🇨🇦 Stephen Wickens 🇨🇦
@stephenwickens.bsky.social
Retired after 47 years at four Toronto papers.
Transportation researcher and author of Station to Station (a report on the soaring costs of subway building in the Toronto area). https://rccao.com/research/files/RCCAO-STATION-TO-STATION-REPORT-APRIL2020.pd
Transportation researcher and author of Station to Station (a report on the soaring costs of subway building in the Toronto area). https://rccao.com/research/files/RCCAO-STATION-TO-STATION-REPORT-APRIL2020.pd
Juvenile? Sure!
But this one never really got old.
But this one never really got old.
December 8, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Juvenile? Sure!
But this one never really got old.
But this one never really got old.
Before, after and thanks. Sorry I had to nag.
@toronto.ca
@toronto.ca
December 8, 2025 at 3:38 AM
Before, after and thanks. Sorry I had to nag.
@toronto.ca
@toronto.ca
In case of fire or toxic smoke, make sure you read that little green sign before saying your prayers. #TTC #Coxwell #SecondExits
December 6, 2025 at 3:21 PM
In case of fire or toxic smoke, make sure you read that little green sign before saying your prayers. #TTC #Coxwell #SecondExits
For decades, @toronto.ca parks + rec staff used the summer every year to repair the nets at our wonderful and much-appreciated outdoor rinks. Then it was every other year. Then, well, it's hard to remember when these Monarch Park nets last got any attention. I'm sure staff have time to address this.
December 1, 2025 at 4:57 PM
For decades, @toronto.ca parks + rec staff used the summer every year to repair the nets at our wonderful and much-appreciated outdoor rinks. Then it was every other year. Then, well, it's hard to remember when these Monarch Park nets last got any attention. I'm sure staff have time to address this.
Best first-day ice at Monarch Park in the nearly 25 years I've been living nearby. Obviously the weather co-operated, but I'm sure lots of @toronto.ca parks and rec workers deserve some thanks too. So, thanks.
November 29, 2025 at 10:35 PM
Best first-day ice at Monarch Park in the nearly 25 years I've been living nearby. Obviously the weather co-operated, but I'm sure lots of @toronto.ca parks and rec workers deserve some thanks too. So, thanks.
I forgot to include the picture I referred to. Senior moment.
November 28, 2025 at 11:19 PM
I forgot to include the picture I referred to. Senior moment.
November 19, 2025 at 3:58 AM
4. Kids could even play chess and music there after school.
The Willow & Pine Groceteria and all it contributed to a civilized walkable neighbourhood is now long gone, but those who experienced it and got to know Mrs. Piton (shown in front of the store) are still missed.
Photo by Billy Piton
The Willow & Pine Groceteria and all it contributed to a civilized walkable neighbourhood is now long gone, but those who experienced it and got to know Mrs. Piton (shown in front of the store) are still missed.
Photo by Billy Piton
October 31, 2025 at 3:12 PM
4. Kids could even play chess and music there after school.
The Willow & Pine Groceteria and all it contributed to a civilized walkable neighbourhood is now long gone, but those who experienced it and got to know Mrs. Piton (shown in front of the store) are still missed.
Photo by Billy Piton
The Willow & Pine Groceteria and all it contributed to a civilized walkable neighbourhood is now long gone, but those who experienced it and got to know Mrs. Piton (shown in front of the store) are still missed.
Photo by Billy Piton
I won't claim this was a brilliant Tweet/reply or anything,
but after only three views in 2+ hours, we can safely assume something about it upset Elon's algorithms and censors.
but after only three views in 2+ hours, we can safely assume something about it upset Elon's algorithms and censors.
March 24, 2025 at 11:31 PM
I won't claim this was a brilliant Tweet/reply or anything,
but after only three views in 2+ hours, we can safely assume something about it upset Elon's algorithms and censors.
but after only three views in 2+ hours, we can safely assume something about it upset Elon's algorithms and censors.
And I think this one is 1950, courtesy of The Coupler
(a TTC in-house magazine)
(a TTC in-house magazine)
March 18, 2025 at 7:17 PM
And I think this one is 1950, courtesy of The Coupler
(a TTC in-house magazine)
(a TTC in-house magazine)
Metrolinx was eager to share info when the news was innocuous, that the Diggy Scardust TBM was safely making its way across the ocean. They promised the online tracker and now all they can say is Whoops.
March 16, 2025 at 11:49 PM
Metrolinx was eager to share info when the news was innocuous, that the Diggy Scardust TBM was safely making its way across the ocean. They promised the online tracker and now all they can say is Whoops.
I was wondering why I've had the Motown song, 'Nowhere to Run To' in my head in recent days: I think the 'earworm' is rooted in walking Toronto sidewalks like this one.
March 6, 2025 at 4:50 PM
I was wondering why I've had the Motown song, 'Nowhere to Run To' in my head in recent days: I think the 'earworm' is rooted in walking Toronto sidewalks like this one.
The French Embassy in Washington.
H/T Robert Slager on Facebook.
H/T Robert Slager on Facebook.
March 6, 2025 at 3:52 AM
The French Embassy in Washington.
H/T Robert Slager on Facebook.
H/T Robert Slager on Facebook.
Also looks like it's lid up.
March 2, 2025 at 3:55 AM
Also looks like it's lid up.
North Korea has nothing on America in 2025
February 17, 2025 at 3:52 AM
North Korea has nothing on America in 2025
By Zez Vaz of Portugal.
February 16, 2025 at 3:53 AM
By Zez Vaz of Portugal.
Here's your Cybertruck (Zez Vaz credit).
February 16, 2025 at 3:38 AM
Here's your Cybertruck (Zez Vaz credit).
By Bruce MacKinnon, editorial cartoonist for the Halifax Chronicle-Herald and Saltwire Network. He drew it in November "knowing full well no self-respecting family newspaper ... would be likely to print it. I was right. But given the events of this weekend, I’m gonna to let ‘er rip anyway."
February 3, 2025 at 1:05 AM
By Bruce MacKinnon, editorial cartoonist for the Halifax Chronicle-Herald and Saltwire Network. He drew it in November "knowing full well no self-respecting family newspaper ... would be likely to print it. I was right. But given the events of this weekend, I’m gonna to let ‘er rip anyway."
A big part of the Great Depression mess FDR inherited in 1933 was damage the U.S. inflicted on itself with the Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act, implemented eight months after the Wall Street crash. Here's a key part of a speech the 32nd president made that year in Seattle.
February 2, 2025 at 5:48 PM
A big part of the Great Depression mess FDR inherited in 1933 was damage the U.S. inflicted on itself with the Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act, implemented eight months after the Wall Street crash. Here's a key part of a speech the 32nd president made that year in Seattle.
January 30, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Thick as thieves with Infrastructure Ontario and Metrolinx.
January 30, 2025 at 2:00 AM
Thick as thieves with Infrastructure Ontario and Metrolinx.