1st
12:29 pm

[PHOTO] Four photos from Halloween on Church Street



01:35 pm

[BLOG] Some Tuesday links



05:48 pm

[ISL] "Will Cairo reverse decision to transfer islands to Riyadh?"



05:54 pm

[ISL] "Russia will not agree to joint administration of Southern Kurils - analysts"



05:56 pm

[ISL] "Tax havens demand say in Brexit negotiations"



05:59 pm

[ISL] "Iceland Shows What Beats Populist Parties: Growth and Jobs"



06:03 pm

[ISL] "Salt Spring Island residents wrestle over incorporation"



06:07 pm

[URBAN NOTE] "A private cafe in plain view on Toronto’s most important street"



06:09 pm

[URBAN NOTE] "Bill could lead to sale of Ontario Place lands"



2nd
03:00 pm

[PHOTO] Seen through a window at St. George station



06:55 pm

[PHOTO] On Look for a Moment



07:55 pm

[BLOG] Some Wednesday links



11:46 pm

[MUSIC] Desireless, "Voyage, voyage"



3rd
07:46 am

[PHOTO] Seven photos from Glad Day Bookshop on the final day of its 598A Yonge location



10:53 am

[BLOG] Some Thursday links


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01:40 pm

[URBAN NOTE] The Toronto Star on the futuristic architecture of Uno Prii



01:49 pm

[URBAN NOTE] "Toronto home prices jump 21%, putting sales at record high"



01:51 pm

[URBAN NOTE] "Toronto Hydro considers slashing dividend"



01:53 pm

[URBAN NOTE] "Arresting condo development in Toronto"



01:58 pm

[URBAN NOTE] "Mississauga fumes over $470 million Toronto LRT funding assumption"



02:01 pm

[ISL] "When Brexit Hits Cyprus, Isle Of Offshore Banking And British Expats"



02:04 pm

[ISL] "What Ireland can learn from Malta about Brexit"



06:50 pm

[MUSIC] Erasure, "A Little Respect"



4th
11:59 am

[PHOTO] Staring up, Yonge and Wellesley



5th
08:15 am

[PHOTO] Across the way, Broadview Station



09:28 am

[CAT] Shakespeare, in profile



01:13 pm

[BLOG] Some Saturday links



01:26 pm

[URBAN NOTE] On the visit of Prince Harry in Toronto's Seaton Village



01:28 pm

[URBAN NOTE] "Toronto police chaplain under fire for women's 'obedience' comments to stay with force



01:30 pm

[URBAN NOTE] "HMV at the Eaton Centre to close"



01:32 pm

[URBAN NOTE] "Uber’s Discrimination Problem Is Bad News for Public Transit"



01:35 pm

[URBAN NOTE] "'Put up or shut up' Metrolinx's message to Bombardier, says transit advocate"



04:24 pm

[URBAN NOTE] "Ryerson University Wants Its Campus To Become a “Public Realm”"



04:29 pm

[URBAN NOTE] "How Toronto’s Fish Are Making a Comeback"



04:31 pm

[URBAN NOTE] "Condo concierges face off against tourists, partiers in Airbnb war"



04:34 pm

[URBAN NOTE] "No 'view tax' needed to pay for Rail Deck Park, Chief Planner Jennifer Keesmaat says"



10:52 pm

[FORUM] What will you be doing this weekend?



6th
11:25 am

[PHOTO] Twilight, looking west on Eglinton at Yonge



12:27 pm

[URBAN NOTE] "Syrians and Canadians trade languages at weekly U of T workshop"



02:41 pm

[BLOG] Some Sunday links


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02:55 pm

[URBAN NOTE] "That time when Toronto was a car manufacturing town"



02:59 pm

[URBAN NOTE] "Toronto condo buyers may target Donald Trump to recoup losses"



03:02 pm

[URBAN NOTE] "A 'tale of two cities' as Toronto, Vancouver await fallout from mortgage rules"



03:05 pm

[URBAN NOTE] "Why Lower Don Flood Protection is a Necessary Cost"



07:09 pm

[LINK] "Newfoundland premier confirms flooding at Muskrat Falls site has begun"



07:12 pm

[LINK] Provincial adviser proposes basic income of least $1,320"



7th
12:02 pm

[PHOTO] The pink neon of Glad Day is still aglow on Yonge Street



02:39 pm

[BLOG] Some Monday links


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04:55 pm

[URBAN NOTE] "What's So Great About the Return of Downtowns"



05:00 pm

[URBAN NOTE] "Crombie questions Mississauga's ability to pay for LRT airport extension"



05:06 pm

[URBAN NOTE] "Toronto’s grudge against apartments"



