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Deanne Mighton

@deannemighton.bsky.social
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City Planner, Urban Designer, mom, e-bike and beach lover. Co-Founder Birch Bark Studio. I try to make places better, one project at a time, and learn new things along the way.

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Tom Moffatt @solarab.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Medical professionals urge Ford to reconsider Toronto bike lane removal. Ontario's War on Cycling will have negative health effects on the population #Toronto #onpoli #cdnpoli #abpoli #bicycles www.nationalobserver.com/2026/09/29/n...
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Medical professionals urge Ford to reconsider Toronto bike lane removal
More than 600 healthcare workers have signed an open letter demanding the Ontario premier stop his plan to remove three major bike lanes in Toronto.
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Deanne Mighton @deannemighton.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
👀 Worth watching to see if this stays on the agenda.
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Deanne Mighton @deannemighton.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
To the children who didn't come home, to those who did, and to the families who have been affected for generations by the trauma of the residential schools. Beautiful art piece by Patrick's Hunter's, below. Every Child Matters!
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Deanne Mighton @deannemighton.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Lots of good points.
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Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Keep the data centers away from our Great Lakes.
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Deanne Mighton @deannemighton.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Fascinating.
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Deanne Mighton @deannemighton.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
I just reviewed the 2026 Ward 9 candidate info on The Local, and I’m honestly concerned that Alejandra Bravo still hasn’t released a detailed platform. #Ward9 #Toronto #TOpoli #TorontoElection #MunicipalPolitics
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august 🍂 @auguststreet.ca · 21/09/2026
44 seconds of "transit signal priority" on toronto's line 5 and kitchener-waterloo's ion LRT
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Steve Munro @swanboatsteve.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
A review of subway restricted speed zone history and the underreporting of problems by TTC management to the Board. stevemunro.ca/2026/09/21/t...
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Cameron Roberts @bikeademic.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Given the structural problems revealed by @strongtownsottawa.ca, I'm curious about a fee-based system where you pay for the actual infrastructure and services your home requires. So downtown no longer subsidizes suburbs. Super radical and probably unconstitutional, I realize. But a guy can dream.
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Deanne Mighton @deannemighton.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Love this!
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Deanne Mighton @deannemighton.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Great episode by @mikepmoffatt.bsky.social and @adammongrain.bsky.social, worth a listen. Standardizing building codes would help. It's also interesting to see how mutual recognition—essentially “one registration, recognized everywhere”—plays out in the future.
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PEIPolitical 🇨🇦 @peipolitical.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Jean Chrétien: "It looks like they don't know what to do. When your big thing is to change the name of a lake, it's because you're running out of arguments. It is a very weak gesture, to be cheap and nasty. Lake Ontario is not suffering. It's a lake." #cdnpoli
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Deanne Mighton @deannemighton.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Just a thought: maybe the businesses along Bloor should complain about the undue hardship and impact or demand lower rents from their landlords.
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Deanne Mighton @deannemighton.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Havelock and Dufferin Grove Park: After the first big rain, a tree came down and blocked the bike lane. Clearly, it was our premier manifesting. #ONSTORM
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Deanne Mighton @deannemighton.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Welcome! www.thestar.com/news/canada/...
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Canada is luring top U.S. scientists with 'almost unheard of' funding amid tense American political climate
48 are from U.S. in first phase of $1.7B Canada Global Impact+ Research Talent Initiative. And yes, Trump plays a role.
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Rodney 🚧🚇 @chanface.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Hundreds of cyclists showed up to #CriticalMass today The recent court ruling that allows Ontario to rip up Toronto’s bike lanes has only made the cycling movement stronger! @cycletoronto.bsky.social @ffsafestreets.bsky.social @lanrickbennett.bsky.social @thebikinglawyer.bsky.social
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Toronto Boris @torontoboris.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
A quick #pontistTO moment. Cherry Street lift bridge. Built in 1930 over shipping channel in the industrial portlants. This is the only example of a Strauss bascule bridge in TO & now only remaining lift bridge in the city. Not often lifted, but still in working condition. #paddleTO #TOhistory
The bridge with massive counter weightsThe narrows of the shipping channel bridgesAn imposing industrial giant in the portlands.
