May 14, 2013
TTC officials are standing behind a driver who refused to let an ill woman off a packed express bus. Toronto & GTA stories
Tags: 'TTC, Bus Driver, decision, Driver, Express Bus, Ill Woman, passenger, Sick, supports, Toronto Gta
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May 14, 2013
He became CEO 14 months ago knowing full well a “more business-like approach” was needed to reinvent the TTC — and he set about doing so with much focus and little drama. Toronto & GTA stories
Tags: 'TTC, Andy, Byford, Ceo, mayor, movement, start, Toronto Gta
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May 13, 2013
In what may have been a preview of next year’s mayoral race, Rob Ford and Karen Stintz faced off on the floor of council chambers Thursday over transit taxes. Here is what they said: Karen Stintz: I just want to make sure I understood correctly when you answered Councillor Matlow’s question: did you support Dr. [...]
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May 9, 2013
A debate that was intended to focus on whether taxes and tolls should be implemented to pay for transit projects was dominated on Wednesday by talk of revising a plan that took years of bickering to establish. A bid by Scarborough city councillors to transform the dilapidated RT into a subway raised the prospect of [...]
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May 8, 2013
A 14-year-old girl is in hospital with serious head injuries after being struck Tuesday evening by a TTC bus, say police. CBC | Toronto News
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May 6, 2013
In what is becoming a recurring theme at city hall, Karen Stintz and Rob Ford assumed diametrically opposite views on Monday, this time around saving or scrapping the BIXI bike-share system. Ms. Stintz, chair of the Toronto Transit Commission and an avid cyclist, wants the agency to assume control of the money-losing outfit, and possibly [...]
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May 1, 2013
This year’s surplus will be $ 218 million lower than last year’s, according to a city of Toronto report. Chief financial officer Rob Rossini estimates a $ 14.3-million budget surplus by the end of 2013, down from $ 232 million in 2012 and $ 154 million in 2011. He said overall the city spent $ [...]
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May 1, 2013
Councillor Doug Ford came out Tuesday slamming TTC chair Karen Stintz for flying to the defence of streetcars in Cincinnati. Toronto & GTA stories
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May 1, 2013
Ford backs Stintz-supported plan to replace Scarborough rapid transit – although how it’s paid for remains a sticking point globeandmail – Toronto
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May 1, 2013
Toronto police are on the lookout for three men suspected of robbing bags of cash from a security service and pistol whipping an employee. The robbery, which took place April 14 at INKAS Security Service on Signet Drive, near Finch Avenue West and Highway 400, was caught by surveillance cameras that reveal two men entering [...]
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