by thegtapatriot@yahoo.ca | Sep 10, 2016 | Toronto, TTC
On the hottest days of this sweltering summer, riders on the Bloor-Danforth subway would brace themselves as their train pulled in, hoping that they would not get one of the cars without air conditioning. If they came up unlucky, some would sprint to the next car,...
by thegtapatriot@yahoo.ca | Oct 27, 2014 | Canada, GTA Politics, LRT, Markham, News, Ontario, Pickering, Public Transit, Richmond Hill, Toronto, TTC
Well your friendly neighborhood G.T.A Patriot is back online, after a hiatus. Today is Election Day, across the province. However in the G.T.A, specifically Toronto, you have a major choice today to make between 3, maybe even 4 candidates. Being that I love to talk...
by thegtapatriot@yahoo.ca | Apr 7, 2014 | GTA Issues, Ontario, Public Transit, Toronto
Found this photo and I think that nothing better shows what we can possibly expect this summer. Toronto I hope you are ready for the traffic apocalypse! You can thank the Pan-Am Games and the lack of investment in transit infrastructure over the past 20 – 30...
by thegtapatriot@yahoo.ca | Apr 6, 2014 | Sports, Toronto
Last home game for the Leafs turned out to be a real downer. The Toronto Maple Leafs needed to win this game. Unfortunately the Jets proved to be too much of a foe. With 4-2 loss to the Winnipeg Jets on Saturday we can only sit on hope. Being humiliated, by losing to...
by thegtapatriot@yahoo.ca | Apr 10, 2013 | Airports, Canada, Economy, GTA Issues, GTA News, Hamilton, Markham, News, Technology, Toronto
It’s a nice looking jet and it’s great to see that a #Canadian company may possibly compete with the likes of #Airbus and #Boeing. Seating between 100 – 149 seats and leaving a smaller environmental footprint I dare to say that maybe “less is...
by thegtapatriot@yahoo.ca | Apr 8, 2013 | Public Transit, Toronto
Transit is now on the radar. Everyone is talking about it. Yes, talking! Will we fund transit? How much will it cost? Will it really ever get done? I sense that there are a lot of skeptics; weary of trusting such a bold plan in the hands of politicians. Let’s be...