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Toronto’s Urbanism Headlines: Tuesday
PAN AM GAMES Wynne raps Pan Am organizers over ‘ridiculous’ expense spending [Globe & Mail] Pan Am 2015 CEO making $477,000 expenses...
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Toronto’s Urbanism Headlines: Monday
POLITICS Rob Ford staff emails, phone records released from time following crack video allegations [The National Post] Former Ford chief of staff’s...
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EVENT: Chief Planner Roundtable on The Shape of Toronto’s Suburbs
WHAT: The Shape of Toronto’s Suburbs WHEN: Monday, September 30, 2013 WHERE: City Hall, Committee Room 2, 100 Queen Street West TIME: 9:30 am â€...
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Toronto’s Urbanism Headlines: Friday
TRANSPORTATION Scarborough subway: Three former Toronto mayors on how to improve transit in the city [Toronto Star] TTC’s Andy Byford chats...
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Toronto’s Urbanism Headlines: Thursday
TRANSPORTATION East-end subway route passes TTC vote, barely  [Globe & Mail] Subway to Sheppard has popular support [Toronto Star]  Investigation...
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EVENT: Land|Slide: Possible Futures — massive public art installation in Markham until Oct 14
WHAT: Over 30 works of public art, outdoors and indoors WHEN: Until Oct 14 Tues, Wed, Sun: 12:00 – 5:00 p.m. Thurs, Fri, Sat: 12:00 – 10:00...
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Toronto-itis: How I dealt with that uneasy feeling returning home to an adolescent city
I had traveled in Europe for a month, taking in the sights and rubbing elbows with fellow city-enthusiasts (also known as tourists). It was my first time...
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Toronto’s Urbanism Headlines: Wednesday
TRANSPORTATION Ontario environment watchdog says government’s road funding ‘penalizing’ public transit  [Globe & Mail] Scarborough subway: Kathleen...
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REID: Re-engineering road standards for cities
For a long time, road engineering standards have been a bane of good city-building. Generally designed to enable cars and trucks to travel safely at high...
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LORINC: Subway Nation rises again
Ever the shrewd tactician, Prime Minsiter Stephen Harper delivered one heck of a chess move yesterday when he and finance minister Jim Flaherty announced...
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Toronto’s Urbanism Headlines: Tuesday
TRANSPORTATION Feds pledge $660 million for subway [Now Magazine] Ford says Sheppard subway is next on plate [Toronto Sun] Council’s Scarborough...
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Toronto’s Urbanism Headlines: Monday
TRANSPORTATION Feds to help fund Scarborough subway [Toronto Sun] Ottawa leaves it to provinces and municipalities to handle railway safety [Globe &...
By Glyn Bowerman
Canadian Urbanism Uncovered