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Vaughan open house on transit and development on Yonge Street, June 5
What if the subway stretched northward along Yonge Street to Richmond Hill? How can the [City of Vaughan](http://www.city.vaughan.on.ca/index.html) make sure that any development along the west side of Yonge justifies subway service, without destroying heritage areas -- such as Thornhill Village…
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Milton seniors ride transit for free every Wednesday in June
Throughout Senior Month, **June**, 2008, and starting on Clean Air Day, Wednesday, **June 4**, senior residents of the Town of Milton -- anyone older than 65 years young -- can ride any conventional [Milton Transit](http://www.milton.ca/residents/transit/mi ltontransit.htm) bus for free.
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Markham meetings on transportation and transit, June 3 and 4
[The Regional Municipality of York](http://www.york.ca/default.htm) has started several environmental assessments for improving roads in the Town of Markham as part of a larger transportation strategy to increase transit use, manage travel demand and promote alternative modes of travel.
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links for 2008-06-03
Yves Saint Laurent Dies at 71 Yves is gone. Yves Saint Laurent, one of the greatest fashion designers in history, died at his home in Paris late Sunday at 71 after a long, undisclosed illness. He had been bedridden recently and friends said in the last week he had been unable to eat o (tags:…
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Make Your Girlfriend Jealous Tomorrow Night
The Jealous Girlfriends bring their combination of tuneful, Britpop-tinged indie rock with soulful harmonies back to Toronto tomorrow night for a show at The El Mocambo, along with Seawolf. This Brooklyn, N.Y. four-piece last played Toronto April 7, opening up for Nada Surf. The New York Times…
TTC Art For St. Clair West: Is It Necessary?
The TTC is currently holding a call for GTA-based artists to provide visual art as part of their St. Clair West Transit Improvements Project. Not only is the TTC scheduled to finally (?) finish the last construction phase of the controversial St. Clair West streetcars ROW come next year but they…
StumbleUpon's Happy Camper
At the end of May, the Mesh Conference brought some of the internet's finest to Toronto. In the MaRS building, Canadians-done-good Michael Geist, Lane Merrifield, and Garrett Camp spoke about technology and the web. Laptops were open, ready to Google a fact or Twitter about a comment. We…
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LuminaTO: Visual Arts Round-up
June seems to be the month of choice for festival organizers looking to capitalize on our all-too-brief summer, and LuminaTO is one that really stood out last year. We were treated to a wealth of free visual arts spread about the city from the giant, building-sized art and a wide variety of…
Time to Update the Pumps?
When it costs $40 to fill half a tank of a Volkswagen Golf, I start to question whether it's time for this Shell gas station on Dundas West to update the little red push buttons. I mean, really, $1 of gas? What is that actually going to buy you these days?
Portrait Project: Gabriella
Sarah Lazarovic—curator of the garage-based Montrose Portrait Gallery of Canada—is painting a portrait of a Torontonian every day. Each Monday, we'll feature one of those portraits here. Suggestions for subjects welcome. Gabriella is five but she already knows where babies come from. "My…
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This DVD Could Fuck You Up For Life
Last October, local hardcore stalwarts Fucked Up held a three day celebration of righteous volume at Sneaky Dees, Kathedral and the Horseshoe. I know it's a little late to report about it now, except for the fact that a DVD has just been released documenting all three nights. Unlike live punk…
Polo in the Round
Ladies and Gentlemen of Toronto(ist), This posting is to notify you that, as part of bike month, Streets Are For People cordially invites you to a smashing game of polo à la bike, tomorrow evening at 6:30 p.m in Trinity Bellwoods Park. That's right folks, a game of mallets, balls, and…
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Barefoot in Toronto
Going barefoot in Toronto might sound a little out there at first. If you saw someone walking down Yonge St. or around your neighbourhood with no shoes on you might assume it's not by choice. But isn't going barefoot the "natural way"? That is the part of the case made by Barefoot in Toronto, a…
PhotoTO: Pillow Fight!
The Newmindspace pillow fight went down in a sea of feathers on Saturday evening in Nathan Phillips Square. See plenty more photos after the fold. There is an image gallery to this entry which you can view at Torontoist …
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Montréal Monday: recent transport news, walking Mile End’s laneways, and a ghost sign is revealed in NDG
Each Monday, Spacing brings you some of the popular posts from our sister blog, Spacing Montréal. We’ll keep an eye open for topics and discussions that are pertinent to current public space issues in Toronto. • As a proposal was released last week in Toronto to shelve the Front Street…
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Televisualist: Idol, Bride, and Reeve's Sweet Ride
Each week, Torontoist examines the upcoming TV listings and makes note of programs that are entertaining, informative, and of quality. Or, alternately, none of those. The result: Televisualist. Monday The Mole returns... wait, seriously? The Mole? This was one of the early wave…
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Contest: Wins Tickets to Sloan at Tattoo Rock Parlour
On June 10th, Toronto-based Halifax expats Sloan will be releasing their new, highly anticipated album Parallel Play on their very own Murderrecords label. To coincide with the release, they'll be performing an exclusive gig at Tattoo Rock Parlour as part of the Sympatico Live @ The Orange Lounge…
Sorry, We're Open
Dear Distillery District, We really like you, but that doesn't mean that we can't offer suggestions for improvement. We'd like to introduce your sign makers to two magic words: "during construction." They could help avoid giving visitors the wrong impression about the pride you have in the…
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PhotoTO: The Idiotarod, 2008
The first Toronto running of the Idiotarod was held on Saturday, with six teams racing through checkpoints from Grange Park to Bellevue Square Park. The event, organized by Wero Creative, was a great success with competitors braving torrential rain to reach the finish line with carts, if not…
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Road Trip: Boston’s Big Dig
A post on the big dig for Spacing could not have come at a more opportune time with the recent announcement of a concrete plan to tear down part of the Gardiner Expressway. One of the pleasures of driving to Boston was the chance to drive Interstate 93, which passes through central Boston in [...]
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Morning Brew: June 2nd, 2008
Photo: "sweet street" by Michael D'Amico, member of the blogTO Flickr pool. Your Toronto morning news roundup for Monday June 2nd, 2008: Ontario and Quebec are forging an alliance and becoming a new, independent country. Well, not quite. But breaking convention, the two provinces will hold a…
Ontario Bans Cigarette Displays? Toronto Finally To Get Its Museum? Taxi Fare Hike?
If you were wondering why convenience stores seemed strangely barren this weekend, wonder no more: Ontario introduced Power Walls, a province-wide ban on the display of tobacco products. Now, those sweet sweet cancer sticks live behind grey flaps, pushing cigarettes one step further into the…
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May, May go away bring some damn sun while you’re at it
How’s it going folks. I know you’ve been waiting anxiously to find out what’s been going on with me. Well, I’ve been working my ass off. I don’t think, while I was in the Army, I worked this hard and I served overseas. LOL. Still working as security and for [...]
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Goodbye, Gardiner?
Goodbye, Gardiner? June 2, 2008 by Ben On Friday the Toronto Star led with a report that Mayor David Miller has finally gotten behind a plan to start tearing down the god awful Gardiner expressway along the Toronto waterfront. While the proposed plan doesn’t remove the entire expressway, it…
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More Bathurst construction detours start today
Starting this morning, Monday, **June 2**, the City of Toronto will start to construct new watermains along Bathurst Street south of Dupont Street.
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C++ Application Developer
Application development activities are conducted throughout the entire project life cycle; from project concept through architecture & design, construction, testing, implementation and support. Specific responsibilities include: * Analysis of requirements,…
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