05:07 pm



05:10 pm

[URBAN NOTE] "Toronto is good at sports — get used to it"



05:13 pm

[URBAN NOTE] "Battling myth of the green monster in Thorncliffe Park"



05:17 pm

[URBAN NOTE] "Restaurateurs are taking the leap of faith – they’re going vegan"



07:30 pm

[ISL] Bloomberg on New Zealand as a refuge from the world



11:52 pm

[URBAN NOTE] "The main difference between Trump and Ford? Ford couldn’t start a war"



9th
12:17 pm

[PHOTO] Golden leaves by the tracks, Dovercourt Village



01:30 pm

[BLOG] Some election links



02:39 pm

[BLOG] Some Wednesday links



05:32 pm

[LINK] "Donald Trump wins – WTF now?"



05:38 pm

[LINK] "Demography Slays the Democrats"



05:40 pm

[LINK] "How should Justin Trudeau respond to Donald Trump on trade and economy?"



05:43 pm

[LINK] The National Post on the Mexican reaction to the election of Donald Trump



05:47 pm

[LINK] "Trump's message must come to Canada, Kellie Leitch says in Tory leadership bid"



05:50 pm

[URBAN NOTE] "Tory expects Trump to soften in office"



08:25 pm

[URBAN NOTE] "George Brown College honours black community pioneers"



08:28 pm

[URBAN NOTE] "A Short History of One Spadina Crescent"



08:30 pm

[ISL] Two links on the Prince Edward Island electoral reform referendum



11:25 pm

[DM] "Trump's Win Isn't the Death of Data--It Was Flawed All Along"



10th
10:50 am

[PHOTO] Red leaves in the wind, Dovercourt Road



02:40 pm

[BLOG] Some Thursday links


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04:48 pm

[URBAN NOTE] "Toronto council says no to bidding on Expo 2025"



04:53 pm

[URBAN NOTE] "York Region headquarters comes with hefty price tag"



04:56 pm

[URBAN NOTE] "Can City Council avoid the white elephant in the room?"



04:58 pm

[URBAN NOTE] "Some Corktown residents want 514 streetcar yanked until noisy tracks fixed"



05:02 pm

[URBAN NOTE] "King Street could get dedicated streetcar lane"



05:04 pm

[URBAN NOTE] "New street to ease traffic pain in Liberty Village"



08:24 pm

[LINK] "Two Reasons the U.S. and Mexico Rise Together"



08:28 pm

[LINK] "Trump Faces China Economy That’s Changed Much in Eight Years"



08:31 pm

[LINK] "Geoengineering to Alter Climate Moves Closer to Reality"



11:29 pm

[MUSIC] Leonard Cohen, "First We Take Manhattan"

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11th
11:09 am

[URBAN NOTE] "The heroes of Howland Avenue"



01:09 pm

[PHOTO] Graffiti eggplants, Loblaws



05:03 pm

[BLOG] Some Friday links



09:14 pm

[LINK] "The Nightmare Begins": Adam Shatz at the LRB



09:16 pm

[LINK] "Autocracy: Rules for Survival": Masha Gessen at the NYR Daily



09:19 pm

[LINK] jsburbidge on what happened with Brexit and Donald Trump



09:25 pm

[URBAN NOTE] "Why diverse literary festivals are essential for emerging voices"



09:30 pm

[URBAN NOTE] "Leonard Cohen’s Montreal: refuge and escape"



09:35 pm

[URBAN NOTE] On the new, and very high, taxes in Vancouver on empty homes



09:39 pm

[URBAN NOTE] "Trump win makes Canadian real estate look even more attractive"



09:41 pm

[URBAN NOTE] "Next Big Tech Corridor? Between Seattle and Vancouver, Planners Hope"



12th
09:38 am

[CAT] Shakespeare, in the dark



13th
01:01 am

[PHOTO] Three photos of the yellow leaves of autumn, Alexander west of Chruch



08:55 am

[BLOG] Some Sunday links



09:24 am

[URBAN NOTE] "Montrealers make solemn pilgrimage to Leonard Cohen’s home"



09:27 am

[URBAN NOTE] "Montrealers make pilgrimage to Leonard Cohen’s old haunts"



09:30 am

[URBAN NOTE] "Montrealers mull over best way to pay tribute to Leonard Cohen"



09:34 am

[MUSIC] On the genesis of Leonard Cohen's "Hallelujah"



09:38 am

[URBAN NOTE] "Lessons for Americans from the city that elected Rob Ford"



09:42 am

[LINK] "Trudeau is equally traumatized by Trump"



09:45 am

[LINK] "If Donald Trump kills NAFTA, Canada could benefit"



10:28 pm

[FORUM] What do you think of the election of Donald Trump?



