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Extra, Extra: Regal Constellation Comes Down, Gearing Up for Diwali
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Top: the Regal Constellation in 2008; Photo by {a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/tryhank/2756321669/"}katcentric{/a}. Bottom: the hotel partway through demolition as it appeared on Sunday; photo by {a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/[email protected]/6275301790/"}Oscar Strawczynski{/a}.
- Toronto’s Regal Constellation hotel, built in 1962 and noticed by airport-goers ever since, is in the midst of being demolished. Future plans for the site are unknown.
- Diwali starts tomorrow, and if you missed it over the weekend the National Post learned more about the trays and trays of sweets confectioners prepare each year to celebrate.
- City council has voted to outsource a large chunk of the garbage collection business to a private vendor. Over at the Grid, Ed Keenan looks at the perils and potential benefits of such privatization.
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