6 Comments March 5, 2013 at 5:45 pm

Extra, Extra: Toronto is Number Four, Gaming Transit, and Fan Mail

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Number four! Yeah! Photo by votreceinture, from the Torontoist Flickr Pool.

According to a press release just issued by the City, Toronto’s population now barely exceeds Chicago’s, making us the new fourth-largest city in North America. (But, as at least one person has already pointed out, Chicago’s metro area is still a lot more populous than the GTA.)

Metrolinx has turned Toronto’s uncertain transit-investment future into a video game. Curiously, the only way to win is by imposing taxes, tolls, and levies. Just like real life!
NOW Magazine just got the sweetest fan mail, by way of Dan Savage: “This letter is about your slutty paper Now…”