ArchiveSeptember 2012

By: Metro Canada Published on Fri Sep 28 2012 A quick look at the rest of the news from City Hall this week. Ombudsman report points to more trouble for Mayor Rob Ford I wrote yesterday that the Ford administration has hit Peak Scandal, and that any further gaffes or controversies aren't going to make much of a dent in the mayor's support. Soon after that piece was published, of course...

By: Metro Canada Published on Thu Sep 27 2012 A prediction: There are no more scandals, gaffes or blunders that can hurt Mayor Rob Ford's appeal with his core supporters. The Ford administration has hit peak scandal. This became clear last week when we started to get word that the mayor allegedly used his influence to get roadwork done on the street outside Deco Labels, the Ford family...

By: Metro Toronto Published on Tue Sep 25 2012 “Lie? They're pathological liars. That's what drives me nuts.” – Mayor Rob Ford on the media Mayor Rob Ford and his brother Coun. Doug Ford have a lot of things they want to say about the media. They don't like us very much. Their anger has been ratcheted up over the last few weeks. Between Ford's conflict-of...

By: Metro Canada Published on Thu Sep 20 2012 Before the end of the year, the City of Toronto is set to make two major changes that'll affect our fledgling network of bike infrastructure. After a prolonged battle, staff are finally scheduled to remove the bike lanes on Jarvis Street. They'll also complete construction on the city's first-ever physically-separated bike lanes on...

Published on Wed Sep 19 2012 On his returning radio show this past weekend, Mayor Rob Ford took the odd step of challenging members of the media to debate him in the political arena. His challenge came as part of a fiery and mostly confusing rebuke of reporting last week that questioned Ford's alleged use of office staff and resources to help run his high school football program. Ed Keenan...