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Damien Moule @damienmoule.bsky.social · 1h

To elaborate on the blurb that made it to this story, Toronto has two competing challenges with multiplex zoning:
-Lot coverage maximums and setbacks on smaller lots.
-Large lot area minimums in North York and Etobicoke that would need division for multiplexes.
www.thestar.com/real-estate/...

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Mark Shaw @markshawtoronto.bsky.social · 5h

Compare, public transit ridership numbers
reecemartin.ca/137336087/am...

North American Metro Systems by Ridership, excluding NYC.

NYC is number 1.

Ranked:
Montreal
Toronto
Vancouver
Washington
Chicago
Boston
...

Bus Ridership by city.
Titled "Canada Bus Ridership is Significantly Higher than USA"

Ranked:
New York City
Toronto
Vancouver
Los Angeles
Montreal
Chicago
New Jersey Transit
Washington
...

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Ryan @ryanwright.bsky.social · Jun 11

Bagels vs Not Bagels.

Pictures of a NY “bagel style substitute” and a Montreal bagel.

Text:

New York Dough Thing

Not a bagel.
Seriously, it's not a bagel.
It's... fine.

Montreal Bagel

Fantastic bagel.
Seriously, it's delicious.
Don't accept pretenders.

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Toronto Star @thestar.com · 3d

Premier Doug Ford and his government are compromising on a Bloor Street West bike lane, moving forward with the reintroduction of a lane of traffic, while also promising to keep the bike lane intact.

Ford government promises to keep Bloor bike lane while restoring lane for traffic

Ontario’s transportation minister says a vehicle lane will be restored on the 500-metre stretch of Bloor Street West between Resurrection Road and Clissold Road.

www.thestar.com

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Shawn Micallef @shawnmicallef.bsky.social · 2d

Canadians are so upset with the United States & Trump that this year they are boycotting Thanksgiving & holding their own this weekend, calling it, "Canadian Thanksgiving".

They are PISSED.

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Mark Shaw @markshawtoronto.bsky.social · 2d

❌ Wait for New York & Quebec to stop DST
✅ Force New York & Quebec to stop DST

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Mark Shaw @markshawtoronto.bsky.social · 2d

Canadian who doesn’t seem to own winter clothes is a trope I didn’t know I needed but I know *so* many people like that

Chris Ritsma @hambicycleguy.bsky.social · 3d

To be fair, people that spend their entire life driving everywhere don't know how to dress for the cold properly.

Car driving friends have not realized how cold you can get walking outside for 20 minutes to a bar, bc they haven't been outside for more than 5 minutes since they got their licence.

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Oh The Urbanity! @ohtheurbanity.bsky.social · 3d

Canadians: “We the north! I love hockey, skiing, and taking my kids sledding. Did you hear about a light dusting of snow shutting down some southern US city?”

Canadians, when you suggest
it’s possible to bike past September: “but what if I get… cold?”

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Phil @philmarfisi.bsky.social · 2d

Here's a good example of how the consensus around urban density in KW differs from many other medium-sized cities. At a development proposal meeting, a Waterloo councillor responded to the "high-rises aren't for families" trope with a comment that they are in no way a lesser-than form of living.

This drew a rebuke from Coun. Royce Bodaly. “There are many, many residents who live in the city of Waterloo who are raising families in high-density apartment buildings, and I don’t think that we should be suggesting that is some sort of lesser-than way of living,” he said.

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Mark Shaw @markshawtoronto.bsky.social · 3d

* Gen Z and Millenials, fuck

“I would never vote for Canada to become part of the United States”

Gen Z: 74%
Millennial: 69%
Gen X: 76%
Boomer: 93%

iPods Reid online poll, September 9-15 2025

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Mark Shaw @markshawtoronto.bsky.social · 3d

We need heritage minutes on TikTok, what the hell Gen Z

Polling Canada @canadianpolling.bsky.social · 3d

Those who agree - "I would never vote for Canada to become part of the United States"

🟢 All: 79%

🟢 Women: 81%
🟢 Men: 76%

🟢 Boomers: 93%
🟢 Zoomers: 74%

Read it here: canadianpolling.substack.com/p/canadians-...

Canadians Firmly Reject Idea of American Statehood

Support for American statehood remains low across all age groups, even in more conservative provinces like Alberta

canadianpolling.substack.com

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edwardrow @edwardrow.com · 3d

archive of he platform lol web.archive.org/web/20230609...

