buses running down a small congested street in an urban centre

view of a city from a mountain (well, a hill for west coasters). towers, houses, a train station, and other sights of the city with a harbour and escarpment in the background

walk up 4 storey brick apartment buildings with a green lawn. moss grows over one of them

a brief photo thread on the experience of streets, housing, transit, and industry in one of my favourite cities ever, hamilton - just from walking and bussing around town today

New friend: So what TV shows do you watch?
Me: ...
(secretly stays up until 2am on Fridays reading Toronto Parking Authority budgets to try to figure out what next year's Bike Share rollout will look like)

Thank you! The internet needs more of this kind of recipe ❤️

Spiced Apple Muffins 2 cups flour 3 1/2 tsp baking powder 1/2 tsp salt 1/2 cup sugar 1 cup peeled chopped apple 1 egg, lightly beaten 1 cup milk 1/3 cup melted butter or shortening Topping: 2 tbsp brown sugar 1/4 tsp cinnamon 1/4 tsp nutmeg Preheat oven to 400 degrees Fahrenheit. Grease muffin tins or line with paper baking cups. In mixing bowl, sift together flour, baking powder, salt and sugar. Stir in chopped apple. Combine egg, milk, and melted butter. Add liquid to dry ingredients, stirring until moistened. Do not over-mix Spoon into prepared muffin tins. Filling 3/4 full. Bake for 22 minutes. Makes 12 muffins.

This week at the soup kitchen, I made my mom’s famous (to me) apple spice muffins. They were so popular that they ran out in less than 3 minutes, even though I’d made 36 muffins. Full recipe in the alt text.

Toronto, as always, ruined this for everyone by asking for a bunch of extra tax powers, getting them, promptly cancelling the vehicle registration tax, then taking in money the land transfer tax in good times before complaining about its volatility when tides turned. Then asking for more tax powers.

Me and chanface.bsky.social talk pedestrianization. To support the movement to pedestrianize Church St., sign the petition using the link in my bio. Special thanks to Councillor Chris Moise, his staff, and especially Francesca Policarpio for their hard work in making this a reality!

April is capable of all seasons in one day.

Just turned on the Jays game. I'm guessing someone advised Lukes and Okamoto to start believing in dinosaurs.

Look I'm not happy about having to draw another Doug Ford cartoon either ok? But when you use taxpayer money to buy yourself a private jet I'm legally obligated to make fun of you.

Doug Ford backs off government plane purchase, seeks to sell aircraft Just days after announcing plans to buy a private jet, Ontario Premier Doug Ford says the province will now move to sell its newly acquired plane, acknowledging concerns about the timing and cost of t...

If he doesn't sell it for the exact same amount as he bought it, I think Ontarians should have the right to take the difference off of our taxes, idgaf if that's "not how money works"

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Doug Ford to sell private government jet days after purchase was revealed Decision to buy jet for Premier’s travel set off wave of criticism, with opposition members nicknaming it the gravy plane

That they thought this was a good idea is real third-term hubris
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Housing in Action Sustainable, affordable, high-quality housing requires experts who can translate policy and regulations into built form—and who can challenge those policies when they present technical barriers to pro...

In Canadian Architect, I write out 10 case studies of housing innovation in Canada, from single-stair multiplexes to Indigenous-led city-building and rapid-assembly panelization. www.canadianarchitect.com/housing-in-a...

* "prescient" can imply prophetic foresight, but this could also be a prediction informed by a career spent reporting on the housing market, demonstrating the value of paying professionals to report on news.

Uncomfortably prescient* article from @jm-mcgrath.bsky.social from last summer. Think about recent back-pedalling of housing progress in Calgary, Markham--this is a sign of growing backlash, an attack line resonating right now.

That article makes many great points! Thanks for sharing.

City council races are also the ones you're the most likely to have an impact on as a person deciding to commit resources (money/volunteer time). Especially worth noting if you can't vote, eg youth or non-citizen.

There's a scenario at least once a month where I say to myself "bike share would have helped here". This week it was that my bike needs a repair and I didn't have time to get to it.

More options = better transportation system.

Great work @bikeottawa.bsky.social & @ecologyottawa.bsky.social

This is Brock. He's an African tortoise and he's my new friend. Fun fact he used to live at the Ontario Science Center but he was rehomed to the Toronto Zoo after the government shut down the OSC. He enjoys burrowing and lettuce. He's 19 and his girlfriend is 80.

New opportunities are opening up for millions of Torontonians to see Waterloo Region's most famous tourist attraction: a functioning Canadian light rail system

exciting news 😍

line 5 already hits 50-60 on the surface section between intersections, so this is essentially lifting intersection speed limits entirely.

combined w/ future TSP changes in summer, line 5 east might become proof of concept for working surface LRT in toronto (and its limitations).

Frightening that you're right!

Ontario buys used $28.9M private jet for Doug Ford: sources A senior official confirmed that the province this week took possession of a 2016 Bombardier Challenger 650 executive jet.

Ontario takes over Billy Bishop Airport, promises to build it out for jets despite total lack of business case.

Barely a month later, Ontario buys jet for Doug Ford.

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Coming soon this summer (fingers crossed): a pedestrianized Church Street. Go support this initiative!

How much does Trump hate Canada? Five charts show the depths of his animosity The U.S. President seemed to like his northern neighbour during his first term. The second time around, things have gone seriously south

According to my colleagues who have waded heroically through Trump's social media, he has insulted Canada 720 times since resuming office

We really do live rent-free in his head
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I would think high fares is what one would expect for it being a privately owned system!

At a certain point here in Toronto we need to be asking ourselves why Edmonton is producing more than 10x as many multiplex units as us per year. (It's zoning and DCs/taxes).

Love this drawing! ❤️

See you out on the street this summer, Toronto 🤞🏻💕

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Text: Ask them next if they care about the state of the roads, the price of gas, tuition costs, healthcare wait times, tax rates, local parks, their public pension, what we sell to other countries and to what use they put it, how much control they have over their workplace, or even the flag. You’ll find that people tend to have thoughts, opinions, preferences, and feelings. Often, they’ll have strong ones. People care about such things, and more. But they’re detached from politics. The connection between what they care about is severed from their desire and capacity to do something about it.

"The next time you come across someone you take to be apathetic, ask them if they care about politics. You might get a ‘no’ in response, or ‘not really’. That’s the surface. Keep digging." buff.ly/G6wA0bE

Politics News Site NOTUS to Become ‘The Star’ The Washington publication is rebranding as it expands its local news and sports coverage in the wake of substantial layoffs at The Washington Post.

congratulations to the owners of thestar dot com, you're sitting on a bunch of accidental traffic coming your way www.nytimes.com/2026/04/16/b...