Nik
@nrcole.bsky.social
Books, bikes, beers.
In an emotionally abusive relationship with the City of Toronto.
In an emotionally abusive relationship with the City of Toronto.
I'm not a fan of any of the No votes here, but this kind of thing always feels like such loser behaviour from a bunch of do-nothings who know they've done nothing but are nonetheless desperate to put the blame elsewhere.
Saxe's motion for a report quantifying provincial and federal responsibility for Toronto homelessness CARRIES 20-3.
November 12, 2025 at 5:20 PM
I'm not a fan of any of the No votes here, but this kind of thing always feels like such loser behaviour from a bunch of do-nothings who know they've done nothing but are nonetheless desperate to put the blame elsewhere.
Local official delighted to inform populace that they can both have their cake AND eat it.
"Federal Housing Minister Gregor Robertson says the average price of housing — not necessarily individual home values — must fall to restore affordability in Canada."
This is not possible. More homes or any type will impact some part of the market.
This is not possible. More homes or any type will impact some part of the market.
Average home price must fall in Canada to restore affordability, minister says
OTTAWA — Federal Housing Minister Gregor Robertson says the average price of housing — not necessarily individual home values — must fall to restore affordability in Canada.
www.biv.com
October 20, 2025 at 11:53 PM
Local official delighted to inform populace that they can both have their cake AND eat it.
@dark1x.bsky.social Goddamnit. it wasn't bothering me too much until now, but Hades II has made me into a rabid Switch 2 motion blur guy.
Assuming as you've speculated that this is a tradeoff for battery life, who in their right mind would sign off on making a game this beautiful look so hideous.
Assuming as you've speculated that this is a tradeoff for battery life, who in their right mind would sign off on making a game this beautiful look so hideous.
October 20, 2025 at 9:39 AM
@dark1x.bsky.social Goddamnit. it wasn't bothering me too much until now, but Hades II has made me into a rabid Switch 2 motion blur guy.
Assuming as you've speculated that this is a tradeoff for battery life, who in their right mind would sign off on making a game this beautiful look so hideous.
Assuming as you've speculated that this is a tradeoff for battery life, who in their right mind would sign off on making a game this beautiful look so hideous.
Missed you Matt
As expected, all the various speed camera items on the agenda are joined together to create an omnibus item. A speeding omnibus, kind of like that bus in that famous movie, The Bus That Couldn't Slow Down.
October 8, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Missed you Matt
More smart policy slaughtered on the altar by the high priest of reactionary suburban grievance.
Speed cameras literally save lives.
Speed cameras literally save lives.
What a king. May all the people in ford-voting areas w pathetic “slow down” signs on their lawns make no connections between what they see & voting preferences.
www.thestar.com/politics/pro...
www.thestar.com/politics/pro...
Doug Ford will outlaw municipal speed cameras this fall: Sources
Sources say Ford's Progressive Conservatives will table legislation later this fall to outlaw the "automated speed enforcement" devices.
www.thestar.com
September 23, 2025 at 9:21 PM
More smart policy slaughtered on the altar by the high priest of reactionary suburban grievance.
Speed cameras literally save lives.
Speed cameras literally save lives.
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There’s a very clear signal here that Toronto police do not care about this camera or this crime.
If this guy was vandalizing police cars, he would’ve been caught in a week
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
If this guy was vandalizing police cars, he would’ve been caught in a week
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Parkside Drive speed camera vandalized for 7th time in 10 months | CBC News
The Parkside Drive speed camera has once again been cut down by vandals — the seventh time in 10 months.
www.cbc.ca
September 8, 2025 at 12:48 PM
There’s a very clear signal here that Toronto police do not care about this camera or this crime.
If this guy was vandalizing police cars, he would’ve been caught in a week
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
If this guy was vandalizing police cars, he would’ve been caught in a week
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Made the mistake of looking on Facebook and saw many locals saying 3-4 units would be "appropriate" which is... literally less than the absolute minimum allowed anywhere in Toronto.
A 4-storey, 10 unit apartment building at 877 Ossington, two blocks north of Ossington station, has been held up for 9 months and counting at the committee of adjustment. It has 66 letters of opposition by my count, including from the local councillor. MTSA zoning can't come fast enough.
September 2, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Made the mistake of looking on Facebook and saw many locals saying 3-4 units would be "appropriate" which is... literally less than the absolute minimum allowed anywhere in Toronto.
I'm still kind of in disbelief at how big a change this is, but it's worth noting that thanks to the city the MTSA boundaries are often comically small. Many of the Fairbank edges are <500m away from the station!
August 18, 2025 at 1:38 PM
I'm still kind of in disbelief at how big a change this is, but it's worth noting that thanks to the city the MTSA boundaries are often comically small. Many of the Fairbank edges are <500m away from the station!
It only occurred to me this morning that Doug's bike lane vendetta makes even less sense after Friday's news on MTSAs. You're going to add a hundred thousand residents onto an already overloaded subway corridor and kill active transportation?
"across the country, a concerning pattern is emerging: Provincial governments are using bike lanes as political bait...But it’s hard to dismiss all this as mere political theatre when people are literally dying"
replace "bike lanes" with "harm reduction"
oh.
www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...
replace "bike lanes" with "harm reduction"
oh.
www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...
