As my fellow Torontonians are no doubt aware, there are new trains in service in our subway system. There are currently only two of them, and they are currently only running north/south, but as someone who works downtown, I manage to catch a ride on one every now and again ( Read more... )

City council has asked the province to legislate our transit system, the TTC, an essential service, which would removed the union's right to strike. They've asked that the legislation take place prior to March 31st. The president of the transit union, Bob Kinnear, is promising that his union won't go on strike this year if the city doesn't ( Read more... )

Well. Thank God Toronto's "ethic diversity" will be properly displayed to the world.*

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I'm so proud.

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*Okay, Canada. Parts of Canada. Toronto, maybe. I'm not sure anyone south fo the border will give a rat's ass.

CAUTION: This post discusses dead children.

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What is the job of the Coroner in Ontario, in terms of providing evidence to the court? Is it to present the facts to the court, or is it to attempt to aid the crown in securing a conviction? I have found some information on the web, but not the specific answer to that question ( Read more... )

The southbound train at Yonge station was virtually empty when it rolled into the station this morning (a rarity), so there was refreshingly enough room for everyone on the platform to get aboard with room to spare. This did nothing to prevent the woman immediately behind me from repeatedly hitting me in the back when I was apparently failing to ( Read more... )

After more than 30 days, Toronto's Civic Workers' strike is over. An agreement was reached Monday, and will be ratified by the unions on Friday. During the strike, of course, garbage has piled up insanely in the city, with picketers helpfully blocking citizens from taking their garbage to the designated temporary dump sites in order to ramp up ( Read more... )