by thegtapatriot@yahoo.ca | May 28, 2024 | Etobicoke, GTA History, Memorial, Politics, Toronto
In a city where passion and pride intertwine, Rob Ford’s love for Toronto shone brighter than the skyline itself. Today, on what would have been his 55th birthday, the city pays homage to this remarkable man by renaming Etobicoke’s Centennial Park Stadium...
by thegtapatriot@yahoo.ca | Sep 21, 2011 | Canada, Election, GTA History, GTA Issues, GTA News, Oshawa, Politics, Sci-Fi, Science, Technology, Toronto, USA
TORONTO – Second World War pilot Philip Gray says it is “immoral” that Downsview Park is evicting the Canadian Air and Space Museum. “This is a terrible way to repay young 21-year-old boys who went to war and never turned 22. I am disgusted that their heritage...
by thegtapatriot@yahoo.ca | May 3, 2011 | Canada, Economy, Election, GTA Development, GTA History, GTA Issues, GTA News, LRT, News, Ontario, Public Transit, Viva
Interestingly enough this election may be a boon for the G.T.A. Not that Toronto can expect the Conservatives to only pander to their needs. As the Prime Minister said last night “we will govern for all Canadians”. Despite that the Liberals took for...
by thegtapatriot@yahoo.ca | May 3, 2011 | Canada, Climate Change, Economy, Election, employment, Environmental Issues, GTA Culture, GTA Development, GTA Environment, GTA Healthcare, GTA History, GTA Issues, GTA News, GTA Politics, Immigration, Multiculturalism, News, Ontario, Oshawa, Politics, Quebec, Technology, USA, World
Well a historic election has just taken place in Canada. The Bloc was decimated in Quebec, and almost wiped off the map. Newfoundland told Conservatives what to do with themselves. The Greater Toronto Area is painted blue and Toronto has gone NDP Orange. Also, it...
by thegtapatriot@yahoo.ca | Jan 28, 2008 | Canada, GTA Development, GTA Environment, GTA History, Ontario, Public Transit, Toronto, World
National Geographic includes the TTC’s Queen streetcar, the 501, one of the top 10 trolley routes in the world. It’s a crowded ride, but oh, what a view. The 501 has become emblematic of the stretched service on the TTC. But finally there’s a glint...
by thegtapatriot@yahoo.ca | Dec 3, 2007 | GTA Culture, GTA Development, GTA History, Public Transit
Streetcar platform dug in 1950s and never used sits behind a door, a buried relic of an old transit vision. To the thousands of patrons passing through the Queen subway station, it’s just another anonymous TTC maintenance door. But there are no mops and pails...