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The Toronto Traveler

Archive for the ‘news’ Category

April 14th, 2008

Media Mondays are in Town!

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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 […]

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April 12th, 2008

Great Sports in Toronto and Other News from in and Around Hogtown

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 […]

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April 11th, 2008

Wacky Weather and Other News from Toronto and the Surrounding Area

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 […]

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April 2nd, 2008

Flood Warnings Abound Across Ontario

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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, […]

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March 9th, 2008

10 Sources of News in the City of Toronto

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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 […]

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February 1st, 2008

Massive Storms and Other Recent Toronto News

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 […]

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January 17th, 2008

Highrise Sprinklers and Other GTA News

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 […]

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January 12th, 2008

Wind Damages and Additional News from Toronto

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 […]

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January 11th, 2008

Gnarly Skateboard Parks and Other Recent Toronto News

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 […]

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January 8th, 2008

Unseasonable Weather and Other News from Toronto

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 […]

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