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Where Toronto’s mayoral race candidates stand

By sue | Published: February 26, 2010
With two months down and eight to go, Toronto’s leading mayoral candidates have begun carving out their positions on some emerging election issues, including transit, bike lanes and particularly the city’s financial troubles. The Star looked at where the five leading candidates — George Smitherman, Rocco Rossi, Giorgio Mammoliti, Joe Pantalone, and Sarah Thomson — stand [...]
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Toronto leads the nation in number of artists

By sue | Published: February 11, 2010
Toronto has more full-time artists than any other Canadian city – 22,300 – and these artists tend to live largely in neighbourhoods in or near the city’s downtown, according to an analysis of the 2006 census released this week. Read more…
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G&M: Rob Ford, please run. You’re the right guy for a lefty race

By sue | Published: February 8, 2010
Rob Ford for mayor? Down here at City Hall, the very idea has people grinding their teeth, rolling their eyes or falling down laughing. In this artificial universe under a clam shell, Mr. Ford is considered a buffoon whose half-educated rants about wasteful spending and crushing taxes lower the tone of the place. Read more…
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Right out of nowhere

By sue | Published: February 8, 2010
It is more than eight months before the municipal election and, not surprisingly, Rocco Rossi’s campaign office on Avenue Road is bare. There are no Rossi for Mayor signs up yet, no trappings of the campaign machinery that dissects a city and plots a victory.  Read more: http://www.nationalpost.com/news/canada/toronto/story.html?id=2529753
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Smitherman gears up his mayoral bid

By sue | Published: February 8, 2010
George Smitherman vowed Sunday to “take to the streets” of Toronto for a “ground war” during his campaign for the mayor’s chair. Read more…
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Giambrone officially enters Toronto mayoral race – The Globe and Mail

By sue | Published: February 1, 2010
Councillor plans to keep job as TTC chair during the campaign; says ‘I’ve got a lot of unfinished work to do’ Read more…
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Introducing Anthony Furey’s National Post election column

By sue | Published: February 1, 2010
Received this this morning from Anthony Furey – looks interesting. Dear friends, I wanted to let you know about the first installment of my municipal affairs column with the National Post. From now until the election I, along with Chris Selley and Jonathan Goldsbie, will be debating all facets of the urban experience. The three of us represent [...]
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Who’s Running?

By sue | Published: February 1, 2010
We’re nearly a month in, click on the link below to find out, as of now, who’s running for (re)election in your ward. Don’t know your ward number? Handy link for that too. Who’s running?
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Adam Giambrone endures bumpy ride in his run for mayor

By sue | Published: February 1, 2010
Oh dear, it was supposed to be a pleasant interview Sunday with city councillor Adam Giambrone before Monday’s announcement read more...
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Sarah Thomson Becomes First Woman To Join Mayoral Race

By sue | Published: February 1, 2010
As a desperate teen she crashed on friends’ couches, and when none were available, she braved the streets of Toronto.  But from that humble beginning, Sarah Thomson turned her life around read more…
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