by thegtapatriot@yahoo.ca | May 27, 2008 | GTA Development, GTA Issues, Public Transit, Toronto
In the last 100 years, there have been many subway proposals that have come and gone. One of the first serious proposals, in 1911, would have seen streetcar subways built under Yonge, Queen and Bloor streets to feed city and interurban cars downtown. Later proposals...
by thegtapatriot@yahoo.ca | May 20, 2008 | Airlines, Airports, GTA Issues, Ontario, Toronto
The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration has taken a big bite out of Porter Airlines’ Big Apple ambitions. The regulator ruled the Toronto-based upstart airline must trim its daily schedule of 14 flights between Hogtown and Newark, N.J. by four in order to...
by thegtapatriot@yahoo.ca | May 20, 2008 | Canada, GTA Culture, GTA Education, GTA Issues, GTA Politics, Ontario
I still think that this is a bad idea? There are other ways to solve social issues and problems. Excuses are unacceptable and only help to further alienate various groups in our city. However, if someone can provide me with a reason this a good idea, I am all ears....
by thegtapatriot@yahoo.ca | May 18, 2008 | GTA Development, GTA Issues, GTA Politics, Ontario, Public Transit, Toronto
“TTC chairman Adam Giambrone says a new subway line cutting through the bottom of the city is a “good idea,” one the TTC will start looking at seriously by 2018. The Downtown Rapid Transit project, or Downtown Relief Line (DRL), would relieve congestion at the...
by thegtapatriot@yahoo.ca | May 8, 2008 | Canada, GTA Issues, Ontario
In basic terms, Jessica Devnani is a brunette, yet, her dreadlocks hairstyle is a grey area in terms of employment at Canada’s Wonderland. “unnatural colour and beads” ? So, maybe it’s no surprise the initial park employment staffer who interviewed Ms...
by thegtapatriot@yahoo.ca | May 7, 2008 | Canada, GTA Culture, GTA Issues, Ontario, Toronto, World
Jessica Devnani was excited about the prospect of starting her first summer job at Canada’s Wonderland, but in the end, she found no amusement in the park’s request that she cut her dreadlocks, or find work elsewhere. “I went in for my interview and...