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  Toronto, Ontario
The City of Toronto has a physical area of approximately 630 km² (243 square miles) and is bounded by Lake Ontario to the south, Etobicoke Creek and Highway 427 to the west, Steeles Avenue to the north, and the Rouge River to the east.
Further growth in the Toronto area is often attributed to the rise of the separatist movement in Quebec and the election of the Parti Québécois; in 1976.
Located on the northern shore of Lake Ontario, Toronto was originally a term of indeterminate geographical location, designating the approximate area of the future city of Toronto on maps dating to the late 17th and early 18th century.
www.starrepublic.org /encyclopedia/wikipedia/t/to/toronto__ontario.html   (3602 words)

  
 Toronto, Ontario - Questionz.net , answers to all your questions   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Toronto is Canada's largest city, North America's fifth largest, and the provincial capital of Ontario.
Its population is 2,482,000 (Torontonians) (2003 Census); that of the surrounding Greater Toronto Area (GTA) is 5,600,000 (2003).
History Pre-history Located on the northern shore of Lake Ontario, Toronto was originally a term of indeterminate geographical location, designating the approximate area of the future town of Toronto on maps dating to the late 17th and early 18th century.
www.questionz.net /SARS/Toronto.html   (2135 words)

  
 Tenders4Bid.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
In Toronto, which took a year to find its feet after the 1998 megacity amalgamation, municipal politics has again been destabilized, this time by the province's reduction of councilors to 44 from 57.
Until the end of 2000, Toronto has a three-year cap that restricts changes to taxes on commercial and industrial property to no more than 2.5 per cent a year, up or down.
According to a 1999 transportation report for Toronto and four area regions, 70 per cent of the expressway network in the Greater Toronto Area and Hamilton-Wentworth is congested at rush hour, despite the addition of Highway 407.
mediolon.com /clients/tenders/community/industry_tor_scene.htm   (1567 words)

  
 Toronto (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab1.netlab.uky.edu)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Toronto skyline on a summer day, including the CN Tower The City of Toronto covers an area of 641 km² (247 square miles) and is bounded by Lake Ontario to the south, Etobicoke Creek and Highway 427 to the west, Steeles Avenue to the north, and the Rouge River to the east.
In 1834 the town reverted to the name Toronto to distinguish it from about a dozen other localities in the province (including the county in which Toronto was situated) and this was the name the city was incorporated under on March 6 of that year, with William Lyon Mackenzie as its first mayor.
Toronto is the primary center of theatre, art, and music in Canada, and the third largest for theatre in the world after New York City and London.
toronto.kiwiki.homeip.net.cob-web.org:8888   (4862 words)

  
 Toronto Police Association, Elections
Between elections, incumbent councillors seem able to add to their built-in edge, this year with a bylaw restricting election signs to just 25 days before the vote.
Toronto Free Press believes that since the protest and her sudden resignation, Chow has zero credibility when she talks about policing issues.
Meanwhile, due to Craig Bromell’s success in sparking public interest in municipal elections, John Q. Public may someday be able to elect councillors who put the priorities of the public well ahead of political activism.
www.canadafreepress.com /2000/0004a13.htm   (732 words)

  
 Your Local Government - Municipal Elections
In municipalities with more than 25,000 electors, 63% (or 19 of 30 municipalities reporting) used some form of automated system, while the remainder used a hand count (this included two municipalities that used a vote-by-mail system, which involves a hand count).
Municipal voting day is presently the second Monday in November of every third year.
In 1946, the Municipal Act was amended to permit municipalities to establish a voting day between November 15 and January 2.
www.yourlocalgovernment.com /ylg/elections.html   (1378 words)

  
 Canada
Four Toronto policemen were charged with manslaughter for the death of a suspect whom they beat while taking him into custody outside a convenience store in August.
Toronto police authorities determined that the policy still was appropriate and during the year provided further guidance to officers about when such searches are appropriate.
Following the November elections, in the Parliament, 62 of 301 members in the House of Commons are women, and 33 of 105 senators are women.
www.state.gov /g/drl/rls/hrrpt/2000/wha/index.cfm?docid=729   (6439 words)

