[URBAN NOTE] Five Toronto links: D-Day, pot shops, YouTube, Toronto Dance Theatre, Crossways

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• Jamie Bradburn looks at how, 75 years ago, the media of Toronto responded to D-Day.


• Illegal marijuana shops in Toronto are being literally closed to the public, by the city putting large concrete blocks in their front doorways. blogTO reports.


• YouTube shutting down its space for creators in Toronto is not good news for aspiring local video stars. blogTO reports.


• Christopher House, long-time director of the Toronto Dance Theatre, is leaving his position. NOW Toronto reports.


• Amy Carlberg writes at blogTO about how the Crossways, the giant brutalist apartment towers at Dundas and Bloor, are becoming trendy, with a line of merchandise and the hashtag #crosswayswednesdays on Instagram.