Skip to the content Skip to the Navigation

ResearchBuzz: Firehose

Toronto

  1. HOME
  2. Toronto
November 25, 2020 / Last updated : November 25, 2020 ResearchBuzz COVID-19

CBC: Toronto, Peel move into COVID-19 lockdown Monday as Ontario tries to stop ‘worst-case scenario’

CBC: Toronto, Peel move into COVID-19 lockdown Monday as Ontario tries to stop ‘worst-case scenario’. “The shutdown will last a minimum of 28 days, equal to two incubation periods for the coronavirus, and the province says it will fine people $750 for violating public-health rules.”

August 22, 2020 / Last updated : August 22, 2020 ResearchBuzz Around the Search & Social Media World

Vice: Toronto Cops Promoted One of Canada’s Biggest Anti-Maskers on Instagram

Vice: Toronto Cops Promoted One of Canada’s Biggest Anti-Maskers on Instagram. “The photo, which was first reported on by CBC News, was posted on an Instagram page called @TPSNeighbourhoodWatch, an account affiliated with the force’s 51 Division. It shows two smiling officers flanking Chris Saccoccia, a well-known anti-mask crusader who was recently involved in a […]

July 11, 2020 / Last updated : July 11, 2020 ResearchBuzz COVID-19

Toronto Star: Nine in 10 riders wearing masks despite lack of enforcement, says TTC

Toronto Star: Nine in 10 riders wearing masks despite lack of enforcement, says TTC. “The TTC says nine in 10 of its passengers are complying with the bylaw requiring them to wear face masks while on the transit system, despite the agency’s decision not to enforce the new rule.”

June 14, 2020 / Last updated : June 14, 2020 ResearchBuzz COVID-19

CBC: Toronto to make face coverings mandatory on public transit, will hand out 1M masks to riders

CBC: Toronto to make face coverings mandatory on public transit, will hand out 1M masks to riders. “Toronto plans to make face coverings mandatory on its public transit system, a rule that could go into effect starting July 2. Mayor John Tory announced the updated regulations for the Toronto Transit Commission (TTC) on Thursday.”

May 31, 2020 / Last updated : May 31, 2020 ResearchBuzz Tweaks & Updates

AP: Google Affiliate Scraps Plan for Toronto Smart City Project

AP: Google Affiliate Scraps Plan for Toronto Smart City Project. “Google abandoned its smart-city development in Toronto…after more than two years of controversy over privacy concerns and amid economic uncertainty caused by the pandemic. A unit of Google’s parent company Alphabet had been proposing to turn a rundown part of Toronto’s waterfront into a wired […]

May 14, 2020 / Last updated : May 14, 2020 ResearchBuzz COVID-19

Arts@Home: New Website Offers Free Resources And Activities For Educators And People Of All Ages (Broadway World) (PRESS RELEASE)

BroadwayWorld: Arts@Home: New Website Offers Free Resources And Activities For Educators And People Of All Ages (PRESS RELEASE). “For so many, Toronto is our creative, cultural home. That’s why during the COVID-19 crisis, several local cultural organizations, in collaboration with arts educators and with the support of the City of Toronto, have come together to […]

February 25, 2020 / Last updated : February 25, 2020 ResearchBuzz Tweaks & Updates

Engadget: Toronto rejects some of Sidewalk Labs’ smart neighborhood ideas

Engadget: Toronto rejects some of Sidewalk Labs’ smart neighborhood ideas. “Sidewalk Labs will have to cede a little more ground on its vision for Quayside, a planned smart neighborhood in Toronto. The company, which is owned by Google-parent Alphabet, published a draft version of its Master Innovation and Development Plan (MIDP) last June.”

November 14, 2019 / Last updated : November 14, 2019 ResearchBuzz New Resources

Daily Commercial News: TOBuilt: a new tool for construction reno planning

New-to-me, from Daily Commercial News: TOBuilt: a new tool for construction reno planning. “TOBuilt, a crowd-sourced database with information and images of 11,500 buildings in Toronto, is proving to be a valuable research resource to architects, builders and consultants planning to add or renovate existing buildings.”

November 3, 2019 / Last updated : November 3, 2019 ResearchBuzz Tweaks & Updates

CNN: Alphabet scales back its smart city project in Toronto after backlash

CNN: Alphabet scales back its smart city project in Toronto after backlash. “Waterfront Toronto, the government agency overseeing the development, announced Thursday that it has agreed to evaluate Alphabet’s plans after major concessions from the tech company, including a much smaller plot of land for the development and less control over data. The agreement keeps […]

October 30, 2019 / Last updated : October 30, 2019 ResearchBuzz Around the Search & Social Media World

Boing Boing: Leaked document reveals that Sidewalk Labs’ Toronto plans for private taxation, private roads, charter schools, corporate cops and judges, and punishment for people who choose privacy

Boing Boing: Leaked document reveals that Sidewalk Labs’ Toronto plans for private taxation, private roads, charter schools, corporate cops and judges, and punishment for people who choose privacy. “Tomorrow, Toronto’s City Council will hold a key vote on Sidewalk Labs’s plan to privatize much of the city’s lakeshore in the name of creating a ‘smart […]

October 29, 2019 / Last updated : October 29, 2019 ResearchBuzz Around the Search & Social Media World

The Star: Indigenous elder slams ‘hollow and tokenistic’ consultation by Sidewalk Labs

The Star: Indigenous elder slams ‘hollow and tokenistic’ consultation by Sidewalk Labs. “An elder who participated in an Indigenous consultation and the architect who helped organize it are accusing Sidewalk Labs of a ‘hollow and tokenistic’ effort that completely ignored recommendations for its proposed Quayside development.”

