- 1st
- 07:28 am
[PHOTO] Last Metropass line, November 2016, Eglinton station
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05:13 pm[BLOG] Some Friday links
10:49 pm[MUSIC] Annie Lennox, "Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye"
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- 2nd
- 12:10 pm
[PHOTO] Souvenir token, TTC
01:13 pm[LINK] "A Wikipedian Explains How Wikipedia Stays Reliable in the Fake News"
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01:16 pm[LINK] "Donald Trump, the First President of Our Post-Literate Age"
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01:19 pm[LINK] "China’s Big Year in Space Sparks Excitement and Speculation"
Tags:- china,
- links,
- mars,
- moon,
- space travel
01:21 pm[LINK] "The death of Mohsen Fikri and the long history of oppression and protest in Morocco's Rif"
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01:25 pm[URBAN NOTE] "Mayor’s executive approves discounts for low-income TTC riders"
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01:28 pm[LINK] "Is the queer community ready to defend public sex?"
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01:34 pm[URBAN NOTE] "The transformation of Toronto's waterfront from 1800 to today"
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01:38 pm[URBAN NOTE] "'Reckless' flying drone near Toronto's Billy Bishop prompts police investigation"
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09:11 pm[LINK] "What's the matter with Russia's rockets?"
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10:34 pm[DM] "The Globe and Mail on the Syrian refugee population in Canada"
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- 3rd
- 10:35 am
[CAT] Shakespeare, feeling better in the dark
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11:14 am[PHOTO] White lights arch, Allen Lambert Galleria, Brookfield Place
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03:44 pm[ISL] "Kensington police officer apologizes to Nickelback for Facebook post"
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06:09 pm[BLOG] Some Saturday links
Tags:- alternate history,
- astronomy,
- blogs,
- caribbean,
- china,
- colombia,
- cuba,
- environment,
- european union,
- glbt issues,
- hiv/aids,
- holidays,
- internet,
- islands,
- lake ontario,
- language,
- latin america,
- links,
- politics,
- separatism,
- social sciences,
- sociology,
- south america,
- southeast asia,
- space science,
- toronto,
- united kingdom
06:25 pm[URBAN NOTE] "Munro’s Books co-founder Jim Munro was a champion of arts and culture"
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06:27 pm[URBAN NOTE] "Niagara Falls gets $4M lighting makeover; LED brightens view"
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06:29 pm[URBAN NOTE] "Who Deserves a Fare Subsidy?"
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06:31 pm[URBAN NOTE] "No hard feelings for owners who lost store to Queen West gentrification"
06:34 pm[URBAN NOTE] "Don’t scapegoat foreign buyers for unaffordability, says CMHC"
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08:58 pm[LINK] "The day after Brexit"
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09:02 pm[LINK] "The U.K.'s Industrial Policy Is Bound to Backfire"
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09:05 pm[LINK] "Trump Is Setting a Terrible Precedent. Ask Japan."
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11:15 pm[FORUM] Do you think the world risks running into a new stagnation?
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- 4th
- 09:47 am
[PHOTO] Looking north, Rosedale, 1 December
09:50 am[OBSCURA] Toronto, 1971
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11:48 am[BLOG] Some Sunday links
- 5th
- 04:59 am
[OBSCURA] On the misleading and changing meaning of the North in Canada
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01:25 pm[PHOTO] Fourteen photos from the Toronto Christmas Market, Distillery District
02:40 pm[BLOG] Some Monday links
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05:11 pm[URBAN NOTE] "The life cycle of a gay refugee in Vancouver"
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05:18 pm[URBAN NOTE] "How John Tory went from calling tolls ‘highway robbery’ to crusading for them"
05:21 pm[URBAN NOTE] "Pickering pedestrian bridge ran into trouble early on"
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05:24 pm[URBAN NOTE] "Mayor Tory promises to 'fight against' property tax hike in 2017"
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05:27 pm[URBAN NOTE] "High Toronto rents 'life or death' for transplant patients"
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05:29 pm[URBAN NOTE] "More schools needed near Toronto condos to keep up with family boom"
