The Toronto Star has released the 2008 edition of their Greater Toronto’s Top 50 Employers list, and it is no surprise that accounting firms are well represented once again. All four of the largest accounting firms, the Big Four, made the list, along with a local single office firm, Mintz & Partners. The reasons why they […]
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GTA Employers list">Big Four and Mintz again part of Top GTA Employers list
October 15th, 2007 · 4 Comments
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Tags: accounting firm, benefits, Big Four, employer, Toronto, Toronto Star
City budget indecipherable to ordinary citizens
March 30th, 2007 · 4 Comments
Toronto released their budget this week and other than the usual tax hikes for property owners, this interesting post on Eye Daily about the gibberish and jargon of a city budget. It lists the specialized terms the budget contains to describe its expenditures and revenues, and the list is incomprehensible, even to me, a soon-to-be […]
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Tags: city, government, municipal, property tax, Toronto
TTC">TransitCamp set to improve the TTC
February 1st, 2007 · No Comments
A group of Toronto bloggers are getting together this weekend for the TTC TransitCamp to brainstorm ways to improve the TTC’s absolutely horrid website. When I first heard about it a few days ago, my first impulse was to try to get involved. Then I realized, there are probably many more Torontonians with much more […]
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Tags: city, subway, Toronto, transit, TTC
Toronto becoming more expensive to live
June 25th, 2006 · 6 Comments
Not through any direct experience of my own, although my landlord did take the opportunity to raise my rent the maximum allowable by law a month ago, but the city has been moving up the ranks of the most expensive on the planet. Toronto of course ranks first in Canada as the most expensive place […]
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Tags: cost, cost of living, culture, international, loonie, ranking, Toronto
Electric atmosphere at Jays opener
April 5th, 2006 · No Comments
I was at the Toronto Blue Jays baseball game last night at the Rogers Centre and man was it crazy. Over 50,000 people there to watch the Jays? What is this, 1993? I had a good seat down the third base line, giving me a great view of Bengie Molina’s home run in the 4th inning. […]
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Tags: baseball, Blue Jays, city, MLB, Rogers Centre, sports, subway, Toronto

