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Saturday’s headlines
• The high cost of using less water [ Toronto Star ] • Time to embrace those big blue bins [ Toronto Star ] • City property taxes up 3.75...
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A Levy worth paying
You’ve got to hand it to Sheldon Levy. The head of Ryerson University may be one of the only university presidents in Ontario without a doctorate...
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Streetcars vs. Cars: December 16th blizzard
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DTkcdLF1GPs[/youtube] Last month’s terriblewonderful Sunday blizzard threw the city into either a winter...
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Friday’s headlines
• Don’t raise the roof over taxes [ Toronto Star ] • Owners brace for tax hikes [ Globe and Mail ] • Say cheese(or chili) and smile...
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You Are Here sticker activism in the PATH
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lzaLWoVtkZ8[/youtube] A few well-intentioned Torontonians have created their own kind of civic-minded activism for...
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Thursday’s headlines
• TTC subways twice as costly as Madrid’s [ Toronto Star ] • Expanded service likely to push ridership to new high [ Toronto Star] &bull...
By Monika Warzecha -
The Birdman of the Annex
An interesting article in the Toronto Star today about author Graeme Gibson and the birdwatching passion he exercises in and around the ravines of...
By Shawn Micallef -
Streetcar map for Toronto
Click on maps to see larger version About a year ago I sat down with TTC Chair Adam Giambrone and his staff to discuss a number of little ideas I had...
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Climate-change adaptation
Cross-posted from Eye Weekly. OK, so maybe not everyone has gotten the message, but over the past 15 years or so (or perhaps more, depending on your...
By Dale Duncan -
Close Gould Street Rally
[Ed note: this post has been brought forward to remind those interested about this event.] Ryerson University students have called a rally for Thursday...
By Adam Chaleff-Freudenthaler -
Arcologies Already?
Toronto is in the midst of a building boom, and what with the new and continuing onslaught of proposed condo towers in the city, I would be surprised if...
By Duncan Patterson -
Wednesday’s headlines
• Tolls strike fear, loathing in hearts of car junkies [ Toronto Star ] • No easy fix for what ails Toronto [ Toronto Star ] • GTA to face...
By Monika Warzecha
Canadian Urbanism Uncovered