides

March 8, 2012 Town Crier staff city council, fence sitter, Left Wing, Right Wing, Sandra Bussin, View From The Beach

Re: I don’t disagree with the overall message Sandra Bussin made in her View From The Beach column in the

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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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Donald Murphy brings creativity to the community

October 20, 2011 Town Crier staff charity, community activism, Donald Murphy, Sandra Bussin, View From The Beach, volunteer

Donald Murphy is one of our community’s local heroes, an artist, author, professor, entrepreneur and social activist. He is a

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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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VIEWS 

Layton’s vision of Toronto at risk of being dismantled

August 19, 2011October 30, 2017 Sandra Bussin cancer, Jack Layton, Sandra Bussin, Toronto-Danforth, View From The Beach

News of Jack Layton’s continued battle with cancer has been met in our community and across Canada with a large

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Community support returns housing rep

July 18, 2011 Town Crier staff Catherine Wilkinson, Sandra Bussin, Tenant Representativ, Toronto Community Ho, View From The Beach

Catherine Wilkinson, long time local resident, is a feisty, results-oriented individual. You may have read about her recently regarding controversies

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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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