[URBAN NOTE] Seven Toronto links: #650Parliament, CNE, Cabbagetown, migration, TTC
- It has been one year since the disaster at 650 Parliament. Global News reports.
- The Star looks at how, after the 650 Parliament disaster, St. James Town is coping with the loss of a tenth of its population, right here.
- A community group opposed the idea of the Ontario Line running vehicles through their neighbourhood every 90 seconds. The Star reports.
- For one man, Wayne Malley, being lost at the CNE as a child was an unforgettable adventure. The Star reports.
- Toronto Life interviews people in Cabbagetown to see what they think about their neighbourhood’s safe injection site, here.
- NOW Toronto interviews six Torontonian musicians who left their city in search of affordable homes elsewhere, here.
- Global News reports on the strange story of a retired TTC streetcar found in the middle of the forest.
Written by Randy McDonald
August 24, 2019 at 7:30 pm
Posted in Assorted, Canada, Demographics, Economics, Politics, Popular Culture, Social Sciences, Toronto, Urban Note
Tagged with 650 parliament street, cabbagetown, cne, disasters, health, holidays, mass transit, migration, neighbourhoods, oddities, ontario, ontario line, popular culture, popular music, st. james town, streetcars, subway, the ex, toronto, ttc, Urban Note