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1) Strikes Affect the City Massively: The TTC has been on strike before; many times in fact.  During my own time in primary, middle, secondary and now post secondary school, the TTC has had at least three different strikes that I can remember off the top of my head and there were probably a number of near misses as well where the union was able to negotiate a deal with the city at the last minute in order to avoid a strike.  And those near misses were good things too, because the city is paralyzed without the TTC.  …read more

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Further to the Travel & Culture Channel’s “By the Numbers with b5media Travel & Culture Channel” post from a short while ago, I thought it might be cool to do something with a similar title just on my own.  My take on things is a bit different however, as here are some numerical figures to help you understand Toronto by the Numbers better!
 
Fact #1: Toronto has approximately 5,300 km of roads inside the city limits.
 
Fact #2: There are over 7,000 km of sidewalks inside Toronto’s city limits
 
Fact #3: In total, there are 530 bridges located within the …read more

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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.
 
This week’s winner …read more

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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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Just as an addition to my last post, I lucked out in finding a video tour of one of the rooms of the Royal York Hotel. Having never actually been in one the rooms myself, I was surprised by the shower stall comment. Certainly something interesting to file away if you ever end up considering the Royal York Hotel in the future.

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Talking about the Royal York Hotel in the context of discussing places in Toronto that you can stay when you visit is actually a bit strange, not just for me but probably also for most people that live in Toronto.  The main reason for this is that to most people that grew up in this city, the Royal York Hotel is really a monument and a tourist attraction first and a place to stay second.  Even though the word hotel is right there in the name of the place, most Torontonians would probably associate the Royal York Hotel more with …read more

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Just to continue with the theme of Earth Hour for one more post, here’s a video I came across on YouTube that I thought was well made. It conveys some of the sense of what happened in some of the city’s major areas during the Earth Hour festivities.

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Here’s what some of the major news sources in Toronto had to say about the Earth Hour event that took place last night:
The Toronto Star: City Exceeds Goal for Power Savings
CTV: Thousands Celebrate Earth Hour Downtown
CBC: Canadians go dark with world for Earth Hour
City TV: Toronto Comes out of the dark for Earth Hour
From my personal vantage point in Scarborough (quite a far distance away from the downtown core of the city), it was actually kinda cool seeing all my neighbour’s houses without any lights on.  …read more

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With Earth Hour just an hour away now, here’s an official announcement from the Mayor regarding the event:

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Well, if you’re looking for something environmental to do in the City of Toronto today, be sure to note that from 8PM to 9PM the city will be participating in an initiative known as Earth Hour.  Created by a conglomerate of different groups, Earth Hour is an event that challenges everyone to turn off all of their lighting during that one hour of the day.
Torontonians will be celebrating Earth Hour by doing just that in homes and offices around the city and even if you don’t live in the City of Toronto you can participate …read more

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