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In the News (Fri 25 Dec 09)

  
  City of Toronto, City Councillors - Councillor Kyle Rae
Kyle Rae is City Councillor for Ward 27 Toronto Centre — Rosedale.
Kyle and his partner, Mark, were one of the first gay couples in Canada to be married following the Ontario Court of Appeal decision.
Kyle holds Master's degrees in Medieval History and Library Science from the University of Birmingham and the University of Toronto respectively.
www.toronto.ca /councillors/rae1.htm   (728 words)

  
  Kyle Rae
Rae led a local NDP boycott of the 1993 by-election in his St.
In 2002, he was sued for defamation by members of the Toronto Police Force after he sharply criticized a 2000 raid on "Pussy Palace", a lesbian bathhouse night.
His calling the police "rogue cops" and "goons" and the operation a "panty raid" was criticized, and the officers alleged what was only a standard liquor inspection hurt their careers and reputations.
www.seattleluxury.com /encyclopedia/entry/kyle_rae   (262 words)

  
 NOW On / NewsFront / Feature
On this city council, Rae is the star, the one who has spearheaded a dramatic commercial redevelopment that might finally reverse the 20-year decline of the Yonge and Dundas intersection into dollar stores and pinball arcades, and who gets ink in the newspapers for everything from smoking in bars to sex in toilets.
Rae himself has moved closer and closer to Church, from Kensington to Bay and Gerrard and now to a condominium building on Wellesley, where he lives with a boyfriend of three years, an artist with the personal self-reliance that Rae says he needs in a partner.
Rae's relationship with her is as warm as the one he has with Layton is not.
www.nowtoronto.com /issues/16/43/News/feature.html   (2239 words)

  
 Rae, John - HighBeam Encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
RAE, JOHN [Rae, John] 1813-93, Scottish arctic explorer, b.
A physician in the employ of the Hudson's Bay Company in N Canada, Rae made (1846-47) a journey of exploration from Fort Churchill to the Gulf of Boothia, which he described in his Narrative of an Expedition to the Shores of the Arctic Sea (1850).
Rae was an important innovator in arctic travel, coping with the unforgiving environment by adapting techniques developed by indigenous peoples, e.g., snowshoes, fur clothing, igloos, and dog sleds.
www.encyclopedia.com /doc/1E1-rae-j1ohn.html   (374 words)

  
 Ward 27   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Kyle Rae got a hefty 81% of his campaign donations from business in the 2000 election and yet he has an exemplary voting record.
Rae is the only openly gay member of council and his presence and stature has played an important role in bringing the city’s gay community into the political mainstream.
Kyle Rae is the Chair of the Toronto South Community Council.
www.votetoronto.ca /ward27.html   (267 words)

  
 The morning after finding out about Alan’s affair with Rae
Kyle decides to ask Monica about herself since the lunch conversation she had kept mainly to and her finding out about him that he is doctor (a plastic surgeon and head of the department actually) and lived here his whole life except when he went to medical school.
Kyle: Wow, I guess you were a doctor on the beach but a cardiologist and head of the department that is pretty impressive.
Rae: Tony told me that Monica left and no one seems to know where she is. I was concerned about you so I thought I would come over and see how you are doing.
jove.prohosting.com /~harkness/findingawayback.htm   (10385 words)

  
 Jedi Council Forums - The Vortex: A SW Fan Adventure
Rae Garcia and Mercury Edwards, both clad in the latest, hottest fashions, were walking home from Carlton Senior High one OCtober day, laughing as they dissed and discussed teachers, nerds, boys and, Rae's personal fave, Star Wars characters.
Rae was surprised, yeah- this didn't exactly happen everyday- but she had to make sure that her stuff was ok. Her discman and her real snakeskin pants, to name a few.
Rae was trying to come up with something really mean and dissy she could say to Luke Skywalker when she next saw him.
boards.theforce.net /Message.aspx?topic=926587   (1781 words)

