Unpublished Newswire

I was agog when reading about the tree damage to houses in Copeland Park and the lack of response from the City, or maybe I wasn't. It seems, when convenient, the City 'saves' trees at the expense of people. The city seems to have no problem allowing small houses like these to be torn down (along with every tree on the lot) to accommodate mega-homes. One need only look around the city's older neighbourhoods to see the ground scoured of trees, and smaller older homes crowded by the concrete monoliths. In Ward 12, every time a smaller sized house goes up for sale, we gulp, knowing that it...

Premier Doug Ford’s government is on pace to sit for the fewest days of any Ontario government over the past five decades in a year when voters aren’t headed to the polls. And experts warn the decision to shorten the calendar at Queen’s Park comes with its strategic benefits — and pitfalls — for the Tories as the legislature settles into a 21-week break.