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Extra, Extra: Madonna on Tour, Food Truck Tutorial, Transit Skills Test
Every weekday’s end, we collect just about everything you ought to care about or ought not miss.
Madonna in town for TIFF 2011.
- Still fighting with your friends over whether Madonna rocked it during the Super Bowl on Sunday? Get a second chance to see how she’s doing these days: she’s going on a world tour, and will be in Toronto on September 12. Tickets go on sale on Monday, February 13.
- Everyone in Toronto is talking about transit this week, it seems. Think you’re well-informed on the subject? Take this quiz and find out. (Answers are also online, but no cheating! You will be condemned to wait 30 minutes for a short-turned streetcar if you do.)
- Toronto’s indie food culture—and especially food trucks—is in the midst of an upswing. If you’re feeling stuck at your desk or cubicle and want a job that gives you the freedom to work more flexibly, running a food truck might just be for you—and here’s an easy infographic that explains what’s involved.
- The case of the duelling discount megastores…that haven’t even opened yet. Today Walmart announced it would spend $750 million to expand and renovate 73 location across the country—a pre-emptive response to Target, which will be setting up shop next year; five stores are slated to open in the GTA next spring.
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