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Toronto partners with Clinton Climate Initiative http://wx.toronto.ca/inter/it/newsrel.nsf/05707e8b923fe35685256dde005a4472/5aa5f2c6c33575d9852572dd006c54cf?OpenDocument May 16, 2007 Toronto partners with Clinton Climate Initiative in green building retrofit program The City of...

Coach is open @ Square One I went to the opening of the new Coach store at Square One last Friday. Very sexy. The carpet...not so much. Louroz

Spadina WaveDeck Opening Just got an e-mail response from WaterfronToronto this afternoon with an official reason for the delay in opening. Can't say I'm really surprised: Dear Louroz, Thank you for your email and interest in Waterfront Toronto. We anticipate that the Spadina WaveDeck...

Toronto transit looks to reopen streetcar bidding TORONTO, Aug 26 (Reuters) - Toronto's transit authority said on Tuesday it will recommend to its commissioners that it enter into a new bidding process with three major light rail manufacturers to replace the city's aging streetcar fleet after...

I'm not limited to just speaking and advocating on behalf of the Milton line. I also believe I'm the only committee member who uses the GO Bus. I use the Georgetown Go Bus, specifically the Downtown Brampton - Union Service for work and would like to see the same frequency as the Milton Go...

GO Transit I've just been appointed to GO Transit's New Customer Service Advisory Committee. The committee is comprised of 8 members representing each line and I’m excited to be representing the Milton Line! We just had our first meeting last week with the senior management team and...

Bramalea City Centre Exciting things happening at Bramalea City Centre in Brampton. 75 New Stores, New Gateway Entrance at the intersection of Queen Street and Dixie Road, Opening in 2010. http://www.bramaleacitycentre.ca/redevelop.asp I've only discovered this mall lately as one of...

Toronto gets spot on world Monopoly game Toronto gets spot on world Monopoly game Aug 19, 2008 11:59 PM Dan Robson Staff Reporter Well, we're not quite Baltic Ave. - but we're a long way from passing Go. And it looks like Torontonians will have to stroll along Montreal's...

Ontario Place signed a 3-year contract to bring the event to Toronto. Last year, (2nd year) saw a huge financial loss on the event. If attendance does not pick up this year, I doubt we will see its return next year. That would be too bad, as it is quite a unique event for a North American...

Gold Rush in 2010 This would have been a totally different story if Toronto was hosting the 2008Olympics. Significant sports funding would have begun to pour into summer sports and athletes 7 years ago, and not just 4 months ago in the last Federal budget. We will not see that return on...

Great Hall of Union Station. Louroz

Upper Hurontario Guidelines The Citi building was approved and built prior to the new guidelines coming into effect. City Council only recently approved the Upper Hurontario Guidelines. Also, from what I recall this site falls just outside the boundaries of those guidelines. There...

The whole park isn't going to be developed and opened over night. What is being presented and proposed is the Park Master Plan. The strategy is to phase the building and opening of pieces of the park over the span of 20 years, by which time the transit, people and places, especially in the...

Parks Endowment Strategy Approved Dichotomy: It sounds like you are a frequent user of the park and I certainly hope you have attended one of the numerous public meetings and workshops in planning for Lake Ontario Park. If you haven't, I strongly enourage you to start. Its way too easy...

Lake Ontario Park Vision and Plan presentation from the last Board Meeting: http://www.waterfrontoronto.ca/dbdocs//4857caca5b4da.pdf I absolutely love the plan for the new pedestrian bridges. Louroz

I've attended a few of the early public meetings for Lake Ontario Park and they are planning to expand and build a spectacular chain of parks along the waterfront. I don't believe people realize the size and scope of this project alone. I've pressed Waterfront Toronto staff to do a better...

Markham Centre Tour To clarify, I took a tour of all of "Markham Centre" lands. I took an extensive walking - transit tour beginning in histroic and beautiful Unionville, walked south to the new High School, checked out the YMCA - GO Station and hoped on board the the VIVA line through the...

Proposed Renderings Still I took a tour of "Downtown Markham" recently and it has a good 20-30 years before it reaches any real critical mass to reach the proposed vision in the renderings. The key words being proposed and renderings. A lot can happen to the market during this period and I...

Mississauga Waterfront I'm so pleased by this announcement! Mississauga already has some of the best waterfront parks system in all of the GTA and this site will ensure that tradition will continue and grow well into the future. Well done! Louroz

Well Done Mississauga! An outdated vision being dressed up as a good decision Jul 17, 2008 04:30 AM Christopher Hume Mississaugans were no doubt breathing huge sighs of relief yesterday when energy and infrastructure minister George Smitherman announced that a new power generator would...