[URBAN NOTE] Five Toronto links: Yoko Ono, cars, St. Clair, York Region, First Nations, Quayside

[rfmcdonald]

• At NOW Toronto, local artist Jean Yoon reviews Yoko Ono's new conceptual work The Riverbed, currently being exhibited at the Gardiner.


• John Rieti at CBC notes the oddness of an observation by mayor John Tory that it is rare for parents in Toronto to not own a car.


• Transit Toronto notes the installation of beacons to guide the blind at St. Clair station.


• Apparently York Region's school board does not pay students' foster families enough. CBC reports.


• A new study suggests that First Nations people in Toronto experience above-average levels of poverty and hunger. The Toronto Star reports.


• Developers of a huge office-dominated complex in planned for emergent Quayside are seeking funding. The Toronto Star reports.


• blogTO has a cute little item noting how author Elan Mastai is promoting his new book using the Little Free Libraries of Toronto.

Comments

[jsburbidge]

I saw the beacon notice posted at St. Clair, and my first (and still, considered) response was: why do they have to do this with a proprietary (Apple-only) model?