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Matthew @optimistmatt.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

ridiculous. Doug surprises me every day in the worst ways possible.

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august 🍂 @auguststreet.ca · 30/09/2026

the scarborough busway should inspire the city to look into longer, more permanent busways on available right-of-ways that can produce rapid transit speeds at cheaper cost and timelines. the one with greatest potential, i think, is finch east. this would transform east-west travel in scarborough.

Finch busway concept along the hydro corridor from finch west station to around Malvern. Various branches that leave the busway depicted, to Milliken, Scarborough Centre, and deeper into Malvern

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

This is the book corporate America does not want you to read — which is exactly why you should pick up a copy.

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Michelle @michelle-colleen.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Impressive turnout at #criticalmass #bikeTO to show our opposition to Doug Ford's plan to rip out bike lanes & endanger our lives. Bike lanes save lives! Doug Ford is a corrupt animal. Shame on him! #cycling #visionzero #toronto #ONpoli #TOpoli

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Canada's National Observer @nationalobserver.com · 28/09/2026

This morning — following two investigations into Toronto mayoral candidate Brad Bradford's use of an app that rewards supporters for posting AI-generated comments and sharing contacts — Bradford called our reporting "inaccurate." We're now releasing the recording that proves our reporting.

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Bradford calls CNO reporting of AI app rewards ‘inaccurate.’ Here’s the recording proving our reporting.

Canada’s National Observer has decided to publish the segment of the Zoom call that corroborates its reporting.

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Reece Martin @rmtransit.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Some nice elevated trains coming to Toronto

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Grow Together Edmonton @growtogetheryeg.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Edmonton's small-scale infill has led to thousands of homes built for in the places people want to live, millions of dollars invested in this province, and a stable demand for construction jobs. We don't need the province making it harder to build homes. Freedom to build: that's the Alberta way.

Christine called ☎️ in about the infills going up in her community. She is not the only one.

Edmontonians have been telling me the same thing for weeks.

I am listening. Would appreciate seeing your comments below from folks who live in Edmonton. What do you think about infill and blanket rezoning?

"Stacked area chart showing H1 building permits issued in Edmonton from 2009 to 2026, broken down by four neighborhood types (Downtown, Mature, Between Mature and Henday, and Outside Henday) and seven project types (Single detached, Addition/Conversion, Backyard House, Duplex to Fourplex, Fiveplex to Eightplex, 9+ Row House, and 9+ Apartment). Downtown shows minimal permits throughout the period. Mature neighborhoods peak at over 3,000 permits in 2024, dominated by single-detached homes. Between Mature and Henday and Outside Henday neighborhoods show more volatile trends, with Outside Henday reaching nearly 4,000 permits in 2023. Single-detached homes (dark purple) comprise the largest share across most neighborhoods and years, while apartment and row house projects (orange tones) remain a smaller but consistent portion.

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justin taylor 🚄🎵🔋🌈 @nottaylorx.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

The TTC is finally considering increasing streetcar stop spacing, active gap supervision on subway, and introducing mid-route timing points on surface network. Please consider filling this out to help bring TTC operations into the 21st century.

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TTC Service Standards Review - Round One Survey

We are reviewing and updating our Service Standards, and we want your feedback on the options we’re exploring. Learn about the options by taking this survey.

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Fr. Robert Ballecer, SJ @padresj.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

There is so much disinformation about the "Super El Nino" floating around the internet b/c mentioning any sort of mechanism that affects weather seems to start a shouting match. So here's a good video that gives you JUST the info you need in under 2 minutes.

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Nick Hune-Brown @nickhunebrown.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

The Candidate Tracker team has been in the trenches reporting and fact-checking bios and platform summaries for EVERY SINGLE CANDIDATE in the 2026 Toronto election. No AI, no campaign talking points. Bookmark it, send it to a friend, we'll update until election day. thelocal.to/candidate-tr...

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Candidate Tracker: Toronto Election 2026 | The Local

The only place to find reported, fact-checked biographies and platform summaries for every candidate running in the 2026 Toronto municipal election.

