Posts Tagged ‘football’
[ISL] Five #PEI links: Bathygnathus borealis, real estate, CFL, bridge fees, politics
- On Prince Edward Island, footprints of the ancient pre-dinosaur predator Bathygnathus borealis have been found. Global News reports.
- VICE notes how the extreme shortage of rental housing on PEI is placing heavy pressure on the vulnerable.
- Out of Maritime solidarity, Charlottetown supports the bid of Halifax to finally host a CFL football team. Global News reports.
- CBC Prince Edward Island reports on a recent poll suggesting Islanders would overwhelmingly like the fees associated with crossing the fixed link to be radically reduced to abolished altogether.
- Prince Edward Island is again preparing to hold a referendum on electoral reform, shifting from first-past-the-post to proportional representation. Global News reports.
[URBAN NOTE] Five Toronto links: Videoflicks, ghost service, Rob Ford football, parks, real estate
- blogTO notes that video rental store Videoflicks, on Avenue Road, is set to close down.
- The TTC, blogTO notes, has begun “ghost service” on its half-dozen new subway stations.
- Edward Keenan thinks that we may as well name a football stadium after Rob Ford. Why not? If it makes Ford Nation feel better …
- Spacing Toronto features John Lorinc looking at how community parks organizations, like at Ramsden, can exclude outsiders.
- VICE notes on recent study suggesting the real estate market of Toronto is the most overvalued of world cities.
[PHOTO] Playing the game, on Tichester Street in Toronto
I was exiting the northern exit of the St. Clair West subway station on Tichester Road/Heath Street when I saw a team playing on the field in late evening. A later googling brought up the below photo from 1974, revealing that even before this space became a high-end sports field for St. Michael’s College School–I think–it was still used. Continuity impresses me.