Hmmm! Another Tranist "Expert."

Licence for abuse
Time to rethink the industry: taxis are part of sustainable public transit
By Adam Giambrone
Chances are if you’re one of thousands of locals who rely on taxis as a way around the private car, you found it tough hailing a lift Monday morning, February 27. That’s because many cabbies, placards in hand, were circling City Hall to draw attention to the urgent need for reform and to the city’s ongoing Taxicab Industry Review.
Who seemed to have spent most of his time with his hand on his pecker rather than on the helm of the TTC!

The People Finally Getting A Voice In Mainstream Media...

...first we got the Sun Media Channel and now

Chris Selley: The Onion takes root in Canada

The front page of the satirical newspaper The Onion from September 2001.

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The Onion launched its first Canadian edition this week — which might sound odd to its legions of Canadian fans, for whom the satirical news outlet has always been an online experience. The inaugural Toronto edition is the first paper version I’ve seen in ages. (Cover story: “Congress takes group of schoolchildren hostage,” holds out for $12-trillion in ransom. “We’re going to shoot one kid an hour, starting with little Dillon here,” Speaker John Boehner warns. “Tick tock.”) The only local content consists of the same sort of entertainment reviews, listings and interviews you’ll find in any alt-weekly. The most obvious difference from the now-paywalled online version, ironically enough, is that it’s free.

The prospect of more Canadian-themed satirical content hasn’t gotten much play. But that’s coming soon, Onion features editor Joe Garden told me in an interview on Wednesday at Toronto’s hipster-appropriate Drake Hotel. In a country where satire often comes labelled as such, that boasts of its ability to laugh at itself far more often than it laughs at itself, this is a delicious — and delicate — proposition. Read More »



NDP Gain Status Similar To NOW...

...They have a high profile, newsboxes at many major intersections but they both end up in the recycling or garbage bins.

 

NDP stunner changes the game

 

NDP win is no consolation

More "Much Ado About Nothing..."

Ford delivers his transit vision: Editorial

The $12.4-billion transit plan unveiled by the city and Queen’s Park Thursday is another example of Mayor Rob Ford doing what he said he would do.

...but the leftwing "media" gives you this:

Any chance this is an April Fools Day Contribution?

NOW cover of fake 'naked' Ford causes controversy

Come on folks it is a give away paper that caters to a segment of the population and seems to generate it's income mainly with advertising for the "sex trade" and this ssuehighlights their concern that the left wing in-activists in the city are fearful they will lose their place at the public trough.

Anyone recall them lapooning Comrade Miller and his cabal; ie: Vaughan, Ray, Mihevic, McConnell, Fletcher, et al. in a similar manner?

And let's not forget their contribution to solving homelessness...the paper is used for insulation of their clothing during the winter months.

City Hall atwitter over 'naked' Ford

By DON PEAT, City Hall Bureau

It’s hard to find the naked truth at City Hall at the best of times.

NOW Offering Head In Mayorality Race...

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City spin

 

Seven days in the race for mayor

 

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I Am Stepping Out For Some Fresh Air

Reason to believe

Mayor David Miller mapped out the city of our dreams. Now it’s all up to us.

By Michael Hollett

The day before the best mayor Toronto has ever had announced he wasn’t running for re-election, I’m up on the roof at NOW Magazine at Church and Shuter taking a break before my next meeting.

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Remaking Miller

Haters in the media turned mayor into the scapegoat

By Mike Smith

Forget the dailies. History will be kind to Mayor David Miller. The sparks of axe-grinders will quickly fade, while the enhancements he made to city life will just become clearer with time.

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News

Mayor David Miller live and unplugged

Compiled By Enzo Di Matteo

The outgoing chief magistrate waxes eloquent – and throws a few barbs his opponents’ way – in a one-hour sit-down with NOW’s editorial board. We parse the prose.

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