Toronto City Council Allows Alcohol in Certain Parks (From August 2nd to Oct 9) (secure.toronto.ca)
This passed today, after 4 more parks were added to the list....
Toronto considering banning gas-powered leaf blowers to reduce noise and air pollution (www.cbc.ca)
The ban would include all two-stroke gas-powered engines found in a variety of yard care equipment, including some lawnmowers and chainsaws....
It’s Time To Subsidize E-bikes (clivethompson.medium.com)
We offer tax credits for electric cars — but ebikes are arguably even more transformative
Olivia Chow elected Toronto's next mayor (www.cbc.ca)
Progressive stalwart Olivia Chow will be Toronto’s next mayor, the CBC News decision desk projected Monday
Mainstreet Research Final Poll: Chow - 36% Bailao - 30% (mstdn.ca)
Toronto to Explore Amendment of Canadian Constitution that would recognize and enshrine certain City of Toronto Authorities (secure.toronto.ca)
Passed today by the city council (16 to 5) was a motion asking for a report on amending the constitution to recognize Toronto as some sort of entity, limiting the degree to which the city would be subject to the provinces whims going forwards....
129,745 advanced votes for the 2023 by-election for mayor, up 11.9% from 2022. (www.toronto.ca)
News Release June 14, 2023 After six consecutive days, the advance vote period for Toronto’s by-election for mayor ended yesterday. From Thursday, June 8 to Tuesday, June 13, 129,745 eligible voters attended one of 50 advance voting locations across the city to vote. This is a 11.9 per cent increase from the 115,911 voters who...
Rust most "admired" language for 8th year in a row, and the rest of the stack overflow developer survey (survey.stackoverflow.co)
Rust is the most admired language, more than 80% of developers that use it want to use it again next year. Compare this to the least admired language: MATLAB. Less than 20% of developers who used this language want to use it again next year.
Liason Strategies June 10-11 IVR Poll: Chow - 34%, Saunders: 15%, Matlow 12%, Bailao 10%, Furey 9%, Hunter 9%, Bradford 6%, Others 5%. MOE +- 2.83% 19 times out of 20.
Source: https://www.cp24.com/news/chow-maintains-commanding-lead-as-saunders-matlow-bailao-make-small-gains-poll-1.6438626?cache=yes%3FclipId%3D89531%3FclipId%3D89925%3FautoPlay%3Dtrue%3FclipId%3D86116%3FclipId%3D263414...