Extra, Extra: OneCity, Vegans, and Zoo Animals

By Steve Kupferman

Every weekday’s end, Extra, Extra collects just about everything you ought to care about or ought not miss.

A map of the OneCity transit proposal.

• OneCity, the ambitious transit proposal advanced by councillors Karen Stintz (Ward 16, Eglinton-Lawarence) and Glenn De Baeremaeker (Ward 38, Scarbourough Centre) a couple weeks ago looks to be falling apart, as politicians of different stripes continue to find fault with its property tax–based funding model and its proposed design. Take your pick of obituaries…
• Will it be Peter Kuitenbrouwer’s amusingly headlined “OneCity is basically drawn with crayons and will probably die,” in the Post?
• Or would you rather hear Matt Elliott tell you that OneCity is “seemingly so lacking in strategy and direction that it’s playing like something developed and released by Mayor Rob Ford’s office” over at Metro?
• Attention food eaters: there will be free food tomorrow in Yonge-Dundas Square, starting at 11 a.m. Except it will all be vegan.
• The Toronto Zoo’s attendance is way up this year over last. The Post has put together a great photo gallery of all the adorable reasons why.

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