The Toronto Traveler

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Hot on the heels of the new Subway Sundays series at The Toronto Traveler is Media Mondays.  This series will take a weekly look at one news story from that week that I found relevant to tourists in the city, helpful to people that are new to Toronto or have not lived here for a long time or just plain interesting for one reason or another.  It’s my eventual hope that this continual look into current themes and goings on within the city of Toronto will help you connect with the city on a deeper level.
 
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I think we’ll go for one more installment of news stories from the city before moving onto something else tomorrow:
1) Sports in Toronto had a good night last night as the Blue Jays beat the Rangers in baseball and the Raptors eliminated any chances the Nets had of making the playoffs.
2) Weather is still a problem in and around the City of Toronto.
3) If you were stalled driving on the 427 today, it was likely because of the major collision that occurred on the highway.
4) Fun times abound in Toronto as Canadian Idol is back in town.

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1) Wacky Weather seems to be the theme in the post-winter Ontario of 2008.  Not only is there a Tornado Watch in Windsor, but the Rideau River in Ottawa is overflowing.
2) As the Government of Toronto begins to crack down on motorists running red lights, the prospect of a strike on behalf of the TTC workers is looming ever closer.  It’s not all bad news though, as the sounds of the subway debuted today at the Glen Gould Studio

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Well, the good news is that Toronto is starting to get a lot warmer as of late as Spring begins to fight its way back into the city after one of the worst winters on record.
The bad news however is that while this is certainly a good thing, that nasty winter still has one surprise left in store.  With temperatures going into the double digits Celcius and lots of snow still around the city, flooding has now become a distinct possibility.  It’s also expected to rain a lot over the next week or …read more

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Le Canadien was one of the first newspapers to be published in Canada on a regular basis.  It was published entirely in French and while that paper no longer exists, there are many sources that people can turn to today if they want news.  Reading about the area that you’re visiting is something that many tourists enjoy doing because it gives them a sense of connection with the city they’re visiting.  If you enjoy reading the local news wherever you travel, here are some places you might turn to for indulging that habit …read more

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Well, as it turns out, after being sick for a couple of weeks, getting life back into order can be difficult.  I’ve been juggling school and work for the last few days in order to try and get things back on track, so I unfortunately haven’t really had the time to put anything together for The Toronto Traveler.  Just bear with me another day though and I think I should be able to have things back on track.
In the meantime, here’s what’s going on in the T-dot right now:
1) Apparently, a big storm is about to hit Toronto (I can …read more

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Well well well, I don’t get the chance to post for a few days and still there are only three interesting stories available from the news sites I browse for this segment.  I guess Toronto’s in a rut right now for interesting travel news, although if you are interested in daily Toronto news that is not necessarily travel-centric, there’s a lot of it that you can get from a number of different websites.  I’ll probably talk about those websites soon enough and add them to the blogroll.
For now, here are the most recent happenings in the GTA that might be …read more

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Well, it appears that even though it hasn’t snowed in Toronto for awhile and even though there is no snow anywhere on the ground, city officials are still having problems with the weather.  In particular, the wind.  And that is what kicks off this edition of news from Toronto that travelers might find interesting.
1) Hydro crews are still scrambling to try and fix much of the fallout that has come from damages caused by heavy winds.
2) Raptors destroy 76ers at the Air Canada Centre.
3) Leafs end up losing (again), but captain Mats Sundin vows to stay with the team.  Looks …read more

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Hopefully you guys are enjoying the short news updates, since I find that putting them together and finding specific news stories that might be interesting to tourists forces me to read through the news each day, something that I really should be doing but previously have usually found a way to get around through using school or work as an excuse.  In any case, here are the stories for today!
1) Waterfront skateboard park now open to anyone that wants a ride.
2) Founder of George Brown Theatre School in Toronto dead at 87.
3) Apparently, wind storms have the ability to knock …read more

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Well well well, if you picked January of 2008 (and in particular this week) to travel to Toronto, then you might be extremely glad or extremely frustrated depending on what you came to the city for.  If you came here dreading the cold winters of Canada, then the fact that this has been the nicest winter on record is probably something you love.  Of course, if you came here for the opposite reason, then you’re probably royally cheesed right about now.  Well, the good news for the latter group of people is that if you’re staying for at least another …read more

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