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Morning Brew: CNE tells MGM to stop using Ex images, Toronto misses waste target, Atwood is against grass plan, Maple Leaf Gardens wins award, and a pot shop
The CNE wants MGM to stop using images of its property in promotional material for its proposed casino. The managers of the land and operators of the annual fair say the gaming facility is "threatening" to the future of the Ex and have issued a cease and desist order to the American company. MGM used images of the Princes' Gates and CNE.
Toronto has failed to meet a waste diversion goal for 2010, falling short on the amount of waste recycled or composted by 20 per cent. The city as a whole was supposed to have hit the 70 per cent but the current figure is more like 50. The city's GM of solid waste says apartment dwellers need to pull their socks up if they're to match those living in residential homes.
Lifetime Sports Bar on College Street is your official papal conclave venue, according to the Toronto Star. TVs in the bar are showing rolling news coverage of the meeting to elect the next pope. Unlike other sporting events, conclaves can be extremely unpredictable - one lasted three years in 1268, though it's thought this one will last under 5 days.
Margaret Atwood is against U of T's plan to install fake grass on the back campus, a patch of land near Hoskin and St. George. The author tweeted she might consider removing the university from her will if the decision isn't reversed. The fake grass will be used as a hockey pitch during the Pan Am Games. Should U of T keep it real?
The new Maple Leaf Gardens has won best 'retail outlet over 200 square metres' at the annual Retail and Leisure Interiors Awards. Australian Landini Associates and local Turner Fleischer Architects transformed the former hockey arena into a split-level supermarket and sports venue that opened last year. Is the reworked venue worthy of celebration?
Someone on Neville Park Blvd. in the Beaches is feeding wild coyotes despite advice to the contrary, according to animal services. The agency that manages Toronto's wildlife is asking local residents to snitch if it knows who's attracting the potentially dangerous animals. In February, a small dog was snatched by a coyote in the area.
The Danforth could get a medical marijuana dispensary if plans for a new storefront get the go-ahead. Sam Mellace, a medical pot activist, hopes changes to the law will allow him to operate Canada's first dispensary and licensing store for sufferers of chronic pain. What do you think of the idea?
Oh, and Ed the Sock - Canada's favourite stuffed critic - is returning to MuchMusic today to dispense acid-tongued advice to a new generation of musicians, cigar and all.
IN BRIEF:
- Toronto construction worker dies after being trapped under concrete slab [National Post]
- Davisville Station slashing suspect faces new charges [Toronto Star]
- Jets hand Maple Leafs 3rd straight loss [CBC]
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Are the only pro-casino voices left the Casino lobbyists and the Toronto Sun?
Can't wait, you delightfully cranky old windbag.
Me? I lean towards real grass. If it means a muddy game, so be it.
Look, we live in a city. We want there to be open space. We want that open space to be soft and not hard. We want it to be available year-round. These are all truths. The best way to combine them is to use artificial grass on any field that sees any kind of sports use. No one is proposing to pave over High Park or the Toronto Islands in plastic. But this particular field at U of T makes sense to do in turf.
New York City now has several public parks that use artificial turf. Here is a photo of East River Park, which is downtown and includes playing fields. Note the contrast between the fake grass in the background and the real grass in the foreground. It's pretty hard to argue with this.
http://www.nycgovparks.org/photo_gallery/full_size/17965.jpg
If there is a desire to keep things as green and healthy as possible, press U of T to use an organic infill (made of coconut and cork) rather than the rubber chips from recycled tires that older artificial fields use.
http://www.limontasport.com/WIP/eng/sport_turf_soccer_infillpro_geo.php
U of T is right. Atwood is wrong.
I've played on the turf as well - compared to many of the "grass" fields I've played on in this City, it's actually easier on my joints and has better grip, especially in wet weather. Again, if U of T (or whomever is responsible for it) commits to maintaining that field in a state similar to say, Sunnybrook? then sure, let's put in grass, but given the history of maintenance on that field, turf is a better long term investment.
I believe the whole CNE grounds is a HUGE waste.
Living by them all my life, its just an huge empty UGLY parking lot.
Funny how they dont have a problem with MUZIK being on the grounds, where by the way someone got shot just the other day, but have a problem with a Casino.
The ex grounds are used twice a year, Once for the Indy and another for the CNE.
Any other event is usually taken place in one of the buildings that from the look of MGM's plans dont plan on touching.
Im sure that the cne will still be accommodated.
This city is turning into a pathetic, boring place with nothing to do.
Im more worried about the Club being there over a Casino
TALK ABOUT A HUGE DOUBLE STANDARD YOU HYPOCRITES!
The MGM plans do have included ALL of the current buildings...
I guess you just read what you want to read
However, I do like cocaine, Common, really who doesn't?
If you don't, its because you never tried it! Do dont knock it till ya try it!
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