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inothernews: Toronto native Tom Ryaboi scales skyscrapers high and low to get amazing photos like this — often while perched on building edges in a practice he calls “rooftopping”: “I often tell people it’s not really the height that matters,” he said. “The coolest views are often from lower buildings nestled in between the tall ones.  You really get a sense you’re in the urban ‘jungle’ then, surrounded by this forest of concrete, steel and glass.” (Photo: Ryaboi via Barcroft Media / The Telegraph / New York Daily News)

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Toronto native Tom Ryaboi scales skyscrapers high and low to get amazing photos like this — often while perched on building edges in a practice he calls “rooftopping”:

“I often tell people it’s not really the height that matters,” he said. “The coolest views are often from lower buildings nestled in between the tall ones.  You really get a sense you’re in the urban ‘jungle’ then, surrounded by this forest of concrete, steel and glass.”

(Photo: Ryaboi via Barcroft Media / The Telegraph / New York Daily News)

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Mayor Rob Ford’s budget chief makes fake housing proposal to anger left-wingers on Toronto council »

From The Toronto Star:

Councillor Mike Del Grande, Mayor Rob Ford’s budget chief, says he does not actually support the incendiary housing proposal he made last week.

Why, then, did he make it? Strictly to anger council’s lefties, he told the Toronto Sun.

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Del Grande, known for his gruff demeanor and blunt talk, is a proud penny-pincher who sometimes brings a piggy bank to council meetings to remind his colleagues of the city’s fiscal challenges. But his fake proposal comes at a cost: the committee voted to have the city’s top bureaucrat, city manager Joe Pennachetti, write a report on it.

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Ford compares colleagues to Stalin »

From blogTO:

Responding to a question as to whether he lost the support of councillor Josh Matlow and other so-called “middle” councillors given last week’s 2012 budget vote, Rob Ford told AM 640 that those councillors were “two steps left of Joe Stalin.” Yes, the murderous dictator. The councillors in question? Matlow, Gord Perks, Adam Vaughan, Paula Fletcher and Janet Davis. I can see disagreeing with someone’s politics, but drawing comparisons to a terrorizing fascist? That’s a bit much.

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DiManno: Curtain raised on biggest cop corruption case in Toronto history »

From The Toronto Star:

Eleven years since the investigation into them was launched by former Toronto police chief Julian Fantino. Eight years since they were charged. Four years since the preliminary hearing and five months of pre-trial motions, after which all charges were stayed by Superior Court Justice Ian Nordheimer because of “glacial delays.” Three years since that decision was overturned by the Ontario Court of Appeal, which ordered a new trial for five of the six original defendants.

And, on Monday, before Justice Gladys Pardu, a three-hour opening statement delivered by Crown John Pearson — a broad outline of the prosecution’s case, summoned from five different complainants, five separate episodes of alleged police larceny and lying dating back to 1997 and 1998, with Quigley the first alleged shakedown victim to take the stand.

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Toronto Hydro at a breaking point: steep rate rise or brownouts »

From The Globe and Mail:

An impending Ontario Energy Board decision could have far-reaching consequences for home hydro bills, the city’s failing electrical grid and City Hall’s forthcoming budget over the next year.

At 4 p.m. on Thursday, the board will rule whether Toronto Hydro can present a case for raising monthly hydro rates by an average of $5 a household to pay for massive infrastructure improvements totalling $1.5-billion over the next three years.

Hydro says the upgrades are needed to bring Toronto’s grid up to modern standards. Half of the components are beyond their life expectancy. The other half will reach that point within a decade.

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Morro and Jasp: Go Bake Yourself at Next Stage »

From blogTO:

One battle cry, a dash of sibling rivalry, a generous serving of heart, and a blend of Martha Stewart and Hell’s Kitchen, garnished with danger and delight.

Morro and Jasp have decided to host a cooking show, but they both have very different ideas of what that entails. Morro wants a battle in the kitchen, while Jasp is trying to host a classy show and cook her way into an unknowing audience member’s heart. Full of munchies, mess, and mayhem, Morro and Jasp: Go Bake Yourself is a culinary masterpiece you won’t soon forget.

Join the 2010 Canadian Comedy Award nominees for their eighth original show at The Next Stage Festival as part of the brand new Ante-Chamber series.

Dates: January 4, 7, 8, 11, 14, 15