Liberals look good to hold Vaughan but Kitchener-Waterloo is a toss up. Mr. McGuinty needs to take both to win back a majority. CBC.ca
Horses were loose in Sunnybrook Park
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Toronto police officers entered Sunnybrook Park Tuesday to round up several horses on the loose. According to 680 News, from whom this report is taken, a passerby called at around 5:15 a.m. to say he spotted about 20 horses running free in the park. Sunnybrook is home to Sunnybrook Stables Limited, a full scale riding school with stables and other facilities. Apparently some horses had escaped from their paddock in the park and decided to go for a run. 680 News said that a few had wandered up to the cricket field where staff assisted officers in herding them all back into the paddock. There has been horse stables at this location since well before Sunnybrook was a City park. The Stables website tells the history, which is fairly well known locally but still of interest. It was the location of a country estate owned by Joseph Kilgour, an accomplished horseman. Sunnybrook Stables Limited
Ford cross-examined for four hours by Ruby
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Federal parties shaken by Quebec shooting
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Ice in at Leaside Gardens: Brooke Biscoe
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Brooke Biscoe the Arena Chair of the Leaside Gardens Board of Management has sent a letter to all users of the arena informing them that the ice has gone in for the coming season. The letter also outlines contingency arrangements as work continues to erect the new ice pad. More
Judgment day for Mayor Rob Ford
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Chewy Bars Loblaws new weapon of choice
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The chocolate chip phase of Loblaws offensive against Longo’s is over. Where last week the supermarket giant was offering President’s Choice Decadent Chocolate Chip Cookies as an incentive to stay loyal, it has now moved on to free boxes of PC Dipped and Chewy Bars instead. And the ante has been upped. Where you could get the cookies for a purchase of $50 or more, the granola like bars require a minimum transaction of $75.
Warning of flooding near the Brick Works
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The Toronto and Region Conservation Authority is warning of local flooding tonight in the face of predicted continuing rain. In particular, the Bayview Extension near the Brick Words is flagged as a spot where flooding often occurs. CTV
Aristocrat weds in Lady Gaga cutaway gown
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We just could not — could not — resist showing you the shall we say eye-catching wedding dress of 24-year-old Lady Mary Charteris for her marriage to boyfriend rock musician Robbie Furze. He is front man for The Big Pink Bow. You see Mary here with her father. She wore the cut-away dress complete with tulle skirt, floral headpiece and vertiginous heels. The aristocratic model chose a dress designed by Pam Hogg — who just so happens to have dressed Lady Gaga. The MailOnline was a little rude, observing this is what you get when you use Lady Gaga’s designer. It added however that: .”The blond star certainly had the figure for the creation which featured cutaway detail and sheer sleeves”. Some comments were cruel however: “Yowser! What a frocky horror. It’s so bad, I think I’ve seared my retinas. Best dressed award goes to baby Ethel. (If I’d worn something like that for my wedding, my Dad would have either refused to walk me down the aisle, or insisted I change into an ordinary frock instead!)” MailOnlineCortleigh Blvd break-in by forced window
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Toronto Police Service report: A resident of Cortleigh Boulevard, reports that between 1800 hours, August 26, 2012 and 1200 hours, August 31, 2012, entry was gained into the premises by forcing a window. Removed was quantity of jewellery and cash.
Bid for traffic lights at Kay Gardner crossings
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A cycling group is seeking improvements to the Kay Gardner Beltline trail. Where the trail crosses busy intersections they’re asking for “fully signalized intersection crossings”. Town Crier
Who really won Toronto Ward 27 in 2010?
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It’s a cheeky question perhaps because Councillor Kristyn Wong-Tam (left) finished a clear 462 votes ahead of second place candidate Ken Chan (centre) on election night. Of course, it probably needs to be said that Ms Wong-Tam’s plurality of 7,527 was just a sliver of the 26,619 ballots cast in the populous City district. Ward 27 has the boundaries of the federal constituency of Toronto Centre. There were a stunning 15 candidates in this field and some of them, like Simon Wookey (right) with 2,128 ballots were probably more like-minded with Mr. Chan. There was also Chris Tindall with 3,447 votes, Joe Dick with 1,667 votes and Robert Maynell with 1,223. Ward 27 is the best example anyone might put forward for why Toronto should adopt the Ranked Ballot (or instant runoff) mechanism in municipal general elections. Ranked Balloting provides electors with a chance to pick a second and third choice from among the candidates. If there are 15 candidates, the voter can theoretically make 15 ranked choices. It then requires the local electoral officer and scrutineers (or election machines) to examine all the ballots for the voter’s run off choices In the end, it establishes a winner who can claim a clear majority. Ranked Ballots is a reform being discussed at City Hall for the 2018 election. It is in the mix with other reforms to the electoral process proposed by Mayor Ford. It should be adopted. Previous post.