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05:33 pm[LINK] "Why peace won’t come quickly for Quebec and Newfoundland and Labrador"
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05:35 pm[LINK] "Killer whales eating their way farther into Manitoba"
08:11 pm[WRITING] "Decolonizing the future"
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11:45 pm[VIDEO] "The Crow Agenda"
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- 6th
- 12:46 pm
[PHOTO] Rusted lemon, Dupont Street
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02:41 pm[LINK] "The girl who lived: Remembering the Halifax explosion through a child’s eyes, 99 years later
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02:44 pm[URBAN NOTE] "Polytechnique Montréal holds low-key commemoration of 1989 massacre"
05:11 pm[URBAN NOTE] "Rising Oakland rents push artists, musicians to communal spaces"
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05:15 pm[URBAN NOTE] "Preventing Another Oakland Warehouse Tragedy Means Supporting Artists, Not Punishing T
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05:18 pm[URBAN NOTE] "LGBTQ Community Mourns 'Family' Lost in Oakland Ghost Ship Fire"
05:22 pm[URBAN NOTE] "Why Imposing Tolls on the Gardiner and DVP is a Terrible Idea"
05:24 pm[URBAN NOTE] "How Vancouver Became North America's Car-Free Capital"
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05:28 pm[LINK] "The dangerous 'zombie identities' of those left behind by global capitalism"
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05:30 pm[URBAN NOTE] "Lessons for Toronto on harm reduction from Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside"
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08:11 pm[URBAN NOTE] "What Chinatown used to look like in Toronto"
10:56 pm[BLOG] Some Tuesday links
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11:51 pm[AH] WI the Filipino economy does not decline under the Marcos regime?
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- 7th
- 10:18 am
[PHOTO] Global Guest House, for sale
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10:51 am[URBAN NOTE] "How Christmas Markets Have Gone Global"
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03:30 pm[BLOG] Some Wednesday links
08:10 pm[ISL] On the shortages of Canadian lobster
08:17 pm[LINK] "British Villagers Are Baffled by Flocking Chinese Tourists"
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08:20 pm[URBAN NOTE] "How a homophobic 20th-century book conjured up the ghosts of Paris’ queer past"
08:25 pm[URBAN NOTE] "Why Toronto’s Urban Forest is a Critical Infrastructure Asset"
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08:58 pm[LINK] "Nicaraguan Women Push for Access to Land, Not Just on Paper"
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09:02 pm[URBAN NOTE] "Subway Will Modernise – and Further Gentrify – Historic Centre of Quito"
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09:06 pm[URBAN NOTE] "Why Monorails Are the Future (Really This Time)"
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09:09 pm[LINK] "Food in North often expired — even at high prices and with subsidy, good food is hard to fin
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10:14 pm[LINK] "Why Saturn’s moon Titan is the best spot for an off-world colony"
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11:41 pm[OBSCURA] On the photographic art of Justin Main, Instagram's photified
- 8th
- 11:21 am
[PHOTO] Fort York, looking east
12:10 pm[BLOG] Some Thursday links
Tags:- alternate history,
- anthropology,
- australia,
- belarus,
- blogs,
- borders,
- communism,
- english language,
- environment,
- european union,
- human rights,
- israel,
- links,
- middle east,
- neighbourhoods,
- oceans,
- palestinians,
- politics,
- popular culture,
- prince edward island,
- russia,
- social sciences,
- space travel,
- television,
- toronto,
- united states
03:12 pm[ISL] Ahoy, young libertarian! Seasteading could very well be the wave of the future"
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03:16 pm[ISL] "Iceland vs. Iceland: British food chain looks to thaw trademark feud"
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03:18 pm[LINK] "U.K.'s Lingering `Lost Decade' Pushes Carney Into Marx's Arms"
03:21 pm[LINK] "Trump Can't Deliver the Rust Belt Jobs He Promised Because Work Has Changed"
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03:24 pm[LINK] "Russia's Space Program Is Blowing Up. So Are Its Rockets"
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03:26 pm[URBAN NOTE] Chris Selley on the National Post on the upcoming Presto nightmare
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03:29 pm[URBAN NOTE] "Town of Banff staff ask for interest-free loans to buy homes elsewhere"
