- 1st
- 12:03 am
[PHOTO] Some forget-me-nots of Spadina Road
11:53 am[LINK] "Margaret Thatcher: European."
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03:28 pm[URBAN NOTE] "How does a street get a name?"
03:37 pm[URBAN NOTE] "Harper reminisces about childhood in east Toronto"
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03:41 pm[URBAN NOTE] "Bike station at Toronto City Hall shelved after $650,000 already spent"
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10:00 pm[LINK] "Long live disco"
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10:29 pm[LINK] "Why Jason Collins is a gay icon for China"
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11:01 pm[LINK] "South Africa's shifting language landscape"
11:59 pm[BLOG] Some Wednesday links
Tags:- biology,
- blogs,
- chechnya,
- clash of ideologies,
- conspiracies,
- democracy,
- diasporas,
- economics,
- former soviet union,
- fort york,
- geopolitics,
- glbt issues,
- history,
- holidays,
- human beings,
- india,
- jews,
- judaism,
- korea,
- links,
- maps,
- migration,
- north caucasus,
- north korea,
- politics,
- regionalism,
- russia,
- sikhs,
- south korea,
- space science,
- terrorism,
- toronto,
- venezuela,
- war
- 2nd
- 09:10 am
Spring's arrival, as shown at BMV
11:59 am[URBAN NOTE] "Ghost City: 471 Bloor St. W."
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04:02 pm[ISL] "As bones of Tangier Island's past resurface, Chesapeake Bay islanders fret about their future
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07:21 pm[LINK] "Marc Garneau 'ticked off' about Canadarm event snub"
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07:41 pm[LINK] "Charge in robocall case has caused split among Guelph Tories"
08:01 pm[LINK] "Harper under fire for Elections Canada budget cuts amid rampant voting problems"
08:21 pm[LINK] "To 'Commit Sociology'"
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11:59 pm[MUSIC] Rough Trade, "High School Confidential" and Lesbians on Ecstasy, "The Pleasure Principal"
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- 3rd
- 08:04 am
[PHOTO] Missing
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11:57 am[BLOG] Some Friday links
02:56 pm[LINK] "Ontario budget: Can NDP leader afford to prop up Ontario Liberals again?"
03:00 pm[LINK] "Why Cyprus went bust, and the case of the mystery memory stick"
06:11 pm[LINK] "I commit sociology, and I don't intend to stop"
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10:19 pm[URBAN NOTE] "RE/MAX fires agent over family-values brochure"
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10:40 pm[URBAN NOTE] "Montreal’s Food Truck Plan Is a Symbolic “Fuck You” to Poor People and Immigrants"
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10:59 pm[LINK] "Economically, Russia Is Roughly Where the United States Was In The 1950's"
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- 4th
- 10:59 am
[PHOTO] The cherry blossoms of Robarts Library
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- 5th
- 11:39 am
[PHOTO] The cherry blossoms of High Park
- 6th
- 07:52 am
[PHOTO] A cherry tree blossoming in Trinity Bellwoods Park
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12:24 pm[BLOG] Some Monday blog links
Tags:- architecture,
- baltic states,
- blogs,
- cities,
- clash of ideologies,
- democracy,
- detroit,
- education,
- extraterrestrial life,
- feminism,
- former soviet union,
- futurology,
- glbt issues,
- humour,
- imperialism,
- links,
- mass media,
- mexico,
- new york city,
- oddities,
- poland,
- politics,
- popular culture,
- russia,
- social sciences,
- sociology,
- space science,
- united kingdom,
- united states
03:19 pm[URBAN NOTE] "Should TTC take over Toronto’s Bixi bike program?"
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03:23 pm[URBAN NOTE] "Half of Canada’s mid-sized cities have not recovered from recession: study"
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03:34 pm[URBAN NOTE] On Jane's Walk in Toronto and elsewhere
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07:26 pm[URBAN NOTE] "Cherry Blossoms Bloom at High Park"
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09:58 pm[URBAN NOTE] On the belated, but profitable, sale of 934 Ossington Avenue
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11:59 pm[LINK] "Actually, Keynes Cared a Lot About the Long Run"
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- 7th
- 09:49 am
[PHOTO] Garrison Creek, a Human River of the future?
