November is coming. November 2010 - not fast enough. If the editors at Maclean's magazine were watching the latest council performance I would expect an update to their recent survey of best/worst run municipalities to follow putting our fair city into a class ...

I think something needs to be clarified in the debate about Pelissier. The streetscape proposal submitted by the DWBIA designed by Joe Passa allows for easy conversion of the street to a pedestrian Mall. HOWEVER, it's not an "All or Nothing" deal. A pedestrian Mall can mean simply closing the street on ...

Australian town ‘world’s first’ to ban bottled water An Australian town pulled all bottled water from its shelves Saturday and replaced it with refillable bottles in what is believed to be a world-first ban. Hundreds of ...

It's not every day that you find positive articles about this area in other newspapers, so I have taken the liberty of republishing this article in whole from today's Toronto Star. Ontario's 'Sunshine Coast' draws retirees September 26, 2009 Gary May Special to the Toronto ...

Betting billions on wind Ontario's power grid is getting a $2.3 billion makeover as part of an ambitious, three-year effort to create 20,000 jobs and bring more green electricity to homes and businesses across the province. Tory waste-water ...

So, in my newly created uber-hectic life, I've put aside my predominantly active method of mobility in lieu of a mainly motorized one, and in the meantime, put on a few pounds.  Yes, my love handles are a ...

How the World's Biggest Corporations, From Starbucks to Wal-Mart to Barnes & Noble, Claim to Be 'Local' HSBC, one of the biggest banks on the planet, has taken to calling itself "the world's local bank." Starbucks is un-branding at least three of its Seattle ...

greening of pelissier 1 Originally uploaded by markboscariol The night I bumped into the mayor at city Hall, he mentioned the Via Italia BIA had in depth proposals for creating ...