Monthly Archives: April 2015

Exploring the downtown federal election races: New ridings, new candidates

Posted on April 21, 2015 by

Note: On October 2, I wrote a follow-up to this post, including a few new maps, some additional insights. All three races  — Toronto Centre, University-Rosedale, and Spadina-Fort York, remain interesting and close Liberal-NDP battles.  As I mentioned on this … Continue reading →

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The beauty of the expressway and Toronto’s accidental gateway

Posted on April 14, 2015 by

Highway 427 looking south from Burnhamthorpe Road On a recent walk with a group of friends and acquaintances, I had the opportunity to explore a bit of Etobicoke. We walked from Kipling Station to a pub near the West Mall … Continue reading →

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Mapping Toronto’s Rental Complaints

Posted on April 13, 2015 by

Over at Torontoist, I took a look the City of Toronto’s data on complaints made to Municipal Licensing and Standards (ML&S) on multi-residential apartment buildings. All properties with at least 25 notices or orders that are either open, or issued and closed … Continue reading →

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