Posts Tagged ‘toronto’
2010 June Events in Toronto

Image via Wikipedia Here are some fun events this month in Toronto: The 11th Annual Taste of Little Italy 2010 Will take place Friday June 18-20, between Bathurst and Shaw. College Street will be closed during the event. On Sunday June 20, we have Much Music Awards (MMVA), honoring this year's best music video. This event [...]
Toronto Waste Water

Image via Wikipedia Below is a meter showing the rate of oil spill in the gulf of Mexico. This is a real global catastrophe. We hope the G20 leaders will set aside some time to discuss the environmental issues that are closely coupled to the global economy. As the weather warms up many residents in Toronto are washing their cars more [...]
2010 ideaCity

Image by Vieeto Voom via Flickr IdeaCity, also known as 'Canada's Premiere Meeting of the minds', is a three day event that is taking place tomorrow at the Royal Conservatory of Music's Koerner Hall at 273 Bloor St., in Toronto. Fifty bright minds including artists, adventurers, authors, cosmologists, doctors, designers, entertainers, [...]
Toronto Councillors Donations and Trip to Vienna ?

Image via Wikipedia On April 15, 2010 City Council approved a 5% reduction in the office expense budget of each Councillor until Nov. 30, 2010. This is because 2010 is an election year so each councillor now has an office expense budget of $46,241. If you examine the expenses in the last quarter you can notice questionable expenses. [...]
Toronto Parking and Black List Numbers

Image via Wikipedia The City of Toronto’s collection rate is one of the highest in Canada, approximately 15% of all parking tickets are not collected for a variety of reasons. Over 60 percent of all parking tickets issued in the City of Toronto are issued to vehicles registered in the “905” area. Each day, it is estimated that more [...]
HST – What is taxable now that wasn’t before?

Just a reminder that HST deadline is fast approaching. It is definitely not a joyful occasion since we would all have to pay more taxes. At least you have an opportunity to make some savings before the deadline, which is July 1, 2010. For that, you will need to examine the table to come up with your shopping list. The extra taxes should help pay [...]
G20 Summit – Toronto Metro Convention Center

The Summit is held at 255 Front Street West, Toronto, ON. It is identified by letter A in the map below. View Larger Map Related articles by Zemanta Toronto hotel workers count strike vote (cbc.ca) Security cameras installed for G20 (cbc.ca) Hotel workers vote to strike with G20 looming (thestar.com) McGuinty balks at summit security [...]
Data on Toronto Neighbourhoods
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Clothes + Hair + Makeup = Fashion

A city with a lot of people means different fashion. Toronto’s fashion industry is one of the City’s largest industrial employers. The city is home to over 500 apparel manufactures. In one year the wholesale shipments reaches near 1.5 billion. This means 16% of the 9 billion Canadian market. Forty-eight of the world’s least developed [...]
Toronto Road Constructions

The kids are going to be done school and vacation time at work. What better way than to travel. The only thing standing between travelling and enjoying the summer is: construction. There are many constructions occurring in the summer which can be a problem for Torontonians. There is a three month pilot project happening in the summer [...]