Canada
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Tuesday’s Headlines
• Ont. minister says multi-system transit card a first for Canada [ cbc ] • Fare enough: Single card aims to ease ticket trouble [ Toronto Star...
By Julie Yamin -
City Hall: The executive committee’s take on the climate change action plan
Cross-posted from Eye Daily. Here’s what some councillors had to say about the Climate Change, Clean Air and Sustainable Energy Action Plan, which...
By Dale Duncan -
Ireland Park: solemn, hidden and engaging
Only two weeks after HtO Park opened to the public, another public space opened with a very different purpose and spirit than the urban beach. Ireland...
By Sean Marshall -
Supreme Court establishes right to open city governments
London, Ontario city hall In a pleasing precedent, the Supreme Court of Canada last week ruled unanimously that all Ontarians have a right to observe...
By Dylan Reid -
Tuesday’s Headlines
• Will peace garden fade from view? [ Toronto Star ] • City to reap $300M from land transfer tax [ Toronto Star ] • Ontario unveils...
By Julie Yamin -
OURTOPIAS: Bringing humanity to housing
Jessica Hume will be covering the Ourtopias at the Design Exchange June 15 to 16 for the Spacing Wire. “Ourtopias: Ideal cities and the roles of design...
By Matthew Blackett -
Road tolls, hybrid taxis, retrofits of buildings!
From today’s Toronto Star [ read full article ]: Tolls on Toronto-area highways, a ban on gas-powered lawnmowers and leaf blowers, a requirement for...
By Matthew Blackett -
Memorial ride Friday for cyclist killed on Bayview
As many will already know, a(nother) cyclist was killed Friday, June 8th, on Bayview Avenue when he was hit by a truck. The official police report can be...
By Tammy Thorne -
On Golden Bay
I’m here in my diasporic homeland Malta — the small and rocky island between Sicily and Libya. This evening I went to a “holistic...
By Shawn Micallef -
Dubious Views online exhibition
Every Bus Stop in Surrey, Sylvia Grace Borda, 2004. Dubious Views is a bilingual online exhibition funded by the Virtual Museum Project of Canada, and...
By Michelle Kasprzak -
Crosstown traffic: in Toronto and China
As I mentioned back in March, I’ve been in possession of a car for the last few months and I’ve been using it for out-of-town trips, errands...
By Matthew Blackett -
Walking from Pearson Airport
At the end of last year, Shawn Micallef posted about English author Will Self’s walk from JFK airport in New York into Manhattan. A surprising...
By Dylan Reid