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My condo building has posters and instructions covering several pages on how to throw out the garbage. There are containers for recyclable containers and recyclable paper products. There is a different procedure for organic waste and litter. There are blue bins and grey bins and green bins...

I think we will probably be safe. From National Post: Anti-games rally as PanAm dignitaries visit Pan Am Games About three dozen protesters turned out this morning for a rally against Toronto’s bid for the 2015 Pan Am Games as dignitaries in town for a site tour took in BMO Field...

Sigh....would that this were true. We both know that if the facilities were built there would be no money to operate/maintain them. And whatever little money is found would come at the expense of coaching, athlete support, paying down cost over-runs, etc. - a zero sum game. While I am...

This discussion in tone and substance is so Toronto. In Europe over the past few weekends - and for most of the summer - crowds of more than 60,000 have packed stadiums to watch track and field - always a crowd pleaser at the Pan Ams. The highlight of these meets, of course, has been Usain...

Maybe visitors should be taken to Bloor and Yonge - a global cross-roads, Bazis, pedestrian friendly, hip Yorkville, main transport inter-change, etc. Where else can one just stretch out and relax in such a prime location. .

This billboard is not harsh at all. It is kind of funny. What would be hard is something like: You'll never go broke by buying Torontonians for what they're worth and selling them for what they think they're worth! .

Once the entrances are done .... Maybe some money can be spent on the interiors. The photos do not do justice to the skankiness of the Toronto subway system. This is the main station of the entire system. It looks like it's been this way for a while. It will be interesting to see how long...

Touristic toronto I thought on that beautiful spring day about six weeks ago that I would take some pictures around Toronto's main square - the very heart of urban Toronto. First perhaps a bus tour of the city, something that many first time visitors would be interested in doing. There is...

Oh, if it were only the trashy street furniture Oh, if it were only the trashy street furniture. But we also have some rather off-putting human streetscapes in the prime parts of town that are not likely to impress any visitors. Here, I assume that Torontonians are sufficiently inured to...

I think i know how to catch the posters You don't even need a couple of guys going around busting them. They give you a phone number to call!! They seem surprisingly unconcerned about being busted. Toronto seems proud of its total lack of charm, elegance or style of which ragged...

Not slowed down from where i stand Seemed to be moving OK this morning. .

The UK Guardian today has a (somewhat tongue-in-cheek) piece responding to a series of "key G20 questions". These included the following: 6. And who's only along for the free snacks? Argentina: not a great deal of traction as far as the global economy goes. Australia: Kevin Rudd's...

Looks spectacular on the F1 qualifying round now being broadcast. Incidentally, there will be no F1 race in North America this year for the first time since 1958. This is also the last Australian GP for now. The new markets are Asia, Asia and Asia. .

Agreed, and for the truly iconic, revolutionary and fabulous - it requires hubris. Torontonians and Canadians have never suffered this affliction and globally we are moving further and further away.

Yep, once we get the right type of immigrants Toronto and Canada will be paradise on earth. I'm not sure I even understand the discussion. We are the victims of the immigrants that come to Canada so we need to make sure we get the right ones.... Wow. Talk about being victimized...

drum118. Great video. Itself alone, it explains why Toronto is Toronto - good and bad. Thanks. .

Argue it as you want but the top story today is basically a variation of "This is the worst global financial crisis in ___ years." Fill in the blank. Since the 70's? Since WWII? Since the Great Depression? Since _______________? Whatever. Now, if this is such a serious global crisis then...

Swinging London. .

While not having lived there, I have spent a bit of time there over half a dozen visits. It is certainly not Pyonyang for living or visiting. As a city of the future, it works. It is Blade Runner plus. No problem getting a drink. Everything is available, and that includes great...

Oh the horror This is not the world's tallest that is almost finished but another one that is/was to be taller still. Dubai skyscraper work halted 08:11 EST Wednesday, Jan 14, 2009 DUBAI — The developer of a skyscraper slated to soar nearly two-thirds of a mile above Dubai says...