TRANSIT
• Peterborough awarded high speed rail [ Toronto Star ]
• A transit coup ‘out of the blue’ [ Toronto Star ]
• TTC to move ahead with light rail-transit [ Globe and Mail ]
• A seat on the Queen streetcar? Don’t make me laugh [ National Post ]
• In a rush? Get off and walk [ National Post ]
• TTC tells province: Pony up [ Toronto Sun ]
• Subway boss says derailment problem fixed [ Toronto Sun ]
• Sympathy for the driver [ Eye Weekly ]
CITY HALL
• Budget remarks see Miller branded as ‘isolationist’ [ Globe and Mail ]
• Miller slams federal budget as ‘missed opportunity’ [ CBC.ca ]
• More power to him [ NOW magazine ]
• Cities want a fair deal [ Eye Weekly ]
• A strong democracy system [ Eye Weekly ]
• Name streets after war dead, councillor urges [ National Post ]
QUEEN ST. W. FIRE
• Queen St. supports its own [Toronto Sun ]
• Fire scene on Queen St. still closed to traffic [ CBC.ca ]
• Hope in the ashes [ NOW magazine ]
• We will not see their like again [ NOW magazine ]
• Eclipse on Queen [ NOW magazine ]
ENVIRONMENT
• Online eco challenge pits neighbour vs. neighbour [ Toronto Star ]
• Biofuel bandwagon has a big hitch [ Toronto Star ]
• We won’t recognize ourselves [ NOW magazine ]
• Return to sender [ NOW magazine ]
UNIVERSITIES
• Major upgrade planned for Robarts Library [ Toronto Star ]
• York, U of T get millions to renovate, expand [ Globe and Mail ]
MISSISSAUGA
• ‘Vibrant waterfront’ planned approved [ Toronto Star ]
• Mississauga councillors vows to fight power plant [ National Post ]
MISCELLANEOUS
• Residents scorching mad about still-icy sidewalks [ Toronto Star ]
• Vertical Village [ Toronto Star ]
• Rinkside sellout [ NOW magazine ]
2 comments
RE: Peterborough
What a scam. A rookie conservative MP from Peterborough, who won his riding by a mere 2,500 votes (a Liberal riding since ’93), influences regional transit policy with one line that’ll cost more than $150 million that doesn’t contribute to the regional network.
Expected to have 900 passengers? You’ve got to be kidding me. Send buses for less than half the cost and call it a day.
Totally a “screw you” to Toronto, Ontario, Metrolinx, GO Transit and even York and Peel regions.
I have to laugh at the article’s title: “High speed rail”. This is not high speed rail at all, it will take 2 hours on a slow single-track line. The Conservatives ought to build a high-speed rail line between Toronto, Ottawa, and Montreal. Since the shortest route between Toronto and Ottawa happens to pass right by Peterborough, this would provide excellent service between Toronto and Peterborough.
But that would be TRUE patronage.