Green power cell

A different kind of tree worth hugging at the Green Living Show – Tree Power pavilion, April 25, 4:15 pm.

Spotted

Project Bookmark Canada unveiled the first in its series of plaques “to bring the imagined landscapes of stories and poems into our physical spaces” with a thriller last week – a marker excerpting Michael Ondaatje’s In The Skin Of A Lion on the east side of the Bloor Street Viaduct. “Then there was no longer any fear on the bridge. The worst, the incredible had happened. A nun had fallen off the Prince Edward Viaduct before it was even finished.” Next up, Lawrence Hill’s Black Berry, Sweet Juice in Don Mills

Total value of the contract the TTC awarded to Bombardier for 204 new light rail vehicles (LRVs). 

$345 million Estimated cost of the new maintenance facility required for the LRVs.  2011 When a prototype of the TTC’s new LRV is scheduled to roll off the assembly line.  2018 When all 204 LRVs are scheduled to be delivered. June 27, 2009 Date until which Bombardier’s bid price is guaranteed. 

The kicker It’s all contingent on funding from the provincial and federal governments.

Overheard

Mayor Miller was elected on a campaign promise of no airport expansion. We intend to ensure he honours that promise.

Worth seeing

Reality check

The poll

Should billboards be taxed to support public art?