[URBAN NOTE] Seven Toronto links: floods, Vegandale, Seduction, marijuana, TTC, Coffin Factory

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• CBC notes that the federal government has given the Greater Toronto Area $C 150 million for flood mitigation measures.


• blogTO notes that the Vegandale controversy in Parkdale is continuing, with allegations new restaurants in the area have hidden links to unpopular Vegandale business proprietors.


• The nigh-iconic main location of sex shop Seduction on Yonge Street is closing down. blogTO reports.


• Why are all of the legal marijuana shops in Toronto concentrated in the downtown? The Toronto Star reports.


• Global News reports on the different problems with recycling material in Toronto.


• What would the Downtown Relief Line look like if the TTC was brought thoroughly under provincial control? The Toronto Star reports.


• Samantha Edwards at NOW Toronto writes about the end of the Coffin Factory as a haven for artists, victim to the forces of gentrification undermining much of the physical base of the artistic culture of the city.