[URBAN NOTE] Five Toronto links: raccoons, High Park sakura, dog parks, marijuana, Queen Video

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• Jamie Bradburn looks back at vintage coverage in the Toronto press from 1952 about some fortunate raccoons.


• blogTO notes that this weekend will seek peak bloom in the cherry blossoms of High Park.


• Edward Brown at Spacing writes about the decades-long struggle to get dog parks accepted in Toronto.


• CBC Toronto notes controversy in Etobicoke surrounding a local brewery's decision to process medical marijuana on site.


• This National Post article by Sadaf Ahsan looks at how now-defunct Queen Video contributed hugely to pop culture in Toronto.