"What should Toronto’s slogan be?"
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recceguy said:
Yes, that is exactly the sort of thing I mean. Which raises the question, what if something unpredicted and major ever happened? Toronto has been spared since 1954 with Hurricane Hazel. Our Disaster Plan has never really been put to the test.
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"We Sure Aren't Perfect But At Least We're Not Windsor."
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Toronto - centre of our universe.
Toronto - centre of fecal cephalic excellence since 1793.
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Toronto - centre of fecal cephalic excellence since 1793.
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Toronto - home of the world's most gullible hockey fans since 1967.
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I'm going to go on a traditional route, and write it in Latin. Mine also takes in Toronto's rich history as Hogtown.
Porci ex grege diaboli
Translation: Swines from the devil's herd
Porci ex grege diaboli
Translation: Swines from the devil's herd
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MGalantine said:
"Toronto ranks third in film and television production in North America and ranks second as an exporter of television programming in North America.":
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hollywood_North#Toronto
Films shot in Toronto:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Films_shot_in_Toronto
List of films set in Toronto:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_films_set_in_Toronto
Toronto Film and Television Office:
http://www.toronto.ca/tfto/index.htm
T-EMS does a lot of Paid Duty for the Toronto Film and Television Office TFTO. This money does not show on the annual Sunshine List, because it comes from the film companies, rather than the taxpayers:
TFTO rates:
http://www.toronto.ca/tfto/pdf/ems.pdf
There was a T.V. series called "Fire Station". It was filmed at station 331 on Claremont St.:
http://www.youtube.com/user/justin1790#p/search/4/iW7Y3IfigOs
I used to watch it, only because I worked a minute away on Richmond St. W..
TFS and T-EMS ( Divisions of the same Department ) never had a shortage of out-of-town and out-of-province applicants wanting to work in Toronto. I saw it.
This is discussed in the second paragraph:
http://issuu.com/local3888/docs/spring2009/9?mode=a_p
Same at TPS.
"Toronto policed by out-of-towners":
http://www.thestar.com/news/gta/article/856817--toronto-policed-by-out-of-towners
"Many U.S. cities force some municipal employees to live within city limits. The Supreme Court of Canada ruled in 1997 that municipalities here cannot do so."
When I hired on it was all local guys from the neighbourhoods, but not anymore.
uptheglens said:
That is mostly all gone now. The Stockyards closed in 1993 and moved north of the city to Cookstown. That land was redeveloped into new housing and big box stores.
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This candidate, from the mentals comments section of this story:
"you don't like TO .......... LEAVE!"
"you don't like TO .......... LEAVE!"
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Toronto: That's how it's supposed to smell.
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EpicBeardedMan said:
Air pollution is a problem in all large Canadian Cities.:
http://www.uoguelph.ca/~rmckitri/epeq/data/CDNCities.pdf
The entire Windsor - Toronto - Montreal- Quebec City Corridor is polluted.
We are fortunate to live in the High Park neighbourhood, where the air quality is good:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High_Park
There's lots of professional and amateur sports in Toronto:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toronto#Sports
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hockey_Hall_of_Fame
There's arts, culture and recreation.
This week is Toronto International Film Festival TIFF:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toronto_International_Film_Festival
I always enjoy the Royal Winter Fair later in the year. There's plenty of things to see and do in Toronto. The Zoo is one of the largest in the world, the CN Tower, the CNE and airshow, the Toronto Islands and ferry boats, Ontario Place, the Eaton Centre, etc. One little known place that I enjoy is Riverdale Farm. The Rouge Valley. Lots of ravines to explore.
Best of all, lots of highways, Union Station and the airport(s) for when this city is driving you crazy, and you have to get out of town!
milnews.ca said:
I would not be surprised if Toronto is the worst city in Canada for wheelchair mobility. So much of the construction is vertical. I carried people in my arms up and down stairs for a living, and, from what I understand from others, it is the most back-breaking city in the country to work. Lots of old-fashioned "walk-up" ( no elevator ) style apartments and rooming houses. Many are obviously over-renovated, and over-crowded with low ceilings. I'm not qualified to call them fire-traps, but...
It is not flat or wide open. The population density ensures that Victorian homes are renovated into multi-family dwellings. It is an expensive city, so you have to take what accomodation you can afford. There are over a million private dwellings, and over 10,000 different streets. Cellars and attics turned into apartments. Houses built on ravines. Lots of ravines. It is a city within a park.
However, there are many new condominiums being built.
I don't blame her for leaving. It is a difficult place to lift and carry people on stretchers, so I would imagine it is also difficult for people confined to wheelchairs, as we were often sent on "courtesy calls" to lift-assist them up and down stairs and tip-overs.
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crooks.a said:
Are you confusing Montreal with Toronto??
The last time we had a riot, the roads were paved with mud, and the Mayor was William Lyon Mackenzie.....
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crooks.a said:The reason Toronto hasn't had a riot since then is because they haven't won a hockey game since then.
Zing,
Touche! Good one!
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