14th
10:26 am

[PHOTO] Looking north, Church towards Wellesley



02:37 pm

[BLOG] Some Monday links



04:39 pm

[URBAN NOTE] On those signs in East York calling on whites to mobilize against multiculturalism



04:45 pm

[URBAN NOTE] "Avenue of change: Meet the new kind of street coming to Toronto"



04:48 pm

[URBAN NOTE] "Toronto police cracking down on public sex in Etobicoke park"



04:51 pm

[URBAN NOTE] "Check Out How Toronto’s Heritage Plaques Get Made"



04:54 pm

[URBAN NOTE] "Restaurants struggle in shadow of St. Lawrence Market"



04:56 pm

[URBAN NOTE] "Ojibway tacos land in Kensington Market"



04:59 pm

[URBAN NOTE] "The story behind the first computer in Canada"



15th
01:09 pm

[PHOTO] Alexander Wood on Church, 2012 and 2014 and 2016



02:40 pm

[BLOG] Some Tuesday links



05:41 pm

[URBAN NOTE] "Project Marie is shocking, but at least as gay men we know how to respond"



05:43 pm

[URBAN NOTE] "Proposals could add ‘significant’ new park space at Bathurst and Front"



05:46 pm

[URBAN NOTE] "The Appeal of Co-op Living"



05:50 pm

[URBAN NOTE] "Toronto still 'child poverty capital' of Canada, warns report"



05:52 pm

[URBAN NOTE] "How the Mayor’s “Sad, Desperate and Shameful” Scarborough Subway Op-ed Came to Be"



05:57 pm

[URBAN NOTE] "A massive farewell party is happening at Honest Ed's"



05:59 pm

[URBAN NOTE] "Trump-proofing Canadian communities"



08:08 pm

[AH] "Days of future past: Science fiction anthology to explore Canada's alternative realities"



11:53 pm

[DM] "A brief observation on the 2016 US presidential election"



17th
09:55 am

[PHOTO] Five photos from the Choir! Choir! Choir! celebration of Leonard Cohen in Christie Pit



11:23 am

[BLOG] Some Thursday links



02:11 pm

[URBAN NOTE] "Massive new park at Ontario Place will open next summer"



02:13 pm

[URBAN NOTE] "Toronto is getting a gorgeous new pedestrian mall"



02:16 pm

[URBAN NOTE] "Six Things We Learned from Ryerson’s Cycling Report"



02:18 pm

[URBAN NOTE] "How Libraries Are Helping Newcomers Adjust to Life in Toronto"



02:22 pm

[URBAN NOTE] On Christopher Bird's fisking in Torontoist of Matthew Lau on Toronto libraries.



05:25 pm

[LINK] On the ethics of actually teaching First Nations languages in Ontario



05:28 pm

[URBAN NOTE] On the troubles with Hotel X at Exhibition Place



05:30 pm

[URBAN NOTE] "Brampton council shocked by cost of York Region project"



09:54 pm

[URBAN NOTE] Marc Campbell at Dangerous Minds on the energy of the New York scene of the late 70s



11:52 pm

[MUSIC] Pet Shop Boys, "It's Alright"



18th
01:13 pm

[PHOTO] 20 photos from Honest Ed Station, or Bathurst done differenlty (#honestedstation)



03:08 pm

[BLOG] Some Friday links



06:11 pm

[ISL] "Quebec needs more than bons mots to bury the hatchet with Newfoundland"



06:15 pm

[URBAN NOTE] "The future of Vancouver’s rental market"



06:17 pm

[URBAN NOTE] "When Toronto’s “Affordable Housing” Isn’t Affordable"



06:19 pm

[URBAN NOTE] "Toronto's Country Style Hungarian reopens doors with traditional menu intact"



06:22 pm

[URBAN NOTE] "The Weeknd is helping U of T resurrect a lost Ethiopian language"



06:28 pm

[ISL] "Can’t afford a house? Try buying a private island in Nova Scotia for just $50,000"



06:30 pm

[ISL] "Island mentality: how the Hebrides have shaped British culture"



06:32 pm

[ISL] "Why does the Trump trail go cold in the Hebrides?"



