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Comment on Weekend Planner: May 26–27, 2012 by Joasia82

Joasia82 — Sat, 26 May 2012 14:00:00 +0000

The Hunger is actually PWYC. Awesome experience- too bad it only lasts this weekend, but I guess all that bread would go mouldy.

Comment on Vandalist: Love It or Hate It by Anonymous

Anonymous — Sat, 26 May 2012 12:47:00 +0000

I guess by your standard, every major city in the world looks “like a third-world hellhole”.

Maybe what you’re looking for is a gated community?

Comment on Vandalist: Love It or Hate It by Anonymous

Anonymous — Sat, 26 May 2012 05:04:00 +0000

No one would mind a billboard takeover that was professionally done — i.e. cleanly photoshopped images properly applied. Have all the impish fun you want.

But vandalism is vandalism is vandalism. Any messy, scrawling defacing of anything, for any reason, makes the city look like a third-world hellhole.

This much should be obvious to anyone.

Comment on Evergreen Centre Plans to Cut Drop-In Programming by Anonymous

Anonymous — Sat, 26 May 2012 03:56:00 +0000

I suspect this is less related to funding then to the expectations placed with the funding. Both the province and the feds have recently pushed for measurable targets in all their programming, with a focus on seeing people moving forward to another step. (i.e. employment, training, housing). And both have been reducing funding for anything smacking of activity without results.

Drop ins don’t easily meet those metrics.

Its wrong headed thinking on the funders part.

Comment on Evergreen Centre Plans to Cut Drop-In Programming by Xinom_w

Xinom_w — Sat, 26 May 2012 03:33:00 +0000

DMYS is still open I believe. Also, YMCA is running a drop in program in the old Youthlink space. Still very concerning but thought I’d share this info.

Comment on Opening the Doors on Toronto by Val Dodge

Val Dodge — Sat, 26 May 2012 02:54:00 +0000

I’ll vouch for Fool’s Paradise. It’s one of the nicest settings you can imagine in the city and more than worth the trek to the bluffs. I’m glad it’s in the hands of the Ontario Heritage Trust and not some developer of fugly McMansions.

Comment on No Subway Service Between Union and Bloor Stations This Weekend by Derekboles

Derekboles — Sat, 26 May 2012 02:44:00 +0000

How about last year when the TTC shut down the subway at the same time they closed the Don Valley Parkway?

Duh, do you people talk to each other?

Comment on Vandalist: Love It or Hate It by Gorsht

Gorsht — Sat, 26 May 2012 01:05:00 +0000

I’m just so weary of being advertised at everywhere I go – Web pages, the highway, concerts that I pay gigantic amounts of money to attend. It hurts my eyes and saddens my brain far more than…erm…let’s say, “non-lucrative random alterations”.

Comment on Vandalist: Love It or Hate It by justin（╯°□°）╯︵ ┻┻

justin（╯°□°）╯︵ ┻┻ — Fri, 25 May 2012 22:08:00 +0000

strong straw grasping.

Comment on Spice City Toronto: Tons of Tamil Cuisine by Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 25 May 2012 21:43:00 +0000

You’re right. Thanks. I’ve made the correction.

Comment on Extra, Extra: Silver Snails, Happy Mayors, and Real Jerks by Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 25 May 2012 21:10:00 +0000

Right you are. I’ve fixed the link.

Comment on Extra, Extra: Silver Snails, Happy Mayors, and Real Jerks by qviri

qviri — Fri, 25 May 2012 21:08:00 +0000

The “a big ad campaign that we don’t really understand” link points to a WordPress admin page rather than any public article