Search results

I'm a Torontonian living in Montreal and trust me - with exception of the Outremont and Plateau areas that pman lives in, transit is certainly better in Toronto. It may not be as pretty, but I have never cursed out buses in T.O. as much as I have in MTL. But speaking of T.O. back in the old...

A friend of mine was telling me about an analysis he heard on the radio. Essentially, the amount of money being spent on this project is enough to buy condos for all 40 homeless people, pay their condo fees, and have enough money left over for support staff to provide counselling. That is a...

Toronto preparing for its long overdue coming-out as a majestic city? St Lawrence Hall looks like something from Montreal or Paris. Now that we can see these heritage buildings, maybe we will start fighting on their behalf when developers come round to try to knock 'em down

I was thought I had bed bugs (turns out I was right) when I moved into a freshly renovated apartment. I made the mistake of goggling them and consequently slept in a steel-legged chair for 3 days. Luckily I had the courage to ask a very close friend of mine if I could stay with him until I could...

Being Erica Forms a Future Perfect I found this blog entry on Torontoist quite interesting. It is talking about the (quite good) CBC show Being Erica set in Toronto features the protagonist travelling into the past to learn from her regrets. The last episode was a twist that took her 10 years...

I would watch some sort of Olympic Idol myself. I used to think the Olympics were great. When I was a kid. Now, maybe I have become to cynical. History tells us that the jokers running the Olympics have been corrupt. On one hand, talking about how Olympic ideals, and on the other, giving Games...

Education should never be about getting a job. That is the big difference between an elite school and a 'no-frills' school. If that were the case, there should be no stigma about leaving school at 16 to work. Especially if you get trained on the job. And especially if you don't use your BA that...

I have to agree with kEiThZ. Having been to other countries that have opened up access to their universities in the name of equality (re: everyone should have a degree), I have observed 2 things. 1. All the universities in the country become worthless. 2. A new two-tiered system develops out of...

Instead of making it easier for people to get university degrees and hence watering down yet another tier of education, universities should focus on trying to get only the brightest and the best from across the world so that my degree will mean something in 25 years.

First of all, Torontonians do not hate Toronto. I mean those who live within the 416. They are not chauvinistic about the city because to real Torontonians, nothing else exists outside of Toronto. This feeling gets even stronger when you divide Toronto up into neighbourhoods. I know people who...

EXACTLY. This plan reminds me of a quote by the comedian Paul Mooney : Everyone wants to be a European city, but nobody wants to be a European city. Well that's not the exact quote, but it is still quite pertinent. European cities don't have lively plazas because they have a few extra trees...

I used to believe Gentrification was awesome. I liked the "voyageur" aspect of it. Besides, it's part of the natural cycle of a neighbourhood. But today's new form of Gentrification has become pre-packaged goo. Nothing interesting about it. And the effects on lower-income home owners is...

Toronto selling itself as full package for gay travellers More than just a place to get married, Toronto aiming to compete as a destination for same-sex vacationers JENNIFER LEWINGTON From Monday's Globe and Mail November 17, 2008 at 4:37 AM EST...

Like the underpass installations. They do this thing quite a bit in France and it is amazing what just a little bit of lighting can do to change the atmosphere under a highway

I just wanted to add - I think the best thing to do in Southern Ontario is to put your child in French Catholic school right from the beginning. It's practically like private school - the enrollment is not as high since not only is it part of the separate board but the french separate school...

Université de Montréal grad student here...

76 is actually pretty low. I go to Universite de Montreal and have heard of some people with 85+ averages not getting in at McGill. UBC's is the oldest I think. And Calgary is the Dubai of Canada, where you could really put your ideas into real-world practice (although I could never live...

First they created the Entertainment District. Then they encouraged all the clubs to come to the Entertainment District. But when the Entertainment District became too successful They wanted to dismantle the Entertainment District. Aren't these people the same 'THEY' that state in their...

Globe: A master plan to rein in 'Clubland' A master plan to rein in 'Clubland' http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20081018.ENTER18/TPStory/TPEntertainment/Ontario/ DAVE MCGINN Special to The Globe and Mail October 18, 2008 Business owners in Toronto's Entertainment...

There's a cool idea happening in Montreal. 'In Japanese, shukō, is an idea, a project, a plan. I'm throwing out a challenge to our creative community with these five shukō. Designers, visionaries, rational thinkers, old hands and newcomers. Five inspirational shukō, five opportunities to...