Quick poll for the readership: can folks name anything about Toronto that has gotten better in the past five years? Ten years ( Read more... )

top five spaces for working remotely in Toronto. For those who find themselves working remotely when they're not home.

Does anyone has an optometrist they like in the general Yonge/St. Clair or Forest Hill areas? The last eye checks I had were from a surly, unhappy guy in a closet attached to a chain optical retail store, and I'd rather not go back there.

Murder in Toronto
Ryerson prof looks at homicide rates in different neighbourhoods, and looks at how they are similar, and then looks at neighbourhoods with similar characteristics but lower homicide rates. One theory is that tall appartment buildings are to blame, because they diminish the sense of community.
We Evolved On the Grasslands To Have ( Read more... )

Weird morning. Near home, traffic was far lighter than it usually would be at that time of day. On the 401, things got ugly, due to a big accidnet closing multiple lanes westbound near winston churchill, which is the exit after mine on the highway. I got off early, and found the alternate routes also insanely packed, and then got trapped at an ( Read more... )

Toronto has no stars, so we'll make our own.

Anyone interested?

Have I mentioned that I love this city?

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