Torontoist » amalgamation http://torontoist.com Torontoist is about Toronto and everything that happens in it Sat, 26 May 2012 17:14:27 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Lazy Avec Le “Metro”

In the fall of 1997, the Metro Toronto Zoo had something of a clearance sale, divesting itself of merchandise branded “Metro Toronto Zoo.” On January 1st, the Megacity would be coming, the Municipality of Metropolitan Toronto would be no more, and the Zoo—to be renamed simply the “Toronto Zoo”—would be prepared for the change. The [...]

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Photo by matthewfromtoronto from the Torontoist Flickr Pool. Ten years ago today, Premier Harris forced us all to play. On January 1, 1998, Metropolitan Toronto‘s six constituent municipalities were merged into one, creating Canada’s largest city and a strangely powerless political behemoth. The popular view at the time was that the so-called Megacity was born [...]

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