Trevor Heywood
@metroscapes.ca
Not all those who wander are lost. I explore Metroscapes, where natural and built environments collide.
🌐 https://metroscapes.ca
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Trevor Heywood
@metroscapes.ca
· Aug 19
3,000 km of walking #metroscapes across Greater #Toronto, , #Hamilton, #Niagara, the #Tri-Cities, #Guelph and #Ottawa. Roughly the driving distance from Charlottetown to Dryden. #hiking #cities
This is a top-tier @hankgreen.bsky.social rant. I'm dying laughing.
Wikipedia and the Destruction of Trust
YouTube video by Hank Green
youtu.be
November 17, 2025 at 4:27 AM
This is a top-tier @hankgreen.bsky.social rant. I'm dying laughing.
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Alright, it's Sunday, its cold and its wet.. Nothing better than good ramble thru the Don Valley.
Today we're on the trails to explore the Seaton Ponds behind the Ontario Science Centre.
#RavineRambles #ravinerambler #DonValleyRover #EastCoastKin #DonValey #lovetheravines #SetonPonds
Today we're on the trails to explore the Seaton Ponds behind the Ontario Science Centre.
#RavineRambles #ravinerambler #DonValleyRover #EastCoastKin #DonValey #lovetheravines #SetonPonds
November 16, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Alright, it's Sunday, its cold and its wet.. Nothing better than good ramble thru the Don Valley.
Today we're on the trails to explore the Seaton Ponds behind the Ontario Science Centre.
#RavineRambles #ravinerambler #DonValleyRover #EastCoastKin #DonValey #lovetheravines #SetonPonds
Today we're on the trails to explore the Seaton Ponds behind the Ontario Science Centre.
#RavineRambles #ravinerambler #DonValleyRover #EastCoastKin #DonValey #lovetheravines #SetonPonds
Just published to the #metroscapes website: I have broken down the ownership / access to 223 kilometres of riverbanks for five major waterways in Niagara Region: the Welland Canal, Welland River, Twelve Mile Creek, Chippawa-Queenston Power Canal and the Niagara River.
Niagara Riverbanks
Breakdown of the ownership and access to four major waterways in urban Niagara.
metroscapes.ca
November 16, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Just published to the #metroscapes website: I have broken down the ownership / access to 223 kilometres of riverbanks for five major waterways in Niagara Region: the Welland Canal, Welland River, Twelve Mile Creek, Chippawa-Queenston Power Canal and the Niagara River.
I was trying to get a bit more history on Niagara's Millennium Trail, and believe it or not, the local municipality produced a YouTube video to break it down.
Niagara Falls Millennium Recreational Trail Completion
YouTube video by City of Niagara Falls 🇨🇦
www.youtube.com
November 16, 2025 at 4:39 PM
I was trying to get a bit more history on Niagara's Millennium Trail, and believe it or not, the local municipality produced a YouTube video to break it down.
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It’s time for another edition of Expanded Public Transit for A Better Tomorrow: the new REM light rail line to Deux-Montagnes opened today and is free all weekend! Looks like I’m getting to explore new areas tomorrow!
CC: @aljodasch.bsky.social
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
CC: @aljodasch.bsky.social
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
REM's Deux-Montagnes branch finally opens, rides will be free all weekend | CBC News
The much anticipated branch of the REM connecting Deux-Montagnes to downtown Montreal will open after six years in the making.
www.cbc.ca
November 15, 2025 at 8:33 PM
It’s time for another edition of Expanded Public Transit for A Better Tomorrow: the new REM light rail line to Deux-Montagnes opened today and is free all weekend! Looks like I’m getting to explore new areas tomorrow!
CC: @aljodasch.bsky.social
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
CC: @aljodasch.bsky.social
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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Immediate complaints about conference room traffic.
November 15, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Immediate complaints about conference room traffic.
This seems to have been adopted by City Council but it's unclear what exactly that means, or when / how it happened. Does anyone know? @graphicmatt.com?
November 14, 2025 at 8:43 PM
This seems to have been adopted by City Council but it's unclear what exactly that means, or when / how it happened. Does anyone know? @graphicmatt.com?
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Yeah, it's the rent.
Between 2019-2024, retail rents in Toronto spiked by 142%.
Data - betterwayalliance.ca/the-fixed-co...
Between 2019-2024, retail rents in Toronto spiked by 142%.
Data - betterwayalliance.ca/the-fixed-co...