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12:18 pm[CAT] "Living-Room Leopards"
02:48 pm[LINK] "Ontario power plant cancellations: Ex-premier Dalton McGuinty says ‘our government was wrong
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02:52 pm[URBAN NOTE] "Toronto city council to have transit tax debate"
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02:56 pm[URBAN NOTE] "A Few Delicate Questions About The Scarborough Subway"
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11:49 pm[LINK] "The Frozen Earth"
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11:54 pm[LINK] "French speakers in California, Past and Present"
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11:59 pm[URBAN NOTE] "Toronto’s immigrant enclaves spread to suburbs"
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- 8th
- 09:13 am
[PHOTO] Statue of Simón Bolivar, Trinity Bellwoods Park, May 2013
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12:21 pm[BLOG] Some Wednesday links
Tags:- bathurst street,
- biking,
- central europe,
- christianity,
- cities,
- crime,
- cycling,
- demographics,
- disasters,
- economics,
- first world war,
- former soviet union,
- futurology,
- germany,
- glbt issues,
- history,
- jamaica,
- kensington market,
- middle east,
- politics,
- popular culture,
- religion,
- russia,
- space science,
- subways,
- syria,
- toronto,
- ttc,
- united states,
- urban note,
- war
03:45 pm[LINK] "Quebecor won’t rule out further cost-cutting at newspaper business"
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03:50 pm[LINK] "Sun News to CRTC: No guaranteed spot on the dial, no more network"
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07:59 pm[LINK] "Controlled by Guns"
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08:30 pm[URBAN NOTE] "Planning and the Scarborough Subway"
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09:23 pm[DM] "The Suitcase Mood - Does Ukraine Face Population Meltdown?"
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- 9th
- 09:12 am
[PHOTO] A bonny swan
11:47 am[BLOG] Some Thursday links
Tags:- bangladesh,
- blogs,
- canada,
- central asia,
- central europe,
- china,
- crime,
- czech republic,
- czechoslovakia,
- demographics,
- disasters,
- economics,
- ethnic cleansing,
- ethnic conflict,
- former soviet union,
- germany,
- globalization,
- immigration,
- india,
- links,
- migration,
- moldova,
- oil,
- popular culture,
- racism,
- russia,
- second world war,
- space travel,
- television,
- ukraine,
- united states
02:44 pm[URBAN NOTE] "It’s ‘about time’ Toronto Maple Leafs fans had something to cheer for"
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02:48 pm[URBAN NOTE] "Immigrant underclass in GTA fuels simmering frustrations"
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08:59 pm[LINK] "Amateur Astronomer Catches Record Setting Gamma-Ray Burst"
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- 10th
- 09:17 am
[PHOTO] Ducks of Grenadier Pond
12:20 pm[BLOG] Some Friday links
Tags:- alternate history,
- astronomy,
- baltic states,
- belarus,
- blogging,
- blogs,
- china,
- chinese language,
- economics,
- evolution,
- former soviet union,
- glbt issues,
- imperialism,
- links,
- mass media,
- moldova,
- popular culture,
- psychogeography,
- roman catholic church,
- science,
- social networking,
- space science,
- space travel,
- toronto,
- twitter,
- ukraine,
- united states
03:02 pm[URBAN NOTE] "Why the Ontario Government needs "Revenue Tools" for transit"
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06:59 pm[LINK] "Cleverly subversive Liberal ad messes with Harper’s head"
10:36 pm[URBAN NOTE] "Porter extension on Toronto Island would threaten Hanlan's Point: councillors"
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10:59 pm[LINK] "The economy is in good shape, so why is support for the Conservatives slumping?"
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11:19 pm[LINK] "NASA's Hubble Space Telescope Finds Dead Stars 'Polluted with Planet Debris'"
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11:59 pm[URBAN NOTE] Three links on the aftermath of Toronto city council's anti-tax vote
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- 11th
- 04:59 pm
[PHOTO] High Park on a Saturday in May
- 12th
- 03:14 pm
[PHOTO] Stormwater pond system, High Park
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- 13th
- 09:08 am
[PHOTO] More cherry blossoms in High Park
02:47 pm[BLOG] Some Monday links
02:54 pm[MUSIC] Chris Hadfield, "Space Oddity"
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08:27 pm[URBAN NOTE] "Journalist Peter Worthington dies at 86"
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08:32 pm[URBAN NOTE] "Opposing the Subway"
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08:44 pm[URBAN NOTE] "Toronto’s East End, a vibrant, multicultural area"
10:00 pm[BRIEF NOTE] On the reconstruction of Eurasiatic and the love of deep history
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11:56 pm[BRIEF NOTE] On the return of Chris Hadfield to Earth
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- 14th
- 08:20 am
[PHOTO] Front cash at Future, 483 Bloor Street West
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09:59 am[LINK] "Quebecor and Torstar results: newspapers bleeding badly"
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11:41 am[LINK] "Liberals take Labrador, as Jones wins big over Penashue"
03:26 pm[URBAN NOTE] "Toronto Maple Leafs season choked away in Game 7"
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03:34 pm[URBAN NOTE] "Council Wants to Strengthen Supports for Medically Uninsured Residents"
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07:44 pm[LINK] "Brazil judicial decision paves way for gay marriage"
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07:48 pm[LINK] "Minoans, First Advanced European Civilization, Originated From Europe Not Africa"
11:16 pm[LINK] "Space Is Now a Reality TV Show"
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- 15th
- 07:08 am
[PHOTO] Morning commute, southbound platform, Yonge and Bloor station
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10:43 am[BLOG] Some Wednesday links
Tags:- bangladesh,
- bhutan,
- blogs,
- bulgaria,
- canada,
- clash of ideologies,
- cuba,
- democracy,
- disasters,
- earth,
- education,
- environment,
- eugenics,
- former soviet union,
- futurology,
- genetics,
- germany,
- globalization,
- history,
- islam,
- islands,
- links,
- maps,
- migration,
- politics,
- russia,
- science,
- scotland,
- siberia,
- south asia,
- united states
01:43 pm[LINK] "How spaceman Hadfield's sons pushed him to social-media stardom"
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01:49 pm[LINK] "Can BlackBerry move past 'solid ground' to recapture past glory?"
