@torontorivers.bsky.social
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The 1912 apartment ban in Toronto features prominently in a lot of histories of moral panic and exclusion in the city. But I'd never seen the wording to know what the by-law actually did or how it worked in practice or what ever happened to it. So I asked for a copy from the archives 1/
January 14, 2026 at 5:49 PM
The 1912 apartment ban in Toronto features prominently in a lot of histories of moral panic and exclusion in the city. But I'd never seen the wording to know what the by-law actually did or how it worked in practice or what ever happened to it. So I asked for a copy from the archives 1/
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The budget presentation has a new (I think) visual attempt to illustrate that most of the city's major revenue sources do not grow with the economy/inflation.
January 8, 2026 at 4:14 PM
The budget presentation has a new (I think) visual attempt to illustrate that most of the city's major revenue sources do not grow with the economy/inflation.
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"Toronto doubled its number of speed cameras from 75 to 150 last year, a measure that studies show did change driving habits. By the end of 2025, the city saw its fewest fatalities and serious injuries since the beginning of the Vision Zero program."
'Hogwash': Ford downplays speed camera effect as Toronto traffic fatalities hit record low in 2025
In 2025, Toronto’s streets were the safest in over a decade but not everyone is convinced that speed cameras were largely responsible
buff.ly
January 12, 2026 at 12:15 PM
"Toronto doubled its number of speed cameras from 75 to 150 last year, a measure that studies show did change driving habits. By the end of 2025, the city saw its fewest fatalities and serious injuries since the beginning of the Vision Zero program."
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Some vegans are mad I eat meat; some carnivores are mad I quit beef. Look, food is personal, and I don’t tell anyone what to eat. It’s just a fact that when we eat less beef, we eat a lot less of the earth.
January 12, 2026 at 3:08 PM
Some vegans are mad I eat meat; some carnivores are mad I quit beef. Look, food is personal, and I don’t tell anyone what to eat. It’s just a fact that when we eat less beef, we eat a lot less of the earth.
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ICYMI: an international team has developed a new framework for understanding sustainable development. Instead of separating nature, society and economy, David Obura and co. propose a model that positions nature as the foundation.
Scientists call for 'systems reset' to redefine sustainable development
A new international study calls for a fundamental reset in how humanity understands and pursues sustainable development. The article is published in the journal Communications Sustainability.
phys.org
January 12, 2026 at 10:53 AM
ICYMI: an international team has developed a new framework for understanding sustainable development. Instead of separating nature, society and economy, David Obura and co. propose a model that positions nature as the foundation.
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The Liberals can now toot their own horn and use their own slogans in taxpayer-funded ads and they can even advertise programs before Parliament signs off on them.
Carney government alters federal ad rules set up to curb ‘partisan agendas’
Ottawa made tweaks to advertising review criteria first established under Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s government.
www.thestar.com
January 10, 2026 at 1:57 AM
The Liberals can now toot their own horn and use their own slogans in taxpayer-funded ads and they can even advertise programs before Parliament signs off on them.
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“Uruguay did what most nations still call impossible: it built a power grid that runs almost entirely on renewables—at half the cost of fossil fuels. The physicist who led that transformation says the same playbook could work anywhere—if governments have the courage to change the rules.”
Uruguay’s Renewable Charge: A Small Nation, A Big Lesson For The World
Uruguay built a power grid that runs 99% on renewables—at half the cost of fossil fuels. Here’s how its bold energy overhaul became a global model.
www.forbes.com
January 10, 2026 at 8:29 AM
“Uruguay did what most nations still call impossible: it built a power grid that runs almost entirely on renewables—at half the cost of fossil fuels. The physicist who led that transformation says the same playbook could work anywhere—if governments have the courage to change the rules.”
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“Blaming bike lanes is blaming the solution. The only thing that gets cars off the road is better transit and better active transportation. The two go hand in hand.” - Sam Austin
www.saltwire.com/nova-scotia/...
www.saltwire.com/nova-scotia/...