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06:21 pm[LINK] "Cute 'Kawaii' Culture May Be Holding Back Japan's Women"
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09:46 pm[PHOTO] Strawberry Fields, five days later
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- 9th
- 09:25 am
[PHOTO] Looking west along Wellesley, evening
12:47 pm[BLOG] Some Friday links
Tags:- antarctica,
- blogs,
- brazil,
- crime,
- earth,
- feminism,
- first nations,
- former soviet union,
- gender,
- glbt issues,
- health,
- history,
- holidays,
- indonesia,
- language,
- links,
- london,
- medicine,
- mexico,
- neighbourhoods,
- popular culture,
- popular literature,
- prince edward island,
- social sciences,
- sociology,
- spanish language,
- television,
- toronto,
- war
12:59 pm[LINK] "Still don't own a smartwatch? You're not alone"
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01:03 pm[LINK] "The Gadget Apocalypse Is Upon Us"
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01:06 pm[URBAN NOTE] "TTC to complete Presto switch by 2018"
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01:08 pm[URBAN NOTE] "Toronto Community Housing moves funding to address budget gap"
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01:11 pm[URBAN NOTE] "Savouring the city with each step"
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03:50 pm[ISL] "Nuns not giving up on Summerside convent: priest"
03:54 pm[LINK] "Bottling the Bay: How Nova Scotia wineries are coming into their own"
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03:56 pm[URBAN NOTE] "Trump’s Doomed Black Sea Tower Might Happen After All"
03:59 pm[LINK] "With Syrian families in limbo, delays test refugees’ and sponsors’ faith, hope and charity"
07:47 pm[DM] ""Census still vulnerable to political meddling, says former chief""
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11:55 pm[BRIEF NOTE] On how the irreligiosity of 24th century humans, and of others, is to be expected
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- 10th
- 06:55 am
[CAT] Shakespeare, finding it too early in the morning
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09:37 am[PHOTO] "Tembo, Mother of Elephants"
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01:28 pm[BLOG] Some Saturday links
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01:38 pm[URBAN NOTE] "TTC, Metrolinx confronting taboo of talking about suicide"
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01:51 pm[URBAN NOTE] "The rise and fall and rise of St. Lawrence Hall"
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04:48 pm[URBAN NOTE] Frances Bula in the Globe and Mail on Vancouver homeowners and heritage properties
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04:50 pm[URBAN NOTE] "Hamilton has hottest real estate prices in Canada"
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04:54 pm[URBAN NOTE] "TTC rolls out transit-themed merchandise, online store"
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04:57 pm[URBAN NOTE] "John Tory defends road toll plan: If you have a better idea, let’s hear it"
07:47 pm[LINK] "Elephant Refugees Flee to Last Stronghold in Africa"
07:49 pm[LINK] "Alien life could thrive in the clouds of failed stars"
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08:17 pm[FORUM] What fictional universes do you like to analyze?
- 11th
- 11:27 am
[PHOTO] Five photos from the Cloud Gardens Conservatory
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02:52 pm[BLOG] Some Sunday links
Tags:- agriculture,
- archeology,
- blogs,
- bookstores,
- caucasus,
- china,
- chinese language,
- computers,
- elections,
- first nations,
- former soviet union,
- glbt issues,
- holidays,
- india,
- language,
- links,
- marriage rights,
- north caucasus,
- pakistan,
- popular literature,
- russia,
- south asia,
- technology,
- toronto,
- united states
03:01 pm[ISL] The Guardian on the sliding popularity of the PEI Liberals
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03:06 pm[ISL] "Hells Angels set up shop in a Charlottetown residential neighbourhood"
03:09 pm[ISL] "A piece of P.E.I. history being saved from collapsing"
03:12 pm[ISL] CBC News on how climate change is eroding Lennox Island
03:14 pm[URBAN NOTE] "David Mirvish looks back at all those Honest Ed’s memories"
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03:17 pm[URBAN NOTE] "Downtown street corner had a storied history"
06:49 pm[URBAN NOTE] "Pedestrian-blaming, 1930s style"
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06:53 pm[URBAN NOTE] "Doug Ford violated Toronto city council’s code of conduct, watchdog rules"
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11:45 pm[FORUM] How do you express your creative energies?
