1st
08:39 am

[CAT] Shakespeare, on his side



08:51 am

[PHOTO] At McCardle's Berry Patch, Tracadie, Prince Edward Island



12:42 pm

[BLOG] Some Saturday links



12:50 pm

[ISL] On the visit of William and Kate to Haida Gwaii



12:53 pm

[ISL] "Old Farmer's Almanac at 225: 'It doesn't look that much different' "



12:56 pm

[ISL] "Devon Island: The Last Stop Before Mars"



03:40 pm

[LINK] "Northern exposure: Manitoba's northern economy facing serious challenges"



03:42 pm

[URBAN NOTE] On Rogers' axing of Canadian mass media



03:43 pm

[URBAN NOTE] "The difficult task of reviving Toronto’s Ontario Place"



06:03 pm

[FORUM] Have you done Nuit Blanche before? Will you be doing it? (#nuitblanche)



2nd
09:43 am

[PHOTO] Looking towards the heart of it all, Confederation Centre of the Arts, Charlottetown



09:46 am

[PHOTO] CN Tower rising into mist



10:51 am

[BLOG] Some Sunday links



01:59 pm

[URBAN NOTE] "Eglinton Station bus terminal finally being torn down"



02:02 pm

[URBAN NOTE] "City eyes legalizing rooming houses in North York, East York and Scarborough"



02:04 pm

[URBAN NOTE] The National Post on the reopening of St. Michael's Cathedral



02:08 pm

[URBAN NOTE] On the real estate crunch in Shenzhen, China



02:12 pm

[URBAN NOTE] "Bankrupt Mining Town Downsizes to Avoid Becoming a Ghost"



04:53 pm

[URBAN NOTE] "The Indianapolis-Scarborough Peace Games"



10:21 pm

[PHOTO] My Nuit Blanche photos on Facebook



11:38 pm

[FORUM] What social networking sites are you active on?



3rd
08:21 am

[PHOTO] Rainbow at night, TD Bank, Church and Wellesley



06:03 pm

[PHOTO] St. Columba Presbyterian Church, Marshfield PE



08:18 pm

[BLOG] Some Monday links



10:57 pm

[URBAN NOTE] "Ahmadiyya Caliph touches down in Toronto"



10:59 pm

[URBAN NOTE] "Longing for ‘the crack days’ at a Parliament Street rooming house"



11:02 pm

[URBAN NOTE] "A Brief History of SmartTrack, so Far"



11:07 pm

[URBAN NOTE] "Let’s actually talk about investing in housing"



11:20 pm

[URBAN NOTE] "TTC forging ahead with one-operator subway trains"



11:23 pm

[URBAN NOTE] On the Vancouver real estate market, still booming



11:26 pm

[URBAN NOTE] "Ottawa tightens mortgage requirements and targets foreign money"



4th
07:32 am

[PHOTO] Early morning, Charlottetown Airport



07:34 am

[PHOTO] Princes' Gates, final day of the CNE



11:41 am

[BLOG] Some Tuesday links



11:52 am

[URBAN NOTE] "Vancouver home sales drop nearly 33% as new tax takes hold"



11:56 am

[URBAN NOTE] "There can only be one: Ajax, Pickering fight for right to host casino"



12:00 pm

[URBAN NOTE] "Salmon festival in Scarborough spawns a crowd"



12:02 pm

[URBAN NOTE] "Toronto buyers drive real estate prices up in Cambridge, Kitchener, Guelph"



02:07 pm

[URBAN NOTE] "The Switch to Presto Could Make Life a Lot Harder for Seniors and Students"



02:09 pm

[URBAN NOTE] "Microtransit idea offers glimmer of hope in otherwise business as usual TTC meeting"



5th
10:50 am

[PHOTO] Looking at the history of Island aviation, Charlottetown Airport



03:30 pm

[PHOTO] Seven photos from the Guild Park and Gardens



04:03 pm

[BLOG] Some Wed



07:57 pm

[URBAN NOTE] "Majority of Torontonians favour bike lanes, new survey suggests"



08:04 pm

[URBAN NOTE] "Vancouver’s hot real estate market reaches tipping point"