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Oh The Urbanity! @ohtheurbanity.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Multiple warnings to Quebec from the federal government about American efforts to influence the upcoming election in support of the separatist PQ.

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Observing The City @observingthecity.ca · 25/09/2026

Only around 40% of rush hour traffic at Bloor and Shaw in Toronto is made up of cars. Before the bike lanes on Bloor, over 80% of traffic was cars. Now more commuters pass through the intersection, although raw number of cars has decreased. If you build it, they will come.

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Matthew @optimistmatt.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Listen…of course not being able to use your fireplace in your own home anymore is a damn shame. No one is arguing that. But at least you DO have a “3 storey victorian house” to go home to everyday, all to yourselves. This is the biggest city in the country, not a small town. Things change.

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Toronto needs more homes. These neighbours say they're paying the price | CBC News

An elderly downtown couple says they’re shocked and upset that the city has approved a duplex next door to their three-story Victorian home that they say will tower metres above their chimney and rend...

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Eric Lombardi (EricForOLP.ca) @ericlombardi.ca · 24/09/2026

When it comes to housing, we have to do the big things.

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Rachel Gilmore @rachelgilmore.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Canada continues to be shameful on this issue.

Screenshot shows the man in Canada's seat looking around at the other countries leaving the room all while staying seated. The country names are a bit hard to make out, but I cross-referenced this against the seating chart that's been published.

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Eric Lombardi (EricForOLP.ca) @ericlombardi.ca · 23/09/2026

How do you create resiliency in a smaller economy? Build things that the world needs and cannot easily get elsewhere.

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Shawn Micallef @shawnmicallef.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

SUI says officer who gave a cyclist a beating won't be charged. Little surprise there from SIU, but we will all pay for the civil $ + this cop will continue to be paid.

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Toronto Police officer won't be charged in cyclist arrest that led to head injury: SIU

Videos of the arrest were shared widely in June, leading to some claims of “excessive use of force.”

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Gabe Blanc @gabeblanc.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

In Ward 4 Parkdale—High Park, @dianachanmcnally.bsky.social has the experience to make a compassionate approach to ending homelessness actionable. I’m proud to support her run for city council 💜

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Colleen @cbailey6.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

A housing platform announcement that prominently features a high rise apartment. ♥️♥️♥️

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Matthew @optimistmatt.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

follow along to know which candidates actually care about the TTC streetcars

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Avi Lewis @avilewis.ca · 22/09/2026

This crisis moment is a chance to reimagine what kind of Canada we want to build – and Canadians are ready to build big things together.

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Rachel Gilmore @rachelgilmore.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

The audacity to scoff at this question when a journalist on the hill just affirmed they were given access to this MORE THAN 200 PAGE bill less than 30 MINUTES before this press conference. How the fuck do you ask informed questions under those conditions? Spoiler: you can't.

Emilie Bergeron writes in french: "Les journalistes sur la colline, dont moi, ont reçu un projet de loi de plus de 200 pages moins de 30 min avant que les ministres répondent à des questions à ce sujet et en plein milieu d'un breffage avec des hauts fonctionnaires. un projet de loi dont l'intérêt public est majeur"

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Heather McPherson MP @heathermcpherson.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Wonderful to meet with labour representatives from the Building Trades of Ontario this afternoon to discuss my bill, C-259: The Fair Representation Act. Workers deserve to be represented by a union that is accountable to workers and only workers. It’s time to ban fake unions.

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More Transit Southern Ontario @moretransitso.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

How much faster would GO trains be if they used electrical multiple unit (EMU) trains? Today, a 33.7km trip from Pickering to Union station makes 6 stops and takes 45 minutes Our proposed local EMU service would make 13 stops, and take only 36 minutes.

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Oliver Moore @oliver-moore.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Twice as many stops but 20pc faster end-to-end. Pity GO electrification is a goal being pushed ever farther into the ephemeral future

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Canadian Climate Institute @climateinstitute.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Join us in welcoming one of Canada's great climate leaders to the Institute, as our newest board member! Welcome to the team Valérie Plante.

