[URBAN NOTE] Five Toronto links: Doug Ford, elections, Garrison Crossing, TCH smoke free, streets

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• The City Council of Toronto, out of all the cities councils in all of the cities in Ontario, was the only one targeted for such a sharp reduction in councilors. The Toronto Star reports.


• Alexandra Flynn at Spacing reports on some legal strategies that could be brought to bear by the City of Toronto against the Doug Ford actions.


• blogTO notes a new pedestrian crossing, the Garrison Crossing, bridging the rail lines west of Fort York.


• The new smoke-free policy of Toronto Community Housing will also apply to marijuana smoke. The Toronto Star reports.


• Christopher Hume considers, in an era where cars and their drivers compete with other users of our major streets, just what does make a street successful. The Toronto Star has it.