The Globe and Mail hosts Daniel Rotsztain's article looking at how Toronto Islands, particularly in the area of Gibraltar Point, is facing an existential crisis due to the threat of erosion.

Cradling the city’s harbour like an outstretched hand, the Toronto Islands are more than a place to escape the city - they are the very reason the city exists ( Read more... )

A mention at the Map Room Blog of The Art of Cartography, an exhibition of maps at the Toronto Reference Library in the TD Gallery. Some of the maps are quite old.


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I may revisit my tour of the Toronto Islands at greater length tomorrow. I'm very pleased with most of the photos I took. For now, here are six of my favourites, each an image that I think can support a story of some length.


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Evelyn Kwong's Toronto Star article tells a worrisome tale.

It only took a second for Ben Leow to realize that he and his 8-year-old son were about to be mowed over by a water taxi on the Toronto harbour ( Read more... )

This is amazing. From the Toronto Star's Oliver Sachgau:

After a few weeks of being the most popular mobile game in recent history, Pokemon Go is now facing backlash from the City of Toronto, who are trying to mitigate the crowds playing the game at the Jack Layton Ferry Terminal ( Read more... )

The Globe and Mail's Marcus Gee writes in favour of allowing the unclothed to use Hanlan's Point nude beach. I support this, but I wish something could be done about the gawkers.

Big cities survive through small compromises. When people of different backgrounds, needs and habits are thrown together in a common space, it takes lots of give and take ( Read more... )

The Toronto Star's Jennifer Pagliaro goes into more detail about the new use of a mobile ticketing app for the Toronto Islands ferry.

If you’re reading this in line under the sweltering sun at Jack Layton Ferry Terminal, you are doing it wrong ( Read more... )

• Centauri Dreams looks at odd binary AR Scorpii.
• Crooked Timber examines connections between demographic change and religiosity in the United States.
• A Fistful of Euros reports on the IMF response to the Eurozone bailouts.
• Joe. My. God. notes the outrage of families of survivors of American military dead at Trump's treatment of the Khan family.
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On Saturday, I went to Hanlan's Point Beach with a friend. It was the first time I'd gone there this year, but the beach was as beautiful as ever.

One thing: In the morning, there are plenty of seabirds and insects around. The seagulls I liked, the insects less so.

Another thing: Remember sunscreen. I forgot, and believe me, this is visible.


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