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Wednesday’s headlines
TORONTO ZOO Transfer of Toronto Zoo elephants to California sanctuary postponed again [Toronto Star] Toronto Zoo delays elephant move over TB...
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Urban Planet: London’s Surnames
Urban Planet is a daily roundup of blogs from around the world dealing specifically with urban environments. We’ll be on the lookout for websites outside...
By Hilary Best -
STREET SCENE: 4072
Street Scene will appear each week showcasing the illustrations of local artist Jerry Waese.
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Tuesday’s headlines
FORD Ford slams reporters, apolgizes then slams them again [Globe & Mail] Councillor Doug Ford apologizes, almost, for calling reporters new name...
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Urban Planet: Canadian Bike Maker Heads to Detroit
Urban Planet is a daily roundup of blogs from around the world dealing specifically with urban environments. We’ll be on the lookout for websites outside...
By Hilary Best -
Spacing release party tomorrow night!
WHAT: Release party for Fall 2012 issue WHEN: Tuesday, September 25th , 7:30-11:30pm WHERE: Centre for Social Innovation in the Annex: 720 Bathurst St.Â...
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NO MEAN CITY Oakville Transit’s sleek Pit Stop
Cross-posted from No Mean City, Alex’s personal blog on architecture A changeroom and lunchroom for bus drivers. That is the very prosaic program of...
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Instaflaneur: Toronto’s Little New York, just east of Chinatown
June 20th, 2012, Queen and John meet Manhattan in the summer heat. No time-space rift, just another day in Hollywood North, where our city routinely plays...
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LORINC: Why should TTC operate the new LRT lines?
A Monday morning confession: Try as I might, I simply have not been able to grasp the TTC’s intransigence towards Metrolinx’s allegedly treacherous...
By John Lorinc -
Monday’s headlines
TTC Stintz, Ford at odds over need to hike TTC fares in 2013 [Globe & Mail] In court, TTC workers have someone in their corner [Globe & Mail...
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Cycling Day Trips: Kitchener to Hamilton
A few weeks ago, I completed a ride from Kitchener to Hamilton by bicycle, again mostly using rail trails and taking GO Transit to the starting point and...
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NFB film shows Toronto as a “boom town” in 1951
This 1951 Leslie McFarlane film from the NFB, “Toronto Boom Town,” showcases Toronto as a growing metropolis. It really is a blast from the...
By Jonathan Zettel
Canadian Urbanism Uncovered