Deanne Mighton
@deannemighton.bsky.social
City Planner, Urban Designer, mom, e-bike and beach lover. Co-Founder Birch Bark Studio. I try to make places better, one project at a time, and learn new things along the way.
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Taras Grescoe 🚇@taras-grescoe.com · 10h ago#Quebec's new government: We want more highways, not green electric trains. "PQ says it would block Quebec component of proposed Alto high-speed rail system. "The dollars Ottawa has earmarked for train should instead be given to Quebec with no strings attached, to be used on roads..."
Medical professionals urge Ford to reconsider Toronto bike lane removal. Ontario's War on Cycling will have negative health effects on the population #Toronto #onpoli #cdnpoli #abpoli #bicycles www.nationalobserver.com/2026/09/29/n...
Medical professionals urge Ford to reconsider Toronto bike lane removal
More than 600 healthcare workers have signed an open letter demanding the Ontario premier stop his plan to remove three major bike lanes in Toronto.
nationalobserver.com
👀 Worth watching to see if this stays on the agenda.
Jonathan M W Hughes 🇨🇦🏴 🇺🇦🗳️@jmwhughes.bsky.social · 5d agoElectoral Reform is finally on the @ontarioliberal.bsky.social leadership agenda. It's not about PR, it's about making YOUR vote count, no matter where you live. Push for Community Ranked Voting (STV in MMD) @voteleefairclough.bsky.social #onpoli @fairvote.ca @coopr84canada.bsky.social
To the children who didn't come home, to those who did, and to the families who have been affected for generations by the trauma of the residential schools. Beautiful art piece by Patrick's Hunter's, below. Every Child Matters!
TVO@wearetvo.bsky.social · 6d agoSeptember 30 marks National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, a day to remember the children who never returned home and to honour Survivors and generations affected by residential schools. Watch Remembering the Children, a national commemorative broadcast on TVO at 7 p.m. Every Child Matters.
I just reviewed the 2026 Ward 9 candidate info on The Local, and I’m honestly concerned that Alejandra Bravo still hasn’t released a detailed platform. #Ward9 #Toronto #TOpoli #TorontoElection #MunicipalPolitics
rudy.ca@rudydotca.bsky.social · 2w agoThe Local (@thelocal.to) has released their Candidate Tracker for the upcoming municipal election valuable background on all your, um, local candidates if you plan to vote you do plan to vote, right? (that wasn't a question, it was an imperative😉) #Toronto #TOpoli thelocal.to/candidate-tr...
44 seconds of "transit signal priority" on toronto's line 5 and kitchener-waterloo's ion LRT
A review of subway restricted speed zone history and the underreporting of problems by TTC management to the Board. stevemunro.ca/2026/09/21/t...
Given the structural problems revealed by @strongtownsottawa.ca, I'm curious about a fee-based system where you pay for the actual infrastructure and services your home requires. So downtown no longer subsidizes suburbs. Super radical and probably unconstitutional, I realize. But a guy can dream.
Great episode by @mikepmoffatt.bsky.social and @adammongrain.bsky.social, worth a listen. Standardizing building codes would help. It's also interesting to see how mutual recognition—essentially “one registration, recognized everywhere”—plays out in the future.
Dr. Mike P. Moffatt@mikepmoffatt.bsky.social · 4w agoNew episode! Today I interview Adam Mongrain of More and Better Housing about ways that Canada can build... more and better housing. Watch here: www.youtube.com/watc...
Jean Chrétien: "It looks like they don't know what to do. When your big thing is to change the name of a lake, it's because you're running out of arguments. It is a very weak gesture, to be cheap and nasty. Lake Ontario is not suffering. It's a lake." #cdnpoli
Just a thought: maybe the businesses along Bloor should complain about the undue hardship and impact or demand lower rents from their landlords.
Brent Toderian@brenttoderian.bsky.social · 4w ago“Local stores next to the protected bike-lane have seen a 49% increase in sales, compared to an average of 3% for Manhattan as a whole.” (Among MANY other public benefits.) Want To Make More Money? Build A Business On A Bike Lane. #CityMakingMath via @fastcompany.com #BikeLanesMeanBusiness
Havelock and Dufferin Grove Park: After the first big rain, a tree came down and blocked the bike lane. Clearly, it was our premier manifesting. #ONSTORM
Hundreds of cyclists showed up to #CriticalMass today The recent court ruling that allows Ontario to rip up Toronto’s bike lanes has only made the cycling movement stronger! @cycletoronto.bsky.social @ffsafestreets.bsky.social @lanrickbennett.bsky.social @thebikinglawyer.bsky.social
A quick #pontistTO moment. Cherry Street lift bridge. Built in 1930 over shipping channel in the industrial portlants. This is the only example of a Strauss bascule bridge in TO & now only remaining lift bridge in the city. Not often lifted, but still in working condition. #paddleTO #TOhistory
At the Coffee Cabin in Port Severn (super cute!) and the people next to me in line were talking about Bayfield butter tarts from the Mennonites. Hometown proud. #Bayfield #ButterTarts
The gov't removing them is a gov't these residents didnt elect to make this local decision & which is overriding decisions of the level of gov't they elected Theyre overriding decisions made through a democratic process at another level, with no ability for the ppl affected to challenge the decision
Many are saying that the mechanism to hold a gov't accountable for decisions is to vote. But the residents of these communities engaged in the democratic process & elected a municipal gov't that supported these bike lanes. The local gov't consulted residents, voted & implemented the infrastructure.
Cycle Toronto@cycletoronto.bsky.social · 2mo agoReminder: this case didn't come down to Cycle Toronto's "bike lanes good" v. the province's "bike lanes bad" evidence. The province's own internal documents (and their staff briefing to cabinet) confirmed that bike lanes do not cause traffic congestion and ripping them out will put lives at risk.
My Toronto laneway suite application raises a question: are development charges aligned with need? Why is a small infill project subject to an Education Development Charge (TCDSB) downtown, despite existing school capacity and declining enrolment? #Toronto #Housing #LanewaySuites #MissingMiddle
One of the final projects I worked on before leaving the city was a walk-through of this building during its initial conceptual stage, alongside Mary MacDonald from Heritage. It’s exciting to see this project nearing completion and opening to the public soon.
Toronto's latest arts venue is a revamped waterfront property near Billy Bishop airport
The 9,600-square foot venue on Eireann Quay is adjacent to Ireland Park, and near Billy Bishop airport.
thestar.com
45 years ago the Premiers successfully bullied PET into getting natural resources entrenched as exclusively provincial jurisdiction, "forests" absolutely understood as natural resources in this context. (S. 92A) The "national strategy" is for the Premiers to do their jobs!
Toronto Star@thestar.com · 3mo agoCanada’s premiers and Prime Minister Mark Carney are set to discuss a national strategy for dealing with the forest fires ravaging the country. As first ministers prepare to descend upon Charlottetown this week, Premier Doug Ford said firefighting would be at the top of the agenda.
It's remarkable that we spent like twice as much on FIFA as we are on forest fires. Talk about inverted priorities.
