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The first package of bike lane proposals for 2008 is up for approval at the meeting of the City of Toronto's Public Works and Infrastructure Committee (PWIC) this week on Wednesday May 7th, 2008 PWIC Meeting 15 Agenda. The report, 2008 Bikeway Network Program - Phase 1 Installation of Bicycle Lanes, contains proposals for

In the weeks leading up to the mid-April opening of an Ikea store in Kobe, Japan, the Swedish furniture design giant has “redecorated” one of the city’s subway trains (the campaign ended today). It is the most blatant form of “ad creep” I’ve seen in ages, but maybe because it’s soooo over-the-top — and executed really well — that I can swallow it. Or maybe its because I own too

A news report from the Mirror Guardian Newspaper written by David Nickle alerted us to some good news regarding the Lakeshore East Bicycle Trail. BEACH: Bicycle Path Closer to becoming parkland. Currently the trail and an adjacent sidewalk run on a road right of way. Councillor Councillor Sandra Bussin Ward 32 is proposing removing the road right of way designation

Two teens who were stuck in the ravines of Scarborough Bluffs are happyto be safely home after a thrilling afternoon rescue effort today.

Have you asked yourself recently "Hey, what happened to the "s" in my local Loblaw's sign?" If so, you probably live in Toronto or Collingwood and are curiously attentive to detail.

The missing "s" comes as Loblaw Corporation, parent company of Loblaw's grocery chain, tries out a rebrand at three of their stores. Two of the locations are in Toronto, one on Burnamthorpe, and the other at Yonge Street and Yonge Boulevard (between Lawrence and York Mills), with the third store in

EcoCabs are coming to Toronto. A day after the Earth Day rally at Yonge-Dundas Square, a series of cute, environmentally friendly three-wheeled vehicles touched down there for the first time. The EcoCab runs primarily on a trained driver's pedal-power, but is supported by a rechargeable electric battery. So it can reach speeds of up to 12 km per hour on city streets. GO Mobile Media president Will Kozma was on hand to help launch the vehicles today. He said that the EcoCabs will help Toronto

I dunno about this, I wouldn't want to ride through any puddles, and it might be bumpy going over potholes, although the big radius might be great for jumping them.Dezeen says that it was commissioned for the XXI Century Man exhibition in Tokyo. Designer Ben Wilson is quoted below:...

Jem Stansfield is not exactly the average tinkerer. He has a degree in aeronautics and is an inventor and special effects technician. But still, his DIY air-powered motorcycle, the first of its kind according to him, is quite cool.How Does an Air-Powered Motorcycle Work?Unlike the hilarious single-piston air-powered bicycle that he previously made, this air-powered bike can actually be used in real-world

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" From April 3 - May 31, 2008,  Laurence Miller  Gallery will present the color photographs of Canadian Fred Herzog.  Herzog’s work is best described as a time

Welcome to the Toronto Portraits. Every Friday we're going to profile a young, dynamic Torontonian, and each week we're photographing them in a different Toronto neighbourhood.

Brandon Valdivia, 25 years old. Bloorcourt (Bloor and Dufferin).
Keep reading for his profile.

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Photo from WATERFRONToronto A vacuum trash collection system is potentially coming to Toronto. Last week a report went to City Council seeking support for building vacuum waste pipe connections in new homes in the West Don Lands development. If made a reality, it would be the first of its kind in Canada Its a technology that has the potential to make garbage disposal extremely convenient and clean for residents. It uses pipes in the ground connected to your home to move trash to central colle

About Toronto's Weekly Carnage:
Toronto's Weekly Carnage is inspired by NYC's Streetsblog Weekly Carnage feature. The aim of this series of posts is to bring attention to the death and destruction wrought by automobiles and an auto-centric culture. Pursuing policies promoting walking, cycling and

In a world where the squeaky wheel gets the grease, cyclists may be a little too well-lubricated for their own good. No matter how much noise they think they're making, cyclists just can't seem to push their agenda as well as, say, the Canadian Automobile Association can push theirs. Into this breach is stepping the Toronto Cyclists Union, the latest in a

The Union doesn't officially launch until later this year, but that isn't stopping them from hosting a

photo by Wylie Poon

In the last 100 years, there hve been many subway proposals that have come-and-gone. One of the first serious proposals, in 1911, would have seen streetcar subways built under Yonge, Queen and Bloor streets to feed city and interurban cars downtown. Later proposals called for streetcar and heavy rail subways under Queen Street, which remained on the books until about 1980. And the Eglinton West subway even

Housing markets across Canada should cool down this year and in 2009 with lower sales, construction and price growth from Vancouver to Halifax.

Canadian real estate has seen an average 10 per cent gain over the last five years, but the demand in the Western provinces like Calgary and Edmonton has started to cool with prices trending lower.

Although Toronto home sales have fallen for the first three