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- 12th
- 12:23 pm
[PHOTO] "Books! Booze! Come in and get lit"
02:07 pm[BLOG] Some Monday links
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05:09 pm[CAT] "All hail the rise of cat men, an antidote to toxic masculinity"
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05:16 pm[LINK] "Monkey speak: Macaques have the anatomy, not the brain, for human speech"
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05:19 pm[URBAN NOTE] "Once Upon A City: Glamour, disco transform suburban North York"
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05:24 pm[URBAN NOTE] "Inside Regent Park: Toronto's test case for public-private gentrification"
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05:27 pm[URBAN NOTE] "Experts explain why Toronto streets can feel like a battlefield"
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05:30 pm[URBAN NOTE] "Hatchimals: this year's Christmas blockbuster toy — and a Canadian innovation"
07:51 pm[URBAN NOTE] Slate on the genesis of the garden city
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07:56 pm[LINK] "Class divergences and the Astor Place election"
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07:58 pm[LINK] "The Dalai Lama Test"
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08:01 pm[LINK] "African rulers of India: That part of our history we choose to forget"
11:51 pm[BRIEF NOTE] On my confusing involvement with Facebook Editor
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- 13th
- 07:11 am
[PHOTO] Backyard with melting snow
07:30 am[BLOG] Some Tuesday links
Tags:- agriculture,
- animal intelligence,
- antarctica,
- anthropology,
- astronomy,
- blogs,
- books,
- british empire,
- cephalopods,
- clash of ideologies,
- earth,
- environment,
- former soviet union,
- france,
- glbt issues,
- global warming,
- history,
- latin america,
- links,
- mexico,
- north caucasus,
- popular culture,
- russia,
- saturn,
- social sciences,
- space science,
- united states,
- war
10:51 am[URBAN NOTE] "Who Has the Right to Walk?"
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10:55 am[URBAN NOTE] "The new Toronto Courthouse emerges from The Ward"
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02:10 pm[URBAN NOTE] On the anti-Christmas squirrels of Mel Lastman Square
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02:19 pm[URBAN NOTE] "Mayor John Tory budget cuts unfairly target vulnerable: city expert panel"
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02:22 pm[URBAN NOTE] "Daycare fees in Toronto jump 15 per cent in two years, survey finds"
02:27 pm[URBAN NOTE] "Cycling advocates gear up to fight the use of bike lanes by people with mobility issue
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02:28 pm[LINK] "Ottawa eases rules for supervised consumption sites"
02:32 pm[LINK] "With Trump presidency, some see chance for Canada to embrace China"
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- 14th
- 07:27 am
[OBSCURA] Aurelian Marechal's photos of rising apartment tower complexes in China
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07:36 am[PHOTO] Eighteen photos from Allan Gardens, Toronto
11:09 am[BLOG] Some Wednesday links
Tags:- alternate history,
- astronomy,
- atlantic canada,
- blogs,
- canada,
- communism,
- former soviet union,
- gender,
- glbt issues,
- health,
- history,
- imperialism,
- internet,
- language,
- links,
- malta,
- medicine,
- middle east,
- photos,
- politics,
- popular culture,
- prince edward island,
- public art,
- religion,
- russia,
- sexuality,
- space science,
- syria,
- united states,
- war
02:33 pm[URBAN NOTE] "Why an NDP veteran cut his party ties over tolls"
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02:40 pm[URBAN NOTE] "Why doesn’t Ontario’s NDP get road pricing?"
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02:44 pm[URBAN NOTE] On the survival of the HMV flagship store at Yonge and Dundas
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02:49 pm[URBAN NOTE] "Music City: Toronto's creative brain drain"
02:52 pm[LINK] "Why Trump and the Tech Industry Are on a Collision Course"
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02:55 pm[LINK] "Why China Can't Lure Tech Talent"
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02:58 pm[LINK] 'Russia’s American coup"
03:00 pm[LINK] "Putin Will Find Germany's Elections Hard to Subvert"
10:48 pm[LINK] CBC on the Haitians stranded in Tijuana
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11:55 pm[LINK] "Frustration abounds for sponsorship groups waiting for families to arrive"
- 15th
- 10:14 am
[PHOTO] Grace Toronto Church, from the rear
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11:07 am[BLOG] Some Thursday links
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10:53 pm[MUSIC] Röyksopp with Robyn, "Monument" (The Inevitable End Version)
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- 16th
- 02:39 pm
[PHOTO] Honest Ed's through late afternoon snow
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- 17th
- 08:54 am
[CAT] Shakespeare, mid-yawn
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01:37 pm[PHOTO] Bartlett above Dupont, winter
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02:00 pm[BLOG] Some Saturday links
Tags:- alpha centauri,
- anthropology,
- astronomy,
- blogs,
- canada,
- central asia,
- democracy,
- education,
- environment,
- evolution,
- former soviet union,
- genocide,
- humour,
- kazakhstan,
- libraries,
- links,
- mars,
- middle east,
- photos,
- politics,
- popular literature,
- popular music,
- racism,
- science,
- social sciences,
- space science,
- space travel,
- syria,
- technology,
- united states,
- wikipedia,
- writing
05:22 pm[URBAN NOTE] "Plan to revitalize Stelco supported by Ontario, opposed by Hamilton"
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05:27 pm[URBAN NOTE] "Montreal’s new CBC headquarters could help right an old wrong"
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05:29 pm[URBAN NOTE] "B.C.’s free loans to homebuyers won’t buy much in Vancouver"
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05:32 pm[URBAN NOTE] blogTO on the booming rental prices in Toronto
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08:47 pm[URBAN NOTE] On the new location of the First Nations School of Toronto
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09:28 pm[URBAN NOTE] "Will Peel police chief be part of board’s vision for change?"
