Tag: Toronto - Page 7
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Toronto Cyclists Ride In Memory of A Dead Cyclist, In Anger At A City That Doesn't Seem To Care
The ride today in memory of Jenna Morrison was more than just a memorial; it was a message that cyclists are not taking the war on bikes lying down.
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Canadian Government Rejects Side Guards on Trucks That Might Save Cyclists' Lives
They claim that "there's not enough evidence" or that "they would make Canadian Truckers Uncompetitive."
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Another cyclist Gets The Right Hook: It's Time For Sideguards On Trucks In North America
Toronto mom gets killed by truck turning right. Another needless death that could have been prevented.
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Why The #Occupy Movement Is An Environmental Movement
F. Scott Fitzgerald said "The Rich Are Different Than You And Me". He was right. TreeHugger should recognize that the 1% are cooking this planet.
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Toronto May Ban Parking Of Bikes Anywhere But Designated Posts
This war on bikes is getting ridiculous. It's time to #occupystreetsigns, time to start fighting back.
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The Week in Animal News: Javan Rhino Officially Extinct, Hawk With Nail Through its Head, and More (Slideshow)
This week, we received the sobering news that the Javan Rhino is officially extinct: The last of its species was killed by poachers for its horn.
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The Week in Animal News: Javan Rhino Officially Extinct, Hawk With Nail Through its Head, and More
This week we saw the sad end of Javan rhinos, a comeback for humpback whales, a hawk surviving a nail gun attack, and more.
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"Why Love One But Eat The Other" Ads Stir Controversy in Toronto Subway System
We usually don't see this kind of thing on the Toronto Subway System, it's too controversial. But a new advertising campaign fighting cruelty to animals is in your face.
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Toronto Bans Shark Fin Products
Here is a surprise in Fordlandia: City Council bans shark fin soup by a vote of 38 to 4
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Mjölk: Wood Never Looked So Good
How simple recycled materials, in the hands of a talented designer, can make a store into a thing of beauty
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Occupy Toronto: "It has to start somewhere, it has to start sometime. What better place than here? What better time than now? " (Slideshow)
We cover the Occupy Toronto Protests
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Occupy Toronto: "It has to start somewhere, it has to start sometime. What better place than here? What better time than now? "
This movement is just getting bigger and bigger; we cover the first hours of Occupy Toronto
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Another Reason Transit Is Better Than Cars: It Is Kinder To Animals
Instead of having a dead cat in the middle of the road, an entire transit line is held up for a cat.
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The Best of Greenbuild 2011: Innovative Green Building Products of the Future
What can one say about a show that attracts 23,000 green building professionals across the border to Toronto? It could only beGreenbuild, the grand spectacle put on by theU.S. Green Building Council (USGBC). This was its tenth
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The Best of Greenbuild 2011: Innovative Green Building Products of the Future
There was so much to see at Greenbuild 2011 that I could be posting for weeks, but here is a summary slideshow of the highlights.
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The Occupy Everywhere Campaign Cannot Be Ignored
The whole thing started in July as a stunt by Vancouver culture jammers Adbusters, the people who invented Buy Nothing Day. " Once there, we shall incessantly repeat one simple demand in a plurality of voices..... we demand that Barack Obama ordain a
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No More Buildups To Greenbuild; It's Here
The buildup is over; Greenbuild has opened in Toronto. I will be heading out to tweet and report from the Convention Centre for the next three days, and round up my buildup posts herein.
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Buildup to Greenbuild: How Green Is Toronto?
Last year before Greenbuild in Chicago, one of America's best architecture critics, Blair Kamin, wrote the introduction to Chicago for GreenSource Magazine. So I was pretty nervous when I was asked to write this year's introduction to Toronto; That is
