Densification nation
Each morning, I climb into a taxi and join the torrent of traffic surging through Quito Sur. Traffic…
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Body snatchers
After watching my father lie motionless for two weeks in the ICU, tubes pressed against his lips and…
I rode the LRT
I had butterflies in my stomach as I neared the LRT station and took the elevator down to the…
Your money or your dad
It was my 6-year-old who played a message on my phone last Saturday morning that said my father…
Underground fallout
A fellow dad at my daughter’s school told me he moved into his neighbourhood specifically because of Fairbank…
It’s finished
I used to own a jeep. After a couple of years of using it on Eglinton Avenue, the jeep’s…
Robbing Toronto
I’m not saying Toronto does everything right. I mean, the City raised property taxes at a time when…
Hostile takeover
Back-to-school always made me nervous as a kid. New teachers, new classrooms, new kids—it was the great unknown.…
No parking for you!
It was raining, but I had to go to the pop-up. By the time I got there, people…
Tunnel vision
Two huge tunnels built at the same time on Eglinton. One moves people. The other moves sewage. Which…