19th
08:06 am

[CAT] Shakespeare, at 7:53 am



08:09 am

[PHOTO] Demolition, 1120 Dupont Street, between Dufferin and Bartlett



08:23 am

[BLOG] Some Saturday links



01:48 pm

[LINK] "New immigration rules make it easier for Americans to work and stay in Canada"



01:52 pm

[LINK] "Meet Ontario's youngest ever MPP – and PC leader Patrick Brown's latest headache"



01:55 pm

[URBAN NOTE] Toronto Life's Q&A with Marcus Mccann about the Marie Curtis Park arrests



01:59 pm

[URBAN NOTE] "Making Sunnybrook Military Hospital a Reality"



02:02 pm

[LINK] "‘Grey’ or ‘gray’? Why not just call it ‘Canada Jay’?"



02:05 pm

[URBAN NOTE] "Of no fixed address: the life and death of Paul Crombie"



04:37 pm

[LINK] "Leonard Cohen, Judaism's Bard"



04:43 pm

[WRITING] "Queer Writers in the Age of Trump"



21st
11:06 am

[PHOTO] Tower seen from the train, Yonge and Church



12:54 pm

[BLOG] Some Monday links



03:23 pm

[URBAN NOTE] "Defunct Chinese church in Toronto has ties to African-American history"



03:30 pm

[URBAN NOTE] "Fifty years in the lives of Toronto homes"



03:34 pm

[URBAN NOTE] "Marie Curtis Park becomes centre point of debate about public space"



03:37 pm

[URBAN NOTE] "Torontonians support Rail Deck Park: poll"



03:39 pm

[URBAN NOTE] "Kris Kringle and winter arrive hand-in-hand at Toronto Santa Claus parade"



03:44 pm

[URBAN NOTE] Torontoist on the life and career of journalist Kathleen Blake Coleman



05:40 pm

[URBAN NOTE] "TTC riders say 10-cent fare hike means paying more for less"



05:43 pm

[LINK] "Do not let Canada’s climate get Trumped"



05:45 pm

[LINK] "Newly unearthed letter shows how Trump’s grandfather begged to stay in Germany"



10:56 pm

[ISL] "Buddhist nuns 'learning to fit in' on P.E.I."



11:46 pm

[LINK] @elfsternberg: "There's no such thing as "without emotion.""



22nd
08:39 am

[PHOTO] Entering Dufferin station, morning



10:59 am

[BLOG] Some Tuesday links



02:32 pm

[LINK] "Wind Mobile launches LTE service and rebrands as Freedom Mobile"



02:41 pm

[LINK] "New Mi'kmaq name for Bonshaw Provincial Park trail"



02:43 pm

[ISL] "Vandals damage Irish monument on Charlottetown waterfront"



02:45 pm

[ISL] "Rachel McAdams voicing Anne of Green Gables audiobook"



02:49 pm

[ISL] "The Summerside Lobster Festival is facing murky waters"



02:51 pm

[ISL] The Guardian's Dave Stewart on Island bread from the Middle East



02:55 pm

[LINK] On Syrian refugee resettlement in suburban Canada



23rd
12:23 pm

[PHOTO] Purple heart, Paul Kane Parkette



02:39 pm

[BLOG] Some Wednesday links



05:21 pm

[URBAN NOTE] "When Rob Ford was Trump before Trump"



05:26 pm

[URBAN NOTE] "Mixed-income housing one answer for out-of-control home prices"



05:30 pm

[URBAN NOTE] "Now is the Time to Move Forward on Housing"



05:33 pm

[URBAN NOTE] "Toronto might turn Old City Hall into huge museum"



05:38 pm

[URBAN NOTE] "On transit, Toronto’s leaders refuse to pay their way"



05:41 pm

[LINK] On the growing saleability of Canadian art



08:10 pm

[LINK] "Canada's rejection of coal will clear the air but impact workers and power bills"



08:13 pm

[LINK] "Massive tidal turbine in Bay of Fundy generating electricity for the first time"



08:16 pm

[LINK] "Beijing’s Haze Makes a Climate U-Turn Unlikely After Trump"



08:18 pm

[LINK] "How science and First Nations oral tradition are converging"



11:56 pm

[DM] "What demographic issues do you think matter right now?"



24th
02:38 pm

[PHOTO] Pool by Gould Street, Ryerson University



02:40 pm

[BLOG] Some Thursday links



04:46 pm

[URBAN NOTE] "Toronto Mayor John Tory to call for road tolls on DVP, Gardiner Expressway"



04:51 pm

[URBAN NOTE] "How Toronto could solve its revenue woes and fight climate change"



04:53 pm

[URBAN NOTE] "Panic in Marie Curtis Park"



04:55 pm

[URBAN NOTE] "24 Sussex revamp could cost $38 million: report"



04:59 pm

[LINK] "Trump, Trudeau and the Liberals’ economic agenda"



