January 31st, 2010
Canada as the second best
by Jim Kuhn
Canada ended up as the second best in gaining economic profit from foreign stimulus, a new research made by the Bank of Canada claims. Only the European Union scored better. The huge stimulus packages of other world economies apparently pushed our economy forward much more than the $62-billion domestic stimulus.
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January 30th, 2010
Have you guys seen the new Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation report about the 2009 housing situation yet? It is pretty interesting, very detailed and definitely worth to check out. No big surprises if you regularly watch the situation closely, but it is nice to see all the exact data summarized.
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January 30th, 2010
Blair Williams and Megan Follows
Photo by Cylla von Tiedemann
Originally produced in 1979 in London, this play of two acts is as funny today as it was 30 years ago. Director Alisa Palmer has assembled one of the most talented casts currently performing in Toronto. Her attention to detail adds tremendously to this hilarious farce with explicit sexual over and "under" tones. When an eyebrow is raised it signifies double or even triple entendre.
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January 29th, 2010
According to the statement of Statistics Canada from today, the economy of Canada has grown for a third month in a row last November. The top gains were reported in the wholesale trade, oil and mining industries.
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Canadian Economy in November continued...)
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January 29th, 2010
Phu Nhi Trac, a former, and quite successful I may say, Markham, Ontario realtor has been sentenced for five years and has to pay more than a $1 million fine. He was found guilty for money laundering, drug trafficking, income tax evasion and electricity theft. Trac was arrested back in December 2002.
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January 28th, 2010
Oh wow! The Toronto Transit Commission has realized it could be doing a better job and now its representatives are apologizing to drivers. “I think what has happened over the last couple months has acted as a wake-up call. We need to do better. We owe our riders an apology for customer service that does not live up to expectations.” TTC Chairman Adam Giambrone said on Wednesday.
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January 27th, 2010
Great news! According to the newest study of the Conference Board of Canada released today, Toronto will have one of the fastest growing economies this year. A growth of 3.5 percent in Toronto economy is expected in 2010, which gives Toronto the second place in economic growth in Canada, right after Vancouver.
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January 27th, 2010
Just one, but prestigious marathon for Toronto! The representatives of our city want to reduce the number of marathons in Toronto, as they have been hearing many complaints of citizens lately.
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Only One Marathon In Toronto? continued...)
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January 27th, 2010
St. Clair West is in a state of transition. The new street car system is finally finished and whether or not you are a fan of this so-called improvement along St. Clair, you can take solace that some wonderful new eating establishments have emerged west of Bathurst and east of Dufferin.
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January 26th, 2010
After almost ten years, Toronto will host the Juno Awards again in 2011!!! Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences has announced it yesterday evening, even though not even the Juno Awards 2010 has taken place yet.
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January 26th, 2010
Yesterday (Monday) a new Demographia International report was released. It examines 272 metropolitan markets in Canada, the US, the UK, Ireland, Australia and New Zealand.
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January 25th, 2010
Prime minister Stephen Harper
by Heather
As mentioned in my previous article, Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper has decided to prorogue the Parliament until the end of 2010 Vancouver Olympic Games. During additional weeks of the regular parliamentary break, Harper claims he will try to solve economic issues. “Protecting Canada’s economy remains the top priority of Canadians and that is why it is still our top priority” he said.
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January 25th, 2010
This is what I call a strong reaction of people!!! On Saturday, the 23rd, thousands of people across Canada went to the streets and protested against the decision of Prime Minister Stephen Harper.
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January 23rd, 2010
Social Media Week by Zuzana
The second annual Social Media Week (SMW), a 5-day international conference consisting of events in Toronto, London, New York, San Francisco, Sao Paulo and Berlin is right behind the door. The aim of every event is to advance the use and understanding of social media in the corporate, public and non-profit sectors.
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January 23rd, 2010
According to the announcement of Statistics Canada from yesterday, the number of Canadians receiving regular Employment Insurance benefits decreased by 7,300 from October 2009 to one month later.
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Employment Situation in Canada continued...)
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January 22nd, 2010
Ontario’s Long-Term Report on the Economy was released today! It talks about the likely happenings in our province for the next 20 years, until 2030. To mention few, for example the predicted average economic growth is 3.1 percent a year during the next five years and 2.6 percent a year from 2010 to 2030.
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The Future of Ontario continued...)
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January 22nd, 2010
A brand new monetary policy report of the Bank of Canada brought us some positive news! The Bank seems to be quite confident about the world economic recovery. The outlook for growth on a global scale is stronger now than it was in October 2009, the report claims.
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January 21st, 2010
My social network by Luc Legay
"If you are not on Facebook, you basically don’t even exist.", someone has told me some time ago. Honestly, I’m leaning towards this opinion. If you want to actually know something about the life of your friends or colleagues, you just need social networking sites. It is almost impossible to keep in touch otherwise.