08:07 pm

[URBAN NOTE] "Conrad Black Wants You To Know Donald Trump is Totally Cool, and Not Racist or Sexist"



08:13 pm

[URBAN NOTE] "Toronto city council unanimously approves $2.4M for design work on Rail Deck Park"



08:18 pm

[ISL] "Charlottetown residents urged to save water amid 'very dry year'"



08:22 pm

[ISL] "Secrecy was the name of the game in the e-gaming scandal"



6th
11:50 am

[PHOTO] Boarding the plane, Charlottetown Airport



12:01 pm

[PHOTO] Osterhout Log Cabin, Scarborough



01:31 pm

[BLOG] Some Thursday links



02:41 pm

[BRIEF NOTE] On the Star Trek statement against Donald Trump



04:40 pm

[URBAN NOTE] "Toronto house prices soared again in September"



04:46 pm

[URBAN NOTE] "Vancouver’s new chief planner says city is ripe for change"



04:49 pm

[ISL] On the apocalyptic cult that held De Courcy Island Farm, British Columbia



04:53 pm

[URBAN NOTE] On the problems with the College Street beautification project



04:56 pm

[URBAN NOTE] "Scarborough subway might already be off track"



07:57 pm

[DM] "On the new official xenophobia in the United Kingdom"



11:52 pm

[MUSIC] P.J. Harvey, "Down by the Water"



7th
11:05 am

[PHOTO] Seen from high above Charlottetown



12:35 pm

[PHOTO] Seen from high above the Greater Toronto Area



03:41 pm

[URBAN NOTE] On what the Broadview Hotel looks like now



06:52 pm

[BLOG] Some Friday links



07:00 pm

[MUSIC] "Reissue of the Voyager Golden Record Will Be the Greatest Album in the Universe"



07:03 pm

[URBAN NOTE] "Foreigners in London ‘Horrified’ by May’s Immigration Vision"



07:04 pm

[URBAN NOTE] "Singapore Is Crushing Hong Kong in the Race to Cut Home Prices"



08:48 pm

[URBAN NOTE] The National Post on the grim nature of San Francisco transit



08:54 pm

[URBAN NOTE] "Business is booming at Pearson, but transit is not"



08:58 pm

[URBAN NOTE] "Twenty-two storey Yonge street mural pays homage to music legends"



08:58 pm

[URBAN NOTE] "International Space Station to dash across Toronto skies"



11:16 pm

[URBAN NOTE] On the extended Nuit Blanche run at Toronto City Hall



8th
12:33 pm

[CAT] Shakespeare, looking at the camera



12:41 pm

[PHOTO] St. Peter's Island from above, July 2016



03:46 pm

[BLOG] Some Saturday links



06:20 pm

[URBAN NOTE] "TTC labour complaint says union condoned illegal strike"



06:22 pm

[URBAN NOTE] "As Toronto rapidly evolves, Rail Deck Park is needed"



06:24 pm

[URBAN NOTE] "University of Toronto conducting study to learn what makes Kensington Market tick"



06:27 pm

[ISL] The Atlantic on indigenous land tenure in Hawai'i



06:30 pm

[ISL] "Iceland’s Fishing Industry Roots for Rate Cut Amid Krona Gains"



06:32 pm

[LINK] "Being a nurse in the North is challenging, but ‘there are salary perks’—big ones"



06:34 pm

[LINK] "How climate change is driving tourism in the Canadian Arctic"



09:55 pm

[PHOTO] "One photo, less than 1,000 words: Ken Pagan vs. Everybody"



11:15 pm

[FORUM] What do you think is the explanation for the Fermi Paradox?



9th
01:21 pm

[PHOTO] A Bird's Eye View of Toronto's Downtown, looking east



02:38 pm

[BLOG] Some Sunday links



11:32 pm

[VIDEO] "Mykki Blanco recites ‘I Want A Dyke For President’"



11:56 pm

[FORUM] What do you think about the ongoing American election campaign?



