By Matthew Blackett
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Shipwrecked in Lake Ontario
Michael Redhill's novel Consolation uses the contents of a shipwreck in Lake Ontario as one of its main sources of suspense. There is something...
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Wychwood’s Taddle tales
Just north of Davenport Road, between Bathurst and Christie Streets, sits Wychwood Park, one of Toronto's first gated communities. It is still a...
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Vital signs: Wayfinding signs become art
During the spring, a series of official-looking signs that warned of homeless conditions nearby mysteriously appeared on poles downtown. They looked...
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Raising the stink
They may not be very noticable, but the green, 12-foot pipes that rise from the ground and often dot the edge of parks throughout Toronto are linked to...
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The safety dance
From my home, the closest marked pedestrian crossing on Queen Street West is the traffic lights at Queen and Augusta Avenue. But it takes ages for the...
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Green-bin Delight
After the shops have closed on Mondays and Thursdays, and before the garbage trucks arrive, the graffiti-covered storefronts of Kensington Market take on...
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Going Dutch on bikes
ROTTERDAM, NETHERLANDS
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Fresh green faces
When civil war broke out in Uganda in 1979, Yuga Juma Onziga, his wife, and their five-year-old daughter fled to Sudan. Forced to abandon his uncompleted...
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Eat your park
We often hear about the benefits of growing food in the big city, and about the superior nutrition provided by doing so organically. But we don't...
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You are where you eat
One of the best things about living in Toronto is the food. The apartment I share with my partner in Riverdale is a two minute walk away from...