Let’s do this! Bring in New Zealand too and make it a #CANZUK reality.

We might have some heroes

If you had a Canadian grandparent, you may be eligible to apply for Canadian citizenship — these are new rules as of December 2025. You might be surprised how many Americans have Canadian roots somewhere:

You don’t see the rest until it commits. #TTC

Once Class A vacancy dips to 10% or lower, I wouldn’t be surprised to see several long-stalled commercial projects around Union Station suddenly get back on track. www.thestar.com/real-estate/...

No great loss—especially since they made no real effort to reflect the local vibe. You could have dropped that location into any dull suburban parking lot and it would’ve felt exactly the same. www.blogto.com/eat_drink/20... #TimHortons

And this NRG isn't at 1400 Plains Rd E (Burlington). www.blogto.com/city/2026/01...

A rite of passage for all Smiths fans. Also, a damn good movie. boxd.it/cxdAPt #Letterboxd

LRT in Toronto isn’t “cheap or easy” — I say that as a supporter, including on Finch. TransitCity sold lines on a map, not speed. The mistake was treating LRT as one-size-fits-all while we still needed subway expansion. People noticed and may do more once Eglinton opens. www.tvo.org/article/anal...

I’m not sure the name ever helped in the Canadian market — especially in this climate. The Great American Backrub is another one I’ve always wondered about. retail-insider.com/retail-insid...

Despite the downturn, there's still some good Toronto projects to watch rise in 2026... www.theglobeandmail.com/real-estate/...

Rob was my Music & Society prof at York U's Vanier College in the mid-1990s. www.torontomike.com/2026/01/rob-...

Sounds like David Cochrane hit the nail on the head today on CBC: "Amercia isn't the way America is because he's president. He's president because America is the way it is." -David Cochrane On PnP, Jan. 6, 2025

My review can be read here… boxd.it/cuVHZ7 #CFNY

Stephen Miller said that the United States is entitled to Venezuelan oil and Greenland because we are a powerful nation. No one can stop us from taking what we want. Translation: “And when you're a star, they let you do it. You can do anything. ... Grab 'em by the pussy. You can do anything."

Easily the smoothest progress of any of the major transit projects underway. It almost makes you wonder whether it might actually land on time and on budget. #Metrolinx urbantoronto.ca/news/2026/01...

And Toronto still waits… my hunch is that it is back at The One. Yes, that was shelved, but I wouldn’t be shocked if it’s been quietly revisited under Tridel. retail-insider.com/retail-insid... #AppleStore

Another stellar day on the continent’s busiest surface route @ttcalerts.bsky.social 😩

One of the city’s standout bars—cozy, with great music, friendly staff, and a spacious patio that comes alive in nice weather. If I lived in Bloordale, this would definitely be my local. #Bloordale

Rewatched for Mani boxd.it/ctMh5l

Transit still has gaps in Scarborough—but “left out”? Not really. 🚇Line 2 via STC → Sheppard, Line 4 east being studied, Line 5 opening to Kennedy very soon, Line 7 in the works. RapidTO on Kingston Rd, plus the new Line 3 busway coming too. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Nearly half the rides aren’t operating, including its signature Ferris wheel, which was shuttered after trapping riders last April. Once the mall is gone, perhaps the rides could find a more fitting home across the street at Woodbine Live where they might feel less stranded. #WoodbineCentre (2/2)

Not even the province’s largest indoor amusement park has been enough to rescue Woodbine Centre from becoming a cultural anachronism. While it has driven traffic to a mall that likely wouldn’t have attracted it otherwise over the past 15 years, it is now clearly diminished. #WoodbineCentre (1/2)

Kind of neat to be seeing this the day prior to the doc's debut. -David Marsden's Farewell to CFNY in 1987 www.torontomike.com/2026/01/davi... #CFNY #TVO

Great acting and a compelling history lesson, but it falls short of the depth this material truly deserves. boxd.it/crMYRJ

What’s there today feels less like evolution and more like grasping at tacky straws—a reminder of how completely that moment has passed. #WoodbineCentre (4/4)

In many ways, it’s the 416’s clearest time capsule of when malls were civic events. #WoodbineCentre (3/4)

It felt like 1980s suburban optimism made real. Hard to square that with what it is now, especially knowing it was once a Cadillac Fairview mall. #WoodbineCentre (2/4)

Growing up across the 427 in Malton, the opening of Woodbine Centre in 1985 was a huge deal—I was probably more excited than my mom. #WoodbineCentre (1/4)

In this region we’ve allowed colourful lines on a map to be mistaken for truly fast, reliable transit — but it doesn’t have to be that way. We can and should prioritize speed, reliability, and meaningful service over charts that look good on paper. #Metrolinx nextmetro.substack.com/p/another-af...

Is there a way to disable Uber in the Transit app? I can’t seem to find one, and I really don’t want it showing up as if it were local transit.

Honestly, there wasn’t much here that landed as genuinely funny. Mercer has always been strongest in situational comedy, and without that edge this felt a bit flat. Still, it’s a largely harmless love letter to Canada, with a few moments that earn a smile. boxd.it/coWcaZ

A rail link from the VIA/GO station to Dufferin Islands would fix that, letting the city work for visitors and letting everything else evolve more naturally than the next big gimmick. #NiagaraFalls (3/3)

Not obvious here, but the city’s urban bones are all wrong—cars run almost up to the Falls, pedestrians wait at “beg buttons,” and transit is an afterthought. #NiagaraFalls (2/3)

Last set of photos from the Falls. #NiagaraFalls (1/3)

Two thoughts here: 1️⃣ Ford’s “subways 3x” was never pro‑transit—he just wanted it out of his way. 2️⃣ We still need intermediate‑capacity modes. Finch is a perfect example: it would never have gotten a subway, but it deserved much better than buses in traffic. www.thestar.com/opinion/cont... #TOpoli

These are all excellent suggestions. I would add that Line 6 should simply be Finch rather than Finch West. We don’t call Line 4 Sheppard East, and keeping the “West” risks an expensive renaming in the future once the line inevitably extends past Yonge. ontario.transportaction.ca/renaming-gth...

The same mistake is happening in Windsor and elsewhere. Mississauga is the only place the province hasn’t botched this. Ontario is ignoring its own planning rules, moving hospitals to greenfield sites far from transit and urban cores. nextmetro.substack.com/p/an-urgent-... #ONpoli

Honestly, just watched this to stare at Damson Idris. boxd.it/cneAzx

Still, you can’t help but hope that, over time, a bit more culture might take root alongside it. #NiagaraFalls (3/3)

It feels at once like a Las Vegas casino strip, a British seaside town, and a hyper-Americanized version of Canada. I don’t hate it; there’s something oddly admirable about its honesty. #NiagaraFalls (2/3)

Unlike the U.S. side, Niagara Falls, Ontario didn’t grow into a tourist city by accident—it was deliberately built that way. #NiagaraFalls (1/3)

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