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      <pubDate>Thu, 03 Jul 2008 22:08:00 +0200</pubDate>
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         <title>RYC on Spacing.ca</title>
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         <description><![CDATA[&#160;
RateYourCouncillor was recently featured on Spacing.ca, a blog and magazine "that focuses on the joys, obstacles, and politics of Toronto's urban landscape." &#160;As a Toronto resident, Spacing is an excellent blog that I read daily.
One of their bloggers, Adam Chaleff-Freudenthaler, wrote:

A web site called&#160;RateYourCouncillor.com&#160;recently started up and it wants you to, you guessed it, rate your councillor.
While unclear who or what is behind the site, it allows you to pass...]]></description>
         <pubDate>Thu, 03 Jul 2008 22:08:00 +0200</pubDate>
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         <title>2008 Mayor’s Arts Awards recognize emerging Vancouver artists</title>
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         <description><![CDATA[&#160;Vancouver Mayor Sam Sullivan and City Council recognized 10 emerging artists at the annual Mayor’s Arts Awards Monday night at the Vancouver Playhouse. The awards ceremony, hosted by the Mayor, paid tribute to the work of 13 honourees who have made a significant contribution to the arts and cultural life of Vancouver as well as the 10 emerging artists.

Each artist or community member was nominated by a jury of peers convened by the Alliance for Arts and Culture. Each honouree is invited...]]></description>
         <pubDate>Wed, 02 Jul 2008 21:44:00 +0200</pubDate>
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         <title>Construction of Toronto’s first waterfront skateboard park is underway at Ashbridges Bay</title>
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         <description><![CDATA[&#160;Councillor Sandra Bussin, Ward 32 Beaches-East York, and Councillor Paula Fletcher, Chair of the City’s Parks and Environment Committee, participated in a groundbreaking ceremony today for the Ashbridges Bay skateboard park, located on the northwest corner of Lake Shore Blvd. E. and Coxwell Ave. It is anticipated to become a leading destination for skateboarding in Canada.&#160;

“The Ashbridges Bay skateboard park will be an important regional facility, drawing skateboard enthusiasts...]]></description>
         <pubDate>Wed, 02 Jul 2008 21:41:00 +0200</pubDate>
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         <title>City's move to car share helps reduce greenhouse gases</title>
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Vancouver City Council today voted to contract Co-operative Auto Network (CAN) to provide vehicles for City business needs and to make it easier to share these vehicles with the public.&#160; The choice follows a competitive request for proposal process run from January to February 2008.
The City of Vancouver wants to take a leading role in demonstrating how car sharing can work for employers that own vehicles intended for employee business use.
The City’s contract means that an...]]></description>
         <pubDate>Mon, 16 Jun 2008 22:25:00 +0200</pubDate>
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         <title>Toronto residents and businesses to get full service from new 3-1-1 technology</title>
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         <description><![CDATA[The City’s Government Management Committee received a report today highlighting the negotiations and the signing of a 3-1-1 technology contract with BearingPoint Inc. The contract calls for the implementation of a new 3-1-1 contact centre for the City of Toronto, along with a five-year maintenance support option. The City has now entered into the implementation phase with BearingPoint Inc. and will publicly launch the contact centre in June 2009. 

“Providing easy access to City services by...]]></description>
         <pubDate>Mon, 16 Jun 2008 22:20:00 +0200</pubDate>
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         <title>Site Launch!</title>
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         <description><![CDATA[We are very excited to launch RATE YOUR COUNCILLOR and hope voters will find the user-generated information useful. &#160;
We are still working out the kinks so please let us know of any bugs on the site. &#160;
We would also love to have some feedback on our poll questions and whether you think they provide useful results or could be improved somewhat. Suggestions are welcome. &#160;
Thanks for visiting the site and please tell your neighbours!
RATE MY COUNCILLOR&#160;]]></description>
         <pubDate>Sat, 07 Jun 2008 16:21:00 +0200</pubDate>
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         <title>Toronto launches online petition for Canada-wide handgun ban</title>
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Toronto Mayor David Miller today launched a campaign to have handguns banned in Canada.
The campaign’s centre-piece is an online petition posted on the City’s website (http://www.toronto.ca/handgunban) which will enable Canadians from coast to coast to coast to join the call for a Canada-wide handgun ban. A print-friendly version of the petition is also available on the website for individuals and groups that wish to canvas their neighbourhoods and workplaces.

Mayor Miller is also reaching...]]></description>
         <pubDate>Mon, 07 Apr 2008 23:24:00 +0200</pubDate>
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         <title>New smoking restrictions go into effect</title>
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New smoking restrictions in the City of Vancouver go into effect today that will limit smoking on restaurant and bar patios and near the entryways of any building.
 
Under the new by-laws, smoking is prohibited:

    Within customer services areas such as a patio that is connected to a business that includes the service of food or alcohol;
    Within six metres of an entryway, openable window or air intake of a building and the perimeter of a customer service area;
    Signage is required...]]></description>
         <pubDate>Sun, 06 Apr 2008 22:57:00 +0200</pubDate>
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         <title>Make time for the 20-Minute Makeover in Toronto</title>
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Special litter bags and gloves for the fifth annual 20-Minute Toronto Makeover are now available at participating Toronto/GTA Pizza Pizza retail outlets and Toronto’s Recreation Community Centres. Get equipped and join students, seniors, business professionals and government officials and staff in the city-wide 20-minute clean-up taking place on Friday, April 18 at 2 p.m.

“The 20-Minute Makeover engages students and businesses who volunteer just 20 minutes of their time to make a world of...]]></description>
         <pubDate>Sun, 06 Apr 2008 22:51:00 +0200</pubDate>
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