Posted on September 24, 2008 by thegtapatriot
680News staff | Wednesday, September 24th, 2008 7:42 pm
Thirty-five-thousand commuters in York Region will have to find another way to work or school come Thursday morning.
That’s because Viva bus drivers will go on strike starting at 4 a.m.
Union members turned down a tentative settlement by 61 per cent, Wednesday, and that group represents 165 bus [...]
Filed under: College, GTA Issues, GTA News, Markham, News, Ontario, Public Transit, Students, Toronto, Unions, University, Vaughan, Viva, YRT, newmarket, richmond hill | Tagged: atu, bus, Cars, GO Trains, GTTA, Markham, Metrolinx, metrolynx, no service, richmond hill, september 25, streetcar, strike in york, Subway, Toronto, TTC, Union, Viva, wednesday, York Region, York University, YRT | Leave a Comment »
Posted on September 18, 2008 by thegtapatriot
Yogurt products from two Chinese companies suspected of distributing melamine-tainted milk powder are still being sold in Chinese supermarkets in and around Toronto.
Yogurt products from Mengniu and Yili were discovered by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency in a Richmond Hill import company.
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Filed under: Canada, Emergencies, GTA Food, GTA Issues, News, Ontario, Toronto | Tagged: china, Chinese, Death, Food, Melamine, milk, richmond hill, t&t, Toronto | Leave a Comment »
Posted on September 18, 2008 by thegtapatriot
BEIJING (Reuters) – Hong Kong has ordered the recall of a Chinese company’s products after milk, ice cream and yogurt were found to be contaminated with melamine, the compound responsible for killing four children in a China health scandal.
Tainted milk powder produced in China has made thousands ill, and triggered sackings and detentions and rocked [...]
Filed under: GTA Food, GTA Issues, News, World | Tagged: babies, baby, Beijing, chemical, china, Chinese, Death, die, formula, hong kong, ice cream, Markham, milk, milk products, plastic, pork, richmond hill, safety, seafood, York Region | Leave a Comment »
Posted on December 4, 2007 by thegtapatriot
In an effort to be entirely impartial, posting the opinions of others, I’ve decided to list a link to the “Subway Now” group. Although I understand what they are attempting to do I still wonder who is going to really end up paying for the extension of the subway to Richmond Hill at Hwy #7 [...]
Filed under: GTA Issues, GTA Politics, Public Transit | Tagged: BRT, LRT, Markham, richmond hill, Subway, subway now, subwaynow.ca, Thornhill, TTC, Viva, York Region | 1 Comment »
Posted on November 21, 2007 by thegtapatriot
It looks like the GTTA has received funding for the following projects. Maybe I am still in disbelief until I see shovels in the ground? I am not in favour of all of the plans listed, but this definitely will be some good news for once for public transit in the Greater Toronto Area. What [...]
Filed under: GTA Development, GTA Issues, Public Transit | Tagged: , 2020, Ajax, Bolton, BRT, DRT, Durham, Durham BRT, Durham-Highway 2, GO, Go Transit, GTTA, Halton, Hamilton, Highway 7, Light Rail Transit, LRT, Mississauga, Mississauga Transitway, MoveOntario, MoveOntario 2020, Niagara, Ontario, Oshawa, Peel, Pickering, richmond hill, right-of-way, ROW, streetcar, Tram, Transit City, TTC, VIA, Viva, Whitby, Yonge subway | 1 Comment »
Posted on October 23, 2007 by thegtapatriot
Toronto Council has finally passed the controversial new land-transfer tax and vehicle registration tax/fee. Although a compromise was needed, Toronto should now have the stable funding that they require to run the city. Barring that the housing market does not go bust or everyone in Toronto decides to sell their car. This would never happen? [...]
