[URBAN NOTE] Six Toronto links: 1918/1919, subway, homicide, raccoons, ravines, books

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• Jamie Bradburn looks at how the newspapers of Toronto in 1918 greeted the arrival of 1919.


• CBC Toronto notes that the question of uploading the subway--indeed, the question of what that means--will take top priority in Toronto in 2019.


• What will the homicide rate be in Toronto in 2019? The Toronto Star considers.


• The raccoons of Toronto deserve to be celebrated. The Toronto Star looks at this.


• Guardian Cities looks at the extent to which the unique ecologies of the Toronto ravine system are undergoing a slow-motion collapse, and considers what can be done to stop this.


• The Toronto Public Library's The Buzz shared the top book picks for 2018.