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Community Management Boards for Rinks, or Parks? | ||
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February 20, 2006 Editorial: Does Anyone Have a Broom? The system for maintaining most city rinks is a shambles. posted February 19, 2006 A Clash of Cultures: Recent events at Dufferin Grove Park leading to the contemplation of a Management Board for the rink again raise the question: why is there a serious "crisis" -- a conflict with the city -- once or twice a year? |
posted February 18, 2006 Thoughts About Parks: Doing More With Less. It’s time to clear up a few things about Dufferin Grove Park and our taxes. posted on February 16, 2006 Fact sheet on City of Toronto community Boards of Management posted February 16, 2006 Outdoor Rink Reports. Here's a look at the rough-and-tumble world of running some of Toronto's outdoor rinks. posted Feburary 15, 2006 Ice Thickness. Each time the ice surface is flooded, the ice slab increases in thickness. While this increase is minimal, there is an additive effect throughout the rink season. |
posted Feburary 11, 2006 Report of Community Meeting about Rink Management Board Proposal posted February 6, 2006 Letter to the general manager of Parks, Forestry and Recreation posted February 1, 2006 Why a Management Board for City Outdoor Rinks? The City's management of outdoor compressor-run ice rinks isn’t working. posted January 24, 2006 Editorial: The Upside Down World of City Rinks
General Informationposted Feburary 15, 2006 Refrigerant Safety Issues. According to its thermodynamic qualities, ammonia is one of the best refrigerants presently known. |
City Playground Removals | ||
The issues:October 24, 2005 Playground Destruction: Why we're concerned November 9, 2004 Editorial: Making the Playground Safe August 5, 2004 |
Database of playgrounds:December 6, 2004 City Playgrounds Database: a Wiki of the City's 1999 survey, plans and pictures for about 780 playgrounds December 6, 2004 |
Fighting to get information:August 9, 2005 Freedom Of Information: We Get a Surprising Answer About Playground Injuries August 6, 2005 Analysis of CELOS’S Appeal with the Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner May 11, 2005 Snakes and Ladders: City Secrets Game about City Playground expenditures |
Latest Research & CommentsSeptember 13, 2005 What's the matter with the $10.3 million rink energy retrofit contract? (pdf) August 10, 2005 |
Insights into the CityOctober 23, 2005 Quotes from the MFP Report (pdf): A litany of problems in the bureacracy September 16, 2005 March 1, 2004 |
Cinergy: $10M ContractSeptember 13, 2005 What's the matter with the $10.3 million rink energy retrofit contract? December 3, 2005 October 25, 2005 The agreement between CINERGY SOLUTIONS and the City of Toronto: excerpts |
Insurance and LawsuitsOctober 12, 2005 Legal Claims against the city for injuries in parks: answers so far (pdf) October 12, 2005 City Insurance: Freedom of Information requests and the answers we got so far (pdf) |
City: Policies and ProgramsNovember 2, 2005 Parks & Rec Advisory Council Terms of Reference (pdf): Could be applied to Dufferin Grove Park April 14, 2005 Celos Launches EMERGENCY PLANS research March 15, 2005 Breastfeeding and Human Rights in Public Spaces March 8, 2005 March 8, 2005 March 8, 2005 July 29, 2004 |
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