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Tom Flood @tomflood.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
school
text on yellow 
the fact that we have to have special days for kids to walk/bike/roll to school is absurd.
just another result of the car dominance we’ve normalized
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Deanne Mighton @deannemighton.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
At the Coffee Cabin in Port Severn (super cute!) and the people next to me in line were talking about Bayfield butter tarts from the Mennonites. Hometown proud. #Bayfield #ButterTarts
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Kanchan @kayehm.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
The gov't removing them is a gov't these residents didnt elect to make this local decision & which is overriding decisions of the level of gov't they elected Theyre overriding decisions made through a democratic process at another level, with no ability for the ppl affected to challenge the decision
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Kanchan @kayehm.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Many are saying that the mechanism to hold a gov't accountable for decisions is to vote. But the residents of these communities engaged in the democratic process & elected a municipal gov't that supported these bike lanes. The local gov't consulted residents, voted & implemented the infrastructure.
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Deanne Mighton @deannemighton.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
My Toronto laneway suite application raises a question: are development charges aligned with need? Why is a small infill project subject to an Education Development Charge (TCDSB) downtown, despite existing school capacity and declining enrolment? #Toronto #Housing #LanewaySuites #MissingMiddle
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Deanne Mighton @deannemighton.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
One of the final projects I worked on before leaving the city was a walk-through of this building during its initial conceptual stage, alongside Mary MacDonald from Heritage. It’s exciting to see this project nearing completion and opening to the public soon.
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Toronto's latest arts venue is a revamped waterfront property near Billy Bishop airport
The 9,600-square foot venue on Eireann Quay is adjacent to Ireland Park, and near Billy Bishop airport.
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John Michael McGrath @jm-mcgrath.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
45 years ago the Premiers successfully bullied PET into getting natural resources entrenched as exclusively provincial jurisdiction, "forests" absolutely understood as natural resources in this context. (S. 92A) The "national strategy" is for the Premiers to do their jobs!
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Deanne Mighton @deannemighton.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
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Reece Martin @rmtransit.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
It's remarkable that we spent like twice as much on FIFA as we are on forest fires. Talk about inverted priorities.
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Deanne Mighton @deannemighton.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
Hear, hear!
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Oh The Urbanity! @ohtheurbanity.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
There’s a lot of space for greenery on our streets if you just reallocate a bit from cars.
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Deanne Mighton @deannemighton.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
Toronto can’t build climate resilience while shrinking its urban canopy. Today, Toronto is experiencing the worst air quality in the world—a stark reminder of what’s at stake. Trees are disappearing along Metrolinx corridors and at Ontario Place with no comprehensive plan to replace them.
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The Narwhal @thenarwhal.ca · 08/07/2026
Doug Ford's government has rewritten so many of Ontario's environmental laws since winning the 2025 election that it can be hard to keep track of all the changes. Here's our comprehensive guide to Ontario's environment under Ford's third majority: thenarwhal.ca/ontario-elec...
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Bill 5 and a lost climate plan: Ontario’s environment in Ford’s third majority | The Narwhal
From killing the Endangered Species Act to fast-tracking mining approvals, the Ontario government spent its eighth year in office rewriting rules for the environment
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Deanne Mighton @deannemighton.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
Well said!
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Dr. Mike P. Moffatt @mikepmoffatt.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
New episode! The 2026 FIFA World Cup is finally here, but there's a question that needs to be asked: will this massive event actually deliver the economic win that was promised? Watch here: www.youtube.com/watc...
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Deanne Mighton @deannemighton.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
While reading Julie Dzerowicz Davenport's Community Update for June 19th, I noticed something. The province was never a signatory to the tripartite agreement. So why is the province trying to get involved at all, or is this just a distraction? #BillyBishop #TorontoIslandAirport.
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Deanne Mighton @deannemighton.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
Watched @missingmiddleca.bsky.social over lunch—Ron Butler points out condo prices rising ~$375→$1,400/sq ft isn’t just construction costs, but land, speculation, taxes + development charges stacking up. But my question is how much of that is driven by credit expansion? bsky.app/profile/mike...