Holyday now has a picture of a local strip mall. He says these businesses can barely survive on a busy street, so he doesn't believe this notion that any "lovely stores" will survive on local streets.
November 13, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Yeah, it's the rent.
Between 2019-2024, retail rents in Toronto spiked by 142%.
Data - betterwayalliance.ca/the-fixed-co...
Between 2019-2024, retail rents in Toronto spiked by 142%.
Data - betterwayalliance.ca/the-fixed-co...
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Zany is what makes life somewhat fucking interesting.
Councillor Holyday worries about retail stores that "sell some zany thing that has very little value." He wants to know if council could define a list of what stores can sell.
Staff say they can regulate things like size, noise and property standards, but generally not what stores sell.
Staff say they can regulate things like size, noise and property standards, but generally not what stores sell.
November 13, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Zany is what makes life somewhat fucking interesting.
Excellent piece by @isaaccallan.bsky.social and @colindmello.bsky.social about how difficult it was tunneling *perpendicular* under the 401. I believe it was tricky doing the same for the Kitchener Line / UP Express tunnel as well. A parallel tunnel to expand the 401 would be insane.
Metrolinx struggled to tunnel under Hwy. 401, forcing lane closure and repairs | Globalnews.ca
Since early 2023, a tunnel boring machine has been slowly making its way south from Sheppard Avenue and McCowan Road, digging out a route for the Scarborough Subway Extension.
globalnews.ca
November 12, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Excellent piece by @isaaccallan.bsky.social and @colindmello.bsky.social about how difficult it was tunneling *perpendicular* under the 401. I believe it was tricky doing the same for the Kitchener Line / UP Express tunnel as well. A parallel tunnel to expand the 401 would be insane.
The sun had been super active. Three X-class flares have shot towards the Earth in the last 72 hours. The latest is an X-5.1, one of the strongest in this solar cycle. NOAA's Space Weather Prediction Center has issued a watch for a G4 geomagnetic storm. You're going to see some killer aurora photos.
G4 (Severe) Watch in Effect for 12 November | NOAA / NWS Space Weather Prediction Center
www.swpc.noaa.gov
November 12, 2025 at 12:17 AM
The sun had been super active. Three X-class flares have shot towards the Earth in the last 72 hours. The latest is an X-5.1, one of the strongest in this solar cycle. NOAA's Space Weather Prediction Center has issued a watch for a G4 geomagnetic storm. You're going to see some killer aurora photos.
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Weekend #Guelph Go Trains:
Leaves 8:07 a.m. & 4:07 p.m. from #GuelphCentral GO, making all stops to Union Station arriving at 9:35 a.m. & 5:35 p.m.
From Union 4:48 p.m. & 10:48 p.m., making all stops arrive in #Guelph at 6:18 p.m. & 12:18 a.m.
Schedule: assets.metrolinx.com/image/upload...
Leaves 8:07 a.m. & 4:07 p.m. from #GuelphCentral GO, making all stops to Union Station arriving at 9:35 a.m. & 5:35 p.m.
From Union 4:48 p.m. & 10:48 p.m., making all stops arrive in #Guelph at 6:18 p.m. & 12:18 a.m.
Schedule: assets.metrolinx.com/image/upload...
November 11, 2025 at 10:06 PM
Weekend #Guelph Go Trains:
Leaves 8:07 a.m. & 4:07 p.m. from #GuelphCentral GO, making all stops to Union Station arriving at 9:35 a.m. & 5:35 p.m.
From Union 4:48 p.m. & 10:48 p.m., making all stops arrive in #Guelph at 6:18 p.m. & 12:18 a.m.
Schedule: assets.metrolinx.com/image/upload...
Leaves 8:07 a.m. & 4:07 p.m. from #GuelphCentral GO, making all stops to Union Station arriving at 9:35 a.m. & 5:35 p.m.
From Union 4:48 p.m. & 10:48 p.m., making all stops arrive in #Guelph at 6:18 p.m. & 12:18 a.m.
Schedule: assets.metrolinx.com/image/upload...
One last shoutout. Toronto City Council will consider appealing this OLT decision this week, a development which could unravel the property fabric extending into the East Don Valley and open trail and wildlife access to 16 hectares of land. Please tell your councillor not to appeal this. #TOpoli
I am reading an OLT decision from last week for 155 St. Dennis Drive and geez, I'm shaking my head.
High density form, proximate to rapid transit and 95% of the land dedicated as parkland in the Don Valley. Seems like huge wins all around.
Why did the City of Toronto bother to fight this?!
