[URBAN NOTE] Four Toronto links: TTC routes, York Region, King Street, Church and Wellesley

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• Transit Toronto takes a look at the different Toronto bus routes changed, added, or deleted altogether following the subway extension to Vaughan.


• The decision of York Region to make New Year's Day a working day for retail is unappealing. The Toronto Star reports.


• The subsidies to King Street businesses while the pilot project is ongoing evoke similar structures on St. Clair during streetcar line construction. The Toronto Star reports.


• Justin Ling at MacLean's reports on the discontent in Church and Wellesley regarding the police response to the string of disappearances and deaths in the area.