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Social Networking: A Tool for Self-Promotion? continued...)
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January 20th, 2010
Music Festival in Toronto
by Athena Kay
If you are a fan of jazz or blues, don‘t make plans for the evenings in the period from 2nd to 7th February 2010. Rex Jazz and Blues Bar here in Toronto will host an interesting music festival during these days.
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January 20th, 2010
The Bank of Canada has announced on Tuesday that it is maintaining its benchmark interest rate at a very low level, 0.25 percent. The Bank Rate also stays unchanged at the level of 0.5 percent. And the deposit rate is 0.25 percent.
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January 20th, 2010
Elli attended a Royal LePage event where Barrie Shepley, former olympic coach, was a keynote speaker. Elli had the opportunity to take a photo with the olympic torch.
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January 19th, 2010
Torontians, you can feel like you are on Broadway for a while. If you are a fan of musicals, don’t miss a great chance to see the famous ‘Rent’ live. The Broadway Musical on a tour is currently in our city and will be here until January 24.
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‘Rent’ in Toronto continued...)
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January 19th, 2010
What a fast and strong start of the New Year in the GTA housing market! According to Toronto Real Estate Board, during the first two weeks of January 2010 1, 749 home sales on the Multiple Listing Service were reported in Greater Toronto Area.
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January 18th, 2010
The next meeting of G7 finance and central bank leaders is almost here! It is going to take place on 5th and 6th February in Iqaluit. This summit is going to be less formal, according to Canadian Finance Minister Jim Flaherty. He believes that this style will bring more open and less official discussions on important issues.
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G7 Summit Strategy continued...)
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January 18th, 2010
The government of Ontario should not decide about age limits of drivers, Premier Dalton McGuinty claims. Seniors and their doctors should know the time to stop driving themselves. „For some folks, it’s sooner rather than later, but there does come a point in time when it is no longer safe for you to drive a car.“ he said.
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January 17th, 2010
Sales of homes across Canada reached record levels in the last month of 2009, the report of Canada Real Estate Association released on Friday claims. In comparison with December 2008, the sales increased by as much as 72 percent.
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Record December Home Sales continued...)
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January 16th, 2010
Direct Energy Centre by Veggiefrog
For ten days, since February 19th until February 28th 2010, Canada’s biggest home show at the Direct Energy Centre in Toronto will be waiting for your visits! More than 700 home and garden specialists will be present at the National Home Show this year to enrich the guests with expert advices, tips, solutions and inspiration for their homes and gardens.
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January 15th, 2010
The world housing market is continuing in its recovery, the newest Global Real Estate Trends report by Scotia Economics claims. Canadian real estate market is doing very well and in couple of other states, clear signs of the market recovery are showing too.
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January 14th, 2010
The citizens of Toronto deserve to be treated fair! Activists are of this opinion and are now reaching some results. In April, 23 of the city councilors and the City of Toronto will be in court, defending charges of an activist group, which claims that they breached the law.
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January 14th, 2010
The Canadian Association of Accredited Mortgage Professionals has conducted an interesting survey the results of which are showing that home buyers in Canada are quite careful when taking out new mortgages.
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Homeowners Not Risking continued...)
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January 13th, 2010
58 De Vere Gdns
Central Toronto
In case you didn’t know, I’m now informing you that the Home renovation tax doesn’t only apply to houses. Surprised? It’s great, isn’t it? Check out this site to see how you can apply for Home Renovation Tax Credit (HRTC). There’s not much time left to use it.
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January 13th, 2010
After the terrible earthquake that has destroyed tens and hundreds of buildings nearby Port-au-Prince, the capital of Haiti, Toronto Mayor David Miller publicly expressed his condolences to the Haitian community in Toronto and to people of Haiti. Miller also spoke about the plans of the city to help.
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January 12th, 2010
Dalton McGuinty, Premier of Ontario has called Toronto Centre by-election to replace George Smitherman, who has decided to run for Toronto Mayor. The elections are going to take place on February 4, 2010, signaling January full of campaigns.
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January 12th, 2010
The G20 summit taking place in Toronto, and also G7 and G8 summits of this year will certainly discuss the ways of encouraging some of Asian states to allow their currencies to trade more freely. That is according to Canadian Finance Minister, Jim Flaherty. "Yes, I expect that this will be a topic of discussion at the meetings." he said yesterday at a press conference in Winnipeg.
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January 11th, 2010
Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC), has today released a report concerning Housing Starts in the Toronto Census Metropolitan Area (CMA). The report claims that housing starts in the area decreased by 39 percent, to 25,949 units in 2009.