10th
02:43 pm

[PHOTO] Floria Sigismondi, Pneuma, at Toronto City Hall



05:50 pm

[BLOG] Some Monday links



11th
11:58 am

[PHOTO] Looking south down Dufferin past the Golden Arches



03:04 pm

[BLOG] Some Tuesday links



03:23 pm

[URBAN NOT] "Why so many of America's sushi restaurants are Chinese-owned"



03:27 pm

[ISL] "Former Ontario farmers creating Amish paradise on Prince Edward Island"



06:17 pm

[URBAN NOTE] "Is Saint John, New Brunswick, the place to be for inexpensive real estate?"



06:23 pm

[URBAN NOTE] "Rooming house conversions worry housing advocates"



06:26 pm

[URBAN NOTE] "Italy suspends Rome's bid for the 2024 Olympic Games"



06:28 pm

[URBAN NOTE] "Brampton facing fourth lawsuit over $500 million development deal"



12th
01:36 pm

[PHOTO] Nine photos of zinnias, Dupont at Dufferin



05:00 pm

[BLOG] Some Wednesday links



05:06 pm

[ISL] "Portugal Open to China Investment in Azores as U.S. Sway Wanes"



05:09 pm

[URBAN NOTE] "Kensington Market's Jewish roots still run deep"



05:11 pm

[URBAN NOTE] "As TTC’s new streetcars lag behind, Detroit and L.A. stay on track"



05:16 pm

[URBAN NOTE] "Rental property built in residential North York neighbourhood leads to 5-year fight"



06:10 pm

[URBAN NOTE] "How Chop Suey and Ginger Beef Helped Canada Discover Itself"



08:47 pm

[URBAN NOTE] Daily Xtra on Striker Sports Bar



08:53 pm

[URBAN NOTE] Torontoist on Toronto's 1910 aviation meet



13th
11:46 am

[PHOTO] Looking towards the condoized skyline of Yonge and Bloor



03:11 pm

[BLOG] Some Thursday links



03:28 pm



03:30 pm

[URBAN NOTE] "‘Old Jays’ are battered and bruised but ready for battle"



06:33 pm

[URBAN NOTE] "Scuttled Crosstown deal sparks debate about Toronto transit and development"



06:37 pm

[URBAN NOTE] "Outpacing Toronto real estate, Durham may be the GTA's hottest market"



06:40 pm

[URBAN NOTE] "Transit’s “last mile” solution may be mobility-as-a-service companies"



08:32 pm

[URBAN NOTE] "Bloor-Dufferin residents fight for community space as schools put up for sale"



14th
06:51 pm

[PHOTO] CHAZ on Charles, 45 Charles Street East



15th
01:19 pm

[CAT] Shakespeare, looking up



01:44 pm

[BLOG] Some Saturday links



06:38 pm

[URBAN NOTE] "Is the greenbelt squeezing Toronto’s housing market?"



06:44 pm

[URBAN NOTE] The Globe and Mail on Montreal's Habitat at 50



06:48 pm

[URBAN NOTE] "Tech firms aim to reverse Hamilton’s brain drain"



06:50 pm

[URBAN NOTE] "Hosting Toronto Expo 2025 would cost $1.9 billion: consultants"



06:56 pm

[URBAN NOTE] "Growth plan fuelling GTA housing prices, developers told"



06:58 pm

[URBAN NOTE] "Young professionals struggle to rent in 'crazy' real estate markets"



07:01 pm

[URBAN NOTE] "Dreaming of Music City"



07:04 pm

[URBAN NOTE] On Doug Ford and Donald Trump



08:27 pm

[FORUM] What impact has Donald Trump had on your politics?