05:02 pm

[LINK] The Ottawa Citizen on the Maxine Bernier threat to the CBC



07:34 pm

[LINK] "Lawren Harris ‘Mountain Forms’ painting sells for record $11.2-million"



07:38 pm

[LINK] "NDP MP Charlie Angus eyes leadership bid"



11:54 pm

[MUSIC] Queen, "The Show Must Go On"



25th
11:41 am

[PHOTO] Three photos from The Edge of the Earth, Ryerson Image Centre



11:56 am

[BLOG] Some Friday links



26th
08:12 am

[CAT] Shakespeare, head turned



08:20 am

[CAT] Lion with glasses, Fairmont Royal York



11:55 am

[BLOG] Some Saturday links



02:39 pm

[LINK] "Conservative MP Kellie Leitch calls for CBC to be dismantled"



02:42 pm

[URBAN NOTE] "John Tory’s road toll epiphany"



02:44 pm

[URBAN NOTE] "Highway toll plan prompts anger, sense of inevitability, from 905 politicians"



02:48 pm

[URBAN NOTE] "Cost to revamp Gardiner Expressway goes up $1B: report"



02:52 pm

[LINK] "Ontario SPCA charges Marineland with 5 counts of animal cruelty"



02:55 pm

[URBAN NOTE] "Everyone loves the CFL (except Toronto)"



02:58 pm

[ISL] "Erosion threatens Toronto Islands, Gibraltar Point feared at the brink"



11:57 pm

[FORUM] Do you think 2016 has any more surprises in it?



27th
10:08 am

[PHOTO] Royal York at night



05:53 pm

[BLOG] Some Sunday links



28th
01:03 pm

[PHOTO] Looking up at the Broadview Hotel



01:15 pm

[BLOG] Some Monday links



06:12 pm

[ISL] "Referendum can't force hand of future P.E.I. government"



06:15 pm

[ISL] "Victoria, P.E.I., gets $650K for community upgrades"



06:19 pm

[ISL] "A colony of Quakers tried to make a go of it in New London"



06:21 pm

[ISL] "Another needle found in P.E.I. potato"



06:24 pm

[URBAN NOTE] "The Noiseless Revolution"



06:27 pm

[URBAN NOTE] "Disturbing the peace: Can America’s quietest town be saved?"



06:28 pm

[LINK] "CBC/Radio Canada asks for $400M in increased government funding to go ad-free"



06:31 pm

[URBAN NOTE] "Realtors warn against raising Toronto’s land transfer tax"



06:34 pm

[URBAN NOTE] blogTO on the empty Honeydale Mall



08:52 pm

[BRIEF NOTE] On the immiseration of Cuba under Communism



11:54 pm

[DM] "A brief note on the demographic prospects of Cuba"



29th
07:37 am

[PHOTO] Looking up the Don River from Queen Street



10:36 am

[BLOG] Some Tuesday links


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10:46 am

[URBAN NOTE] CBC: Bombardier sends Eglinton Crosstown, Finch West LRT test car to Kingston for trial



01:12 pm

[URBAN NOTE] "TTC backs off Scarborough subway expropriations"



01:19 pm

[URBAN NOTE] "Four Reasons Why Road Tolls Are a Good Idea"



01:24 pm

[URBAN NOTE] "The last days of Mirvish Village before it's gone"



01:28 pm

[URBAN NOTE] "Comic Book Store The Beguiling Plans Move to Kensington Market"



01:30 pm

[URBAN NOTE] CBC and Torontoist on the closing of Beit Zatoun, Mirvish Village



01:35 pm

[LINK] "Why Facebook Won't Give Up on China"



01:37 pm

[LINK] "China Wants To Be The Next Hockey Heavyweight"



11:55 pm

[AH] "What would Cuba have been like without the Castro revolution?"



30th
09:16 am

[PHOTO] CBC cool in Leslieville



10:11 am

[BLOG] Some Wednesday links



12:42 pm

[LINK] "Bringing the Chinese Canadian Archive into view"



12:47 pm

[URBAN NOTE] "An immigrant security guard's triumphant homecoming"



12:51 pm

[URBAN NOTE] "Scarbexit? Scarborough resident calls for de-amalgamation"



12:59 pm

[URBAN NOTE] "Hamilton: The benefits of living on the outskirts of cool"



01:02 pm

[URBAN NOTE] "Is Public Sex in Parks a Public Safety Concern?"



01:05 pm

[ISL] "Hundreds rally for electoral reform on P.E.I."



03:52 pm

[URBAN NOTE] "Montreal neighbourhood’s new-temple ban sparks debate about public space"



03:59 pm

[URBAN NOTE] "John Abbott College’s new program supports Montreal’s Inuit students"



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