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Deanne Mighton @deannemighton.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
Real Question: So, is it just me, or what's going on with the Dufferin arch and the missing lights? Is it just damaged, or has it always been like that, and I just haven't noticed?
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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 07/06/2026
It costs the City of Ottawa $465/person each year to serve new low-density homes, over & above what it receives from property taxes/fees. On the other hand, high-density infill such as apartment buildings pays for itself plus an extra $606/person each year. Sprawl costs, infill saves. #UrbanTruth
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Suburban expansion costs increase to $465 per person per year in Ottawa | CBC News
Infill development is known to be much cheaper for cities than adding new subdivisions, and City of Ottawa staff have shared estimates for how much the municipality saves — and spends — depending on w...
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Deanne Mighton @deannemighton.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
This is one of the clearest and most compelling statements by Margaret Prophet I've seen on the benefits of the Greenbelt and on how the push to add more housing there could be short-sighted and cost us all more in the long run. Worth a watch. youtu.be/xghgVtzKebY?...
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Episode 8: How the Greenbelt safeguards our food and water security
YouTube video by Alliance for a Liveable Ontario
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Jonathan Berk 🏠 @berkie1.bsky.social · 06/06/2026
A new @pewresearch.org study finds that infill housing near jobs, stores, and transit costs governments ~$21,000 less per home to serve, cuts long term infrastructure maintenance costs in half, and generates 13% more in annual property tax revenue per acre than sprawl.
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Deanne Mighton @deannemighton.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
Love this 🥰.
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Deanne Mighton @deannemighton.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
JM makes many valid points; it's worth reading. I wonder why city hall has remained so silent.
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🇨🇦 Stephen Wickens 🇨🇦 @stephenwickens.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
It's 40 years since then soon-to-be-fired Canada Post CEO and ex-Toronto Transit Commission chief Michael Warren told our luncheon table that per-household mail delivery cost twice as much in Etobicoke and Scarborough as in old Toronto and that sprawl similarly made good transit much more expensive.
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Waterfront Toronto @waterfrontoronto.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
TRCA has recorded more than 20 fish species in 2025 in the new river valley — including the river’s first Atlantic Salmon sighting in over a decade. If you’re interested in how reshaping the river has helped bring aquatic life back, read here: t.co/4bA4G1hRha
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https://www.nationalobserver.com/2026/01/26/news/toronto-don-river-fish-recovery
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FastTrackTO @fast-track.to · 24/03/2026
Today FastTrackTO is officially launching and releasing our 10 point plan to modernize the Toronto Streetcar network. An iconic symbol of the city that could be fantastic with some achievable, common sense and low cost changes. The plan if implemented would transform the city. fast-track.to (1/2)
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Home of the 10-point plan to save Toronto's streetcar system.
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Deanne Mighton @deannemighton.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
Love Anne Golden, a very intelligent lady, and her comment on 'the failure to integrate land-use and transportation' — right on the mark!
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Jérôme @jerome.jasette.facil.services.ap.brid.gy · 11/03/2026
It's #opendataweek and there's a blog post on the history of Open Data in the city of Toronto Started in 2009! open.toronto.ca/a-history-worth-rem… #opendataweek2026 #opendata #topoli
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A History Worth remembering... - City of Toronto Open Data Portal
In honour of #opendataweek2026
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Jeff Allen @jamaps.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
recently updated a map showing growth of laneway housing / garden suites in Toronto (2018-2025) check out charts, interactive map, and a few words here: schoolofcities.github.io/gentle-densi... #toronto #maps #housing
screenshot of an interactive map showing location of garden suites and laneway housing in Toronto as light green-yellow dots on a blue background
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Deanne Mighton @deannemighton.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
Have your say!
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Deanne Mighton @deannemighton.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
I don’t talk about hockey much, but Mitch Marner has officially earned lifetime immunity from criticism. #MarnerMagic #TeamCanada #MilanoCortina2026 And honestly, he shouldn’t have been the one to leave Toronto.
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