Steve Munro quite dislikes Metrolinx's willing to consider the idea of a fare-by-distance toll system.

On Friday, February 17, the Metrolinx Board will consider yet another update in the long-running saga of its attempt to develop an integrated regional fare policy ( Read more... )

Torontoist's Andre Proulx looks at how Ontario's wine industry is continuing to develop.

Cave Spring Cellars made their first vintage in 1986. It was a small 500-case batch of wine. This date is a reminder of how early we are in the history of wine in this province. It was one of the first eight wineries in the province and second on the ( Read more... )

The Toronto Star's Ben Spurr reports on the depths to which the Metrolinx-Bombardier relationship has descended. Is there anything at all salvageable from this ghastly mess?

Metrolinx executives ripped into rail manufacturer Bombardier at a meeting of the transit agency’s board on Friday, depicting the company as an organization in disarray and ( Read more... )

Raizel Robin's long-form article in Toronto Life, "The $1-Billion Hellhole", makes the case that the very new Toronto South Detention Centre--only three years old!--is already terribly dysfunctional thanks to any number of problems from staff issues to design flaws, this after having been built at tremendous financial cost to the province.

Before ( Read more... )

• blogTO notes an Instagram user from Toronto, @brxson, who takes stunning photos of the city from on high.
• The Dragon's Gaze links to a paper examining the limits of exoplanet J1407b's massive ring system.
• The Dragon's Tales notes evidence that the primordial Martian atmosphere apparently did not have carbon dioxide.
• Imageo notes that the California ( Read more... )

MacLean's shares Ross Marowits' Canadian Press report noting Bombardier's lawsuit against Metrolinx in what appears to be a desperate effort to prevent the regional transit agency from breaking its contract over the immense delays involved with Bombardier's delivery of new vehicles.

Bombardier has turned up the heat in its fight with Metrolinx by ( Read more... )

The Globe and Mail's Oliver Moore describes a proposal by Pearson Airport to make the area of Toronto's international airport a transit hub for the Greater Toronto Area generally, Toronto and Mississauga and beyond.

The pitch from the Greater Toronto Airports Authority, backed by politicians from the region, comes amid a growing sales job for ( Read more... )

The Globe and Mail's Oliver Moore looks at how the booming real estate market is set to ensure longer commute times for people in the Greater Toronto Area.

Frank Quinto wakes each work day at 5:30 a.m. He’s “suited and booted” by 6 a.m. and at the VIA station near his Brantford home by 7 a.m. By the time his train arrives at Union Station at 8:40 ( Read more... )

The Toronto Star's David Rider reports on how Toronto city manager Peter Wallace has criticized the Ontario government's refusal to let Toronto levy tolls on the Gardiner Expressway and the Don Valley Parkway.

By flip-flopping on tolls Premier Kathleen Wynne has robbed Toronto of badly needed revenue, prolonged gridlock and undercut the city’s ( Read more... )

• The Broadside Blog's Caitlin Kelly describes a week in her life as a freelance writer.
• The Dragon's Tales notes how the Indus Valley Civilization did, and did not, adapt to climate change.
• Language Log reshares Benjamin Franklin's writings against German immigration.
• The NYRB Daily follows one family's quest for justice after the shooting by police of ( Read more... )