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Seeing a rather large amount of online hysterics on other apps over Waterloo Region's new garbage bin system and having grown up in Guelph, I can promise you we'll all get used to this and in a few months you'll forget it was a problem. Many cities do this and do just fine!

Hate to be that guy but why not just go with something like a VEQT that's globally diversified and will change its geographic allocation (ie ex-North America developed and emerging) by market cap automatically (in case the US goes fully to pieces)?

Telling Jesus he'll never make it if he keeps being so hostile to wealth. Advising him to moderate his message to appeal to the Galilee suburbs

The speed that Mamdani is moving on urbanist/yimby wish lists is impressive

BUILD HOUSING YOU UTTER GOON

Hegseth is literally livestreaming evidence for his future war crimes trial at The Hague

This is actually pretty damn accurate!

If you need some reassurance that good things can unfold in the housing world, you need look no further than what the Sḵwx̱wú7mesh Úxwumixw is doing with this project. One of the only large net-zero communities in the world. 60% public green space. Huge set aside for affordable units.

senakw.com

Every week there's fresh evidence that society writ large doesn't get how utterly poisonous a turbocharged gambling industry is. Governments remain keen on deregulation while thousands of young men are sucked into sports betting and insiders make millions over life and death matters on Polymarket.

When I tell you the amount of times a day that I have to end Acrobat from task manager because it refuses to open PDFs

Aw heck yeah buds wheel snipe celly

Punch, the monkey that stole hearts around the world, is outgrowing his plushie and making friends Baby orphan macaque was abandoned by his mother after his birth and images of him dragging around the toy went viral

Timeline cleanse: orphan monkey is making new friends [gift link!!!]

www.theglobeandmail.com/gift/31ba468...

@elyobo.bsky.social commonwealthmaxing is so back

Lol. Lmao, even.

On the one hand, this country's issues with nepo babies is off the charts, on the other, multiple right wing candidates probably helps Chow via vote splitting

+7C after the winter we've had honestly feels like we should all be on a Lake Huron beach. Balmy. Tropical even!

Every other party should also have an answer for this question. We can't cut our way to the amount of money we need to catch up from decades of underspending in defense while having healthcare costs climb astronomically. The bill is going to come due at some point.

Ottawa weighs splitting submarine contract between Europe and South Korea, sources say Final proposals were received on Monday, and the government is set to make a procurement decision by April 4 at earliest

Every time I see a price tag for one of these (necessary) projects I'm more convinced we should add a point or two back to the GST for a dedicated revenue stream. It'd probably be politically dead on arrival but the amount of debt we'll incur for all of this will be even less popular.

Dozens of Ontario farming communities fear losing businesses and land to Canada’s new high-speed train line The federal government has backed plans to build a rail capable of travelling 300 km/h between Toronto and Quebec City, a project that could lead to the most expropriations of any project in Canadian ...

The Alto project merits heightened expropriation powers, but I've seen one too many posts mocking people who are upset at the possibility of losing their farms and livelihoods, or having trains bisect their towns. These people deserve a lot of empathy, and assurances of fair compensation.

Toronto neighbourhood residents upset about plans to turn parking lot into affordable housing - Toronto | Globalnews.ca Meanwhile, homeless advocates are asking East York residents for some compassion and to allow the affordable housing development to be built in their neighbourhood.

Context: Toronto's famous Cedarvale NIMBY reactions

globalnews.ca/news/7666729...

Same energy

Absolutely love the facade design on this! A charming building.

When Tory was campaigning in 2014 he promised a war against the city's obsolete or backwards regs, taking the city's licensing and planning system to task would have been easy and natural! Instead in 2026 the zoning by-law still controls the allowable number of pinball machines in a bar.

There is ALWAYS a housing angle.

Mr. Eliason, who advocates allowing single-stair construction for small multifamily buildings as a solution to the housing crisis, said he learned how common the design was outside the United States while working in Germany in 2019. After seeing an 11-story tower his firm at the time had designed, Mr. Eliason recalled, he turned to his boss and said: "Something is wrong here. Where's your other stair?" "He's looking at me, and said: 'What are you talking about? If there was another stair, there wouldn't be any room for the homes'"

Single-stair gets the New York Times treatment. @holz-bau.bsky.social reminds us why they call the last line the kicker: www.nytimes.com/2026/03/04/b... (gift link)

Honestly shocked at this many routes for a town this size.

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Canada supported U.S.-Israel strikes on Iran ‘with regret’: PM Carney. Live updates here. Strikes continued to escalate across the Middle East on Tuesday as the Iran conflict entered its fourth day. Follow for live updates.

Perhaps our foreign policy right now is best described as "not necessarily leaving the sign up in the window, but leaving the sign up if necessary"

www.ctvnews.ca/world/mideas...

It is extremely important to remember that for all their bluster, this administration is full of the biggest snowflakes to ever walk the planet.

Yet another Matlow W: "'The Astral contract should be thrown in the garbage where it belongs,' Matlow, a member of the mayor’s executive, said in a statement. “This should come back in-house to provide better service, accountability and a cleaner, more beautiful Toronto.'"