Editor's Picks + Features

96981468_a0f0402afb

My Toronto Video Contest Voting Page

Example description of page.

4843752478_f5b5e2cc1b_b

A 72 Year Crossing at Yonge and Bloor

"A 72 Year Crossing at Yonge and Bloor" Comparative...

4837950162_c923bb1d6e

STREET SCENE: Linux Cafe

Street Scene will appear each week showcasing the...

IMG_0702

Farm Friday: Evergreen Brick Works

Name: Evergreen Brick Works Farmers' Market Location:...

4662198802_8615cf0d2d_b

SPACING VOTES WEEKLY: Coach Ford, Smitherman walks & a heated TV debate

EDITOR’S NOTE: Spacing Votes — our dedicated 2010...

spacing-radio-votes-smither

SPACING RADIO: Smitherman talks walking, while walking

LISTEN TO THIS SPACING RADIO PODCAST George Smitherman...

congestion_referendum

IDEAS FOR TORONTO: Infrastructure referendums

The Toronto City Summit Alliance held a roundtable...

4790754465_e783015c3d_z

Bike parking takes over car parking spaces

Toronto bike riders can celebrate a "first" today:...

4706528245_ef676de151_b

Cities for People — New Toronto design intervention

This is part of a series of posts by students in...

3677103134_da0a274434_z

LORINC: Greenwashing by any other name

I normally have a lot of time for the Toronto Environmental...

4814694220_7da9ea9331

World Wide Wednesday: Maps, Trains, Trikes and Three Million on the A40

Each week we will be focusing on blogs from around...

Wednesday’s headlines

MAYORAL RACE
Mammoliti enters race for mayor; targets finances, crime [ Toronto Star ]
• Giorgio Mammoliti's in, Case Ootes calls it quits [ Toronto Star ]
Mammoliti joins Toronto mayoral race [ Globe & Mail ]
• Tory finally set to make mayoral bid official [ Globe & Mail ]
'Everything is on the table' mayoral candidate says [ National Post ]
• Case closed: Ootes retires [ Toronto Sun ]
Restaurant offers up a taste of T.O.'s would-be mayors [ Globe & Mail ]
• Keeners flood GTA nomination offices [ Toronto Sun ]

RECYCLING
• SOME EXTRA RECYCLING ACCEPTABLE, CITY SAYS [ Globe & Mail ]
• 'Chronic' extra bags a recycling dilemma [ Toronto Star ]
• The truth is out --excess recycling will be collected [ National Post ]

OTHER NEWS
Transit City measures up to international standard [ Toronto Star ]
• Bright, toasty roost acquired for a song [ Toronto Star ]
Ceiling collapse blamed on repair backlog [ Toronto Star ]

 

Comments

Neither the author nor Spacing necessarily agree with the comments posted below. Spacing reserves the right to edit or delete comments entirely. See our Comment Policy.

All together now: CASE CLOSED, CASE CLOSED, CASE CLOSED, CASE CLOSED.

I don't say this often, but g-d bless the Sun!

Comment by andrew
January 6, 2010 | 9:25 am

I'll miss saying oootes, but its a small price to pay to rid the city of this dinosaur.

I don't know which consequence of Ootes going is worse - the near certain total Dipperfication of my riding or the alarming theory floated by the Star that Jane Pitfield could be our ward councillor. Redraw our boundary east of the valley already!

The 1950's are finally over at City Council.

Comment by scottd
January 6, 2010 | 1:40 pm

Pitfield will just be Ootes in drag. What's the problem with East York anyway?

Comment by pman
January 6, 2010 | 3:13 pm

Jane Pitfield might be the one person who could make me miss Case Ootes...

Comment by McKingford
January 6, 2010 | 7:04 pm

Someone really ought to write about how Mammoliti is happy to take on the "50,000" city employees, including lifeguards who make $13 an hour, but considers his own nearly $100,000 salary a year along with added expenses and benefits along with the mayor's $167,000 salary to be "peanuts". What a hypocritical jerk.

Comment by Tessa
January 6, 2010 | 7:34 pm

ScottD: I think you mean the 1980s are over. The 1950s at City Hall ended in the 1970s with the arrival of the likes of David Crombie and John Sewell.

Comment by Rob L
January 7, 2010 | 8:59 am

I forlornly hope that most voters are better at math than Tessa.

Comment by Paul
January 7, 2010 | 10:35 am
 
Post a comment
Wednesday’s headlines
By