Halifax bike lanes show strong ridership increase in 2025
Councillor Sam Austin said HRM's rising bike numbers affirm the direction the city is taking to improve bike infrastructure.
www.saltwire.com
January 10, 2026 at 1:18 PM
“Blaming bike lanes is blaming the solution. The only thing that gets cars off the road is better transit and better active transportation. The two go hand in hand.” - Sam Austin
www.saltwire.com/nova-scotia/...
www.saltwire.com/nova-scotia/...
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⏳ These decisions raise serious concerns about climate risk and Canadians’ retirement savings. Fossil fuel expansion exposes CPP funds to legal, financial & reputational risks.
✍️ Tell CPPIB to do better: win.newmode.net/shiftaction/...
#ClimateFinance #CPPInvestments
✍️ Tell CPPIB to do better: win.newmode.net/shiftaction/...
#ClimateFinance #CPPInvestments
New/Mode | Make your voice impossible to ignore
win.newmode.net
January 9, 2026 at 11:18 PM
⏳ These decisions raise serious concerns about climate risk and Canadians’ retirement savings. Fossil fuel expansion exposes CPP funds to legal, financial & reputational risks.
✍️ Tell CPPIB to do better: win.newmode.net/shiftaction/...
#ClimateFinance #CPPInvestments
✍️ Tell CPPIB to do better: win.newmode.net/shiftaction/...
#ClimateFinance #CPPInvestments
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🛢️ Up to US$1.05B for an indirect stake in Castrol
🔥 Equipment approved for a proposed LNG export terminal in Louisiana
🏭 A gas plant canceled — but more fossil gas still planned
⚡ 33 gas turbines proposed to power an AI data centre
🔥 Equipment approved for a proposed LNG export terminal in Louisiana
🏭 A gas plant canceled — but more fossil gas still planned
⚡ 33 gas turbines proposed to power an AI data centre
January 9, 2026 at 11:18 PM
🛢️ Up to US$1.05B for an indirect stake in Castrol
🔥 Equipment approved for a proposed LNG export terminal in Louisiana
🏭 A gas plant canceled — but more fossil gas still planned
⚡ 33 gas turbines proposed to power an AI data centre
🔥 Equipment approved for a proposed LNG export terminal in Louisiana
🏭 A gas plant canceled — but more fossil gas still planned
⚡ 33 gas turbines proposed to power an AI data centre
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📉 Canada Pension Plan Climate Update 🌍
Over the holidays, CPP Investments and its portfolio companies made major fossil fuel moves — from oil-linked products to LNG and gas-powered AI infrastructure. Here’s what you should know 🧵
Over the holidays, CPP Investments and its portfolio companies made major fossil fuel moves — from oil-linked products to LNG and gas-powered AI infrastructure. Here’s what you should know 🧵
January 9, 2026 at 11:18 PM
📉 Canada Pension Plan Climate Update 🌍
Over the holidays, CPP Investments and its portfolio companies made major fossil fuel moves — from oil-linked products to LNG and gas-powered AI infrastructure. Here’s what you should know 🧵
Over the holidays, CPP Investments and its portfolio companies made major fossil fuel moves — from oil-linked products to LNG and gas-powered AI infrastructure. Here’s what you should know 🧵
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"The Ontario Superior Court has ruled that Mississauga’s tall-grass by-law violates the Charter right to freedom of expression, setting an important precedent for environmental stewardship and municipal accountability"
wolfruck.com/ontario-cour...
wolfruck.com/ontario-cour...
Ontario Court Strikes Down Mississauga Lawn By-law as Unconstitutional
The Ontario Superior Court has ruled that Mississauga’s tall-grass by-law violates the Charter right to freedom of expression, setting an important precedent for environmental stewardship and municipa...
wolfruck.com
January 8, 2026 at 2:25 PM
"The Ontario Superior Court has ruled that Mississauga’s tall-grass by-law violates the Charter right to freedom of expression, setting an important precedent for environmental stewardship and municipal accountability"
wolfruck.com/ontario-cour...
wolfruck.com/ontario-cour...
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A new report by the Eurasia Group is warning no other country will be as "profoundly affected" by political turmoil in the United States than Canada will be in 2026.
Eurasia Group says no country more at risk than Canada in relations with the U.S.
