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After Bixi’s first season, how did we do? Ⓢ
Are 911 calls public information? Ⓖ
Are community fundraisers a viable solution for revitalizing parks? Ⓢ Ⓣ
Are dogs actually allowed on the TTC? Ⓖ
Are limo-for-hire services legal in Toronto? Ⓖ
At what point does flyering become littering? Ⓢ Ⓣ
The Byron Sonne Trial Ⓘ Ⓢ
Can CFL football survive in Toronto?
Can more trees in a neighbourhood reduce crime rates? Ⓢ Ⓣ
The city’s bedbug funding runs out in March. What happens next? Ⓕ
#CritterFile: Which animal rules your neighbourhood? Ⓟ
Do developers pay a fee for building on existing TTC infrastructure? Ⓖ
Do Toronto’s streetcars get transit signal priority? Ⓖ
Does Metrolinx’s “Find the Way” actually help commuters? Ⓣ
Does Toronto have a signature dish? Ⓟ
For young players, why is it so difficult to change baseball associations? Ⓘ Ⓣ
The great Toronto commuter race
Has Canada Post bounced back? Ⓣ
How are Toronto’s traffic lights sequenced? Ⓖ
How can we improve Toronto’s island ferry docks? Ⓢ
How common are stage collapses? Ⓖ
How do Toronto journalists deal with Twitter? Ⓘ
How do you feel about the International Air Show? Ⓣ
How does Build Toronto gain surplus land? Ⓖ
How does GO Transit’s refund policy work? Ⓖ
How does the city decide where to build bike posts? Ⓕ Ⓖ
How does the city decide which graffiti tags to crack down on? Ⓕ Ⓖ
How does the Toronto Public Library get blockbuster titles on the shelves? Ⓖ
How effective has Ontario’s ban on phoning while driving been?
How hard is it to get a teacher’s job in Toronto? Ⓘ Ⓣ
How have urban casinos panned out in other cities? Ⓖ Ⓣ
How healthy is Toronto? Ⓣ
How many condos have been built in Toronto in the past 10 years? Ⓖ
How much did Mike Del Grande’s fake proposal cost the city? Ⓣ
How much does Ontario invest in health promotion? Ⓖ Ⓣ
How much does Toronto Police Service collect in traffic tickets? Ⓖ
How safe are pedestrian crossings, really? Ⓣ
How will funding cuts affect research on our lakes? Ⓣ Ⓦ
I took a ride in Akber’s Cosmic Cab
Is church on Westmoreland Ave. under a redevelopment curse? Ⓘ
Is Greektown really all that Greek anymore? Ⓢ Ⓣ
Is Toronto over-salted in the wintertime? Ⓣ Ⓦ
Just how burdened is Toronto’s taxi system? Ⓣ
Should I worry about lead content in my kid’s school tap water? Ⓦ
Should the city crack down on noise laws when it comes to motorcycles? Ⓦ
So Rob Ford couldn’t legally cancel Transit City. Why didn’t council know this beforehand? Ⓕ
Strikes, walkouts and lockouts: what are the implications of each? Ⓣ
A tale of two condos at Stanley Terrace Ⓘ
Temporary fence at University Avenue courthouse blocks wheelchair ramp. Is this legal?
The Future: Who are Toronto’s top activists under 30?
Three years later, how successful has the plastic bag fee been? Ⓢ Ⓣ
Toronto ER wait times: Will there be an app for that? Ⓦ
TTC Wheeltrans confusing for both customer and drivers
What do city councillors do on summer break? Ⓟ
What do the competing proposals for transit on Eglinton actually mean? Ⓘ Ⓢ
What does the disability community have to say about the TTC? Ⓣ
What education aids exist for visually impaired kids in the city? Ⓕ Ⓖ
What happened to the street seats along Dundas West? Ⓣ
What happens to Toronto’s unrecyclables? Ⓕ Ⓖ
What is with the Ryerson Theatre during this TIFF? Ⓘ Ⓣ
What past piece of Toronto do you miss the most? Ⓢ Ⓣ Ⓦ
What prevents density from happening on subway lines?
What took the elevator at St. Andrew station so long to build? Ⓕ
What will happen when Ontario Disability’s Community Start-Up funding is over? Ⓣ
What’s going on with the ads in the Toronto Star? Ⓘ Ⓦ
What’s going on with the massive bike lanes on Pottery Road? Ⓣ Ⓦ
What’s going on with the water main repairs at Allan Gardens? Ⓖ
What’s going on with Toronto East General and Scarborough hospitals? Ⓘ
What’s happening at 1011 Lansdowne? Ⓘ
What’s it like to work in a soup kitchen? Ⓣ
What’s next for organizations that have lost CIDA funding?
What’s next for Port Lands development? Ⓕ Ⓢ
What’s the status of the cube buildings in Corktown? Ⓕ
What’s the status on the A La Carte program? Ⓕ Ⓢ
What’s the story on the tarped-up building at Spadina and Parkwood? Ⓕ Ⓖ
What’s Toronto’s history of non-majority mayors?
When is Ontario Place going to get an overhaul? Ⓢ
Where did all these butterflies and moths come from? Ⓖ
Where do all the misfit recyclables go? Ⓕ
Where does Via plan on making service cuts? Ⓖ
Where will our rescue trainees go? Ⓘ
Who is the voice of the TTC? Ⓖ
Who is Toronto-Danforth’s new NDP nominee? Ⓖ
Why are there so many asphalt patches on Toronto’s concrete sidewalks? Ⓕ
Why aren’t more bikes allowed on trains? Ⓖ
Why do downtown Beer Stores have such big parking lots? Ⓢ Ⓦ
Why do TTC escalators seem to always be out of service? Ⓕ Ⓣ
Why is Hydro One cutting down trees in my neighbourhood?
Why is it so hard to register for recreational programs in this city? Ⓣ Ⓦ
Why won’t the city crack down on lane-blocking courier trucks? Ⓢ Ⓣ
Would making King and Queen one-way streets work?

Posted: 2013.05.21

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