  
 NOW: Developer's dream, Mar 6 - 12, 2003
When I first met Kyle Rae nine years ago, the councillor for Ward 27 (Toronto Centre-Rosedale) had a reputation as a left-leaning politician with strong anti-development tendencies."Kyle's never met a three-storey building he didn't like," one of Rae's right-wing colleagues on the old city of Toronto council said at the time.
Rae says a vocal minority who won't be satisfied with any structure over three storeys are trying to make his life miserable.
Rae insists that the two projects he's currently taking heat for are actually the result of planning compromises worked out between the developers, surrounding residential and business communities and the city.
www.nowtoronto.com /issues/2003-03-06/news_feature.php   (989 words)

  
 Column:Tolerating Drugs Admits Defeat
Rae acknowledged that such a facility tends to become a magnet for drug dealers and other criminals.
Rae argued the U.S. experience has shown that trying to combat drug use strictly through law enforcement - even to the point of bribing major drug-producing nations with billions in foreign aid - hasn't worked.
Rae noted there are cases where drug addicts, supplied with heroin in a controlled environment, can actually go on to lead productive lives.
www.mapinc.org /drugnews/v00/n1008/a02.html   (767 words)

  
 Opinionated Lesbian : Kyle Rae: "They can lose their apartments, their belongings, their children"   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Kyle Rae: "They can lose their apartments, their belongings, their children"
These are Toronto City Councillor Kyle Rae's notes -- not the actual speech -- for his presentation this morning to the Subcommittee on Solicitation Laws.
Kyle is an out gay politician, and since 1991 has represented Ward 27 (Rosedale, Summerhill, Yorkville, Church/Wellesley, East Downtown; from the Eaton Centre to Mt. Pleasant Cemetery).
www.opinionatedlesbian.com /bulletin/opinionatedlesbian/comments/377.aspx   (576 words)

  
 Kyle Rae - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Kyle Rae is a city councillor in Toronto, Canada.
A prominent gay rights activist, Rae was executive director of the 519 Church Street Community Centre in the heart of the Church and Wellesley area.
In recent years, Rae supported John Sewell's independent candidacy in the 1999 provincial election [1] and federal Liberal Bill Graham [2].
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Kyle_Rae   (347 words)

  
 Gays no fans of Fantino: 'Would set back relations 20 years' if chosen top cop
Councillor Kyle Rae called Fantino "arrogant and hostile" in dealing with the gay community and warned Mayor Mel Lastman the consequences of electing York Region's chief to the Toronto position would be severe.
Rae said he's not ready to move into full battle mode on Fantino until learning if he's even applied for the chief's job.
Rae is quoted in the article saying elected Fantino chief "would set back relations 20 years" between police and the gay community.
www.walnet.org /jane_doe/news/toronto_99/torsun-991108.html   (448 words)

  
 Xtra Archives
The posters attack Rae on many issues, including what they claim is his plan to keep more gay dance clubs from opening up in the area.
Rae denies the charges, calling some of them outright lies and others the result of a poor understanding of the way the city works.
The posters also criticize Rae for stealing the spotlight away from Totally Naked Toronto Men Enjoying Nudity in their recent victory restoring Hanlan's Point to a clothing-optional beach.
archives.xtra.ca /Story.aspx?s=1383223   (865 words)

  
 CANOE -- CNEWS - Canada: Report recommends Toronto give out crack pipes, adopt drug-use zones
Kyle Rae said the report addresses the issues of both legal and illegal substances and recognizes the reality that drug use cannot simply be eradicated.
While the report uses the experiences of other jurisdictions for guidance, Rae said he found no other city that can be a model for addressing Toronto's specific drug problems.
Rae said the report was needed and hopefully will be passed by council because drugs have long been a problem in Toronto but have not been properly addressed.
cnews.canoe.ca /CNEWS/Canada/2005/10/16/pf-1265038.html   (669 words)