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09:31 pm[URBAN NOTE] "Council moves on new approach to funding rehabilitation of Gardiner"
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09:56 pm[URBAN NOTE] "‘Prince’ and ‘Princess of Pot’ arrested and released in Montreal dispensary raids"
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11:59 pm[FORUM] What are you planning to do for the holidays?
- 18th
- 11:45 am
[PHOTO] There is a light, at the Evergreen Brickworks
11:52 am[BLOG] Some Sunday links
Tags:- astronomy,
- blogs,
- california,
- canada,
- clash of ideologies,
- crimean tatars,
- earth,
- environment,
- former soviet union,
- former yugoslavia,
- french language,
- glbt issues,
- global warming,
- holidays,
- japanese language,
- links,
- montenegro,
- politics,
- popular literature,
- québec,
- russia,
- science,
- separatism,
- space science,
- tatarstan,
- toronto,
- ukraine,
- united states,
- winter
03:04 pm[ISL] "Borden-Carleton's 'Stonehenge' remains undeveloped"
03:10 pm[URBAN NOTE] "NYC subway’s Second Avenue line faces deadline to open after 45 years"
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05:41 pm[URBAN NOTE] "NDP’s tortured love-hate relationship with Toronto"
05:46 pm[URBAN NOTE] "Mayor Tory Discovers We Don’t Have Enough Transit Service"
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05:48 pm[URBAN NOTE] "Carlton most popular streetcar route for fare dodgers"
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05:51 pm[URBAN NOTE] "Shrinking inventory making Toronto home buyers even more aggressive"
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05:55 pm[URBAN NOTE] "After Oakland, what's the future for warehouse parties in Toronto?"
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05:58 pm[URBAN NOTE] Douglas Quan in the National Post on the death of the Chinatowns of Canada
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08:56 pm[URBAN NOTE] Kerry Gold in The Globe and Mail on the decline of Chinatown in Vancouver
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09:00 pm[FORUM] How have your neighbourhoods evolved?
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- 19th
- 09:48 am
[PHOTO] Seventeen photos from Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Toronto
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10:25 am[BLOG] Some Monday links
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10:35 am[DM] Nature's Amy MaxMen on the achievements of Gapminder's Hans Rosling
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04:53 pm[URBAN NOTE] "As home prices soar, some first-time buyers reconsider home ownership dreams"
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04:56 pm[URBAN NOTE] On the Santas of mid-town Toronto's Inglewood Drive
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04:58 pm[URBAN NOTE] "Activists pushing to open Toronto's armouries for emergency shelter"
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05:02 pm[URBAN NOTE] "Andy Byford: TTC budget ‘not sustainable’"
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05:05 pm[URBAN NOTE] "How construction barriers are bringing downtown's gritty past to life"
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05:08 pm[URBAN NOTE] Spacing with Adrian Benepe on the changing nature of parks
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05:12 pm[LINK] "The big chill on eco charities"
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05:14 pm[LINK] "Newfound Footprints Stir Debate Over Our Ancestors’ Sex Lives"
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05:17 pm[LINK] "Ceres holding onto water and really doesn’t want to let it go"
- 20th
- 01:12 pm
[PHOTO] Ten photos of the Mount Pleasant Cemetery Mausoleum
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03:12 pm[LINK] "Inuit seek to fix language split, to forge common identity with Roman alphabet"
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- 21st
- 01:42 pm
[PHOTO] Thirteen photos from the Vale of Avoca
02:06 pm[BLOG] Some Wednesday links
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07:59 pm[URBAN NOTE] On the shortened 501 Queen streetcar route
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08:18 pm[URBAN NOTE] "Tibetan community outraged by TTC ads"
08:30 pm[URBAN NOTE] "TTC to use undercover officers to catch fare cheats"
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08:45 pm[URBAN NOTE] "GTA house goes for $400,000 over asking: ‘It was like a rock concert’"
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09:11 pm[URBAN NOTE] "Cathedraltown rejoices as Cathedral of Transfiguration opens its doors"
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09:16 pm[URBAN NOTE] "The Willis Tower In 150 Years: Adapted, Demolished or Abandoned?"