16th
10:51 am

[PHOTO] Six photos from the Sunset Service at the 519 during Nuit Blanche, Toronto



11:16 am

[BLOG] Some Sunday links



03:06 pm

[URBAN NOTE] Torontoist on the birth of Greektown on the Danforth



03:13 pm

[URBAN NOTE] "Presto lets riders transfer to a new set of headaches"



03:15 pm

[URBAN NOTE] "The ugliest side of Toronto’s ravines"



03:19 pm

[URBAN NOTE] "Death of Hong Kong tycoon ushers in difficult and uncertain future"



03:22 pm

[ISL] "Casinos Rejected by Outlying Taiwan Islands in Referendum Vote"



03:25 pm

[ISL] "The Ark, '70s experiment in sustainable living, explored at new exhibit"



06:04 pm

[URBAN NOTE] "Fetish-wear business thrives by finding a niche outside the mainstream"



17th
07:37 am

[PHOTO] Morning glory, wire fence, Dupont Construction Supplies



07:41 am

[BLOG] Some Monday links



12:09 pm

[URBAN NOTE] "First signs appear of a rising tide of young Hong Kong emigrants"



12:12 pm

[LINK] "Iran Is Stuck With China to Finance Its Oil Dreams"



12:16 pm

[LINK] "U.S. Carbon Dioxide Emissions Hit New 25-Year Low"



12:21 pm

[URBAN NOTE] "Tourists Could Destroy Venice—If Floods Don't First"



12:27 pm

[LINK] "First heterosexual civil partnership in British Isles celebrated"



12:29 pm

[LINK] "John Weir on the Controlling Effect of Trump’s ‘Locker Room Talk’"



12:32 pm

[LINK] On the durable massive rings of exoplanet J1407b



02:53 pm

[LINK] "Ethiopia Alleges Oromo Protesters Receiving Support From Egypt"



02:56 pm

[LINK] "An Atlantic Canadian speech pattern, explained"



18th
08:43 am

[PHOTO] Enduring mist, Yonge and Eglinton



11:15 am

[BLOG] Some Tuesday links



11:31 am

[URBAN NOTE] "Why Toronto Should Further Explore a Bid for Expo 2025"



11:33 am

[URBAN NOTE] "Don Valley gets corporate help for green makeover"



11:36 am

[LINK] "Overlooked First Nations war heroes recognized 2 centuries later"



02:10 pm

[URBAN NOTE] "The Case for Diversifying Development"



02:12 pm

[URBAN NOTE] "New mortgage rules mean raising babies in apartments, financial planner says"



02:15 pm

[URBAN NOTE] On how the housing price crunch might chase young workers out of Toronto



02:19 pm

[VIDEO] "Introducing Prestissimo"



19th
07:46 am

[PHOTO] Orange mums on a cloudy morning, Dovercourt Village



11:38 am

[BLOG] Some Wednesday links



11:50 am

[URBAN NOTE] "Ridership Has Tripled on Toronto’s Union Pearson Express"



11:55 am

[URBAN NOTE] "Singapore’s $24 Billion Wipeout Eats Into Its Shipyard Base"



02:19 pm

[URBAN NOTE] "Big Winner From London’s Brexit Exodus Isn’t Even in Europe"



02:26 pm

[ISL] "Dublin exploits Brexit uncertainty to lure firms from London"



02:31 pm

[ISL] Brexit vote reignites the debate on Britishness in Northern Ireland"



03:41 pm

[URBAN NOTE] "Brexit threatens London's status as 'best city in the world' — even if nothing changes



09:11 pm

[LINK] "ESA Mars lander feared lost in final minutes of descent"



09:13 pm

[LINK] "Was Venus the first habitable planet in our solar system?"



09:34 pm

[LINK] "China wants the Moon. But first, it has to spend a month in space"



09:37 pm

[LINK] On the case for going to Venus before Mars



20th
07:41 am

[PHOTO] Welcome to Toronto colouring book, $C 20 each



10:55 am

[BLOG] Some Thursday links



01:36 pm

[URBAN NOTE] "Bonnie Crombie vs Mississauga’s race-baiters: Are symbolic gestures enough?"



