Toronto is not a fictional TV town from the 60s

Some have criticized Mayor David Miller for failing to make a strong case for his proposed two new taxes last month. Mr. Miller, who didn't attend public consultations on the levies for home sales and vehicle registrations, came out swinging only after his surprise political defeat, threatening big budget cuts.

We seek him here, we seek him there

Toronto will not be able to outmatch the glittery extravaganza thrown in Los Angeles for David and Victoria Beckham two weeks ago. We don't have Tom and Katie, Will and Jada or Ashton and Demi. We've got Eugene Levy. Maybe a Canadian Idol judge or two.

Oodles of Googles

Most of us know mash-ups as a dance-floor fad, but now map mash-ups have hit the net. Finding the Muskoka cottage on MapQuest.com is just the beginning; the more adventurous Netizens of Toronto can dive deeper into online topography. Welcome to the tech trend called ''Google Maps mash-ups,'' where programmers can fuse a regular Google Map of Toronto with a tool to display specific information, like available apartments in the city. Or the best taxi route from A to B. Toronto has inspired more than 40 Google Maps mash-ups available free. Here are The Globe and Mail's picks to get you started:

Toronto housing sales set a July high

The Toronto real estate market continued to sizzle through the mid-summer, setting a record high for the number of sales in July.The Toronto Real Estate Board said yesterday there were 8,912 sales in July, a 26-per-cent increase over the same period last year.

Toronto's history, stashed in the closet

Mea culpa. Two decades ago, when I wrote a Fodor's travel guide to Toronto, I tried to pump up the prose by telling the story of the first white man in the area. Coureur de bois Etienne Brule, scout for Samuel de Champlain, lived among the Huron (so my text assured readers) until, in 1633, his drinking and womanizing so offended them that they killed and ate him. Sex, death and cannibalism - I hoped all this would lure people into reading about Toronto.

A scandal-free city hall? Time to wake the watchdogs

Suddenly everybody is shouting for city hall to clean up its act, just like David Miller said four years ago - and Torontonians gave him the mandate to do just that. The difference is that Mr. Miller had ample evidence of scandal to support his crusade for ''a clean city'' in 2003. By contrast, his would-be successors today have nothing on Miller and his team.

Canadian Hydro wins OMB approval

Canadian Hydro Developers Inc. has jumped over two hurdles that stood in the way of the construction of two of Canada's biggest wind power projects. The Calgary-based company has received key approvals from the Ontario Municipal Board that should help it move ahead with an 86-turbine project on Wolfe Island near Kingston and another 88-turbine wind farm in the Township of Melancthon, northwest of Toronto.

Shifts in demographics, jobs spark condominium sales

You don't have to be a hot-shot analyst to know that condominium high-rises are the dominant form of new housing in central Toronto. But what about the rest of the Greater Toronto Area?

Friends mourn a man who was cheerful, selfless

On the chilly February day nine years ago, when 78-year-old Katherine Toppi's car skidded across a frozen lake and then plunged through the ice close to the retirement home in Markham where she lived, her prospects could scarcely have been more dire.

Don't feed parking meters on holiday Monday

Keep your change in your pocket this civic holiday Monday when you park on the street.Resist stuffing single-space meters and those tall, pay-and-display machines. Many unsuspecting drivers will still put their money in the machines, unaware that on a holiday Monday they will not get a ticket from one of the parking agents employed by the Toronto Parking Authority.

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Marilyn Monroe Is Alive And Living In Toronto

Canadian music fans might have heard of Sherrie Lea Laird. She covered Sade's "No Ordinary Love." She has a band, Pandemonia, and they just released a classic rock CD called Left to Die...In the Wide Open. ...

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Bowman headed to Toronto? For the third time, Bowman says, "NO"

The Globe and Mail is reporting that the Toronto Maple Leafs approached Detroit Red Wings consultant Scotty Bowman for a third time, and they claim that he's supposedly at least giving becoming the team's president serious thought: ...

Hip Hop Photographer Attacked and Beaten by Toronto Cops

In an e-mail I received today and at their blog, Tonye Allen and Ann Brown (who writes for Black Enterprise) recount what happened when they finished a photo shoot in Toronto and checked out of their hotel. The account is horrifying. ...

Air Canada 8020 Toronto -- On Time

Airline: Air Canada Flight #: 8020 City: Toronto Estimated/Actual Time: -- Status: On Time Terminal: A Gate #: 11.

Crossroads Walkers Inspire Listeners at Several Toronto Region ...

Email to a friend Crossroads Walkers Inspire Listeners at Several Toronto Region Speaking Engagements By Steve Jalsevac TORONTO, August 3, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) - The Crossroads Canada team of young pro-life walkers spent a very busy ...

Caribana - Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Last Friday I partied the night away in Dominica and this Friday I went to a semi open air concert in Ontario Place, down town Toronto and then took a walk to enjoy the vibrant atmosphere of Young Street (supposedly the longeset street ...

Dinner at O Mei - quick review

One of the best steamed fish in Toronto. 4. Live 'Shun Hok' fish. Steamed with ginger & onion. Will not order again. 5. 'Budda jumps over the wall' soup. Very disappointing. The soup tastes too much of Chinese herbs. $19.99/urn. ...

OPINIONS OF OLIVE&LEMON

I haven't been for dinner, just great brunches, but Sugar is located at 942 QUEEN West at Shaw...check it out...

!!! RED and BLACK CHOPPER STYLE MINI BIKE !!! ( Toronto ) $800.00

GREAT LOOKING BIKE!!!! 685 km on the odo ? 50cc 4 stroke engine air cooled single cylinder ? 4 gear semi automatic transmission ? Top cruising speed of 65 km/h ? Odometer gauge ? 300 l.

Daniel Tolensky: Scotty Bowman coming to Toronto?

Reported by David Shoalts at the Globe and Mail.. More to come, Danny.