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Monday’s headlines
• Toronto ratepayers live on easy street [ Toronto Star ] • Taxes hit you where you live [ Toronto Star ] • Get set for a whack [ Toronto...
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Councillors say the darnedest things
[youtube]http://youtube.com/watch?v=z8EpSdyB0zY[/youtube] EDITOR’S NOTE: Video contains a lot of swear words. You’ve been warned. Ah...
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Ballenford: Death of a great bookstore
Earlier this week Ballenford Books sent out a distressed email announcing their intention to close after twenty-nine years as a Toronto institution. In...
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Sunday’s headlines
• Toronto hits energy target [ Toronto Star ] • Dark city, bright idea [ Toronto Star ] • Blindfolded treehugging [ Toronto Star ] &bull...
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Event Guide: Past, Present & Future of our Brownfields
The Toronto Society of Architects would like to invite you to join their upcoming monthly meeting, featuring a discussion on the Past, Present &...
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Winter cyclist profile – Jonny the musician
Spring is now officially here, but as there is a little bit of snow to contend with, we offer you one more in the series of winter cyclist profiles. Name...
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The City starts to plan for TTC strike
The City of Toronto issued a press release outlining a contingency plan in the case of a TTC strike starting on April 1 (does anyone find any irony of the...
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Saturday’s headlines
TRANSIT • TTC union promises 48 hours’ strike notice [ Toronto Star ] • TTC talks expected to continue next week [ Globe and Mail ] &bull...
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Let’s build the Bathurst Bridge Toronto deserves
There is going to be a new bridge in town, and Toronto has a rare opportunity to build something great because the Bathurst Street Bridge is about to...
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TTC strike date pushed back
According to the Toronto Star: The union is in a legal strike position at 12:01 a.m. Tuesday, but Kinnear said a strike now wouldn’t likely happen...
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Property taxes are weird
Property taxes are weird. They don’t work like other taxes. I’ve been trying to get my head around them for a few years now. In the run-up to...
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Friday’s headlines
CITY HALL • Miller presses Ottawa to ban handguns [ Toronto Star ] • Hold applause for city’s budget [ Toronto Star ] • Ford called...
By Monika Warzecha
Canadian Urbanism Uncovered