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January 11th, 2010
Jeff Dunham’s Identity Crisis Tour
One of the most popular stand-up comedians of today is coming to Toronto with his Identity Crisis Tour! America’s favorite man, Jeff Dunham, well known for his satirical attitude to US politics will perform this Saturday, January 16, 2010 at Air Canada Centre. If you like his sense of humor, hurry up to see if there are still tickets available.
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January 9th, 2010
Bad employment prospects for Toronto and Ontario! According to Statistics Canada, in the job sphere, Ontario currently belongs to the worst parts in whole Canada, where the unemployment rate remained unchanged, at 8.5 percent in December 2009.
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January 9th, 2010
Boat at the National Yacht Club
near Ontario Place by Gary J Wood
The 52nd annual Toronto International Boat Show is starting today in the Direct Energy Centre, Exhibition Place, at 100 Princes Boulevard in Toronto. It’s going to last more than a week, until next Sunday, January 17th.
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January 8th, 2010
MLS transactions in GTA
increased by 17 percent.
Photo by Lali Masriera
In comparison with 2008, MLS transactions in GTA increased by 17 percent up to 87,308 in 2009, Greater Toronto Realtors reported on Wednesday. This positive result is just consistent with levels of sales from 2004 and 2006. However, they do not top 93,193 sales from 2007.
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January 8th, 2010
A new tourist bait, proposed by tourism operator Ripley, is going to be built in Toronto soon! The 150,000 square foot aquarium should be located at the foot of CN Tower, nearby entertainment and waterfront districts. David Whitaker, the president and chief executive officer of Tourism Toronto said "There’s a reason they (Ripley) are choosing Toronto – it speaks well of the destination. We’re really starting to find our swagger".
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January 7th, 2010
Linking Boomers! I have just recently found out about this website, and I have to tell you it’s pretty cool! Its purpose is basically to help people over the age of 50 to meet other people and to find their own community through various events and activities.
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Find Your Community In Toronto continued...)
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January 7th, 2010
According to the newest Royal LePage Market Survey Forecast and House Price Survey, Canada’s residential real estate market should stay strong during first six months of 2010. That is thanks to the improved economic conditions in the country and the stimulus in the form of low interest rates.
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January 6th, 2010
According to the poll conducted for Manulife Financial in December 2009, with the start of the new year, more and more Canadians are mainly concentrating on paying their own loans. This result came after three quarters of consecutive increases of interest in investment.
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Investing In Their Homes Still Most Important For Canadians continued...)
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January 5th, 2010
Another movie is going to be shot in Toronto!
Toronto night skyline by Brian Chu
After popular titles such as Hairspray, The Fly or My Big Fat Greek Wedding, the shooting of a prequel to John Carpenter’s sci-fi horror movie from 1982 called The Thing is scheduled to start here this March. The shooting is supposed to last at least until June.
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January 5th, 2010
Exterior Forest Hill
101 Old Forest Hill Road
Real estate market in GTA is on the best way to completely recover! I'm saying this because of the positively looking changes in numbers of median home prices. According to the new Toronto Real Estate Board monthly report, in 2009, the GTA median resale price was $353,800, which means a 13.3 percent increase from 2007.
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January 4th, 2010
Canadiens Are Confident
In National Economy
by Danielle Scott
Nanos research poll with 1,003 respondents conducted between December 10 and 13, 2009 has brought interesting results! According to them, Canadians are quite confident in the national economy.
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January 4th, 2010
Current Mayor of Toronto,
David Miller
by Marc Lostracco
Today is the day the race to replace the current Mayor of Toronto, David Miller, can officially start. Candidates can now formally register to run for mayor at the City Hall, which is open since 8:30 today. The campaign will last more than ten months, until 25th October 2010.
However, Rocco Rossi was the first candidate who filed the nomination papers – he did so this morning, right after opening of the City Hall. As for other candidates, none of them seems to be as impatient as Rossi.
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January 2nd, 2010
Kitchen Family Room
534 Huron Street - The Annex
January 9, 2010 is the date of opening of the Canadian Home Furnishings Market at the International Centre in Toronto, which is going to last for days, until January 12. Interestingly, two prestigious, well known European luxury brands will be represented there for the first time.
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January 2nd, 2010
Cable cars, not streetcars might be the solution to the issue of Toronto's public transport. That is according to Steven Dale, planner and designer from Creative Urban Projects. He believes that cable technology could significantly decrease costs and be available for more people at the same than the streetcars in Toronto are.
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January 1st, 2010
According to a report released on Wednesday, resale prices for Canadian homes increased for a sixth month in a row in October 2009. The House Price Index by Teranet National Bank shows that resale prices rose by 1.3 percent from September to October. This is actually the first annual rise in ten months - from October 2008, the prices increased by 0.6 percent.
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