mayor

City Hall spectacle shows the mayor has lost the room. Are his voters next?

Why New York’s mayoral race is proving to be the most colourful political contest in America

A political ally recently suggested Olivia Chow should put her name forward as a mayoral candidate in Toronto, but the NDP MP seems to rule it out in an interview with the Grid.

It’s part of a journalist’s job description to be an unflinching, rational observer in the face of phenomena that tempt one to recoil or spew: a crime scene, a mass grave… in this spirit, and in the spirit of Bryan Caplan’s Ideological Turing Test, I asked myself, “What’s the best possible defence one could make of New York City Mayor Bloomberg’s proposed Big Gulp Ban*?” Bloomberg, as you may have heard, intends to outlaw the serving of sugary beverages in bottles or cups larger than 16 ounces at city-regulated food establishments.

Street art has earned its place in the urban wilderness

‘I’m just digesting my food. That’s a lot I ate.’

The inside story behind the most improbable mayoral victory in recent Canadian history

Former Liberal MP Joe Fontana is the new mayor of London, Ontario. His signature promise: taxication.

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