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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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Phil @philmarfisi.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

If Poilevre is scared about some deepened sector-by-sector agreements with Europe, wait till he finds out which party started CETA negotiations in 2009

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Ray Delahanty | CityNerd @nerd4cities.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

It’s all relative. When someone posted this screenshot from my Edmonton video on LinkedIn, the CEO of some parking lobbyist organization ‘splained to me that the reason Edmonton has *checks notes* like 40x the ridership of OKC is because Edmonton is actually a dense metropolis, you see

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Has oil rig on grounds of state capitol
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1,418,118
Province of Alberta
Has NHL team
named for the act of petroleum extraction
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This ignores the fact that OKC has a footprint almost twice the size of Edmonton and a population density almost 3 times smaller.
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Shawn Micallef @shawnmicallef.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Reminds me of Ford’s minister Kinga Surma saying she didn’t see any activity at Ontario place when she drove by on Lake Shore.

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august 🍂 @auguststreet.ca · 19/09/2026

usual sight on the toronto subway at 11:30pm. don't let campaigning right-wingers tell you transit is a desolate wasteland and no one's taking it because they fear for their life. that is so far from the truth in toronto. ask any of these people what they want most & they'll say "run more trains"

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Max Fawcett @maxfawcett.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

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august 🍂 @auguststreet.ca · 17/09/2026

as someone who talks to transit users everyday for work, i concur: service speed & reliability is the number one complaint *by far* when it comes to the TTC. there haven't been any ambitious transit promises to this end yet, though the mayor has an opportunity to flex that with recent rapidTO wins

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Oh The Urbanity! @ohtheurbanity.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

I’m more sympathetic to transit safety than some. I’ve had experiences in cities that did put me off transit there (especially now with a child). But not in Toronto or Montreal, the two cities I’ve used transit in most. I’ve never hesitated to take transit there/here.

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Shana @shanamd.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

I am SORRY for sharing something that was posted on the other place, but this is too good.

The future pope at a party with a caption “they don’t know I’m the future pope”

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Phil @philmarfisi.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

The question every Ontario mayoral candidate needs to be asking themselves right now is "how do we keep our young adults here and stop Edmonton and Calgary from eating our lunch on affordability?" (Dear Edmontonians: this is said with the utmost respect for what you've accomplished)

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Oh The Urbanity! @ohtheurbanity.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

I welcome Europeans to visit Canada but if you’re considering winter, you should know what you’re getting into! Vancouver is Amsterdam, Toronto is Oslo, Quebec City is colder and snowier than Moscow.

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Tri-Cities Transport Action Group @tritag.ca · 11/09/2026

Our new article makes the case for extending GO trains to London, and talks about what's needed to make this service competitive:

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GOing from Kitchener to London

The case for GO regional rail service to London

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Avi Lewis @avilewis.ca · 18/09/2026

Ce n’est pas sans raison que les précédents gouvernements libéraux ont envisagé de privatiser les aéroports sans finalement le faire.

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Damien Moule @damienmoule.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

One thing we've tried to emphasize at @moreneighboursto.bsky.social is Toronto is doing *neither* well. We aren't allowing enough private housing and we are making our affordable housing slow and expensive through our own processes (Housing Now still has produced 0 units in 7 years).

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Aaron Wherry @aaronwherry.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

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Nicolas Hénin @nicolashenin.net · 17/09/2026

Nice campaign by the Norwegian Consumer Council about the declining lifespan of products. Enjoy!

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Shawn Micallef @shawnmicallef.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Our Kennedy Centre

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Observing The City @observingthecity.ca · 17/09/2026

This streetcar waited 25 seconds for one truck to turn left. Wasn’t @mayoroliviachow.ca celebrating “transit signal priority” on Spadina 6 months ago?

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Marco Chitti @chittimarco.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

As a wannabe associate member of the EU, it's time for Canada to join the Vienna Convention on Road Traffic and embrace circulation planning. Down with the yankee-dumb all-way stop, welcome to the Euro-smart priority street sign!

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