![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
- A new storyboard in Niagara Falls displays the importance of railways to the city. The Niagara Falls Review reports.
- Niagara Falls city council is considering the idea of linking casinos by aerial car. The Niagara Falls Review reports.
- Global News reports on a drug bust that saw two people arrested in Niagara Falls.
- The Niagara Falls Review reports the number of reported homicides in Niagara Region tripled in 2019, to six.
- The immersive live nativity hosted by a Niagara Falls church sounds interesting. More is here.
- A recent discussion at Niagara Falls city council was dominated by discussion of housing issues and of homelessness. The Niagara Falls Review reports.
- Most revenues from the casinos of Niagara Falls have been directed to the infrastructure of the city. The Niagara Falls Review reports.
- City council in Niagara Falls has approved the construction of a 72-storey hotel. Construct Connect reports.
- In November, the mayor announced the old city hall and courthouse in the downtown of Niagara Falls was scheduled to be demolished. The Niagara Falls Review reports.
- The Bath House Hotel once was intended to be a centrepiece of local tourism. The Niagara Falls Review reports.
- Carrie Bosco writes about the experience of a customer service associate working at the Niagara Falls Public Library, over at the Niagara Falls Review.
- The Niagara Falls Public Library in winter is a happening place for locals. The Niagara Falls Review reports.
- A Chinese developer hopes that a proposed $C 1.5 billion dollar project in south Niagara Falls will still go forward. The Niagara Falls Review reports.
- Niagara Falls is going to have a hard time replacing city historian Sherman Zavitz. The Niagaa Falls Review reports.
- Niagara News reports on the Winter Festival of Lights in Niagara Falls.
- The Daily Hive Toronto notes that Toronto is definitely seeing more snow than normal this winter.
- Urban Toronto notes that different levels of government are seeking public input into what to do with Ontario Place.
- Richard Longley writes at NOW Toronto about the history and heritage of the now-demolish Davisville Public School.
- This Canadian Architect article is an interview with architect Karim Khalifa, involved with Sidewalk Labs.
- CBC reports on the many factors leading to unchecked fare evasion on the TTC.
- Ryan Porter writes for the Canadian Press about how the booming Toronto film and television industry is facing a lack of studio space.
- Edward Keenan writes at the Toronto Star about how increased property taxes are a perfectly workable solution to the revenue problems of Toronto.
Tags:
After running some errands in the late afternoon I found myself wandering through the west-end neighbourhoods of Carleton Village and Earlscourt, wandering north up Symington Avenue to Davenport Road and then heading east. It was a warm afternoon, barely below freezing point, and the clean white snow was falling down lightly.
[PHOTO] Three photos of melt
Feb. 27th, 2019 07:10 amThe warm weather we've been having--much too warm for Toronto in February--has seen much of the snow that has come down melt away. What remained reminded me of some of the terrains of the outer solar system, of icy worlds like Callisto or Titan with terrains made of water ice as hard as rock in their cryogenic temperatures.
- CBC Montreal reports on the "Ice shove" that featured every winter in the port of Montréal in the 19th century.
- This opinion piece in the Montreal Gazette remembers the expropriations which fatally undermined the substantially African-Canadian neighbourhood of Little Burgundy.
- CityLab notes the controversy, aggravated by municipal politics, of the Royalmount megamall, in the Montréal enclave of the Town of Mount Royal.
- A Québec Solidaire MNA's criticism of Chinese investors in real estate has been criticized by Chinese-Canadians in Montréal as racist. CTV News reports.
- La Presse notes that suburbanization proceeds in Montréal, as migration from the island of Montréal to off-island suburbs grows.
- The glorious Insectarium of Montréal will be closed for two years, for a makeover. CBC reports.
- Le Devoir considers the future of the Buckminister Fuller Biosphère on ile Sainte-Hélène, caught between falling funding and the lack of a clear mission for this structure.
Tags:
Colonel Samuel Smith Park, in southernmost Etobicoke in southwesternmost Long Branch on the shores of Lake Ontario, would be a fine place for an extended walk in any season. In winter, it can be sublime, earth and sky and water all cool blues and whites.
- CBC reports on how Ottawa is storing its ever-growing mountain of snow removed from its streets.
- The city of Kingston, Ontario, is facing a growing shortage of family doctors despite it being a regional hub. Global News reports.
- The centenary of anti-Chinese riots in Halifax has just passed. (Would you believe I never learned of these at school?) Global News reports.
- VICE tells the story of how most people can, or cannot, afford to live in an ever-pricier city of Chicago.
- The SCMP reports on the "Greater Bay Area" plan just announced by China, an integration of the Pearl River area into a single global powerhouse. How will Hong Kong fit into this?
- CBC Montreal looks at how the city of Montréal deals with snow disposal in winter.
- NOW Toronto reviews The World Before Your Feet, a documentary examining the life of one Matt Green, who aims to walk all the thousands of kilometres of streets of New York City.
- VICE reports on how the mass shooting of Dunblane still affects survivors and townspeople even two decades later.
- CityLab looks at the unique Schwebebahn mass transit system in the Ruhr town of Wuppertal, and what it says about transit culture in Germany.
- CityLab takes a look at Cape Town, where a foodie culture is not reflected in ready access of all to food, and how some people are trying to fix this.
- Netflix is opening up a new production hub in Toronto, creating as many as two thousand extra jobs. CBC reports.
- The inquiry into a policeman charged with unfairly dismissing a 2016 report of an attempted choking by Bruce McArthur continues. The National Post reports.
- Is there a possibility that Downsview Park might undergo a renaissance as a hub of aerospace industry? CBC reports.
- CBC Toronto reports on this year's iteration of Winter Stations, this one based around the theme of migration.
- Freezing rain is expected for Wednesday night, contributing to a winter that so far as been quite full of precipitation of all kinds. CBC reports.
Tags:
- CityLab shares newly unearthed photos of the destroyed Detroit neighbourhood of Black Bottom.
- The National Post reports that apparently the latest iteration of the Winter Carnival in Québec City has not met with popular approval.
- CityLab explored for Valentine's Day the notable history of Boston as a centre for the manufacture of candy.
- CityLab notes how the nascent condo boom in Queens' Long Island City, set to capitalize on the Amazon HQ2 there, has been undermined abruptly by Amazon's withdrawal.
- Ozy looks at the historic Uruguay town of Colonia del Sacramento.
Tags:
