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Extra, Extra: Streets Open, People Leaving, Drake Missing
Every weekday’s end, Extra, Extra collects just about everything you ought to care about or ought not miss.
Gould Street on Ryerson’s campus, closed to vehicle traffic. Photo by Michael Chrisman/Torontoist.
- As of this week, and until at least the end of September 2011, stretches of several downtown streets—Gould, Victoria, and Willcocks streets—have been closed to vehicular traffic, and opened up for pedestrians. It’s “one small step for a pedestrian; one giant leap for Toronto,” writes the Star‘s Christopher Hume.
- Mondoville is collecting tweets from people who’re threatening to leave Toronto if Rob Ford becomes mayor. We recommend using the hashtag #FordEscape.
- Ever wanted to learn how to act as though you are answering the phone? Why not learn it from a who’s-who of local comedians—Chris Locke, Tom Henry, Tim Gilbert, David Dineen-Porter, Aaron Eves, and Nick Flanagan—who made this video about it.
- And here’s Drake’s new video for “Miss Me.”
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