A new report by the Eurasia Group is warning no other country will be as "profoundly affected" by political turmoil in the United States than Canada will be in 2026.
cheknews.ca
January 9, 2026 at 10:15 PM
A new report by the Eurasia Group is warning no other country will be as "profoundly affected" by political turmoil in the United States than Canada will be in 2026.
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Of large GTA municipalities, Toronto's residential property taxes remain pretty darn low. Lower than Hamilton and Markham. Way lower than Vaughan, Mississauga and Brampton.
January 8, 2026 at 4:45 PM
Of large GTA municipalities, Toronto's residential property taxes remain pretty darn low. Lower than Hamilton and Markham. Way lower than Vaughan, Mississauga and Brampton.
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Here are your property tax details. For the average household, the proposed combined 2.2% residential increase works out to $91.53 per household annually. About $7.63 more per month. About 25 cents a day.
January 8, 2026 at 4:39 PM
Here are your property tax details. For the average household, the proposed combined 2.2% residential increase works out to $91.53 per household annually. About $7.63 more per month. About 25 cents a day.
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Still shocking to me how astoundingly bad the automobile is for mobility
January 7, 2026 at 4:56 PM
Still shocking to me how astoundingly bad the automobile is for mobility
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I don't know what Mayor Chow plans to run as a platform but considering Toronto Builds (the "new" policy framework for affordable housing on city land) was the big thing in her first term housing policy, I hope she and her team take a long hard look at how the city can speed up these projects.
Housing Now projects are still struggling to get shovels in the ground. Two more broke ground in 2025, bringing the total to 4. This part of the initiative is behind, so the main hope for "acceleration" rests on the zoning implementation for Major Transit Station Areas later this year.
January 7, 2026 at 2:01 PM
I don't know what Mayor Chow plans to run as a platform but considering Toronto Builds (the "new" policy framework for affordable housing on city land) was the big thing in her first term housing policy, I hope she and her team take a long hard look at how the city can speed up these projects.
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"When I called the #MarkCarney budget a #Climate disaster, some of the pushback that I got was there is this #IndustrialCarbonTax piece and I was told I should be excited about that. Does that make the rest of the climate backsliding worthwhile, do you think?" #cdnpoli #ClimateChange
Are we really MOVING BACKWARDS on #ClimateChange in Canada in spite of the hottest years on record & the worst #WILDFIRES and #SMOKE we've ever seen? We dig in with #CAPE & the Hub's own Dr Joe Vipond & #CANRAC 's Caroline Brouillette
PODCAST www.podcastics.com/episode/3955... #MarkCarney #cdnpoli
PODCAST www.podcastics.com/episode/3955... #MarkCarney #cdnpoli
Carney Banks On Big Oil
Canada's Climate Capitulation
www.podcastics.com
January 7, 2026 at 9:34 PM
"When I called the #MarkCarney budget a #Climate disaster, some of the pushback that I got was there is this #IndustrialCarbonTax piece and I was told I should be excited about that. Does that make the rest of the climate backsliding worthwhile, do you think?" #cdnpoli #ClimateChange
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🚨 New publication alert 🚨 4 years of #PedalPoll data confirms the old adage "build it & they will come" but high comfort & accessibility key to grow #cycling in 🇨🇦 . H/T @mbonsma.bsky.social @meghanwinters.bsky.social @velocanadabikes.bsky.social & others www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Cycling rate trends from Canada’s national volunteer cycling count
Pedal Poll/Sondo Vélo, Canada’s national volunteer bicycle count, completed its fourth count year in 2024. We analyzed this large, crowdsourced datase…
www.sciencedirect.com
January 6, 2026 at 5:29 PM
🚨 New publication alert 🚨 4 years of #PedalPoll data confirms the old adage "build it & they will come" but high comfort & accessibility key to grow #cycling in 🇨🇦 . H/T @mbonsma.bsky.social @meghanwinters.bsky.social @velocanadabikes.bsky.social & others www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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In reacting to PM #MarkCarney 's latest round of lies inre the #CarbonCapture boondoggle I've compiled a🧵of articles that help expose this scam for what it is. If you have others, please post here. I'm happy to make this as comprehensive as I can #cdnpoli #ClimateChange #MarkCarney #ClimateSky
January 6, 2026 at 9:55 PM
In reacting to PM #MarkCarney 's latest round of lies inre the #CarbonCapture boondoggle I've compiled a🧵of articles that help expose this scam for what it is. If you have others, please post here. I'm happy to make this as comprehensive as I can #cdnpoli #ClimateChange #MarkCarney #ClimateSky
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*taps the @tomflood.bsky.social t-shirt*
January 6, 2026 at 11:53 AM
*taps the @tomflood.bsky.social t-shirt*
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Canada is "20 years behind" on flood planning, experts say, and maps meant to show at-risk areas are severely outdated. That poses harm to people and property, but plans to update flood maps often anger homeowners, who worry about insurance costs and property values. thenarwhal.ca/outdated-flo...
