[URBAN NOTE] Five Toronto links: Line 1, bread wars, Airbnb, Christie Pits turkey, Scarborough

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• blogTO warns that subway service on Line 1 will be slowed over the next few weeks as a length of squeaky track between Union and King is replaced.


• Jamie Bradburn takes a look back to an early 20th century advertising competition between bread-makers, pitting a defunct company against Weston's.


• Samantha Edwards at NOW Toronto looks at the growth in housing available for short-term rent in Toronto linked to Airbnb.


• CBC Toronto reports on the wild turkey who has taken up residence in downtown Christie Pits.


• Some Scarborough businesses are trying to deal with slowing business linked to disruption by Eglinton Crosstown constructions. Global News reports.