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Yup, it's that time again. With sun umbrellas spread wide open, customers in shorts and shades, and pitchers of the finest local brews waiting to be poured, Toronto's patio season is back in full swing―at least for most bars. But unfortunately for a few, and a few very near and dear to our hearts (and livers), some outdoor havens are left stuck in limbo.

Well, it's that time of year again: time to hate the TTC! This time, it's the threat of a distant strike and the Star's devotion of its usually excellent Fixer feature to all things TTC (and broken) leading the charge. When Eye's Dale Duncan recapped the past week, she remarked: "Maybe it’s just me, but rage against the TTC seems to be growing."

Ok, so we're starting to get the message that we need to act on this whole "we're killing the planet" thing, and fast. But amongst all the noise about how much trouble we've gotten ourselves into, it's sometimes hard to hear the solutions and see the positive ideas. Enter GreenTOpia, the third installment in Coach House Books' uTOpia series, which is being released at a party this weekend into our eagerly outstretched arms. As we...

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We gotta thank Dale Duncan from the eye blog for making our day with this link. "We're Not Gonna Take It" is an audio art project which mashes up Twisted Sister's (pictured here) karaoke classic "We're Not Gonna Take It" with political protests. Members of the public can call in, belt out their complaints and have the song heard by interweb listeners and delivered to the politician(s) of their choice.

Torontoist was happy to see Dale Duncan's piece in this week's eye about urban/community gardens. It might not feel like spring quite yet but soon it'll be time to dig in the dirt and plant seeds. With more and more of us living in apartments and condos a little bit of time with green space, getting our hands dirty, is getting harder and harder to find. So we're glad to see that this city's community gardening culture is alive and well.

Torontoist wants to join in on the chorus of people complaining about Dalton McGuinty's announcement yesterday that Toronto city councillors' terms have been lengthened to four years instead of three. It seems like a minor change and in fact many city councillors were strongly supportive of the move.

Torontoist found himself nodding along in agreement with Gord Perks' latest column in Eye which goes on at some length on how politicians, and most importantly Premier McGuinty, is continuously telling the City that many of our priorities (transit, downloading, etc.) are political impossibilities.

Young urbanites who want to own property have two choices. The first is to scour Toronto neighbourhoods for neglected houses that may prove to be financial albatrosses in need of repairs and renovations. The second choice is the condo. Or at least that's what Toronto Life would have you believe.