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10:35 pm[LINK] "Quebec’s Liberal ‘rebirth’ is just a PQ fade"
10:43 pm[LINK] Two notes on the surprising outcome of the British Columbia election
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11:08 pm[BRIEF NOTE] On the Mike Duffy affair's degeneration
- 16th
- 08:35 am
[PHOTO] The bare earth of High Park
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11:41 am[LINK] "Duffy claimed Senate expenses while election campaigning"
02:43 pm[URBAN NOTE] Two blogTO links on development at Yonge and Eglinton
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02:57 pm[LINK] "World’s oldest water bubbling into Northern Ontario mine"
11:27 pm[URBAN NOTE] Two non-crack Rob Ford links
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11:47 pm[LINK] "Duffy quits Conservative caucus over expenses as colleagues began turning on him"
- 17th
- 09:14 am
[PHOTO] "Stop Rob Ford!"
12:01 pm[URBAN NOTE] Two links on the alleged crack video of Toronto mayor Rob Ford
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03:07 pm[VIDEO] "Crack smoking Toronto mayor Rob Ford caught on tape!"
08:29 pm[URBAN NOTE] "We Are Raising $200,000 to Buy and Publish the Rob Ford Crack Tape"
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08:34 pm[LINK] "Senator Pamela Wallin leaves Conservative caucus"
08:41 pm[URBAN NOTE] "Poignant PFLAG Ceremony Ends with Mayor Ford Fleeing Media"
09:04 pm[LINK] "'No:' Elijah Harper, who scuttled Meech Lake, dies at age 64"
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09:06 pm[LINK] "NASA Announces Brightest Lunar Explosion Ever Recorded"
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09:09 pm[LINK] "Indonesians are loving Toronto start-up’s app MavenSay"
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- 18th
- 08:38 pm
[PHOTO] Six photos from Queen Street West on a Friday evening
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11:55 pm[FORUM] What do you think about the alleged Rob Ford crack tape?
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- 21st
- 09:13 am
[PHOTO] Magnolia, Bloor and Dufferin, May 2013
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12:02 pm[BLOG] Some Tuesday links
Tags:- blogs,
- cats,
- central asia,
- china,
- college street,
- colonialism,
- demographics,
- dovercourt road,
- ethnic cleansing,
- former soviet union,
- imperialism,
- kyrgyzstan,
- links,
- little italy,
- maps,
- migration,
- nationalism,
- neighbourhoods,
- new york city,
- nigeria,
- non blog,
- photography,
- photos,
- popular literature,
- russian language,
- saturn,
- science fiction,
- titan,
- toronto,
- united states,
- urban note,
- west africa
02:26 pm[URBAN NOTE] "City council rejects new casino in 40-4 vote"
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02:31 pm[URBAN NOTE] "Public Works: A Casino That Works?"
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02:34 pm[LINK] "Why The Pollsters Got BC Wrong"
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06:04 pm[URBAN NOTE] "Will crack allegations be enough to sink Mayor Rob Ford?"
