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Meet the mayoral candidates in Scarborough

By sue | Published: March 16, 2010
Top contenders for the job of Toronto’s mayor will visit Scarborough for one of the first head-to-head events of this municipal election year, Scarborough-Agincourt Councillor Mike Del Grande says.The debate is scheduled at Mary Ward Catholic Secondary School on Monday, March 29, from 6 to 9 p.m. Del Grande, chair of Scarborough Community Council, said he [...]
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POLL: How would you support Artsvote?

By sue | Published: March 16, 2010
New feature on the site, we’ve got a poll asking you what you would do to support Artsvote.  Scroll down and look to the right – there it is, go ahead and vote – it’s like practice for October!
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James: Rob Ford looks set for mayoral run

By sue | Published: March 16, 2010
The rumour persists and the object of the speculation continues to feed the chatter. Toronto city council’s ultra-conservative and most despised member is running for mayor. Click here to read more…
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Porter: City council hopefuls are just what Toronto needs

By sue | Published: March 16, 2010
Meeting with Cadigia Ali is like taking a long, cold drink of water in the dead of summer up in Rexdale, nothing but steaming concrete all around. Click here to read more…
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George Smitherman, under construction: Levy

By sue | Published: March 16, 2010
The plan of action for the frontrunner to be Toronto’s next mayor is far from finished Click here to read more…
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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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