1.0Spacing Montrealhttps://spacing.ca/montrealChristopher DeWolfhttps://spacing.ca/montreal/author/christopher/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="AIumsTGACv"><a href="https://spacing.ca/montreal/2008/04/15/toronto-tuesday-vikings-subways-and-streetcars/">Toronto Tuesday: Vikings, subways and streetcars</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://spacing.ca/montreal/2008/04/15/toronto-tuesday-vikings-subways-and-streetcars/embed/#?secret=AIumsTGACv" width="600" height="338" title="“Toronto Tuesday: Vikings, subways and streetcars” — Spacing Montreal" data-secret="AIumsTGACv" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); </script> The Vikings have landed, reports Shawn Micallef, and they’re boorish and boring. That’s because they’re hawking mobile phone plans in a roving ad truck, a medium all too familiar to Montrealers who have had to endure such trucks on all of our major streets. While some Torontonians are working to ban ad trucks, similar effortsContinue readinghttp://farm3.static.flickr.com/2120/2395268974_73e13781df.jpg