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07:50 pm[ISL] "Tour operators get lesson in being gay-friendly"
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07:54 pm[URBAN NOTE] "Village no more"
10:53 pm[LINK] "Anti-Gay Marriage Historian Shoots Himself at the Altar of Notre Dame"
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11:59 pm[LINK] "A Star Pupil Flunks Out"
- 22nd
- 09:02 am
[PHOTO] Civil defense siren, Dundas and Shaw
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12:35 pm[BLOG] Some Wednesday links
02:34 pm[LINK] Two notes on Yahoo's work with Tumblr and Flickr
02:37 pm[LINK] "The 'Zuckerberg of Russia' Faces Trouble"
06:01 pm[URBAN NOTE] "Rob Ford fired as Don Bosco Eagles head coach"
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10:31 pm[URBAN NOTE] "The Highly Effective Idiot"
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10:51 pm[URBAN NOTE] "The legalistic arguments being made about Rob Ford"
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- 23rd
- 09:14 am
[PHOTO] "Dufferin Mall, really"
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12:29 pm[BLOG] Some Thursday links
Tags:- alternate history,
- baltic states,
- blogs,
- borders,
- canada,
- clash of ideologies,
- demographics,
- diasporas,
- economics,
- estonia,
- ethnic conflict,
- european union,
- eurozone,
- former soviet union,
- iran,
- japan,
- language conflict,
- links,
- maps,
- middle east,
- migration,
- photos,
- portugal,
- public art,
- russia,
- science,
- second world war,
- turkey,
- united kingdom,
- united states
02:46 pm[URBAN NOTE] "The Architecture of Seduction"
02:53 pm[URBAN NOTE] "In Greenland, an Urban Heat Island Is Growing Fast"
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07:55 pm[LINK] "Cuba's young see bleak future, many want to leave"
08:04 pm[LINK] "Finding gay Havana"
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09:59 pm[LINK] "Haida group dumps man behind ocean fertilization"
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11:59 pm[URBAN NOTE] "Community Group Challenges Toronto’s Star‘s Reporting About “Somali Drug Dealers”"
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- 24th
- 09:08 am
[PHOTO] Cherry blossoms street-side, Dupont and Dufferin
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12:16 pm[BLOG] Some Friday links
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- 25th
- 02:42 pm
[PHOTO] Eight pictures of Toronto parks in springtime, May 2013
06:41 pm[FORUM] What do you think about the ongoing scandals of the Ford brothers?
- 26th
- 10:58 am
[PHOTO] At Queensway and Colborne Lodge Drive
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- 27th
- 09:04 am
[PHOTO] Snails by the stairwell
12:05 pm[BLOG] Some Monday links
02:53 pm[URBAN NOTE] "In Defence Of Rob Ford, Or, Against The Mob"
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03:00 pm[URBAN NOTE] "Rob Ford’s insatiable appetite for destruction"
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08:26 pm[URBAN NOTE] On how, and why, Gawker raised its $200 000
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10:17 pm[LINK] "CSIS knew of navy spy's activity, left RCMP in the dark"
10:27 pm[LINK] "Abolish the Senate if it can't be reformed, Marjory LeBreton says"
11:51 pm[LINK] "A tale of two passports"
- 28th
- 06:17 am
[PHOTO] "Rediscovering Garrison Creek"
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12:17 pm[LINK] "Bilingualism declines for 1st time in 40 years"
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03:07 pm[URBAN NOTE] "Rob Ford video scandal: Deputy mayor says he believes Star reporter"
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03:14 pm[URBAN NOTE] "Rob Ford crack scandal: Fears Ford’s aide sought video spark police probe"
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07:58 pm[URBAN NOTE] "Ford Nation stands by their man"
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- 29th
- 08:57 am
[PHOTO] An advertisement for Victoria Day fireworks at the convenience store
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12:25 pm[URBAN NOTE] "Thank You: The Rob Ford Crackstarter Has Met Its Goal"
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02:41 pm[URBAN NOTE] Does every country have a "San Francisco"?
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02:45 pm[URBAN NOTE] "Heavy rainfall leaves Toronto thoroughfares washed out"
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07:42 pm[BRIEF NOTE] On Henry Morgentaler and 85 Harbord Street
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09:42 pm[LINK] "Canada expelling Eritrean diplomat for using consulate for fundraising"
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10:42 pm[LINK] "Tourists Check Out a Newly Affordable Japan"
11:59 pm[URBAN NOTE] The Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area, now?
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- 30th
- 09:05 am
[PHOTO] The departed Linux Caffe, 326 Harbord Street
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02:23 pm[BLOG] Some Thursday links
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08:59 pm[LINK] Two Transitions Online articles about Latvia and Russia
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10:20 pm[LINK] Two links on the position of the Serbian Orthodox Church
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11:19 pm[LINK] "Are Kaesong curtains drawn for good?"
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11:39 pm[LINK] Is Beirut's Reputation for LGBT Tolerance a Myth?
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- 31st
- 09:15 am
[PHOTO] Looking north, Dupont and Christie
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01:31 pm[BLOG] Some Friday links
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03:14 pm[URBAN NOTE] "G20 officer found not guilty on assault charges"
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03:26 pm[URBAN NOTE] "Wynne stands by comments she’s ‘worried’ about Mayor Ford situation"
03:29 pm[LINK] "Astronomical gas cloud could finally reveal the truth about black holes at the centre of the
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09:59 pm[URBAN NOTE] Two links on urban-suburban ethnic divides in Toronto
11:13 pm[LINK] "Assessing the Case Against Gay Marriage"
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