Waterfront Toronto chair, 2 directors fired following Sidewalk Labs deal Other sources: Globe and Mail, Toronto Star, National Post

The National Post posted a lengthy article on why it is difficult for Canada to refine our own oil. There are a couple of insightful points there.

"12 Month Pass: $134 per month (save $12.25 per month vs. regular price adult Metropass)" Source The 12 Month Pass (on Presto) is the same price as the Metropass Discount Plan (MDP), which mailed you a Metropass for 12 months but is being discontinued with the introduction of the 12 Month Pass.

I recently attended the open house for the "Leslieville Traffic Management & Mitigation Study". The presentation and boards are available online, and mostly describe the current problems. In general, the concerns are around increased traffic due to the ongoing development on the neighborhood...

They are not rebranding Go Transit, they are rebranding Metrolinx (which, besides Go Transit, includes UP Express, the PRESTO Card and joint procurement for municipalities). The fact that you have confused the two makes it clear why the rebranding is necessary. Most people I speak to on a...

Toronto Archives has a bunch of old fire insurance plans available online, along with other maps and aerial photographs.

For those that missed it the June 16th presentation was recorded on Periscope.

A bit of a nit-pick, but that was actually the second Resident Evil film, Apocalypse, which had the city scenes that required something like Toronto. The first film took place mainly indoors, and was shot in Berlin.

I can confirm that Total Recall has shot at least some scenes on the streets. My workplace (81 Peter Street) received one of those "We will be filming on your street" notices that specifically mentioned Total Recall. I didn't actually see the filming happen, though, so I don't know if it was a...

And MLS has been looking at moving the season to a position later in the year: http://www.thestar.com/sports/soccer/mls/article/894614--mls-contemplating-games-later-in-year

Full article here: http://news.nationalpost.com/2010/11/30/mayor-ford%E2%80%99s-first-stop-hit-brakes-on-transit-city/

According to the TTC's 2010 operating budget (see Exhibit 1), the TTC expected about $14 million in revenue for 2010, and $16 million in 2009. That's compared with income from fares of $888 million in 2010 ($851 million in 2009), so the advertising revenue is just under 2% of the revenue from...

It's also nice to see them shooting in Toronto. In the pilot, they have some Royal York interiors, and they have another scene behind Nathan Phillips Square.

Debt is not a universally bad thing, for individuals, corporations or governments. In particular, taking on a debt is worthwhile if the returns from whatever the money is used for outweighs the costs incurred by the debt. Here are some over-simplified examples to give you an idea: Let's...

The PDF linked to in the Yelp review is for 2009. The current version says the location is "5576 Yonge Street (just south of Finch)".

Province of Toronto The Star picked up a interesting different perspective. A conservative MPP wants Toronto out of Ontario: http://www.thestar.com/news/ontario/article/780385--mpp-s-vision-province-of-toronto (Urban Toronto also picked this article up this morning.)

There have been many articles about how the lack of athletes from Ontario is directly related to our lack of facilities. (See this op-ed in the star for one example.) The Pan Am Games Bid is an effort to break this cycle by giving Ontario some better facilities. We can complain about individual...

There was an article in the Globe and Mail today, mentioned on Spacing:

The opposition to the bridge has never been on aesthetic grounds. It was opposed due to the fact that it would condone and even support increased traffic at the airport. From what I've read, this is a less-than-ideal situation, and they are planning on removing this. In particular, this...

It looks like an episode of Flashpoint: