by thegtapatriot@yahoo.ca | Jun 23, 2008 | Canada, GTA Environment, GTA Issues, GTA Politics, Oil, Ontario, Public Transit, Technology, Toronto, USA, World
Despite increasing local demand for zero-emissions cars and trucks and robust exports of electric vehicles, Canada will not allow them on its roads, lament manufacturers. “It’s a daily embarrassment,” said Ian Clifford, president of Zenn Motor...
by thegtapatriot@yahoo.ca | Jun 21, 2008 | GTA Culture, GTA Sports, Ontario, Sports, Toronto
If the Jays season were a movie, it might be called Back To The Future. Because one look at the bench and those people standing behind the bags and you might think you’ve been transported to the 1990s. Standing in the dugout calling the shots is Cito Gaston, the...
by thegtapatriot@yahoo.ca | Jun 2, 2008 | Canada, GTA Healthcare, GTA News, Memorial, Ontario, Toronto
PREMIER DALTON MCGUINTY ON THE PASSING OF DR. SHEELA BASRUR “I was deeply saddened when I heard today of the passing of Dr. Sheela Basrur. She was a remarkable woman and her passion for public service is what made her such an extraordinary Chief Medical Officer...
by thegtapatriot@yahoo.ca | Jun 1, 2008 | Canada, GTA Issues, GTA Politics, Ontario, Toronto
The fledgling Reform Party of Ontario is appealing to Progressive Conservatives disillusioned with party leader John Tory to join their right-wing ranks. In an email appeal apparently sent to thousands of Tories in recent days, the new party claims Reform is...
by thegtapatriot@yahoo.ca | May 27, 2008 | Canada, GTA Development, GTA Issues, Ontario, Public Transit, Toronto
Here’s an easy question: where do you live? Now here’s a much harder one: where should you live to ensure you’re near a GTA transit hub and how will the TTC’s plans for expansion impact the value of your home? The answer to both queries can be...
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...