Opinion: The premiers are using bike lanes as a political scapegoat
Safe cycling infrastructure saves lives, but sadly, many politicians are ignoring the facts
www.theglobeandmail.com
August 17, 2025 at 3:44 PM
It only occurred to me this morning that Doug's bike lane vendetta makes even less sense after Friday's news on MTSAs. You're going to add a hundred thousand residents onto an already overloaded subway corridor and kill active transportation?
Also @plannersean.bsky.social posted a good thread on the old place, which blocks you if you no longer have an account there because reasons. But there are ways: nitter.space/PlannerSean/...
August 16, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Also @plannersean.bsky.social posted a good thread on the old place, which blocks you if you no longer have an account there because reasons. But there are ways: nitter.space/PlannerSean/...
@moreneighboursto.bsky.social has the juicy summary on yesterday's surprise announcement that that the province has amended and approved Toronto's MTSAs.
August 16, 2025 at 5:25 PM
@moreneighboursto.bsky.social has the juicy summary on yesterday's surprise announcement that that the province has amended and approved Toronto's MTSAs.
Am I reading this right?
August 16, 2025 at 3:22 AM
Am I reading this right?
A few more developments like this in my neighbourhood and then maybe they'll finally upgrade the world's smallest, most decrepit No Frills.
New renderings are out for 9 Shortt Street, a City-owned parking lot set to be repurposed as a mixed-income, transit-oriented community with 467 purpose-built rentals (including 140 affordable) near Dufferin & Eglinton where the Fairbank Eglinton Crosstown LRT station will be. (1/3)
August 12, 2025 at 6:26 PM
A few more developments like this in my neighbourhood and then maybe they'll finally upgrade the world's smallest, most decrepit No Frills.
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New renderings are out for 9 Shortt Street, a City-owned parking lot set to be repurposed as a mixed-income, transit-oriented community with 467 purpose-built rentals (including 140 affordable) near Dufferin & Eglinton where the Fairbank Eglinton Crosstown LRT station will be. (1/3)
August 12, 2025 at 6:17 PM
New renderings are out for 9 Shortt Street, a City-owned parking lot set to be repurposed as a mixed-income, transit-oriented community with 467 purpose-built rentals (including 140 affordable) near Dufferin & Eglinton where the Fairbank Eglinton Crosstown LRT station will be. (1/3)
@ifbookspod.bsky.social a parenting reel grabbed my attention briefly before this popped up and I nearly threw my phone across the room like a live grenade.
August 8, 2025 at 8:14 PM
@ifbookspod.bsky.social a parenting reel grabbed my attention briefly before this popped up and I nearly threw my phone across the room like a live grenade.
It really is as simple as that.
Suck it, Doug!!!!
July 30, 2025 at 4:57 PM
It really is as simple as that.
Bradford's pathetic right-wing heel turn reaches its peak with votes against seven widely-supported shelters, including three where the only other no was Stephen Holyday. They belong together.
Rezoning for the new shelter at Eglinton & Caledonia CARRIES 23-2.
July 24, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Bradford's pathetic right-wing heel turn reaches its peak with votes against seven widely-supported shelters, including three where the only other no was Stephen Holyday. They belong together.
Even if this is somehow true (and I imagine Vancouver would like a word) it is true in spite of rather than because of the sum total actions of Toronto's elected government.
Chow also posted the letter she sent to Robertson in response. "Toronto has been the leading municipal partner in getting housing built," she says. Notably, she CCed every Toronto MP. www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis... (PDF)
www.toronto.ca
July 23, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Even if this is somehow true (and I imagine Vancouver would like a word) it is true in spite of rather than because of the sum total actions of Toronto's elected government.
I have my reservations about Robertson but I'm liking the language here. Watching the 6plex debate there were clearly some councillors taking federal gov ambiguity as an excuse to vote no. It's time to drop the hammer.
Well you can already count that deadline as missed
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Toronto has 6 months to meet terms of housing agreement with Ottawa, minister says | CBC News
Toronto has six months to meet the terms of a housing agreement with Ottawa, the federal housing minister said — a deadline that comes as the city risks losing $30 million in federal housing funds.
www.cbc.ca
July 23, 2025 at 3:05 PM
I have my reservations about Robertson but I'm liking the language here. Watching the 6plex debate there were clearly some councillors taking federal gov ambiguity as an excuse to vote no. It's time to drop the hammer.
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The federal government needs to make an example out of Toronto. Freeze every cent of HAF funding until they allow sixplexes and kill poison pills like this. One of their key platform planks was scaling modular housing. How do they expect to accomplish this with intransigent cities?
Toronto caps number of bedrooms allowed in multiplex buildings
Critics say the real problem is not extra bedrooms but NIMBY politics that seek to fearmonger against renters
www.theglobeandmail.com
July 18, 2025 at 3:46 PM
The federal government needs to make an example out of Toronto. Freeze every cent of HAF funding until they allow sixplexes and kill poison pills like this. One of their key platform planks was scaling modular housing. How do they expect to accomplish this with intransigent cities?
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oh man so glad we cancelled that digital sales tax
July 11, 2025 at 12:43 AM
oh man so glad we cancelled that digital sales tax
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RT to scare councillors Holyday and Crisanti.
June 14, 2025 at 4:35 AM
RT to scare councillors Holyday and Crisanti.
Kandavel is doing Patrick Condon bullshit.
"My biggest concern is the impact this will have on land property values, particularly how this will negatively impact working-class and middle-class families," Councillor Parthi Kandavel says of the sixplex policy. He says allowing more units on a piece of land will just increase the land price.
June 12, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Kandavel is doing Patrick Condon bullshit.