Population growth led to a 20% surge in transit ridership last year. buzzer.translink.ca/2024/04/transl…

Stephen Wickens 🇺🇦 🇨🇦 Took this photo in 1961 when I was 11. A few years later, I bought 20 shares on the team ($20). I describe myself as a “former part-owner of a AAA minor league baseball team.”

I loved going there in the 1960s. I can still smell the blend of Shopsy's dogs and tobacco smoke. Joe Foy and Reggie Smith were big favorites.

Yes, it's early in a long baseball season.
But it's not too early for #bluejays fans to consider whether Ross Atkins can be trusted to get the franchise good value at the trade deadline ... especially if the team plays itself into a deadline-seller role. Jeff Blair Mike Wilner

Stephen Wickens 🇺🇦 🇨🇦 Given how long and successfully he's living rent-free in everyone's heads, one can't help but wonder if Marchand has any solutions to the housing crisis to offer.

Not only does Brad Marchand drive the #MapleLeafs faithful crazy, he makes nearly US$5-million less per season than Mitch Marner. #LeafsForEver

Adjust fast or tee it up. #GolfLeafsGolf

Love it!
I won't kvetch about the fact GO Transit trains sometimes rattle picture frames in my house ... or even that LSE upgrades ravaged Save Small's Creek Ravine.
But it sure would be nice to have a station close enough to make the line useful to me and my neighbours. #Metrolinx

These guys need to quit perpetually chasing the pretty goal.

The #Leafs are playing well enough to not lose too badly. Go Leafs!

Let's hope that there's serious attention to getting the ground level right. Lots of towers don't necessarily deliver the urbanism needed in this context. Pedestrian-oriented design - with emphasis on short blocks, wider sidewalks and a rich mix of primary uses - is crucial.

This incident should be a reminder that GO Expansion could include more stations on the Milton + Lakeshore East lines. The redundancy, especially with fare integration, can be useful in emergencies as well as when we finally get around to putting a modern signal system on Line 2.

What are the odds that North America's #1 Sportsbook will fix the typo in its Tweet.

The Gloucesters rolled so long they got faded and repainted a few times. The shades varied over the years. I still picture in my mind Neil Young alone at the end of a car. Green interiors, heavy rumble and lights flickering as the train crossed switches. youtube.com/watch?v=rX5bDq…

The Gloucester trains still inhabit my dreams.

Seniors Day at Bulk Barn draws quite the cast of characters and some of the ladies get dolled up for the occasion. Today there was a rugged-looking fella, almost certainly a long-time #MapleLeafs fan, sporting a well-worn Pat Boutette sweater.

With streetcars back on their diversion around the Don Bridge closure on Queen, one might hope the transit priority signals for left turns on their route would be reactivated. But no. The transit signals are still on the masts but hooded. (1)

Might it be that people sick of long lineups at the food bank?

Also, Rob:
If Americans really don't know $#!T about hockey, as the irritating Sports Interaction guy keeps telling us, Canadian bettors would be wise to use their allegedly superior puck intel to clean up in the U.S. rather than bet on domestic sites where everyone is so smart.