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Langstaff is a good connection. It not only has good highway access, but also YRT/VIVA/GO bus connrctions, and in the future subway service. In the future maybe they can look at increasing frequencies, but first proving the core service should be the goal. If they want to serve a commuter...

That doesn't sound like the case here, though. From all the articles it was only a little bit west of Cobourg. This one sounds like a complete failure between CN and VIA Rail to coordinate and communicate properly...

This will sound callous, but no one cares that it's a holiday break. There are certain industries where employees know going in that holidays are not necessarily holidays - transit is one of them. That's the deal. It's not a surprise. VIA should have the staff working or on call necessary to...

If customers are stranded on the train for 18hrs +, and VIA Rail isn't even reporting cancellations on their website, then clearly they didn't give a F***. This is a good example of large organizations taking their customers completely for granted - it reminds me of the airlines and how they...

It's a big tree, but let's be honest - a couple locals with their chainsaws could deal with that in a few hours.

I would not be surprised if they don't all do it. The one near me is a bit a-typical because it is also the Tim Hortons training centre. It is where they used to have their head office. With Tim's, a lot of what specific franchises do is somewhat dependent on the franchisee. The dishes may...

Complaining about soggy straws as some sort of excuse for why we can't solve this issue is just that - an excuse. Or that we can't cut steak with a wood spoon. How many people are cutting takeout steak? Really? You are probably talking about <1% of all takeout. The fast food industry could...

https://www.infrastructureontario.ca/Preferred-Proponent-Selected-South-Niagara-Hospital/ "EllisDon Infrastructure Healthcare (EDIH) has been selected as the preferred proponent to design, build, finance and maintain the new South Niagara Hospital project. Infrastructure Ontario and Niagara...

Yes, you could do that. Or the Town could try to put transit dependent infrastructure near the major rapid transit station in the town. A station that happens to be one of the busiest in the whole train network, on the busiest line. Rapid transit works better when all these destinations...

I am a resident in Ward 2, yes. For many years now. I am not sure why you would think that I am not? Them being ingrained in the political fabric of Oakville forever is exactly their problem. For this project, I would say I am highly invested. This is my neighbourhood. I am in that grocery...

I think the Highway being the toll road was the right choice. The sale was just criminal though.

The thing with 171 is that the owner wants to run his cinema, and his business. He doesn't seem interested in cashing in on redevelopment that jeopardizes that. Everything that I know about Knoll is that he is highly invested in the community, and helping it out. So I don't doubt his intentions...

Well, that's not even half as bad as Harris' deal to lease it off for 99-years.

That is exactly right. When Peterson announced the highway in the late 1980s, there was no plan to toll it. Tolling the 407 and the private partnership was only proposed and pursued during the early 1990s because of the recession and the revenue shortfalls. Then when Rae was Premier, they...

https://www.insidehalton.com/news-story/10807513--cannot-in-good-conscience-approve-this-massive-highrise-development-in-oakville-neighbourhood-rejected-by-majority-of-council/ Some tidbits; "Oakville council has sent a development plan to construct 11 buildings, including a 28-storey...

Ridiculous location for development that should be transit supported. I felt this way about the new hospital as well, for what it is worth. Dundas St in Oakville is not transit friendly at all, and that does not appear like that will change. The road was recently widened to 3 lanes in each...

https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/canada-sanctions-russia-iran-myanmar-1.6680032 I can't seem to find a full list. I know the previous list had people like Margaret Atwood, Jim Carrey, along with various current and past government and party officials and many journalists.

Just to clarify, when I say prices are the same, I basically mean the prices that the lumber yards will quote you, not the shelf price at the big box.

Prices are basically the same, so you need to compete on service. The small players are just better at this than the big dogs. For Home Depot or Lowes, I am not sure what percentage of their business that contractor services represents, but my guess is that for the other yards, it makes up a...

So, RONA actually bought Reno-Depot. I want to say that was about twenty years ago. I However, they had actually entered Ontario a few years prior to that when they bought Cashway and Lansing , both big players. I think Lansing may have even been bought by someone else before that happened...