@derekbellemore.bsky.social
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Cineplex Digital media have isntalled advertising signs in Toronto's Union Station that use facial recognition to target the ads. CDM says it only recognizes age / gender
of note CDM was also recently sold to an American firm and is no longer part of Cineplex
of note CDM was also recently sold to an American firm and is no longer part of Cineplex
November 10, 2025 at 12:48 PM
Cineplex Digital media have isntalled advertising signs in Toronto's Union Station that use facial recognition to target the ads. CDM says it only recognizes age / gender
of note CDM was also recently sold to an American firm and is no longer part of Cineplex
of note CDM was also recently sold to an American firm and is no longer part of Cineplex
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“That’s what frustrates me about the polarisation of everything. If you say you care about cycling, you must be anti-car. Or if you talk about safety, people assume you’re against freedom. It’s all nonsense. We all want the same city, we’re just speaking different languages.”
LISTEN: bit.ly/43ho6wQ
LISTEN: bit.ly/43ho6wQ
November 10, 2025 at 2:19 PM
“That’s what frustrates me about the polarisation of everything. If you say you care about cycling, you must be anti-car. Or if you talk about safety, people assume you’re against freedom. It’s all nonsense. We all want the same city, we’re just speaking different languages.”
LISTEN: bit.ly/43ho6wQ
LISTEN: bit.ly/43ho6wQ
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It's impressive how contemporary projects' budgeting practices in Canada are made of very thin actual analytical estimates based on quantities and unit prices on top of which there is an entire enormous castle of random percentages of percentages of percentages which are suspiciously multiples of 5.
November 10, 2025 at 2:52 PM
It's impressive how contemporary projects' budgeting practices in Canada are made of very thin actual analytical estimates based on quantities and unit prices on top of which there is an entire enormous castle of random percentages of percentages of percentages which are suspiciously multiples of 5.
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It’s really important that #Vancouver’s Downtown Business Association, who were originally against bike-lanes, are now among their most vigourous supporters, because of ACTUAL EVIDENCE that they’re better for downtown business than any street parking they replaced.
Safe bike-lanes mean business.
Safe bike-lanes mean business.
November 8, 2025 at 3:51 AM
It’s really important that #Vancouver’s Downtown Business Association, who were originally against bike-lanes, are now among their most vigourous supporters, because of ACTUAL EVIDENCE that they’re better for downtown business than any street parking they replaced.
Safe bike-lanes mean business.
Safe bike-lanes mean business.
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Don’t miss I Light HFX. The weather is looking warm (by recent standards) but a little damp. But we won’t let that dampen our spirits, we’re Haligonians!
6pm tomorrow (Saturday, Nov 8) at the Dal Quad by the Dal/Kings Bike Centre.
Sign waivers at: cyclehalifax.ca/i-light-hfx-... (once per year)
6pm tomorrow (Saturday, Nov 8) at the Dal Quad by the Dal/Kings Bike Centre.
Sign waivers at: cyclehalifax.ca/i-light-hfx-... (once per year)
November 7, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Don’t miss I Light HFX. The weather is looking warm (by recent standards) but a little damp. But we won’t let that dampen our spirits, we’re Haligonians!
6pm tomorrow (Saturday, Nov 8) at the Dal Quad by the Dal/Kings Bike Centre.
Sign waivers at: cyclehalifax.ca/i-light-hfx-... (once per year)
6pm tomorrow (Saturday, Nov 8) at the Dal Quad by the Dal/Kings Bike Centre.
Sign waivers at: cyclehalifax.ca/i-light-hfx-... (once per year)
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A few days after the presidential election one year ago, we went to Fordham Road in the Bronx.
It was a little different last week.
It was a little different last week.
November 3, 2025 at 10:40 PM
A few days after the presidential election one year ago, we went to Fordham Road in the Bronx.
It was a little different last week.
It was a little different last week.
Something to note for our provincial covenants that prevents land previously owned by grocery chains and surrounding areas from being used by competing grocers. Only specialty grocers are allowed in these areas, which have good selections but have limitations on what they can sell.
