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My Toronto Video Contest Voting Page

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A 72 Year Crossing at Yonge and Bloor

"A 72 Year Crossing at Yonge and Bloor" Comparative...

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STREET SCENE: Linux Cafe

Street Scene will appear each week showcasing the...

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Farm Friday: Evergreen Brick Works

Name: Evergreen Brick Works Farmers' Market Location:...

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SPACING VOTES WEEKLY: Coach Ford, Smitherman walks & a heated TV debate

EDITOR’S NOTE: Spacing Votes — our dedicated 2010...

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SPACING RADIO: Smitherman talks walking, while walking

LISTEN TO THIS SPACING RADIO PODCAST George Smitherman...

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IDEAS FOR TORONTO: Infrastructure referendums

The Toronto City Summit Alliance held a roundtable...

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Bike parking takes over car parking spaces

Toronto bike riders can celebrate a "first" today:...

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Cities for People — New Toronto design intervention

This is part of a series of posts by students in...

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LORINC: Greenwashing by any other name

I normally have a lot of time for the Toronto Environmental...

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World Wide Wednesday: Maps, Trains, Trikes and Three Million on the A40

Each week we will be focusing on blogs from around...

Archives /// Chloe Ellingson

Monday’s headlines

• It's time to think outside the big box [ Toronto Star ] • The Walk Across Toronto: Park needs another hit of Hazel [ National Post ] • Toronto's waterfront cash in jeopardy [ Toronto Star ] • Mayor calls for calm, says protesters must move [ National Post ] • Free-parking carrot dangled for hybrids [ Toronto Star ] • Tamil protest surprises Toronto [ Globe & Mail ] • Skate park plan faces bumpy ride [ Toronto Star ] • Toronto the good [ Metro ] • Bloor walk too much on wild side [ ...

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Friday’s Headlines

GTA ECONOMIC SUMMIT • Charting a route to recovery [ Toronto Star ] • GTA summit calls for quick action on the economy [ Globe & Mail ] • If not bold, at least a beginning [ Toronto Star ] • Kuitenbrouwer: Miller's quick drive-by at GTA economic summit [ National Post ] REFERENCE LIBRARY RENO • Appel trust's gift kicks off reference library reno [ Globe & Mail ] • Reference Library to get $34M reboot [ National Post ] DON RIVER RESTORATION • Breathing new life into Don River [ Toronto Star ] • A river may run through the Lower ...

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Thursday’s headlines

WAGE FREEZE • Wage freeze or burn [ NOW ] • For the war, but against the troops [ EYE Weekly ] GREEN ROOFS • Green roof proposal faces withering criticism [ Globe & Mail ] • Group seeks mandatory green roofs by next year [ Toronto Star ] OTHER NEWS • Surreal things where you least expect them [ Toronto Star ] • Library boost [ Globe & Mail ] • Bike stands for Antiquity [ EYE Weekly ] • Bumpy road to a greener urban core [ Toronto Star ] • Cool in Kipling [ NOW ] • Leaders seek ...

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Wednesday’s headlines

• Driving downtown could get uglier [ National Post ] • A house key makes history [ Toronto Star ] • The posturing in Toronto's phony war on the car [ Globe & Mail ] • Vaughan redraws boundaries to balance new growth with developed regions [ National Post ] • Plan to ban rights on red advances [ Globe & Mail ] • City talks the walk [ Toronto Sun ] • Miller defends deputy mayor [ Toronto Sun ]

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Tuesday’s headlines

BUILD TORONTO • Can city develop and regulate, too? [ Toronto Star ] • Does Build Toronto know what it's in for? [ Globe & Mail ] • Concern growing over land transfer to Build Toronto [ National Post ] OTHER NEWS • Is two-way traffic the best way? [ Toronto Star ] • Watchdog dismisses complaint against councillor [ Globe & Mail ] • Is Toronto's economy really as rosy as Toronto Life claims? [ National Post ] • Toronto's plan to restrict right turns has drivers seeing red [ Globe & Mail ] • GO takes a pounding [ ...

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Monday’s headlines

• Architect John Lyle left legacy of style [ Toronto Star ] • Are City Hall's corridors of power too open? [ Toronto Star ] • Waterfront development dollars could dry up in 2011 [ Metro ] • Shaken residents give GO ultimatum [ Toronto Star ] • Councillors on a spree [ Toronto Sun ]

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Friday’s Headlines

• The politics of trees in Toronto [ National Post ] • Flap over street name zipped up - for now [ Globe & Mail ] • Who knew? Some places to loiter in Thornhill [ Toronto Star ] • Toronto cleans up from Tamil protest [ National Post ] • Two journeys in Regent Park [ Toronto Star ] • Councillors debate own security [ National Post ] • Park wins out over pools [ Toronto Sun ]

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Thursday’s headlines

WAGE FREEZE • City freezing non-union workers' salaries [ Toronto Star ] • City freezes wages [ Globe & Mail ] • Pay freeze will save $20-million [ National Post ] • Mayor 'unfair' to non-union staff [ Toronto Sun ] TRANSPORTATION • Playing games with public transit [ Globe & Mail ] • Safer roads driving me to distraction [ Toronto Star ] • Bad vibes compel GO to replace piledriver [ Toronto Star ] OTHER NEWS • What were they thinking? [ NOW ] • Architecture of the inner suburbs to get Pug Awards scrutiny this year [ National Post ] • ...

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Wednesday’s headlines

NEW STREETCARS • A streetcar named Inspire? [ Toronto Star ] • City ripped over streetcars [ Toronto Sun ] REGENT PARK REDEVELOPMENT • Plans announced for second phase of Regent Park redevelopment [ Globe & Mail ] • Rebirth of Regent Park [ Toronto Sun ] OTHER NEWS • GTA leaders meet at 'crisis' summit [ Toronto Star ] • Smitherman fed up with city's money needs [ National Post ] • Is it 911 time for the 311 customer service line? [ Globe & Mail ] • Councillor defends 'obdurate' stance on airport [ National Post ] • Residents are fearful ...

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Tuesday’s headlines

ISLAND AIRPORT PLAN • Porter wins while David Miller sulks [ National Post ] • Porter unveils plans for new island air terminal [ Globe & Mail ] • Porter files $45M flight plan [ National Post ] • Toronto island airport expansion plan draws praise, protesters [ CBC ] • Long-time airport foe Miller absent from announcement [ National Post ] NEW STREETCAR FUNDING • New streetcars get unanimous OK, but question remains over $1.22B funding [ National Post ] • Streetcars may not qualify for stimulus, says Baird [ Globe & Mail ] • Bombardier gets nod for new TTC ...

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