01:44 pm

[URBAN NOTE] "Mega-projects reshaping Mississauga sprawl"



01:48 pm

[URBAN NOTE] "Private donations for Don River Valley Park could be 'blueprint' for future parks"



01:50 pm

[URBAN NOTE] "Condo creep finally arrives in Parkdale"



01:52 pm

[URBAN NOTE] "The slow fade of industry on Laird Drive"



01:54 pm

[URBAN NOTE] "Toronto city council takes first step towards regulating Airbnb-style rentals"



01:57 pm

[URBAN NOTE] "Proposal to licence Toronto rooming houses will face stiff opposition"



11:43 pm

[MUSIC] Janet Jackson, "Nasty"



21st
12:46 pm

[PHOTO] Three photos taken at Rosedale TTC station late on a rainy fall afternoon



05:03 pm

[BLOG] Some Friday links



08:29 pm

[URBAN NOTE] "A nasty winter is in store for Toronto this year"



08:33 pm

[URBAN NOTE] "A History of Bike Lanes in Toronto"



08:52 pm

[URBAN NOTE] "'Don't just stand there!': Honest Ed's hosting final sign sale"



09:12 pm

[URBAN NOTE] "The New Urban Agenda: What Our Cities Can Be"



09:16 pm

[URBAN NOTE] "Arctic Cities Crumble as Climate Change Thaws Permafrost"



09:34 pm

[URBAN NOTE] "Climate Change Means Moving. Just Don't Say 'Retreat.'"



09:42 pm

[ISL] "Charlottetown waterfront study looks at future flooding"



09:49 pm

[URBAN NOTE] "Port Lands flood protection cost rises to $1.25 billion"



11:56 pm

[DM] "On the idea that the human life expectancy is limited to 115 years"



22nd
09:30 am

[PHOTO] Shakespeare, against a grey background



12:07 pm

[PHOTO] Four photos from the Honest Ed's signs sale, 22 October 2016



01:46 pm

[BLOG] Some Saturday links



05:02 pm

[URBAN NOTE] "Affordable Housing Incentives Encourage Development, But Still Fall Short"



05:05 pm

[URBAN NOTE] "Vancouver-area renters being pushed away from transit corridors"



05:07 pm

[URBAN NOTE] On the naming of a Toronto park after black city councillor William Peyton Hubbard



05:10 pm

[URBAN NOTE] "Northbound celebrates 30 years of kink, play and leather"



05:13 pm

[ISL] "Meet Amybeth McNulty, star of new Anne of Green Gables series for CBC, Netflix"



05:17 pm

[ISL] Marion Reid, "When the well goes dry"



07:37 pm

[ISL] CBC News on the new Summerside library



07:43 pm

[ISL] "P.E.I. Progressive Conservatives will choose new leader in fall 2017"



11:55 pm

[FORUM] What would you do with an extended lifespan?



24th
08:42 am

[PHOTO] Seven photos of the Ismaili Centre and the Aga Khan Museum, afternoon and evening



10:25 am

[BLOG] Some Monday links



12:35 pm

[URBAN NOTE] On those fake City of Toronto notifications for condo redevelopments



12:42 pm

[URBAN NOTE] "Skyrocketing commercial rents purge reluctant artists from Toronto’s west end"



12:45 pm

[URBAN NOTE] "Vancouver seeks to protect character of historic Chinatown"



03:03 pm

[URBAN NOTE] "Long queue of customers arrive for last shot at Honest Ed's hand-painted signs"



03:05 pm

[URBAN NOTE] "When will Toronto love its Modern architecture?"



03:07 pm

[URBAN NOTE] "How MuchMusic changed Toronto television forever"



03:10 pm

[URBAN NOTE] "The past and the future of the record store in Toronto"



03:13 pm

[URBAN NOTE] "Denver and Calgary: A tale of 2 similar but very different cities"



08:40 pm

[REVIEW] Joseph Boyden, Wenjack



08:59 pm

[REVIEW] Gord Downie and Jeff Lemire, Secret Path



25th
07:39 am

[PHOTO] Silk robes of Central Asia, Aga Khan Museum



08:40 am

[BLOG] Some Tuesday links



11:36 am

[URBAN NOTE] "Millennial home buyers willing to pay the price to avoid long commutes"



11:41 am

[URBAN NOTE] "Airbnb says it doesn’t affect Toronto’s rental market"



11:47 am

[LINK] "What Sam Oosterhoff's nomination means for Patrick Brown's PCs"



11:49 am

[URBAN NOTE] "Ex-Brampton mayor ‘does not recall’ seeing details of $480,000 payment to developer"



