The Toronto Star has two stories on their front page today about devel­opment in Toronto and the surrounding area worth noting. The West Don Lands devel­opment is a community being built over derelict indus­trial buildings east of downtown. And Vaughan’s proposed corporate centre and downtown is an idea that is seeing the light of day […]

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A focus group study by the Federal government has highlighted the common belief amongst urban Canadians that Toronto’s subway is the most likely target for terror in this country. And the inventor of pointing out the obvious rests comfortably in his or her grave. “For many, Toronto’s size, inter­na­tional profile and economic and financial impor­tance to […]

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It was not too long ago that I was writing about Chicago’s plans to blanket the city in wireless internet and wondering when Toronto would follow suit. Well appar­ently, it won’t be long: Mayor David Miller will join Toronto Hydro execu­tives on Tuesday to officially announce the initiative, which will be the largest of its […]

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Chicago plans to build a huge wi-fi network, following in the path of other US cities like Philadelphia and San Francisco. The purpose is to offer “broad and affordable” access and heighten Chicago’s appeal for businesses and tourists. It would be great if they put something like this in Toronto because then I could take […]

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