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Happy Birthday Spadina Streetcar
Today marks the 10th anniversary of the Spadina Streetcar. Steve Munro provides a fine tribute and look back at how it came about on his website (with...
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Friday’s Headlines
• Bus stops here for TTC [ Toronto Star ] • TTC ordered to call out all streetcars, bus stops [ Globe and Mail ] • TTC told to announce...
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Pedestrian-Friendly Gould Street Design Competition
In conjunction with the international Walk21 conference being hosted by the City of Toronto in early October, Ryerson University is launching an...
By Dylan Reid -
Diamond Lanes finally policed?
In a few of the comment threads over the past two days readers have been excited about sightings of something most rare or even nonexistent Toronto...
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Thursday’s Headlines
• Volunteers spruced up cemetery [ Toronto Star ] • Keeping the ‘better way’ in motion [ Toronto Star ] • Libraries agree to...
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Walking Life: Call for Submissions
Walking Life will be a month-long exhibit showcasing work created both by artists and community members that celebrates the experience of walking. The...
By Dylan Reid -
Toronto Public Library approves $1.3 million in cuts
Cross-posted from Eye Daily Deferring the vote to increase the land-transfer and vehicle-registration taxes was a bad idea, says Councillor Maria...
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Montreal: FRAG on the Main
Walking up St. Laurent Boulevard (colloquially known to Montrealers as the Main) earlier in the month (I was in town partly to satisfy my appetite for...
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Wednesday’s Headlines
• Water is back on tap in city’s parks [ Toronto Star ] • Province won’t bailout Toronto, McGuinty says [ Globe and Mail ] • No...
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McGuinty to Toronto: use your taxing powers
Premier Dalton McGuinty spoke out today about Toronto City Council’s decision to defer implementing new taxes until after the provincial election on...
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MONTREAL: Lessons learned from Just for Laughs
EDITOR’S NOTE: Spacing occasionally includes posts from our friend Christopher DeWolf in Montréal. If you’re a fan of our rival city up...
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BikeFriday in Roncesvalles Village – July 27
This Friday marks the one-year anniversary of BikeFriday in Toronto. To celebrate, the bike-friendly, fair-trade baristas and bean roasters of Alternative...
By Tammy Thorne
Canadian Urbanism Uncovered