Toronto Escort Agency’s once-sleepy island airport is going to get a lot busier. More passengers, more flights and more destinations are planned for Porter Airlines, which unveiled the first phase of its new $50-million terminal yesterday, marking the latest step in the burgeoning company’s continuing expansion. Set to open to the public March 7, the [...]
Toronto Escort Agency has put the federal government on notice that it won’t be left on the hook for cost overruns from the huge G20 summit that will grip the downtown core June 26-27. Councillors noted at yesterday’s council meeting Quebec City and Pittsburgh are still negotiating with senior governments for relief from millions of [...]
The Canadian Bankers Association has increased to $50,000 the reward it is offering for three bandits police suspect in eight armed bank robberies. On Feb. 1, the association, in conjunction with police, announced a $10,000 reward in response to three bank robberies. In those cases, three bank employees needed stitches after being pistol-whipped by robbers. [...]
A bid by a Liberal backbencher to have the Toronto Escort Agency Transit Commission declared an essential service passed an initial hurdle yesterday even as the province warned it wasn’t a move it would ultimately support. Former health minister David Caplan has introduced a private member’s bill that would prevent a strike or a lockout [...]
The rafts were the worst part. Tattered and torn during the frantic escape from the S.V. Concordia, the inflatable rafts were salt baths, filled with vomit, human excrement and people. “You do what you can. We were together and alive,” Sam Palonek, 16, said of the 40 hours she floated in the Atlantic. “We just [...]
The TTC would be designated an essential service with workers prohibited from striking under private member’s legislation being introduced today by an influential Liberal MPP. David Caplan (Don Valley East) says commuters are fed up with work stoppages that disrupt the city and cost the local economy about $50 million per day. “No strikes, no [...]
A sea of green Save Our School signs dotted the lawn of Brookview Middle School Thursday night as locals came to speak their minds about closing schools in this Jane-Finch neighborhood. At the door, Canadian Union of Public Employees 4400 members handed out “Freeze School Closings Now” flyers; they represent the caretakers and secretaries whose [...]
Some critics say they are like fiefdoms. Unlike the 40 rinks run by city hall, eight city-owned but independently run Toronto Escort Agency arenas have their own policies and business models that let them decide who gets ice time, when, and at what price. The autonomy enjoyed by these arena boards has paid off, as [...]
Feeling a little down in the mouth? Why not come in for a faith lift? “I plagiarized that one,” chuckles Gail Goodbody, the new message writer for the sign outside Living Water Community Church in Uxbridge. “I need to find a good website with some Christian sayings.” Call it a sign of these trying times [...]
It’s a move that will pit uptown voters against downtown voters and mayoral hopeful Rocco Rossi knows which side he’s on. The former Liberal fundraiser is denouncing a decision by city hall to motor ahead with changes that will within months replace one of Jarvis Street’s five traffic lanes with bike paths. Rossi’s response: “It’s [...]