Susan Swan's Blog, page 6
March 31, 2014
Book City Gets Its Dues: Why We Love Its Indie Book Stores
My partner, the editor Patrick Crean told the world tonight why many of us love Book City and are sad about it closing its 501 Bloor street store. Here’s what Patrick said to a crowd of over 150 who showed up to tell Book City why they care. Patrick has lived in the Annex since [...]
March 24, 2014
Help Us Make Protest Go Viral Today Vs Expanding Airport
You have less than three hours to help NoJetsTO make a protest go viral against expanding the Billy Bishop airport. All you need to do is sign up on this link to make happen: This is the link: https://www.thunderclap.it/projects/9... Meanwhile, as many of you know, I’ve been working hard to publish information about the dangers [...]
March 17, 2014
March 12, 2014
We thought the city agreement protected us
My name is Bob Ramussen and I live near the island airport. Why am I against its proposed expansion? When the large jets start flying, whether louder or quieter, the increased traffic congestion will make the waterfront a dead zone. It is simply not possible to squeeze the same number of passengers who now fly [...]
February 28, 2014
What’s With the Sticky Black Stuff on the Window Sills?
Photo by Llima Orosa I’ve made it my job (since the papers aren’t doing it) to find out about the sticky black stuff on the windows of downtown residences along with the impact of jets on our air and water quality. So check out my blog next week for missing information about Toronto’s air and [...]
February 21, 2014
Can we get an impartial deal on airport expansion?
The Toronto Authority who is supposed to be an impartial manager of Toronto’s harbor and island airport is spending 1.8 million on ads to make their case for the expansion of Billy Bishop. Here’s a press release from NoJetsTO which goes into the details: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE FEBRUARY 21, 2014 Port Authority Spent More Money [...]
February 20, 2014
Our Young People Are at Ground Zero in This Mess
Photography by Abdallahh, and elPadawan (adapted work). I said I’d talk more about how an expansion of the island airport would change our lives. Not only would it bring in more passengers (a jump from well over two million to a possible 4.8 million). Our waterfront has been marked as parkland for mixed use by [...]
February 18, 2014
No Brain IS an Island Airport Expansion
Image by James Cridland with text design by Mariel Marshall Today the Toronto Star published an opinion piece by the man who holds the reins of power over the island airport. His name is Geoffrey A. Wilson and he is the president and CEO of the Toronto Port Authority which is asking Toronto’s city council [...]
February 14, 2014
No Brain is an Island Airport (expansion)
Image by BriYYZ In a short story, I once wrote that a human being grows slower than any creature in the universe … slower than dogs or roses… And our slow evolution is obvious when I see what’s going on with the new plan to expand the island airport. Do we really need to wait [...]
February 13, 2014
Anxiety Pancakes: Life in the Middle of a Novel (Day Fourteen)
Photo by Tambako I have a monkey on my back. The first time I noticed it I was in Grade 2. I remember my six-year-old self going round and round my house in a snow suit while a little voice inside said–you need to work harder. You shouldn’t just be swaggering about in the snow [...]
