[URBAN NOTE] Five Toronto links: Danforth, #MeTooandthearts, Kensington Market, Yorkville, HomeShare

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• The murder of two young people and wounding of more than a dozen in a shooting on the Danforth is shocking. CBC reports.


• CBC reports on a timely new exhibition at the ROM, #MeToo & The Arts.


• Samantha Edwards at NOW Toronto notes how plans to transform the old Fairland grocery store on Augusta into a big nightclub threatens the nature of Kensington Market.


• blogTO notes that the mist gardens of the Four Seasons Toronto on Yorkville Avenue are open to the public and free.


• The new City of Toronto program HomeShare, getting older residents to rent out unused rooms to younger tenants (often students), is one creative response to the crises of affordable housing and aging. The Toronto Star reports.