11:53 am

[URBAN NOTE] "How a bid to resurrect Scarborough LRT was killed"



11:57 am

[URBAN NOTE] "The city’s game: Scenes from Toronto’s love affair with basketball"



11:59 am

[URBAN NOTE] "Millennials restoring their faith at Toronto's C3 Church"



26th
10:56 am

[PHOTO] Three artifacts produced for export to the West, from the Aga Khan Museum



04:12 pm

[BLOG] Some Wednesday links



27th
07:06 am

[PHOTO] Inscribed scallop shell, Aga Khan Museum



10:59 am

[BLOG] Some Thursday links



11:13 am

[URBAN NOTE] "The persistence of poverty in Ontario"



11:15 am

[URBAN NOTE] "Toronto council committee agrees not to pursue Expo 2025 bid"



11:17 am

[URBAN NOTE] Leading Scarborough Subway Champions Now Want a Different Route, Because Of Course"



11:20 am

[URBAN NOTE] "Why We Need to Focus on Expanding Rail Networks"



01:25 pm

[LINK] "Watch How Bees Teach Each Other to Solve Problems"



01:29 pm

[LINK] "Sperm Whales Bring New Lingo to New Neighborhoods"



01:31 pm

[LINK] "Why Neuroscientists Need to Study the Crow"



11:34 pm

[MUSIC] Sylvester, "Do You Wanna Funk"



29th
11:48 am

[CAT] Shakespeare, post-meow



11:54 am

[PHOTO] 17 photos from IKEA Then & Now, Design Exchange (#ikeacan40)



01:54 pm

[BLOG] Some Saturday links



04:41 pm

[ISL] "How Irish-America sees Ireland"



04:44 pm

[ISL] "Pirate Party Grasps for Power as Icelanders Cast Their Votes"



04:47 pm

[ISL] The Conversation on the latest geothermal energy project of Iceland



04:52 pm

[LINK] "First Mi’kmaq senator aims to ‘rebuild’ Crown-aboriginal relationship"



04:54 pm

[LINK] On a 19th century Inuit encounter with the walking dead ... of the Franklin expedition



04:57 pm

[LINK] On the continuing frauds of the supposed Mikinaks



08:16 pm

[URBAN NOTE] "Mississauga Chiefs keep their name with First Nations blessing"



08:16 pm

[LINK] Richard Warnica of the National Post on the rise of the spirit camps



08:25 pm

[FORUM] What do you think will happen to First Nations, in North America and elsewhere,?



30th
09:23 am

[PHOTO] Streetcars, west on King at Bay



11:57 am

[LINK] "Prime Minister Trudeau signs Canada-EU trade deal in Brussels"



02:36 pm

[BLOG] Some Sunday links



03:00 pm

[LINK] "Long, winding road from Senegal to Canada and back home for accused terrorist"



08:52 pm

[URBAN NOTE] "As Mayor Tory hits midterm, no challengers in sight"



08:56 pm

[URBAN NOTE] "Another Scarborough Subway Boondoggle?"



31st
10:45 am

[PHOTO] Two photos of the Allen Lambert Galleria, Brookfield Place, Toronto



01:45 pm

[BLOG] Some Monday links



05:33 pm

[URBAN NOTE] "Why I pranked Torontonians with fake condo signs"



05:38 pm

[URBAN NOTE] Kelly Grant in The Globe and Mail on demographic pressures of downtown Toronto hospital



05:42 pm

[URBAN NOTE] "Report outlines steep costs of running new Toronto transit lines"



05:46 pm

[URBAN NOTE] "The Agony of Watching Toronto’s Transit Planning Unfold"



05:47 pm

[URBAN NOTE] "Gifts shouldn't overshadow good city planning"



05:51 pm

[PHOTO] "Portraits of Halloween partygoers in the West Village flying their freak flags high, 1993"



05:55 pm

[URBAN NOTE] "High Park’s ghost rider is dead and gone"



08:26 pm

[URBAN NOTE] "A history of Halloween on Church Street in Toronto"



08:28 pm

[URBAN NOTE] Torontoist on the Halloween eggings of gays on Yonge Street



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