"Terry Fox, as every Canadian schoolchild knows, ran a marathon a day for 143 days on a single leg to raise money for cancer. The idols of our national sport spit out their teeth and get back in the game. What liberal democracies need now...is the sheer will to go on" www.nytimes.com/2026/02/06/o...

"Reception House is planning a 30-unit affordable housing project on land provided by the City of Kitchener." www.therecord.com/news/waterlo...

"For more than a century, the lands that would become Ookwemin Minising were a barren industrial zone. Today, children clamber through a new park and a peaceful watershed, where paddlers and joggers ease along the thick greenery." www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...

How Bike Share went from death’s door to one of Toronto’s fastest-growing ways to travel www.thestar.com/news/gta/how...

Positive news to finish off your Monday :-) www.theguardian.com/environment/...

"For anyone who questions the role of humans in changing our climate, here is some of the best proof that we have understood for decades what is really happening, and that we can make credible projections." phys.org/news/2025-08...

My bro-in-law is bringing Beast Pizza to Kitchener! The Aloo Gobi Pizza and Mushroom Pizza are my go-tos. www.therecord.com/news/waterlo...

A big community effort led by @samnabi.bsky.social asked "what could an abundant, resilient, and inclusive region look like with 1 million neighbours?" Over 60 community groups created a shared vision across 15 topics (eg, arts, housing, health). Check it out! onemillionneighbours.ca/vision/

What if—instead of cars—we filled our streets with people, bikes, trees, and life?

The @toronto.ca just released: Demolition and Replacement of Rental Housing: A handbook for tenants and property owners The handbook helps "tenants and property owners understand the City of Toronto’s approach to the demolition and replacement of rental housing." www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis...

"An increasing number of farmers are looking for ways to take farmland protection into their own hands through the use of farmland easement agreements." www.thestar.com/news/gta/as-...

Does anyone know if Woodside National Historic Site is accessible generally (e.g., could I go today and have a picnic on the grass or play soccer?) or is it only for official museum/park activities?

I would love to be able to take an LRT to Cambridge! While we're at it, let's get going on stages 3 & 4 too (wherever those future routes may run to/from). www.therecord.com/news/waterlo...

@transrights.northsky.social I am a lecturer (Wilfrid Laurier) and consultant supporting co-ops in Canada. I'm on the board of the Canadian Co-operative Investment Fund, and I lead Union: Sustainable Development Co-op (affordable housing). Happy to support on the co-op side of helpful!

Canada places 200% tariff on little Canadian flags Americans wear while travelling

🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦 Canadian transit isn't perfect, but it blows comparable US cities and metros out of the water. A similar sized place in Canada will have a much bigger network and much better service. You can look up relevant data for the comparable US cities/regions; here the Canadian story: 🇨🇦🇨🇦 🧵 1/8

Employee Ownership can be an important tool in the fight for Canadian sovereignty. Current policy isn't up to the task. Michael Ras and my take in today's @calgaryherald.com. It's time to move this issue into the front and centre of the Canadian economic agenda. calgaryherald.com/opinion/colu...

There are solutions to the crises we face. Realistic pathways to wealth and ownership for working people are a good start. calgaryherald.com/opinion/colu...

Any suggestions on Canadian / non-US alternatives to Calendly?

Still number 1. Never number 51. 🇨🇦☝️

Intriguing to see Carbon Border Adjustments being mooted as a response to the Trumpian Tariff Tantrum. The EU has them and they make carbon pricing fairer by adjusting for things like 'Grid Carbon Intensity' in cross border pricing. Brilliant. [Paywall] www.theglobeandmail.com/business/com...

The May Day Cafe, located in Minneapolis, reopens today as a worker cooperative. The shop successfully raised over $100,000 from the community to facilitate its transition to worker ownership, and will now be run by its worker-owners as a democratic workplace. maydaycafe.coop ☕️

Great job @berryonline.bsky.social and Kitchener, and congrats to Kitchener Housing! "The fire station will be combined with a mixed-use housing development that’s expected to provide at least 150 affordable housing units, in partnership with Kitchener Housing Inc." www.therecord.com/news/council...

‘9 municipalities-Durham, Toronto, Peel, York, Hamilton, Niagara, Waterloo, Ottawa, and Sudbury-will divvy up about $88 million in funding, money that will be used to provide additional support to unhoused people’ www.thetrillium.ca/news/politic...

This matters. Not because I think Trump is capable of mercy or empathy towards these vulnerable groups. But because it is a public act of defiance. Contrast that with all these other powerful people in this country signaling nothing but appeasement and obedience.

I’m always looking for things that explain a lot but that people have a hard time remembering. Examples: Air is stuff. Pee comes from blood. All land vertebrates have a single common ancestor. Venus is bright enough to cast visible shadows. Clouds are heavy. Bones are alive. Any others you know?

"The B.C. community just west of Victoria is overwhelmed with expressions of interest from physicians." "Doctors will receive paid vacation and parental leave, medical benefits and a defined pension from the municipal pension plan." www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...

Library with social housing on top + park (no cafe alas) arquitecturapanamericana.com/strathcona-l...

Earnest post, but: a thing I like here is it’s okay to have moments of happiness in public without being broadly scolded, and I believe that sustaining this kind of humanity will be very important as we resist fascism. We have to sustain each other. Making joy isn’t denial, it’s how we will survive

"There are plans for studio apartments all the way to four-bedroom townhouse units. There are plans for outdoor patios, plazas, gardens, parks and bicycle trails as well as ground-floor commercial space and possibly a daycare. Two parking garages are proposed." www.therecord.com/news/waterlo...

Very exciting!

"The number of people experiencing homelessness in Waterloo Region more than doubled to 2,371 during the past three years, Waterloo Region’s latest 'point-in-time count' shows." www.therecord.com/news/waterlo...

Next year we're going to paint the Margaret Ave bike lane barriers between Victoria & Wellington streets in Kitchener. We're looking for ideas & artists. If this interests you, come out to the info sesh tomorrow. 🙂 #lovemyhood

This Vienna street isn’t “closed” because cars have been removed. It has successfully been “opened” to everything else, to a diverse and invigorated civic life, because cars have been replaced by a multitude of wonderful things. Language matters. HT @dmoser.bsky.social for pic #OpenStreets #Vienna

Great #urbanism takes great vision. This was the High Line in the 1980s.