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09:43 pm[URBAN NOTE] "Property taxes in Brampton, Mississauga soar above Toronto’s"
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09:48 pm[LINK] "Amazon chooses Montreal for its Canadian data centre operations due to cheaper hydro costs"
- 22nd
- 02:04 pm
[PHOTO] Eight photos from the Evergreen Brickworks
03:08 pm[BLOG] Some Thursday links
Tags:- antarctica,
- blogs,
- borders,
- california,
- canada,
- china,
- clash of ideologies,
- demographics,
- economics,
- education,
- environment,
- european union,
- former soviet union,
- france,
- global warming,
- holidays,
- islam,
- italy,
- links,
- migration,
- politics,
- psychology,
- public art,
- russia,
- toronto,
- turkey,
- united states
06:52 pm[URBAN NOTE] "Average price of a new detached house in Toronto now $1.24 million"
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06:55 pm[URBAN NOTE] "TTC phasing out paper stop schedules to save money"
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06:59 pm[URBAN NOTE] "How Public Transit Fosters Community"
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07:01 pm[URBAN NOTE] "Eglinton Ave. Toronto’s deadliest street: analysis"
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07:05 pm[URBAN NOTE] "SF supports immigrants — just not into our neighborhoods"
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07:08 pm[URBAN NOTE] "Ontario’s Peel Region ends homebuyer loan program similar to B.C."
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07:10 pm[LINK] "Study explores ancient wetland-gardening site in British Columbia"
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07:13 pm[LINK] "New Study Says Proxima b Could Support Life"
09:01 pm[MUSIC] Luba, "Storm Before the Calm"
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- 23rd
- 02:04 pm
[PHOTO] Eight photos from the Brickworks, Evergreen Brickworks
- 24th
- 09:48 am
[CAT] Shakespeare, resting
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09:59 am[PHOTO] Ten photos from the Gardiner Museum
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10:54 am[BLOG] Some Saturday links
01:43 pm[OBSCURA] On the Burhan Ozbilici photo of Mevlut Mert Altintas
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01:59 pm[PHOTO] "How Photos Fuel the Spread of Fake News"
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02:02 pm[URBAN NOTE] "Craig Silverman, the man who exposed the fake-news racket in 2016"
04:33 pm[URBAN NOTE] "Progress on Burlington GO station going nowhere"
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04:47 pm[URBAN NOTE] "Why Toronto’s city-owned theatres need a miracle worker"
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09:26 pm[URBAN NOTE] On the potential uses of Ottawa's 100 Wellington Street
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09:36 pm[URBAN NOTE] "Vancouver's live-work studio program helps artists in a city short on space"
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09:42 pm[URBAN NOTE] "Canada's real-estate boom: a Chinese perspective"
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10:42 pm[URBAN NOTE] "Humble Christmas trees light up anonymous corners of the city|"
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10:45 pm[LINK] "How Canadians are keeping this classic 'Icelandic' holiday cake alive"
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10:49 pm[FORUM] What will you be doing Christmas Day?
