Weekly roundup August 16-29

Last weekend, we took a long weekend in Toronto so that the baby could meet her great grandmother, to see some friends and get some different air. It was a success on all fronts but we did need to get rapid tests to visit my grandmother since we had been out of the province. I accept the need for testing but it is a bit strange that you can drive 5 hours from another province and need to be tested but from 5 hours away in the same province you don’t.

Articles/Columns

The case for re-branding urban shade for a world on fire Spacing

Amid the Labor Shortage, Robots Step in to Make the French Fries The Wall Street Journal

Who are city parks really for? TVO

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Screenshot from Twitter. 2021-08-12T00:05:35.000Z. Carlos Aguilar (@Carlos_Film). My fall plans                The Delta variant https://t.co/FmPS4tyVPn.