With the arrival of the Our Toronto newsletter in most homes last week, I was somewhat annoyed over what I took as Miller's latest public outreach campaign. Though I have since come to terms with the fact that our city is not ready to move this information entirely online, I still see print initiatives as a backwards strategy.

However most concerning is the fact that Mayor Miller plans to divert $400,000 in tax dollars towards funding a newsletter that some city councillors clearly don't feel is needed.

Curious about this costly "difference of opinion", I contacted Councillor John Parker, one of the newsletter nay-sayers who was not permitted to voice his concerns at City Hall. In fairness, I also contacted Mayor Miller who had Kevin Sack, the city's Director of Strategic Communications, contact me on his behalf. Here's what they had to say about my doubts over Our Toronto.

Bay Street suits flock to Ki, making it one of the places to be seen during the weekday in the Financial District. But its notoriety doesn't end with its cocktail menu - Ki has the reputation for having the freshest sushi in the city.

Read my review of Ki in the restaurants section.

What's Your Story? features the different characters that roam the streets of Toronto. Every Monday and Thursday, a new person shares their story, likes and dislikes about the city, a little secret and more.

If I had to start a new web business tomorrow probably the last one on my list would be a free classifieds site. With heavy hitters like Craigslist, Kijiji and now Facebook playing in this space, you know you're up against some companies with a lot of users, a lot of money and, well, pretty good products to begin with that don't leave much room for improvement.

But my skepticism hasn't stopped a Toronto-based company from competing with the big boys. Fbbin.com (short for Free Bargain Bin) launched in September and covers 357 cities in North America. They're making an extra effort to penetrate the Toronto classifieds space and currently show about 3,000 local listings and have about 1,000 Toronto users.

Earlier this week I connected with Dov Markowich, one of Fbbin's founders to find out more about the site. Our Q&A follows:

Toronto environmental non-profit LEAF (Local Enhancement and Appreciation of Forests, for those of you scoring at home) has been planting trees in people's backyards since 1996, but mostly under the radar of Toronto's best green services or organizations. Although known especially for their backyard tree planting, LEAF also runs workshops and training sessions, gives tree tours and organizes the popular Leslieville Tree Festival each year. But for those of us thinking about planting a tree - and the fresh white stuff on the ground sure makes it hard to think ahead to spring - LEAF is still doing consultations this year to get ready for next year's plantings.

The process is straight-forward, and the cost is minimal: $80-120 for most trees, all inclusive. Considering you pay more, often much more, at the typical tree retailer, the partially subsidized not-for-profit offerings from LEAF sound pretty good. Plus they send out a certified arborist to ensure your tree will succeed, and they strongly encourage native species. So you won't just have any tree in your yard, but a tree that was meant to be in your yard.

Fresh off a move to the new Artscape Wychwood Barns, passionate and certified arborist Sarah Lamon took some time to answer a few questions about LEAF, tree plantings and her favourite tree in the city.

I've never reviewed a television program before, and it's rarely done on blogTO, but after seeing an advanced copy of tonight's episode of SNAPSHOT on Bravo! I thought I would spread the word. SNAPSHOT is a six-episode series exploring innovative photographers from Canada. Tonight's show documents Toronto photographer Robyn Cumming.

The shows explores her world not simply through interviews, but by taking the viewer behind the scenes of her work, showing how she interacts with her subject during a photo shoot, shops for props, prints in the darkroom, and mingles with guests at her exhibit. As a photographer, I was compelled. Her images are complex and entirely memorable, so to watch her work, see what and how she uses her equipment, and in general being a fly on the wall in her world was captivating.