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Reactionary Retractions

Its been shown repeatedly (though never with satisfying reliability) that Canada is a breeding ground for movie pirates, with some claiming that Canada is responsible for at least half of all movie piracy. Like with most piracy conversations, lots of numbers and facts are getting tossed about but there is little effort but towards interpreting the information or evaluating the specifics of how it is gathered to...

Have at you!

The Setting is Nathan Phillips Square. The time is three o’clock in the afternoon on Saturday, the twelfth of May. The weapons of choice are pillows. The expected outcome? Some ‘n00bs’ are about to get ‘pwned’ with some feathery headshots and the number of cameras will match or exceed the number of pillows. Sharing:

Redesigning a modernist symbol

Viljo Revell must be rolling in his grave. The city of Toronto is going to be holding a competition to redesign Nathan Phillips square which is part of his winning city hall competition design. City hall and the square in which it resides is celebrated as the modernist symbol of the city but contemporary social context and political changes have altered the program of the square ever so slightly. In response to...
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