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rfmcdonald ([personal profile] rfmcdonald) wrote2019-08-24 04:23 pm

[URBAN NOTE] Seven Toronto links: #650Parliament, CNE, Cabbagetown, migration, TTC


  • It has been one year since the disaster at 650 Parliament. Global News reports.

  • The Star looks at how, after the 650 Parliament disaster, St. James Town is coping with the loss of a tenth of its population, right here.

  • A community group opposed the idea of the Ontario Line running vehicles through their neighbourhood every 90 seconds. The Star reports.

  • For one man, Wayne Malley, being lost at the CNE as a child was an unforgettable adventure. The Star reports.

  • Toronto Life interviews people in Cabbagetown to see what they think about their neighbourhood's safe injection site, here.

  • NOW Toronto interviews six Torontonian musicians who left their city in search of affordable homes elsewhere, here.

  • Global News reports on the strange story of a retired TTC streetcar found in the middle of the forest.