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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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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It’s a little strange but within a week of an announcement by BDO Seidman that they were returning to Nashville, Tennessee with an office and aim to focus on the health care industry, Price­wa­ter­house­C­oopers makes a similar announcement about said city and industry. What I’m wondering is why both of those firms are just establishing […]

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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 4^th inning. […]

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A focus group study by the Federal government has highlighted the common belief amongst urban Canadians that Toronto’s subway is the most likely target for terror in this country. And the inventor of pointing out the obvious rests comfortably in his or her grave. “For many, Toronto’s size, inter­na­tional profile and economic and financial impor­tance to […]

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