- 25th
- 03:36 pm
[PHOTO] Christmas tree, Eaton Centre
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- 26th
- 12:15 am
[PHOTO] Looking west on the Gardiner towards the QEW
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04:05 pm[BLOG] Some Monday links
Tags:- afghanistan,
- astronomy,
- blogs,
- central europe,
- cold war,
- computers,
- enceladus,
- former soviet union,
- glbt issues,
- history,
- in memoriam,
- links,
- mass media,
- nightclubbing,
- oceans,
- poland,
- popular culture,
- popular music,
- russia,
- russian language,
- saturn,
- sexuality,
- space science,
- technology,
- toronto,
- united states,
- vancouver
04:15 pm[MUSIC] "Beijing Owes a Special Debt to the Late, Great George Michael"
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04:21 pm[URBAN NOTE] "Golden Chopsticks restaurant serves kosher Chinese food in Thornhill"
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04:23 pm[URBAN NOTE] "Where to go north of Toronto for your Chinese food fix"
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04:26 pm[URBAN NOTE] "The rebirth of Howard Street"
04:28 pm[URBAN NOTE] "A gift from King William IV to the people of Mississauga"
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04:31 pm[URBAN NOTE] "120K shoppers expected to visit Yorkdale for Boxing Day deals"
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07:38 pm[URBAN NOTE] "Is it time to end discounted TTC fares for seniors?"
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07:40 pm[LINK] "The forgotten victims of Canada’s pot laws"
10:28 pm[URBAN NOTE] "Kwanzaa connects Torontonians to ancestry as it marks 50th anniversary"
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10:30 pm[URBAN NOTE] "The Dundas Peak: Hamilton's most risky selfie spot"
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- 27th
- 10:23 am
[PHOTO] Looking west from the Palais Royale along Lake Ontario
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12:20 pm[BLOG] Some Tuesday links
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- 28th
- 07:51 am
[PHOTO] Streetcars in their natural habitat, Roncesvalles Carhouse
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08:37 am[BLOG] Some Wednesday links
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10:48 am[LINK] "Who's Killing the Women's Land Movement?"
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10:52 am[LINK] "Tango and the gender question"
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10:55 am[LINK] "Agroecology Booming in Argentina"
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01:39 pm[LINK] "Vera Rubin, astronomer who proved existence of dark matter, dies at 88"
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01:44 pm[LINK] "Star-Gazing Women Made Trail-Blazing Discoveries"
01:48 pm[URBAN NOTE] "The boredom and the terror of gang life in Chicago’s violent 2016"
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01:52 pm[URBAN NOTE] "Peel Regional Police Chief Jennifer Evans under fire for refusal to end carding"
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01:55 pm[URBAN NOTE] "Vacant lot in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside to house new rental building"
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- 29th
- 09:57 am
[PHOTO] Silver skyline, from the west
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10:16 am[BLOG] Some Thursday links
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05:20 pm[URBAN NOTE] "Atheist United Church minister starting new secular community in Toronto"
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05:34 pm[URBAN NOTE] "Daily Bread Food Bank behind on food donations by large margin"
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05:36 pm[URBAN NOTE] "Ice swimming in Toronto: The freezing sport people are warming up to"
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05:39 pm[URBAN NOTE] "Nothing old school about this corner store"
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05:41 pm[URBAN NOTE] "Quebec town of Asbestos turning page on rocky past"
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07:55 pm[ISL] On Robert De Niro and his problematic plans on Barbuda
07:58 pm[LINK] "Inside Grindr's Quest to Become the First Global Gay Lifestyle Brand"
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08:01 pm[URBAN NOTE] "Newly-merged Stonewall Wilde’s still face obstacles in Ottawa’s gay village"
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- 30th
- 09:54 pm
[PHOTO] Toronto skyline with winter fog
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- 31st
- 12:00 pm
[CAT] Shakespeare, on red
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12:18 pm[URBAN NOTE] "This is what Honest Ed's looks like in its final hours"
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12:22 pm[URBAN NOTE] "“It always felt like a crazy maze”: Honest Ed’s shoppers say farewell"
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12:25 pm[URBAN NOTE] "Honest Ed’s last day is Saturday — ‘We just came to say goodbye’"
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12:28 pm[URBAN NOTE] Kate Fane of Torontoist on Honest Ed's
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12:30 pm[URBAN NOTE] "Why losing Mirvish Village is like losing a piece of Toronto"
06:40 pm[LINK] "2016: The year the music died"
06:47 pm[URBAN NOTE] "Short-sighted city planning continues to cost Toronto"
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06:52 pm[LINK] "Things Can Only Get Better!"
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07:16 pm[LINK] "George Michael and Me"
07:21 pm[DM] "On Max Roser's A history of global living conditions in 5 charts and the future"
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