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Even though it is a Saturday, the offerings in today’s newspapers were too interesting to be ignored.\u00a0 Far from the repetitive strike doom and gloom – union-bashing, criticizing Miller (justifiably or not), temporary garbage dumps, rats and the much-covered garbaneurs<\/em> – Saturday’s papers had a refreshing selection of provocative articles I thought Spacing readers might be itching to discuss.\u00a0 I have only chosen a few, so feel free to suggest others I may have missed.<\/p>\n

• Here’s to getting high on the green stuff<\/a> [ Globe & Mail ] – The Globe revisits Les Klein’s proposed idea of putting a “green ribbon” over the Gardiner.<\/p>\n

• Yonge-Bloor development on the brink<\/a> [ Toronto Star ] – Kazakh Developers defaulting on their loans for an 80-storey condo at One Bloor.<\/p>\n

• Toronto’s new murder capital<\/a> [ Globe & Mail ] – A look into the York-Weston neighbourhood in Toronto where 10 deaths have occurred since January, twice as many as the more infamous Jane-Finch area.<\/p>\n

• Toronto Life Square in receivership<\/a> [ Globe & Mail ] – The year-old Toronto Life Square building at the corner of Dundas and Yonge was meant to mark the completed transformation of the area into Toronto’s newest commercial centre.\u00a0 Instead, mounting debts have led to foreclosure.<\/p>\n

• The Dufferin Mall? Really?<\/a> [ Globe & Mail ] – The role of gentrification in the $11-million transformation of the “ghetto mall” at Dufferin south of Bloor.<\/p>\n

• Curb your enthusiasm<\/a> [ Globe & Mail ] – Toronto’s ‘a la cart’ street food gets a resounding thumbs down in comparison to other outdoor food vendors around the world.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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