October 26, 2019 / Last updated : October 26, 2019 ResearchBuzz Tweaks & Updates

BNN Bloomberg: Google parent is closer to a deal on Toronto’s Sidewalk Labs

BNN Bloomberg: Google parent is closer to a deal on Toronto’s Sidewalk Labs. “Sidewalk Labs LLC, the urban innovation unit of Alphabet Inc. and Waterfront Toronto, the public corporation in charge of the development, are finding common ground on a majority of contentious issues, according to people familiar with the discussions. The parties have been […]

September 9, 2019 / Last updated : September 9, 2019 ResearchBuzz Around the Search & Social Media World

Boing Boing: Critical essays (including mine) discuss Toronto’s plan to let Google build a surveillance-based “smart city” along its waterfront

Boing Boing: Critical essays (including mine) discuss Toronto’s plan to let Google build a surveillance-based “smart city” along its waterfront . (The “Mine” in this case is Cory Doctorow.) “Toronto Life has run a great, large package of short essays by proponents and critics of the project, from Sidewalk Labs CEO Dan Doctoroff (no, really, […]

November 14, 2018 / Last updated : November 14, 2018 ResearchBuzz Around the Search & Social Media World

The Intercept: Google’s “Smart City Of Surveillance” Faces New Resistance In Toronto

The Intercept: Google’s “Smart City Of Surveillance” Faces New Resistance In Toronto. “From the start, activists, technology researchers, and some government officials have been skeptical about the idea of putting Google, or one of its sister companies, in charge of a city. Their suspicions about turning part of Toronto into a corporate test bed were […]

June 13, 2018 / Last updated : June 13, 2018 ResearchBuzz New Resources

Spacing Toronto: Why I revived the Bureau of Municipal Research

Spacing Toronto: Why I revived the Bureau of Municipal Research. “Ten years ago, as a grad student researching the history of Toronto’s waterfront, I came across a study, published in 1977, that could very well have been written today: ‘Should the Island be an Airport?’ The report, I came to learn, was produced by a […]

Posts navigation

  • Page 1
  • Page 2
  • »

Recent posts

ZDNet: WhatsApp delays take it or leave it privacy terms update until May

January 18, 2021

Washington Post: The Trump administration bailed out prominent anti-vaccine groups during a pandemic

January 18, 2021

Politico: The crash landing of ‘Operation Warp Speed’

January 18, 2021

FedTech: Air Force, Google Strike Agreement to Modernize Flight Training

January 18, 2021

MakeTechEasier: 4 of the Best Productivity Apps for iOS

January 18, 2021

Lifehacker: How to Take a Digital Break

January 18, 2021

Politico: Census Bureau says Trump’s push to exclude undocumented is dead

January 18, 2021

EurekAlert: 45% of adults over 65 lack online medical accounts, which could affect COVID vaccination

January 18, 2021

EurekAlert: Students returning home may have caused 9,400 secondary COVID-19 infections across UK

January 18, 2021

MakeUseOf: How to Protect Yourself From Fraudulent Stores on Shopify

January 18, 2021

Category

  • Around the Search & Social Media World
  • COVID-19
  • Events
  • New Resources
  • Other Things I Think Are Cool
  • Research & Opinion
  • Security & Legal Issues
  • Tweaks & Updates
  • Uncategorized
  • Useful Stuff

Archive

  • January 2021
  • December 2020
  • November 2020
  • October 2020
  • September 2020
  • August 2020
  • July 2020
  • June 2020
  • May 2020
  • April 2020
  • March 2020
  • February 2020
  • January 2020
  • December 2019
  • November 2019
  • October 2019
  • September 2019
  • August 2019
  • July 2019
  • June 2019
  • May 2019
  • April 2019
  • March 2019
  • February 2019
  • January 2019
  • December 2018
  • November 2018
  • October 2018
  • September 2018
  • August 2018
  • July 2018
  • June 2018
  • May 2018
  • April 2018
  • March 2018
  • February 2018
  • January 2018
  • December 2017
  • November 2017
  • October 2017
  • September 2017
  • August 2017
  • July 2017
  • June 2017
  • May 2017
  • April 2017
  • March 2017
  • February 2017
  • January 2017
  • December 2016
  • November 2016
  • October 2016
  • September 2016
  • August 2016
  • July 2016
  • June 2016
  • May 2016
  • April 2016
  • March 2016
  • February 2016
  • January 2016
  • December 2015
  • November 2015
  • October 2015
  • September 2015
  • August 2015
  • July 2015
  • June 2015

Copyright © ResearchBuzz: Firehose All Rights Reserved.

Powered by Lightning Theme by Vektor,Inc. technology.

MENU