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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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