All of the news headlines and stories greatly exaggerate the impact of this ordinance. The ordinance title sounds more impressive than what it does, which is hardly anything since it only applies to *new* wouldbe restrictive covenants and agreements, not the ones that existed before yesterday.
Seattle makes it illegal for grocery chains to block rivals
Seattle just made it illegal for grocery chains to block competitors from moving into their old stores, a first-of-its-kind move to help neighborhoods.
www.king5.com
October 29, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Something to note for our provincial covenants that prevents land previously owned by grocery chains and surrounding areas from being used by competing grocers. Only specialty grocers are allowed in these areas, which have good selections but have limitations on what they can sell.
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You can walk into Sobeys for gvt funded scene points.
Or simply go to an independent store or farmers market, where local food prices are cheaper, often by far.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Or simply go to an independent store or farmers market, where local food prices are cheaper, often by far.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Sobeys' local presence, readiness helped it earn Nova Scotia Loyal contract, MLAs hear | CBC News
The presence of its head office in Nova Scotia was helpful for Sobeys in obtaining an untendered contract in 2024 as part of a new government buy-local program, MLAs on a legislature committee heard W...
www.cbc.ca
October 25, 2025 at 3:18 PM
You can walk into Sobeys for gvt funded scene points.
Or simply go to an independent store or farmers market, where local food prices are cheaper, often by far.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Or simply go to an independent store or farmers market, where local food prices are cheaper, often by far.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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New issue is out tomorrow.
On the front, @joshrjhealey.bsky.social recaps a summer of soccer that happened.
On the back, @landofsticks.bsky.social writes about Halifax's record road deaths. Free digital issue this week, publicly funded road violence is too important to put behind a paywall.
On the front, @joshrjhealey.bsky.social recaps a summer of soccer that happened.
On the back, @landofsticks.bsky.social writes about Halifax's record road deaths. Free digital issue this week, publicly funded road violence is too important to put behind a paywall.
October 26, 2025 at 4:18 PM
New issue is out tomorrow.
On the front, @joshrjhealey.bsky.social recaps a summer of soccer that happened.
On the back, @landofsticks.bsky.social writes about Halifax's record road deaths. Free digital issue this week, publicly funded road violence is too important to put behind a paywall.
On the front, @joshrjhealey.bsky.social recaps a summer of soccer that happened.
On the back, @landofsticks.bsky.social writes about Halifax's record road deaths. Free digital issue this week, publicly funded road violence is too important to put behind a paywall.
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Imagine a city of great apartments where everyone knows their neighbours. The Neptis Foundation has a vision: www.theglobeandmail.com/culture/art-...
A dense, urban Canada? It’s possible
A specific, provocative proposal for how Toronto might evolve offers good ideas
www.theglobeandmail.com
October 25, 2025 at 11:42 AM
Imagine a city of great apartments where everyone knows their neighbours. The Neptis Foundation has a vision: www.theglobeandmail.com/culture/art-...
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It’s amazing how many cities in Canada and the US only started building protected bike lanes in the 2010s.
So much of what we’re fighting over is relatively new. No surprise people still don’t really understand it yet.
So much of what we’re fighting over is relatively new. No surprise people still don’t really understand it yet.
October 24, 2025 at 4:17 PM
It’s amazing how many cities in Canada and the US only started building protected bike lanes in the 2010s.
So much of what we’re fighting over is relatively new. No surprise people still don’t really understand it yet.
So much of what we’re fighting over is relatively new. No surprise people still don’t really understand it yet.
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“New data shows road safety in Halifax is trending in the wrong direction, with 2025 already being the deadliest in the region in recent years”
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Halifax sees major jump in road deaths in 2025 | CBC News
New data shows road safety in Halifax is trending in the wrong direction, with 2025 already being the deadliest in the region in recent years.
www.cbc.ca
October 24, 2025 at 12:02 AM
“New data shows road safety in Halifax is trending in the wrong direction, with 2025 already being the deadliest in the region in recent years”
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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Brunswick Street, downtown Halifax – the old painted bike lanes are gone, replaced with a wide, bidirectional protected bikeway that looks not far from completion. 🚲 #BikeHfx
October 23, 2025 at 11:31 PM
Brunswick Street, downtown Halifax – the old painted bike lanes are gone, replaced with a wide, bidirectional protected bikeway that looks not far from completion. 🚲 #BikeHfx
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What's up democracy superfans, I'm at the transportation standing committee meeting to see if this committee will change our road safety strategy to prevent preventable deaths.
