Also a useful explanation of the cross-subsidy model that's used on many of the City's current Housing Now/Toronto Builds projects. This is one reason that they're "only" 30% affordable and why staff have been reluctant to put stricter rent controls on the market rate units.
Took some time out of walking my dog to dog-walk the man who is trying to revive the Layton co-op “scandal”, a political specimen older than I am. Also, Yellow Flower on Palmerston has a very nice chocolate chip cookie.
Two years ago I took a different path to Do West Fest, and the rest is history. It’s Dan + Finch Store anniversary day!
Sorry to post inspiration slop but I can’t tell you how a) little I believe it b) much it has improved my life/confidence. Just do the thing!!!
I loved karaoke when I used to drink but was too anxious sober.
After seven years of sobriety, I started singing with a teaching app at home.
At eight years I started going to karaoke alone to face my anxieties.
I hit nine years sober in April and this is me now.
“Prisons do not disappear social problems, they disappear human beings. Homelessness, unemployment, drug addiction, mental illness, and illiteracy are only a few of the problems that disappear from public view when the human beings contending with them are relegated to cages.” — Angela Davis
You would think a man selling Angela Davis/Rage Against the Machine posters would be a bit sharper on this subject.
Also it’s not gonna get you tackled or anything, and I’m certainly not gonna snitch, but filming while rollerblading is technically frowned upon under the city’s wheeled sport safety guidelines
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It takes a certain kind of courage to go after fellowship projects and shelters. But when it comes to the TPS, a service that accounts for about a fifth of spent property tax dollars (18.6%), why is IntegrityTO all about smiles, polite questions, and mocking concussed neighbours?