Are Canadians more afraid of floods — or flood maps? | The Narwhal
Canada’s outdated flood maps put people at risk. In Montreal, a battle over updating them highlights a nationwide worry over home values and insurance costs
thenarwhal.ca
January 6, 2026 at 1:48 PM
Canada is "20 years behind" on flood planning, experts say, and maps meant to show at-risk areas are severely outdated. That poses harm to people and property, but plans to update flood maps often anger homeowners, who worry about insurance costs and property values. thenarwhal.ca/outdated-flo...
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"All right, but apart from the sanitation, the medicine, education, wine, public order, irrigation, roads, the fresh water system, and public health...what have the Romans ever done for us?"
By the same token, when you look closely, what has congestion pricing really done for #NYC anyway?
By the same token, when you look closely, what has congestion pricing really done for #NYC anyway?
January 5, 2026 at 6:37 PM
"All right, but apart from the sanitation, the medicine, education, wine, public order, irrigation, roads, the fresh water system, and public health...what have the Romans ever done for us?"
By the same token, when you look closely, what has congestion pricing really done for #NYC anyway?
By the same token, when you look closely, what has congestion pricing really done for #NYC anyway?
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Dr. Nadina Galle Learned from her Podcast:
• We protect what we have a relationship with
• Restoration works fastest when it’s local
• Cities are where future of nature will be decided
• Small doses of nature have outsized effects
• Technology helps most when it stays humble
Read why: bit.ly/4p9TyVJ
• We protect what we have a relationship with
• Restoration works fastest when it’s local
• Cities are where future of nature will be decided
• Small doses of nature have outsized effects
• Technology helps most when it stays humble
Read why: bit.ly/4p9TyVJ
December 23, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Dr. Nadina Galle Learned from her Podcast:
• We protect what we have a relationship with
• Restoration works fastest when it’s local
• Cities are where future of nature will be decided
• Small doses of nature have outsized effects
• Technology helps most when it stays humble
Read why: bit.ly/4p9TyVJ
• We protect what we have a relationship with
• Restoration works fastest when it’s local
• Cities are where future of nature will be decided
• Small doses of nature have outsized effects
• Technology helps most when it stays humble
Read why: bit.ly/4p9TyVJ
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Dry January...
Less alcohol is healthy; eliminating sugared drinks is healthier. Both, better.
Coke doesn't have ONE ingredient good for humans.
Cities should make healthy living the easy choice.
Good intentions are not enough.
In all PUBLIC, as schools, parks, libraries, ban selling soft drinks.
Less alcohol is healthy; eliminating sugared drinks is healthier. Both, better.
Coke doesn't have ONE ingredient good for humans.
Cities should make healthy living the easy choice.
Good intentions are not enough.
In all PUBLIC, as schools, parks, libraries, ban selling soft drinks.
January 1, 2026 at 9:36 PM
Dry January...
Less alcohol is healthy; eliminating sugared drinks is healthier. Both, better.
Coke doesn't have ONE ingredient good for humans.
Cities should make healthy living the easy choice.
Good intentions are not enough.
In all PUBLIC, as schools, parks, libraries, ban selling soft drinks.
Less alcohol is healthy; eliminating sugared drinks is healthier. Both, better.
Coke doesn't have ONE ingredient good for humans.
Cities should make healthy living the easy choice.
Good intentions are not enough.
In all PUBLIC, as schools, parks, libraries, ban selling soft drinks.