October 23, 2025 at 4:12 PM
What's up democracy superfans, I'm at the transportation standing committee meeting to see if this committee will change our road safety strategy to prevent preventable deaths.
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Anyone know any Ottawa city hall reporters?
October 23, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Anyone know any Ottawa city hall reporters?
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White: If Canada's road safety is expected to get worse, why aren't we looking at juristictions that have achieved vision zero?
Staff: We're trying
White: Okay, but how are we learning from them if we're not looking at what they are doing to succeed?
Staff: We're trying
White: Okay, but how are we learning from them if we're not looking at what they are doing to succeed?
October 23, 2025 at 4:49 PM
White: If Canada's road safety is expected to get worse, why aren't we looking at juristictions that have achieved vision zero?
Staff: We're trying
White: Okay, but how are we learning from them if we're not looking at what they are doing to succeed?
Staff: We're trying
White: Okay, but how are we learning from them if we're not looking at what they are doing to succeed?
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🚨🚨🚨 Emergency podcast alert: People are dying because our road safety strategy is working. Listen now wherever you get your podcasts. 🚨🚨🚨
🎧People are dying because our road safety strategy is working
It’s not Monday morning, so why is Grand Parade in your inbox?
www.grandparade.news
October 22, 2025 at 11:29 AM
🚨🚨🚨 Emergency podcast alert: People are dying because our road safety strategy is working. Listen now wherever you get your podcasts. 🚨🚨🚨
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This is how we need to think about public services like the post, transit, and so on.
Dutch Railways: social profit of €1.33 billion, financial loss of €141 million. It delivers 11x (!!!!) more value to society than it costs.
Via:
social inclusion
increase in property values near stations;
welfare of employees and consumers;
productive use of travel time.
www.eur.nl/en/news/rese...
Via:
social inclusion
increase in property values near stations;
welfare of employees and consumers;
productive use of travel time.
www.eur.nl/en/news/rese...
Research shows that NS generates social profit: 1.33 billion euros
This is according to a new study by Professor Dirk Schoenmaker (Rotterdam School of Managemen) and Wander Marijnissen of strategic consultancy firm ftrprf.
www.eur.nl
October 22, 2025 at 5:42 PM
This is how we need to think about public services like the post, transit, and so on.
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Established in 1871 and spanning 220 km across 13 lines, Turin boasts one of the oldest and longest tram networks in Italy. Having backdropped more than a century of change, from the grandeur of the Savoy monarchy to the rise and fall of the Fiat empire, today it’s experiencing a quiet renaissance.🧵
October 20, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Established in 1871 and spanning 220 km across 13 lines, Turin boasts one of the oldest and longest tram networks in Italy. Having backdropped more than a century of change, from the grandeur of the Savoy monarchy to the rise and fall of the Fiat empire, today it’s experiencing a quiet renaissance.🧵
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New paper is out now!
Grab your copy at @kingsbookstore.bsky.social or Atlanitc News or over on our website or in your inbox if you are a digital subscriber!
Grab your copy at @kingsbookstore.bsky.social or Atlanitc News or over on our website or in your inbox if you are a digital subscriber!
Lohr's List
A provincial development site storm
www.grandparade.news
October 20, 2025 at 11:48 AM
New paper is out now!
Grab your copy at @kingsbookstore.bsky.social or Atlanitc News or over on our website or in your inbox if you are a digital subscriber!
Grab your copy at @kingsbookstore.bsky.social or Atlanitc News or over on our website or in your inbox if you are a digital subscriber!
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Halifax needs some smaller fire trucks, like the ones in Victoria & Vancouver
October 19, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Halifax needs some smaller fire trucks, like the ones in Victoria & Vancouver
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Post in response today from Councillor Morse
October 19, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Post in response today from Councillor Morse