Federal Yukon docking
Posted on December 15th, 2011 – Be the first to comment
Federal Yukon, Jarvis and Queen's Quay
Federal Yukon docking, Jarvis and Queen's Quay
Archive for the ‘ Patrick Bay ’ Category
Familia
Posted on December 14th, 2011 – Be the first to comment
Familia
Eviction notice
Posted on December 13th, 2011 – Be the first to comment
Eviction notice, King Street East
View from the top
Posted on November 27th, 2011 – 1 Comment
Somewhere near the 8th floor of the Corus Building.
Sweets ‘n Guv
Posted on November 26th, 2011 – Be the first to comment
Somewhere near Lower Jarvis and Queen’s Quay.
Somewhere to rest your head
Posted on November 25th, 2011 – Be the first to comment
Somewhere near Gerrard and Pembroke.
The thousand word blog
Posted on November 24th, 2011 – Be the first to commentWell howdy, dear reader! Been a while, eh?
Thing is, I’ve not had much time to keep up TCL. Between my full time job, my nerd blog, my blurby pundit blog, my billion-dollar software project, an ever-hungry cat, and a girlfriend who’s Multiple Sclerosis tends to keep me busy, it’s kinda tough to write those long diatribes I used to dedicate untold hours to. Shame, cuz current stuff like Occupy Toronto is right up my alley.
But shit, I still loves me this city, I still have a camera, the internet connection’s still humming, and for some reason you keep coming back here.
So here’s the plan for the foreseeable future: at least a picture a day (it’s how TCL got its start and it seems reasonable), whatever comes off the Flickr feed, and if I happen to be inspired enough to spend the five minutes of the free time I have every day, perhaps I’ll work in some text. But that’s a definite maybe.
TCL is going back to basics — no more contributors, no more complicated topics, a simpler design; just Life in the City of Toronto in a thousand visual words (or less).
Sugar delivery
Posted on October 27th, 2011 – Be the first to comment
Offloading sugar at the Redpath refinery, Sugar Beach, Corus Quay
Lightning strikes
Posted on October 26th, 2011 – Be the first to comment
Lightning bolt art at Corus Quay
City Hall banning press? Free speech?
Posted on September 16th, 2011 – 3 CommentsAn astute twiterrer noticed a motion by Councillor Adam Vaughan to not ban press or journalists from City Hall. The full text of the motion reads:
No media conference, no media event or news release by The City of Toronto and/or any agency, board or commission of the City, and/or any staff, hired consultant or elected official of the City of Toronto shall exclude by name any individual journalist or news organization.
The twiterrer in question alludes to this “ban” referring to the Toronto Star which has been quite critical of Mayor Rob Ford — as have many people and organizations. And Robbie doesn’t hide his disdain for the paper so this is certainly believable.
Here’s what I find extremely troubling; freedom of press and freedom of expression are ensconced in the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms [section 2 (6)]. For Councillor Vaughan to have to pass a motion to guarantee this freedom at City Hall suggests a very troubling trend of silencing dissent, criticism, and opinions that are not directly shared by Ford and his cronies.
If this motion does indeed turn out to be a response to Ford’s attempt to exclude the Star from reporting on City Hall, his claim that the paper is “openly working against the democractic process” would be beyond hypocritical. Criminal, even. And again, this isn’t unimaginable — Ford has been accused of backroom dealings in things like the Port Lands redevelopment project; even some of his hand-picked Executive Committee are distancing themselves because of the public outcry.
The vote on this motion is supposed to take place next week on September 21 and 22. I’m sure many Torontonians would love to hear the details of why Vaughan thought it was necessary to make the motion. It may turn out to be a simple case of political grandstanding so passing judgement is definitely premature. However, I wouldn’t put it past Robbie to be trying to silence his critics, and if this is the case then we’ve got a serious problem at City Hall.
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