Filed under: Canada, GTA Development, GTA Environment, GTA Politics, Public Transit, Toronto | Tagged: , 2007, City of Toronto, Dalton McGuinty, David Miller, Denzil Minnan-Wong, DVP, Go Transit, Joe Pantalone, land-transfer, Liberals, Markham, Move 2020, Move2020, Real Estate, richmond hill, tax, Taxes, Tolls, Toronto Council, Transit City, Vaughan, York Region | Leave a Comment »
Posted on October 8, 2007 by thegtapatriot
Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty conceded Friday there are problems with a government spending program that saw $200,000 shipped to a group headed by two senior Liberal party activists, including one candidate in the upcoming election.
McGuinty said his government was going to “have to take a look” at the program which, despite doling out approximately $32 [...]
Filed under: GTA Issues, GTA Politics | Tagged: Bohran Fouladi, cash, Community Centre, David Farmani, government spending, grant, grants, Greg Sorbara, Iranian-Canadian, Liberal, Liberal Candidate, Liberal riding association president, McGuinty, Ontario Premier, Reza Moridi, richmond hill, Slush fund, slushgate, waste | Leave a Comment »
Posted on October 8, 2007 by thegtapatriot
Polling is an interesting subject. Over the weekend the Toronto Star published the various polls, which seem to indicate that the Liberals will be victorious on October 10, 2007. However, what is more interesting is the 905 region. There are a lot of, dare I say, extremely close ridings. Who knows how the vote [...]
Filed under: GTA Politics | Tagged: 2007, 289, 416, 647, 905, Ajax, Angus Reid, Brampton, Dalton McGuinty, Decima Poll, Don Valley, Durham, election, election night, Evrionics, Halton, Howard Hapton, Ipsos-Reid, John Tory, Liberals, Markham, Mississauga, NDP, Ontario election, Oshawa, PC, Peel, Pickering, polling, polls, richmond hill, seats, SES Research, The Green Party, Thornhill, Toronto, Whitby, Willowdale, www.democraticspace.com, York Region | 2 Comments »
Posted on October 5, 2007 by thegtapatriot
(Toronto) – Progressive Conservative and New Democratic MPP’s joined forces today to call for a police investigation into a scandal involving $32 million in grants to multicultural groups by the McGuinty Liberal government.
Bob Runciman (MPP Leeds-Grenville), a former Solicitor General and Peter Kormos (MPP Niagara Centre), a former criminal defence lawyer, released a letter [...]
Filed under: GTA Issues, GTA Politics | Tagged: Bob Runciman, Citizenship Minister, Dalton McGuinty, fraud, Liberal, Liberal government, Mike Colle, NDP, Ontario, PC, Peter Kormos, police investigation, resignation, Reza Moridi, richmond hill, slushgate | Leave a Comment »
Posted on October 2, 2007 by thegtapatriot
“Propaganda is a concerted set of messages aimed at influencing the opinions or behavior of large numbers of people. Instead of impartially providing information, propaganda in its most basic sense presents information in order to influence its audience”. I’ve spent some time doing research this month, and over the summer, and realized that the propaganda [...]
Filed under: GTA Issues, GTA Politics | Tagged: Dalton McGuinty, democraticspace, democraticspace.com, election, Liberal, NDP, Ontario, PC, propaganda, Reza Moridi, richmond hill, truth | 2 Comments »
Posted on September 27, 2007 by thegtapatriot
Richmond Hill Liberal candidate Reza Moridi doesn’t think money awarded to a local charity group by the Dalton McGuinty government needs to be given back, despite findings that no formal process was followed to receive the money.
His comments come in the wake of a scathing report from Auditor General Jim McCarter on how charity groups [...]
Filed under: GTA Issues, GTA Politics | Tagged: accountable, charity groups, Citizenship and Immigration Minister, Community Centre, Dalton McGuinty, David Mario Farmani, ICCC, Iranian-Canadian Community Centre, Liberal, Liberal Candidate, Mike Colle, Mr. Moridi, open, political ties, provincial grants, resignation, resigned, Reza Moridi, richmond hill, Richmond Hill Liberal Association, transparent | Leave a Comment »
