There are several 2-level Walmarts around the GTA, Square One comes to mind. Square One is split with groceries on one level and basically everything else m on the other.

Yes. Core did have several properties in Hamilton they were advancing though which are now dead in the water.

A direct routing could be something like a ~7km tunnel east from Gare Centrale over to the rail corridor south of Avenue Souligny then using the former rail alignment from there until you are off the island. That would get you off the island in around 23km of travel distance compared to around...

I fully agree with 2) - I think the focus for now should be Toronto-Montreal (and to be fair to ALTO, I think Alto is being split into three sub-phases with Quebec being the final phase after Montreal-Ottawa and Ottawa-Toronto). regarding 1) - it is a fairly significant detour, adding ~25km of...

Trains would probably still be doing 90-100mph through there. We are talking about having to invest tens of billions to cut 5 minutes of run time. Alto is likely going to have reduced speed run zones in and out of Toronto and Montreal so they don't need to tunnel 50km of new tunnel to shave a...

This is ignoring the problem of how to get east of Montreal without a large detour westward. REM taking the Mount Royal tunnel necessitates a new, very expensive tunnel access. This isn't the case in Toronto. We have the benefit of the failed provincial HSR initiative of about a decade ago to...

I mean it's not uncommon in europe either for smaller centres. The reality is that downtown stations are expensive and generally not worth the additional costs for lower ridership locations. I would be disappointed if Alto did not pursue Gare Centrale and Union Station, but even Ottawa is likely...

I would not be surprised at all if Peterborough ends up with more of a "park and ride" type station on a new alignment south of Highway 115.

That parking garage only opened in 2017!

of course AI only puts 5 statues in the diagram.. that, and "Skprasher"!

I believe Core is having financial difficulties.

nope. Flightpath issues here - see Ryerson's stumpy new residence across the street.

Walmart quietly resigned a lease here last year and opened in May, finally filling the vacancy on the upper floor retail space they left to Trinity and RioCan years ago. https://canadiangrocer.com/photo-gallery-walmart-opens-compact-supercentre-mississauga

Walmart confirmed. https://www.walmartcanada.ca/news/2025/11/27/a-new-walmart-supercentre-is-coming-to-lime-ridge-mall-in-hamilt It's apparently taking over the former Sears space. Now for Primaris to find how to fill Hudson's Bay..

Demolish the damn thing. It's inhibiting growth of transit services and nobody in this city has any appreciation for it other than a handful of heritage enthusiasts - and even then I bet a good chunk would acknowledge it should go if it's actively presenting a major barrier to transit expansion.

A reminder that Ford is apparently nominally planning a transit line along the 401 as a part of the 401 highway tunnel. What that looks like, and the chances of it happening..

https://www.thespec.com/news/hamilton-region/mountain-brow-build-begins-with-100-000-tonne-soil-cleanup/article_5cf7a2a9-ad34-5add-af74-8f36f9fc475a.html

https://pub-hamilton.escribemeetings.com/filestream.ashx?DocumentId=475891

Plus how do you cross the Ottawa river in Gatineau.