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Friends and Families for Safe Streets @ffsafestreets.bsky.social · 3d

Well, well, well. 👀

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Mark Shaw @markshawtoronto.bsky.social · 3d

So like Assassin’s Creed 3 couldn’t be made today, right?

DiscussingFilm @discussingfilm.net · 3d

Ubisoft canceled an ‘ASSASSINS CREED’ game set in the post-Civil War era

• Featured a Black Assassin who was formerly a slave

• Players would fight the emerging KKK

• Leadership canceled it after concerns with U.S. political climate & Yasuke backlash

(Source: www.gamefile.news/p/scoop-ubis...)

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Mark Shaw @markshawtoronto.bsky.social · 3d

OK fine I’ll admit it.
I’m the girlfriend of one of the founders of antifa -

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Not Vex as in 🏳️‍🌈 but Vex as in 🏳️‍🌈 @theterroirist.bsky.social · 4d

This is the thing about too much motorist misbehaviour. They convince themselves that - whatever infractions they commit - they're just following the 'unwritten rules of the road' and that the rules, and not them, are in the wrong.

Speeding, rolling stops, running amber lights... the list goes on.

Matt Elliott @graphicmatt.com · 4d

Gray says the City didn't want to reveal the threshold over the limit at which the cameras start ticketing — now reported at 11 km/h — because the city worried drivers would just adjust and assume the "real" speed limit is the posted limit plus the threshold.

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Mark Shaw @markshawtoronto.bsky.social · 4d

The truth is the real limit is the limit + 11 km/h and that still drove people insane with rage, how do you fix that -

Matt Elliott @graphicmatt.com · 4d

Gray says the City didn't want to reveal the threshold over the limit at which the cameras start ticketing — now reported at 11 km/h — because the city worried drivers would just adjust and assume the "real" speed limit is the posted limit plus the threshold.

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Mark Shaw @markshawtoronto.bsky.social · 4d

The speed limit is 40 but culture says the real limit is up to 75.

Ontario sucks 😔

Matt Elliott @graphicmatt.com · 4d

Councillor Burnside, a former cop, says when he used to do traffic enforcement on Avenue Road he wouldn't stop drivers unless they were doing 75 km/h or over.

"Maybe that was a little high," he admits. "A little high," agrees Gray.

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Mark Shaw @markshawtoronto.bsky.social · 4d

What you should take away is the boycott is a key sticking point and does work. #cdnpoli

National Newswatch @nationalnewswatch.com · 4d

Trump says Canadians will travel to the US again after a trade deal is worked out nationalnewswatch.com/2025/10/07/t...

Trump says Canadians will travel to the US again after a trade deal…

National Newswatch: Canada's most comprehensive site for political news and views.

nationalnewswatch.com

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Mark Shaw @markshawtoronto.bsky.social · 4d

There should be way more chat on the NDP leadership race here.

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Rodney 🚧🚇 @chanface.bsky.social · 4d

Doug Ford’s Conservatives are the party for drinking and driving

Paul Fairie
@paulisci.bsky.social
I know this is literally not true, but it feels like 50% of Ontario provincial politics is about alcohol.
October 7, 2025 at 12:34 PM @ Everybody can reply
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bikeview.ca @bikeviewca.bsky.so... • 4h
The other 50% is driving

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Phil @philmarfisi.bsky.social · 5d

Living in Ontario is just an endless groundhog day with two press cycles:

1. Free the cars
2. Booze

www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Ford says he'll yank Crown Royal from LCBO shelves if Diageo closes Ontario plant | CBC News

Ontario Premier Doug Ford says he will pull Crown Royal off the shelves of the province's liquor stores should Diageo, the global company that produces the iconic Canadian whisky, go through with its ...

www.cbc.ca

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 5d

imagine appearing before the canadian supreme court to make the case whether you've been naughty or nice

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fern k hahn @fernkhahn.com · 5d

i made a rare city hall appearance today to talk about the value of wayfinding and to shine light on the lacking state of TTC bus stop signs.

a group of us successfully pushed the TTC board to advance the agency's first-ever wayfinding strategy! 🚏

TTCriders @ttcriders.bsky.social · 5d

Fern up next with their amazing sign (that they helped design!!). Joins the call for better way finding system-wide.

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Mark Shaw @markshawtoronto.bsky.social · 5d

War on Christmas 😔

Dale Smith @journodale.bsky.social · 6d

New ceremonial robes vs old ceremonial robes. #SCC

2026 photo of the Supreme Court of Canada, where the new robes are black with red piping.

2025 photo of the Supreme Court of Canada, with the red velvet and ermine robes.

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