Tag: Toronto
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Al Gore calls Alberta Tar Sands "an open sewer."
In a speech in Toronto, he also says “There’s no such thing as ethical oil,” he said. “There’s only dirty oil and dirtier oil.”
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Toronto's Green Line Competition Winners Announced
The ideas competition brought out some great ideas
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Ideas for making smart growth smarter
The idea of Smart Growth is under attack from both sides; here are some ideas for updating it to the 21st century.
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Ryerson School of Interior Design year end show is built almost entirely from RAW recycled scrap
They have turned the Designboom booth from the Interior Design Show into a display system and a demonstration of reuse and repurposing.
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Toronto's Bixi Bike system is in trouble; will New York's Citibike suffer from the same problems?
New York looks like it is going big and backed by big bucks, which is exactly what it needs to survive.
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Brewers Plate is a celebration of local food at a time when it's hard to find
It's always a surprise to see what chefs can do at this time of year in this kind of climate.
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Eco-Ideas from Toronto's Green Living Show
It seemed a bit smaller and emptier this year, much like the green movement in general.
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Guardian writer Oliver Burkeman feeds banquet to Toronto anti-bike trolls
The anti-bike rant heard 'round the world gets little response at home, lots elsewhere, whether it deserved it or not.
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In the great Cities vs Suburbs battle, companies and workers are voting with their feet and moving downtown
In this corner, the city represented by Richard Florida; in that corner, the suburbs represented by Joel Kotkin. The numbers give it to Florida.
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Toronto to get big new underground bike station at City Hall
And the Fords go "Gravy Train! It's Disgusting!"
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University of Toronto's new Instructional Centre is green inside and out
Perkins + Will builds copper-clad classrooms at Mississauga campus of the University
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Here is a good idea: The Personal Subway Car where you can do all those horrible things in private
It is an April Fools gag from Toronto's Transit Commission with a serious message: get along and don't be disgusting.
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Build your city bike to order in a new kind of bike shop
Gallant Cycle introduces a new way of selling bikes in an elegant, minimalist store, for people who want a bit of style in their city bike.
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Take off your shoes and walk on this permanent memorial to dead cyclist Jenna Morrison
It is a reflexology footpath that massages your feet as you walk. I can't wait to try it.
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Toronto Restaurant owner fined $ 10,000 after 31 threatened Spiny Softshell Turtles found in freezer
They are used to make "medicinal" soup, but there may be less than a thousand of them left in the Province.
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Can cities be too dense? Can condos be too tall? Are they built to last?
All important questions, asked by Antonia Zerbisias in the Toronto Star
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Reduce the amount you drive and win.... free gas?
That's the promise of a Canadian program to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and reduce congestion
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More blaming the victim as Toronto police tell pedestrians to "Do the Bright Thing"
As far as the police are concerned, pedestrians should wear orange vests and lights, or they only have themselves to blame.