  
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Rae's candidacy was at stake and I received a prompt response:
Rae, I wrote you along the years regarding this problem.
I wrote back David Miller and received a reply from his office that Kyle Rae was asked to answer my inquiry.
www.blogger.com /email-post.g?blogID=9308546&postID=110582196107445080   (1312 words)

  
 Xtra Archives
Seven police officers are suing City Councillor Kyle Rae over comments the gay politician made about a raid on the Pussy Palace women’s bathhouse.
His lawyer was served with the legal document while Rae was on holiday in early November.
Kyle Rae called the officers involved “rogue cops” and accused them of going on a panty raid.
archives.xtra.ca /Story.aspx?s=1419692   (553 words)

  
 CLGA NPC: Kyle Rae
Born in Ottawa in 1954 and raised in Oakville, Kyle attended Brock University, the University of Birmingham and the University of Toronto for his post-secondary education.
In 1991 Kyle was elected to Toronto City Council representing Ward 6, and became the first openly gay City Councillor in Toronto.
Kyle was re-elected to City Council in 1994 and again in 1997.
www.clga.ca /About/NPC/RaeK-083.htm   (312 words)

  
 Campaign
In order to justify his 9% increase to the voting public, Kyle Rae has been telling his voters that he has not had a raise since the year he was elected in 1991.
Rae must think that a cost of living increase of 3% per year is not a raise.
It appears that Kyle Rae and other Councillors are unable to manage their personal finances and be able to live on a salary over $87,000 per year.
www.camjohnson.com /issues/mislead.htm   (180 words)

  
 All the facts about the Car Park (except for what's still under wraps)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Rae closed the February 27 meeting with a promise that the whole plan would be put on ice for a full year, and the issue revisited only then.
Rae informed us that he was unable to stand by the promise to delay by a year, because soon after the meeting he had learnt it would cost an estimated $150-200,000.
Kyle Rae, who had vacated the chair, summed up, alleging the cost factor as a reason against delay, but relying more heavily on Ms Schatzker's testimony that the SRRA had been fully consulted about the scheme over the years and had signed off on it.
www.rosedaleinfo.com   (2394 words)

  
 AN OPEN LETTER TO KYLE RAE
Kyle, there is no such thing as "safe sex".
Kyle you think that minimizing the risk of HIV and AIDS should be done by education.
Kyle, it's time to wake up and smell the garbage.
www.canadafreepress.com /1999/9904a6.htm   (617 words)

  
 Town Crier Online - Your source for local Toronto news and community information.
Michael Demone, 25, portrays Rae as a politician who’s lost touch with the constituents and only panders to developers and big players in the arts community.
Anderson said he asked for Rae’s help last year when a water main outside of his Wellesley St. apartment building was cut and tenants went without water for four days.
Meantime, Rae is hearing what he expected were the biggest issues of the very diverse ward, everything from policing, street littler, homelessness and city services.
www.towncrieronline.ca /main/main.php?direction=viewstory&storyid=2819&rootcatid=&rootsubcatid=   (566 words)

  
 UrbanGTA - Toronto's Urban Information Magazine: Metropolis: The Never Ending Story   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Rae's candidacy was at stake and I received a prompt response:
Rae, I wrote you along the years regarding this problem.
I wrote back David Miller and received a reply from his office that Kyle Rae was asked to answer my inquiry.
www.urbangta.com /blog/2005/01/metropolis-never-ending-story.html   (1306 words)

  
 Rae's seat secure; Levy applauds result
Rae has held his seat on council since he was first elected in 1991.
In 2000, Rae went unopposed in the ward’s race, and in 2003 only one person mustered the courage to square off against him.
Rae campaigned on a platform aimed at increasing TTC funding at the provincial and federal level, increasing transit routes and getting student discounts on TTC passes.
www.ryersonline.ca /articles/879/1/Raes-seat-secure-Levy-applauds-result/Page1.html   (693 words)

