By DON PEAT , SUN MEDIA
Even before the city has announced locations of temporary dump sites, residents are threatening to boycott and set up pickets at the dump sites.
Christie Pits residents told the Sun that if the park is made into a temporary dump site, as is expected to be announced this afternoon, [...]

NADJA SAYEJ
Special to Globe and Mail
December 20, 2008
When Torontoist announced it was going dark , a catfight broke out over the domain name Torontoest. One group , started by Torontoist contributing editor Jonathan Goldsbie on Facebook , called for a new site capturing the old site’s zeitgeist.
The other party was web designer [...]

Nadja Sayej interviewed me some time ago about TheStoreFront Community and today her article appears in The Globe and Mail.
…Unlike most businesses, the StoreFront is a social enterprise – a community-driven business model that would rather see its neighbourhood shine than rake in the big bucks. The window reflects that: The mask and flowers are [...]

Toronto residents participate in a public hearing on TTC service cuts at the Scarborough Civic Centre.
Updated: Tue Sep. 11 2007 7:10:14 AM
toronto.ctv.ca
Toronto Mayor David Miller is facing opposition to proposed municipal cuts from the Toronto Transit Commission, community councils and city councillors.
Coun. Michael Thompson (Scarborough Centre) is rallying his constituents to rebel against [...]

The National Post’s Dave McGinn writes about Torontopedia.ca, a wiki started by two Torontonians aiming to share stories & secrets about the city

By Joy Kogawa
ST. LAWRENCE MARKET NEIGHBOURHOOD, TORONTO, ONTARIO, CANADA – At a recent conference on climate change, experts and scientists declared unequivocally that catastrophic times are upon us. One physicist at the University of Toronto said it was already too late. The Titanic has hit the iceberg. Huge disasters of climate change [...]

Eye Weekly, 2006 List
November
Robert Altman RIP. | The Black Keys, Magic Potion . | Income trust reversal: markets freak out. | Deliver Us From Evil . | Quebec Nation recognized. | Scrappy kid Shaun Bruce runs for mayor. | Nellie McKay, Pretty Little Head [...]

By Marc Weisblott
The Globe and Mail

Himy Syed opened a campaign office in the storefront of the Metro Theatre (677 Bloor St. W.) because he figured it was the perfect place to advocate for the reunification of north and south Koreatown — two sides of the street that fall into two different electoral wards. [...]

The Wealth of Cities
HiMY SYeD is sending reports about the World Urban Forum to the Spacing Wire. Here is his third report.

A thousand people are squished in and outside of Ballroom C of the Fairmont Waterfront Hotel. 15 minutes of polite negotiation through the crowd, yet I have barely weaved into the ballroom proper. UN-Habitat Award winner [...]

HiMY SYeD is sending daily reports from the World Urban Forum to the Spacing Wire. Here is his second report.

7:43 am and it is standing room only at today’s first ’side event’ – ‘One small step for cities, one giant leap for the planet: Practical solutions for cities stepping towards a lighter footprint’
A quick headcount [...]