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  1. W. K. Lis

    King's Plate

    From link... Queen's Plate, a stakes race for thoroughbred horses, was first run at Toronto's Carleton Race Course on 27 June 1860. The course was built on the estate of William Conway Keele, where the Toronto Turf Club had established its headquarters. It received royal assent by Queen...
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    2022 43rd Ontario general election (June 2, 2022)

    The 43rd Ontario general election will be held on or before June 2, 2022. As of December 2016, Ontario elections are held on the first Thursday in June in the fourth calendar year following the previous general election
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    President Joe Biden's United States of America

    A Former Montrealer Is Set To Be The Next US Vice President & The First Female In The Role Kamala Harris lived in Montreal for a long time. From link.
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    Plant Nurseries

    Places like Plant World and Humber Nurseries have gone (hopefully only temporary) from the retail scene, some turned wholesale only. We have only small retailers in the plant nursery business this spring. While there will be big box stores or grocery stores that sell nursery stock, they are...
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    Street Lighting

    Chicago’s night sky is about to become an orange memory, as the city nears end of LED streetlight replacement. But are the new lights better?` From link. The city of Chicago is swapping its sodium vapor streetlights for LED streetlights. The lights on Irving Park Road at Lavergne Avenue are...
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    Spadina Rapid Transit Line (Speculative)

    Couldn't the 512 ST. CLAIR streetcar be UPGRADED to become a new SPADINA LIGHT RAIL RAPID TRANSIT LINE? HOW? 1. Replace the single-point track switches with double-point tracks? Similar to the double-point track switches used by the heavy rail lines in existance and light rail lines being...
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    Mechanical Leaf Collection

    Etobicoke/York Collection and Scarborough Leaf Collection From link. Mechanical Leaf Collection back in 2018 was scheduled from Monday, November 12 to Saturday, December 8, 2018. This SERVICE, paid by our taxes, should be expanded to ALL parts of the City of Toronto. Contact your councillor.
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    School day/year/years duration

    There is more to learn these days compared to when I or we went to school. With the passage of time, there is more history. There is more technology to learn. There are more rules, laws, and instruction to learn. How do we compare with other schools around the world, to start. From link...
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    Total Eclipse—April 8, 2024

    Know its early, but mark it on your calendars on your smartphones. Total eclipse on April 8, 2024. From link. Invite your friends. Have a stay-cation on that Monday. Should be a good day to visit Niagara Falls, between 2:04:51 PM and 4:31:54 PM, with totality at 3:20:02 PM. Toronto will...
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    Better Word For Light Rail "Stop"?

    We have the word "Station" for the underground transit stops, but we have been using the word "Stop" for the at-grade "Stations" for light rail transit "Stops". The English language has used non-English words synonyms on many occasions. For example, "chair" comes from the Old French...
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    Eglinton East LRT | Metrolinx

    There is an official Eglinton East LRT at this link. All the images come from that website. You can place your comments in this thread, but correspondence should be sent to either their contact page at this link, or via e-mail to EglintonEastLRT@toronto.ca Of interest to me, is the Kingston...
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    Toronto Eglinton Line 5 Crosstown West Extension | ?m | ?s | Metrolinx

    From www.eglintonwestlrt.ca project history at this link. City Council approved ten (10) stop locations for the Eglinton West LRT to be carried forward, and if necessary, to update the previously approved EA through the Transit Project Assessment Process (TPAP), as identified in EX29.1...
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    Toronto Crosstown LRT: Oakwood Station | ?m | ?s | Metrolinx | IBI Group

    Fairbank & Oakwood Stations Open House From link: April 6, 2017 Eglinton Crosstown Update: Open House Meeting Fairbank and Oakwood Stations Join us at our upcoming open house and learn about the future Fairbank and Oakwood stations, two of 15 underground stations on the new Eglinton line...
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    Wet 'N' Wild Toronto

    Even though it is actually in Brampton. With hits of warm weather to come, time to plan for your summer fun. After an absence of a couple of years, the old Wild Water Kingdom is now under new management, renamed, and "upgraded". The bad part is that it would cost more (inflation mostly)...
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    Former President Donald Trump's United States of America

    Effective replacement or continuation thread for the Who would you like to see win the 2016 US election? thread.
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    TTC: One-Person Train Operation

    Single operator subways another step in TTC modernization We would not be doing this if we thought the safety of our passengers or our staff would be compromised From this link. On Oct. 9, the Toronto Transit Commission will begin the rollout of one person train operation, or OPTO. Beginning...
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    Ped/Bike/Transit Bridge or Tunnel to Toronto Island?

    A bridge too far? The case for a pedestrian, cyclist link to Toronto Island It shouldn't be this hard to access the city’s best public space. From link.
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    Get your tickets here! For a small (actually LARGE) fee, of course.

    Used to be, to get tickets for an event, you or your friend had to get to the venue's box office to buy a ticket or tickets. You had to line up, wait in line, a purchase the tickets at the box office window. For cash. Nowadays, for the "convenience" of not having to do that, you can do that...
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    TORONTO Pan Am Sign

    After this year, 2015, and after the Parapan Am and Pam Am Games, the TORONTO sign may go on a "tour" of Toronto. Where do you like to see it?
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    Sidewalk plowing

    Montréal plows its sidewalk, entirely. See link. In Toronto, only some areas get their sidewalks plowed and salted. It is time for Toronto to plow ALL its sidewalks. See story at this link. Please, do not park your motor vehicle in your driveway in such a way in that it overhangs or sits...

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