  
 The world's top toronto ontario websites   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Toronto (43n39, 79w23 EST) is Canada's largest city and the provincial capital of Ontario.
Toronto has an extensive public transit system, the TTC, however there is a very vocal argument that the system has been underfunded in recent years.
Toronto is served by the following highways: Highways 400, 401, 404, 407, 409, and 427, as well as the Queen Elizabeth Way (QEW), Don Valley Parkway and the Gardiner Expressway.
www.websbiggest.com /wiki-article-tab.cfm/toronto__ontario   (3414 words)

  
 Municipal Elections Act, 1996, S.O. 1996, c. 32, Sched.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
   (4) The local board or upper-tier municipality or the Minister, as the case may be, shall pay the costs referred to in subsection (3) as soon as possible after receiving a certificate verifying the amount and signed by the clerk of the local municipality.  1996, c.
   (4) When an upper-tier municipality acts under subsection (1), its clerk shall transmit to the clerk who is responsible for conducting the election a copy of the by-law and the proposed by-law or question.  1996, c.
   (7) The upper-tier municipality or local board or the Minister, as the case may be, shall pay the local municipality’s reasonable costs of giving notice under subsection (6), as soon as possible after receiving a certificate verifying the amount and signed by the clerk of the local municipality.  1996, c.
www.e-laws.gov.on.ca /DBLaws/Statutes/English/96m32_e.htm   (8476 words)

  
 YORK UNIVERSITY MEDIA RELEASE
Ontario is caught in election fever with an overlap of campaigning for the Nov. 27 federal and Nov. 13 municipal elections.
But the higher-profile national campaign is not eclipsing contentious local issues also on centre stage, such as Toronto’s doomed Adams Mine garbage site proposal and this week’s report by the Toronto Disaster Relief Committee which claims Toronto’s shelters don't meet UN refugee camp standards.
He can also discuss the potential environmental impact of the Olympics coming to Toronto and says that without a commitment to improving transportation infrastructure, downtown Toronto will be beset by gridlock during the Games.
www.yorku.ca /mediar/releases_1996_2000/archive/102700.htm   (1050 words)

  
 News
Voter turnout in the last federal election was 67 per cent and in the last provincial election, 58, 3 per cent.
Burlington deputy city clerk John Skorobohacz said the kids' voting project is important because it promotes higher levels of participation in municipal elections and that should lead to better-informed citizens and, hopefully, a better community.
Burlington deputy city clerk John Skorobohacz said the kids’ voting project is important because it promotes higher levels of participation in municipal elections.
www.thelearningpartnership.ca /KidsCanVote/ArticleJuly2000.html   (542 words)

  
 UNT Libraries New Acquisitions for July 2000   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Toronto : Buffalo : University of Toronto Press, 1999.
Critical elections : British parties and voters in long-term perspective / edited by Geoffrey Evans and Pippa Norris.
The elections in Israel, 1996 / edited by Asher Arian and Michal Shamir.
www.library.unt.edu /newacqs/2000_07/callJ.htm   (1520 words)

  
 Decades History Search   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
In Ghana runoff elections were held with sporadic violence.
In Sudan Gen. Omar el-Bashir was declared the winner in elections marred by an opposition boycott.
In Pakistan staggered elections for municipal and district councils began.
www.decades.com /ByDecade/2000-2009/70.htm   (1018 words)

  
 2000
Researchers predict that of the babies born in 2000, a staggering 33 percent of males and 38 percent of females will develop this disease in their lifetimes.
2000 - Toxic Algal Bloom / U.S. Gulf Coast - September 5th, 2000: "Oyster harvesting was shut down in Galveston Bay as a large toxic algal bloom began to spread from the Texas Gulf Coast to the Florida panhandle.
Pagan, Gardnerian Wiccan, Seaz Wiccan, Dianic Wiccan, Shaman and Druid in 2000.
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 RYERSON UNIVERSITY: News: Media Guide to Ryerson Experts: Toronto Votes 2000   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Faculty in the Department of Politics and School of Public Administration at Ryerson University can provide you with the background and opinion you need to round out your story.
Siemiatycki has taught urban politics at Ryerson for 18 years.
A former CBC television municipal affairs commentator, his areas of expertise include:
www.ryerson.ca /news/2000/20001018.html   (108 words)

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