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Full details of the pilot, which Friends of Hanlan's hopes will be made permanent: www.torontotoday.ca/local/city-h...
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City council requested the boat exclusion zone be 400 metres, but Toronto police and PortsToronto shrunk it to 200 metres — for the safety of boaters, who could be at risk of drowning if they tried to swim in from 400m away.
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Visitors to ‘Shoes, books, hands, buildings, and cars’ could easily spend an hour gazing a single painting, Dooley writes of Williamson's "large-scale compositions of everyday items, painted in swift confident strokes with a palette that errs towards the melancholic."
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That's led groups like Friends of Hanlan's to question the city's priorities.
It will be up to the Toronto Police Marine Unit to enforce the incoming rules, which also include a noise reduction area to deter loud music from party boats.
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Council requested the boat exclusion zone be 400 metres, but Toronto police and PortsToronto shrunk it to 200 metres — for the safety of boaters, who could be at risk of drowning if they tried to swim in from 400m away.
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Full story:
www.torontotoday.ca/local/transp...
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Interestingly, staff also consulted with proponents of a 'multi-stop' gondola that would take people to the Island.
That too would cost at least $100M and isn't recommended.
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Rev. Don Beyers described a difference in opinion between local residents — who want to restore the church to its original state — and parishioners, who generally don't.
The church is still holding weekly services, but its congregation has shrunk since the devastating fire.
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In the city's six downtown ridings, CPC candidates finished second in five of them.
The only outlier was Taiaiako’n–Parkdale–High Park, where the NDP's Bhutila Karpoche (barely) placed ahead of a CPC candidate who seemingly didn't campaign at all.
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In Davenport — an NDP hotbed provincially — the CPC candidate won 23% of the vote, more than double what the party got in the prior three elections.
In Spadina–Harbourfront, CPC won 31% (!) of the vote, 11 points higher than the last election.
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I liked when the interviewer asked Ford about the importance of getting it done