Eating on the road: Blackhorn Steakhouse in Scarborough
Scarborough is a community that is often the first stop for new residents and citizens on their Canadian journeys. As such, the face of Scarborough is often changing and so…
Scarborough
Eating on the road: Blackhorn Steakhouse in Scarborough
Scarborough is a community that is often the first stop for new residents and citizens on their Canadian journeys. As such, the face of Scarborough is often changing and so…
THE PROBLEMS OF CARDING: Excising the Discriminatory Police Street Check Process
Over at Academia.edu, I have posted an updated public policy analysis of the police practice of carding, also known as “street checks” that I did as part of my Master’s…
From Participatory Budgeting to Co-operative Tenant Control: An Alternative Policy Recommendation For Toronto Community Housing
Toronto Community Housing (TCH) is a huge organization with a crucial mandate. Located in Canada’s most-populous city and the capital of the Province of Ontario, TCH provides housing for 164,000…
Needed: A Real Deal For Cities
Over at NinetyTwoPointEight, I have written a post about the need for substantive discussion during the ongoing Toronto municipal election about freeing up the city from the paternalism of its…
Good Reading: Paisley Rae On Really Engaging With Toronto Politics
Toronto’s municipal election campaign is officially underway. When it is all over on Oct. 27, 2014, several school board trustees, 44 councillors and one mayor will be elected. Paisley Rae…
Good Reading: Paisley Rae On Really Engaging With Toronto Politics
Toronto’s municipal election campaign is officially underway. When it is all over on Oct. 27, 2014, several school board trustees, 44 councillors and one mayor will be elected. Paisley Rae…
Family feuds in Ontario NDP as Horwath rushes to clamp down on dissent
Ontario NDP infighting is all over the news this week, as we saw sharp divides between Andrea Horwath’s office and others in the party. Long-time Ontario NDP’er and front-bench critic…
Life In Scarborough Part Whatever +1: The State Of Coffee In Scarborough
Noticed today that the Coffee Time outlet next to Kennedy Avenue subway station had gone TU. It was obviously too upscale for this neighborhood. It’s been replaced by a pimply…
B.C. Premier Christy Clark Is Hot
I would still vote NDP if I were out there. Nevertheless, she is hot. Very, very hot. That is all. PS. Actually, no it isn’t quite all. I am standing…
Hudak Promises More Stuff He Can’t Pay For
World class cities build underground. When finances are available, our priority for Toronto will be to build subways.Translation: one day far, far down the line (as it were), Scarborough will…
LHIN boss: We are going to take money out of hospitals
“We are going to have to take money out of the hospitals. It’s not a small amount. We’re talking about millions,” Debbie Hammond, CEO of the government’s Central East Local…
Mayor Ford Is Mad. Mean Mad. And, Oh Yeah, A Racist.
I’m mad, really mad! Mayor Ford wants to clarify his comments from the other day, following the tragic shooting in Scarborough. Here’s what he said at the time: Asked how…
Friday miscellany…
… summer doldrums edition… +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ I hate guns. I really do. And I did long before all of this tragic shit that has gone down in Scarborough and now in…
Signs Of The Apocalypse Appear In T.O.
These have been appearing everywhere in my end of the city. I mean everywhere, not just on the Scarborough side of Vic Park. When my wife sees him she’ll shit…
Johnny’s Burgers
I’ve been going to Johnny’s Burgers on and off for 15 years, and been served by the same gang (esp. the Russian fellow at right and little Chinese fellow center-left,…