“Toronto – Canada’s version of a Democrat run city”

How many people must die senselessly before politicians stop pissing on our legs while telling us it’s raining?

Politicians at all levels, the special interest groups that somehow always get their attention, and the media outlets that supported our inept leaders’ ass-backwards approach to combatting crime without asking any tough questions all have blood on their hands — a lot of it.

Traffic-clogging construction on the Gardiner Expressway could end at least one year earlier than originally planned, thanks to a funding injection from the provincial government.

Drivers will still have to endure the gridlock for another two years or so. But at a press conference at city hall on Wednesday, Ontario Transportation Minister Prabmeet Sarkaria joined Mayor Olivia Chow to announce Queen’s Park would spend up to $73 million to shave at least 12 months off the project, which since it began in April has been causing maddening bottlenecks on the highway and some downtown roads.

Mark this on your calendar. I doubt they will make the completion date, not even the old one.

Two people are dead and two others are seriously injured after an overnight “gun battle” at a Scarborough plaza.

Police say they found four people with gunshot wounds at Ellesmere Road and Midland Avenue just after 2:30 a.m. Wednesday morning.

Last year, I had the amazing experience of running for mayor of Toronto. My passion for the city and my commitment to the issues only grew throughout that campaign. And now, one year later, I find myself more eager than ever to help solve the problems that hold our city back.

A startling number of Torontonians are now asking, to quote the famous Clash song: Should I stay, or should I go?

According to a new poll from the Toronto Region Board of Trade and Ipsos, fully 53 per cent of residents in the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area have considered moving outside the region to escape our now legendary gridlock. Among those aged 18-34 — our city’s current and future prime workforce — that number rose to a troubling 64 per cent.

City Hall hates cars and the rolling homeless shelter known as the TTC is not going to win hearts and minds.

‘Just do something’: Liberty Village residents pleading with city to fix ‘unbearable’ traffic congestion

Liberty Village residents say they feel trapped as traffic conditions have gotten so bad, they say it takes a minimum of 30 minutes for drivers to get in and out of the downtown neighbourhood.

“It’s unbearable, completely unbearable. You cannot leave at any point in the morning or in the evening at any point,” says resident Pamela Westwater.

… “As much as these events are great for Toronto and the economy of Toronto, it’s impacting our daily lives. It took me two hours to drive 900 meters to get home,” says DeOliveira.

Many residents have been inundating Ward 10 councillor Ausma Malik’s inbox with complaints and demands to find an immediate solution.

Karma is bitch.

NEW YORK—Bobby Corrigan, a world-renowned rat expert, grew up in Brooklyn reading mystery novels. He dreamed of being a detective, but instead used his sleuthing instincts and science credentials to become the Sherlock Holmes of rodent control.

One morning this spring, Corrigan, 73, stood in a small auditorium inside New York City’s health department. The room was church-like, with high ceilings, wood-panelled walls and frosted glass windows. Looming behind him, projected on a large screen above a wooden stage, was a whiskered rodent with a long naked tail.

A six-month project to upgrade the streetcar route along Spadina Avenue has only just started, but is already causing headaches for drivers, cyclists and businesses alike.

On June 23, the TTC switched out streetcars for buses on the busy downtown artery to perform critical track renewal work at Spadina Station. The project also includes upgrades to the overhead electrical system on sections of the right-of-way route, including between King Street and Queens Quay and between College Street and Spadina Station.