  
 WHO WILL PAY FOR THE ARTS BOOM? @ workopolis.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
That was what Councillor Kyle Rae heard recently from a group of top executives from the Royal Ontario Museum, the Art Gallery of Ontario, the Canadian Opera Company, the Royal Conservatory of Music and the Gardiner Museum of Ceramic Art, all of whom want the city to finally show support for their ambitious building campaigns.
Rae, who sits as chair of the city's roundtable on arts and culture, says the group's requests are warranted, noting that in the past the city has not offered them capital grants, only operational ones, which don't cover building costs.
Rae says, adding that the city borrowed money to help finance the soccer stadium it would end up owning.
www.workopolis.com /servlet/Content/qprinter/20051210/CULTURE10   (483 words)

  
 » The Mischievous Kyle Rae Slams Abcon Outdoor ::: illegalsigns.ca
Kyle moved to reject the variances for both signs.
And because Rae specified “currently erected” signs, once the law is enforced and Abcon loses all their signs, they won’t get these two.
Rae then slammed Abcon in Marketing for its 77 Elm Street sign, the one Community Council just rejected.
illegalsigns.ca /wp-trackback.php?p=2319   (548 words)

  
 Publications list for Mrs Carol Kyle - The Macaulay Institute, Aberdeen
Carol's recent research has focused on the effects of sewage sludge treatment of pasture on the concentrations of endocrine disrupting compounds animal tissues, the control of moult in cashmere goats and the effects of nutrient supply and composition during early development on appetite, learning ability and dietary preferences of ruminants and associated underlying physiological mechanisms.
Hypothalamic responses to peripheral glucose infusion in food-restricted sheep are influenced by photoperiod., Archer, Z.A., Rhind, S.M., Findlay, P.A., Kyle, C.E., Barber, M.C. and Adam, C.L. Journal of Endocrinology, 184, 515-525.
Maternal undernutrition alters triiodothyronine concentrations and pituitary response to GnRH in fetal sheep., Rae, M.T., Rhind, S.M., Kyle, C.E., Miller, D.W. and Brooks, A.N. Journal of Endocrinology, 173, 449-455.
www.macaulay.ac.uk /staff/staffpublications.php?carolkyle   (1814 words)

  
 Coach charged with rape   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Blakely said Arthur "Kyle" Rae, 27, of 309 Colbert St., Athens, is charged with second-degree rape for allegedly having consensual sex with a 15-year-old Clements High School student.
Rae is assistant football coach and physical education teacher at Clements, which is in the Coxey community west of Athens.
Superintendent Barry Carroll said Rae is on paid administrative leave pending the outcome of the investigation and Carroll's recommendation to the Board of Education regarding job status.
www.decaturdaily.com /decaturdaily/news/051119/rape.shtml   (199 words)

  
 What A Dopey Notion   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Downtown Councillor Kyle Rae and a private group are advocating the creation of "safe injection rooms" as a way to reduce overdoses and the spread of AIDS as well as provide counselling.
After safe rooms were introduced in Frankfurt, Germany, death by drug overdose declined from 108 in 1990 to 35 in 1998, Rae said.
Rae toured facilities there and in Amsterdam, Holland while on a trip with other city officials in December.
www.mapinc.org /drugnews/v00/n1013/a11.html   (252 words)

  
 Eye Weekly - Feature - Nude beaches in T.O.? - 07.09.98
Which is a relief for Rae, who decided to revisit his three-year-old plan for a nude beach after TNT!MEN threatened to walk, dicks a-swingin', in this year's Gay Pride parade.
Rae's nude beach proposal would allow TNT!MEN, or any other pro-naturist group, to be shunted off to an area in which skin displays are not only legal but accepted.
Rae, who says he occasionally patronizes Mexican nude beaches during his holidays, points out that the beach stretch he'd like to see in Toronto wouldn't be exclusively gay.
www.eye.net /eye/issue/issue_07.09.98/news_views/hendley9.html   (671 words)

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