High density form, proximate to rapid transit and 95% of the land dedicated as parkland in the Don Valley. Seems like huge wins all around.
Why did the City of Toronto bother to fight this?!
November 11, 2025 at 2:55 PM
One last shoutout. Toronto City Council will consider appealing this OLT decision this week, a development which could unravel the property fabric extending into the East Don Valley and open trail and wildlife access to 16 hectares of land. Please tell your councillor not to appeal this. #TOpoli
"...the Nintendo Playstation" I'm sorry wut?!
This video is riddled with interesting knowledge.
This video is riddled with interesting knowledge.
The genius of the Playstation startup sound
YouTube video by Mixed Signals
www.youtube.com
November 11, 2025 at 5:02 AM
"...the Nintendo Playstation" I'm sorry wut?!
This video is riddled with interesting knowledge.
This video is riddled with interesting knowledge.
Celebrating meme culture with your friends IRL with a slight trade-off of minor risk of bodily injury. I get it.
I love that the Boston cop slide never got fixed and now people just willingly go down it in tribute. It’s basically a national landmark at this point
November 11, 2025 at 4:55 AM
Celebrating meme culture with your friends IRL with a slight trade-off of minor risk of bodily injury. I get it.
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He's mentioning 2013-14.
If i remember correctly, that was the winter people were skating in the middle of Toronto Harbour.
If i remember correctly, that was the winter people were skating in the middle of Toronto Harbour.
November 11, 2025 at 4:32 AM
He's mentioning 2013-14.
If i remember correctly, that was the winter people were skating in the middle of Toronto Harbour.
If i remember correctly, that was the winter people were skating in the middle of Toronto Harbour.
I think Ryan Hall is a bit underappreciated. Yeah, he lures you in with some of his graphics nowadays, but he usually smacks you on the head with some realism about uncertainty. Plus this video leans on solid historical analysis. That's good content. I just wish we had a Canadian equivalent.
Here’s How Much Snow You’ll Get This Year…
YouTube video by Ryan Hall, Y'all
www.youtube.com
November 11, 2025 at 4:23 AM
I think Ryan Hall is a bit underappreciated. Yeah, he lures you in with some of his graphics nowadays, but he usually smacks you on the head with some realism about uncertainty. Plus this video leans on solid historical analysis. That's good content. I just wish we had a Canadian equivalent.
Kicking off a bus ride listening to some KAYTRANADA.
November 11, 2025 at 3:03 AM
Kicking off a bus ride listening to some KAYTRANADA.
My dad was in a Toronto hospital 30 kilometres away, with a window pointing towards the accident site. The fireball lit his room up in red-orange light. My grandpop picked him up earlier than scheduled the next morning, likely out of caution and for contingency planning.
46 years ago I woke up to massive explosions and a tower of fire 2 miles away. My Dad thought the Russians had attacked.
A train derailment and exploded tanker cars created a cloud of chlorine gas over the city, so we evacuated with 250,000 other Mississaugans.
canadaehx.com/2024/11/05/t...
A train derailment and exploded tanker cars created a cloud of chlorine gas over the city, so we evacuated with 250,000 other Mississaugans.
canadaehx.com/2024/11/05/t...
The Mississauga Train Derailment
It’s a quiet Saturday night in 1979. Residents in Mississauga, Ontario are asleep. The next day is expected to be quiet for the thousands that live there. Many would be looking forward to a nice br…
canadaehx.com
November 10, 2025 at 2:39 PM
My dad was in a Toronto hospital 30 kilometres away, with a window pointing towards the accident site. The fireball lit his room up in red-orange light. My grandpop picked him up earlier than scheduled the next morning, likely out of caution and for contingency planning.
A #metroscapes site update: West GTA Watersheds has been updated to include some watercourses I missed, and refine watershed boundaries. Changes have been published over to the data portal as well.
West GTA Watersheds
An overview of watersheds and watercourses covering the urban areas of Halton and Peel Regions.
metroscapes.ca
November 9, 2025 at 7:53 PM
A #metroscapes site update: West GTA Watersheds has been updated to include some watercourses I missed, and refine watershed boundaries. Changes have been published over to the data portal as well.
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Seven weeks ago, it was 30c and I was swimming in an outdoor pool.
We get it all
We get it all
November 9, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Seven weeks ago, it was 30c and I was swimming in an outdoor pool.
We get it all
We get it all
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Walking south from Charles Sauriol Park
November 8, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Walking south from Charles Sauriol Park