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It’s a lot easier to tunnel through Central Montreal – especially Mount Royal – than it would be to tunnel under the USRC, which is a former lakebed. I don’t really see ALTO using a long tunnel to get to Union Station.

The corridors are wide enough not to encourage land speculation (in the hopes or fear of expropriation) yet narrow enough in places to get a sense of how a route could look like. It also makes it really clear that a downtown Toronto terminus – Union Station or proximate – is being planned...

Yeah. Michael Schabas can be arrogant and has more than once pulled stuff out of his ass to justify his ideas. But he has a lot of pull with the provincial government and Metrolinx, and I think his son is a VP there now.

That cut fence also provides the shortest walk to the streetcar and the 64 and 135 bus routes. It’s really bad how poorly Metrolinx figures out how to get people walking and cycling to its stations.

There are a number of possibilities. Until the 1990s, there were intercity buses going in all directions from Downtown Hamilton, including Hagersville and Simcoe, St. Catharines (via Highway 8 and the QEW), Welland, Brantford, Cambridge and Kitchener, and Guelph. Perhaps Flixbus is looking at a...

Future Mayor is working in Brampton these days!

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Indeed. Don't know how I did that!

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6God is taking a little holiday. In the meantime, keep this civil.

Doesn't exactly say "boutique hotel" here. More like flophouse.

Went by today and took photos.

Back at Committee of Adjustment, Morguard is proposing changes to allow for two taller buildings. 1000 units, all rental. The northwestern part of the mall (minus Sears) would get a minor addition and an entrance plaza...

The Filmore's sign marquee now reads "Final Curtain January 31, 2026." That's a Saturday night.

Much of eastern Niagara Region doesn’t look great, including East St. Catharines, Merriton, Downtown Welland, parts of Thorold, and the east side of Port Colborne. Like much of Niagara Falls, they’ve all been hit hard by economic restructuring since the 1980s. But it’s no different than...