[URBAN NOTE] Five Toronto links; transit, Jane-Finch, Rob Ford, Riverdale Park East, beaches

[rfmcdonald]

• The federal government will provide a billion dollars in funding to Toronto transit, including to Bloor-Yonge station and GO Transit. CBC reports.


• The Jane-Finch anti-violence barbecue has celebrated its tenth anniversary. CBC reports.


• blogTO notes that people in Toronto can vote for--or against--naming a new street in Etobicoke's Six Points after Rob Ford.


• blogTO reports on the joys of Riverdale Park East.


• Shawn Micallef writes at the Toronto Star about what the city can do to make it easier for Torontonians to get to their city's beaches.

Comments

[dewline]

1. That could help matters somewhat.

3. There's three options that look appealing. Despite suggestions to the contrary from several quarters, I am not going to cheat and pretend I live there when I don't.