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Is it really safety first, at a 2 a.m. speed trap?: The Fixer
A woman who was caught offers further evidence that radar speed enforcement is a tax by another name.
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Not so bumpy now at East York intersection: The Fixer
Pavement that was heaving and buckling was quickly repaired after our Wednesday column about it.
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Shards of glass litter Redpath Avenue Parkette: The Fixer
Somebody dumped a large window frame in the midtown parkette, where the broken glass presents a danger to kids and pets.
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Weeping wall creates a sticky situation in The East Mall underpass: The Fixer
Water has long been oozing out of the concrete wall and pooling next to the road, where it makes a muddy mess and freezes in winter.
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Steer us to the worst roads in the GTA: The Fixer
The Star's Wheels section is compiling a list of the bumpiest streets and is asking readers to identify them.
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Park Lawn Rd. underpass is a crapshoot: The Fixer
Pigeons roost in the rafters and foul the sidewalk with their droppings.
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Condo sign forces drivers to play peek-a-boo with pedestrians: The Fixer
Drivers exiting a Redpath Ave. parking lot can’t see people on the sidewalk until they’re right in front of them.
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Owner of illegal dump site didn’t wait for a cleanup order: The Fixer
After our column, a property that was ringed by illegally dumped trash was cleaned up before a city inspector arrived
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Utility boxes need to be tougher to withstand assaults: The Fixer
We want readers to send us photos of the worst examples of beat-up utility boxes, which we’ll run in an online rogue’s gallery.
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Wall behind mosque surrounded by garbage and uncut grass: The Fixer
An open area behind a former Canadian Tire store converted to a mosque is used for illegal dumping.
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Follow the bouncing ball, until it goes into the weeds: The Fixer
Tennis courts at Trinity Bellwoods Park are surrounded with tall, bushy weeds that swallow tennis balls that roll into them.
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Bell's army of eyes “reminded” to watch for damaged utility boxes: The Fixer
But it falls short of a company policy requiring on-the-road staff to seek out and report them.
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Dumping paint down storm drain crosses the line: The Fixer
White paint was dumped down a drain on Avonwick Gate at the same time as new white lines were painted on nearby pavement.
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TCHC in no hurry to repair leaky roof: The Fixer
Water has been pouring into kitchen through a hole in the ceiling of a Rose Ave. apartment since last August.
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Utility covers should be seen, not heard: The Fixer
Two unevenly seated utility covers at Lake Shore and 35th St. make a clunking sound when vehicles pass over them.
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Timing was perfect for Roncesvalles sidewalk repair: The Fixer
The hole was miraculously filled with crushed gravel just hours before a city field investigator arrived.
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No room for bikes at Castlefield Ave. utility cut: The Fixer
The cut extends from the curb into the traffic lane, leaving cyclists with nowhere to go when a car is next to them.
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Plastic-wrapped roof has passed its best-before date: The Fixer
A neighbour says the roof of a house has been draped with tarps for three years, which seems to be a permanent situation.
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Hole in Yonge St. sidewalk filled with concrete blocks
Two boulders were plunked down in the middle of a busy sidewalk on Yonge, apparently to fix a sunken utility cut.
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Too many trees planted on Ajax waterfront: The Fixer
Some of the densely planted saplings were removed Tuesday, but the TRCA says it’s because they blocked the view of the lake from nearby homes.
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