This week:

The headlines in brief:

  • Howard Moscoe is being replaced as chairman of the Toronto Transit Commision by Councillor Adam Giambrone;
  • Giambrone called for a clenliness audit of the TTC, a new website, revamps of several subway stations and deciding upon a new fare increase;
  • After 15 years of talking about building a new GO Station in the northwest corner of the city, the official groundbreaking took place on Wednesday;
  • The federal government has approved a controversial quarry expansion in the Niagara Escarpment;
  • Environment Minister Rona Ambrose says Canada has paid all the money it owes in support of the Kyoto Protocol, but that’s not what UN figures indicate;
  • The conservative party has released a new plan targeting toxic chemicals;
  • The David Suzuki Foundation presented a sustainability strategy for Canada’s ailing environment;
  • The longest and most expensive case in Botswana’s history noted that several hundred Sanns, a hunter-gather group, were unlawfully displaced for diamond exploration;
  • Open water at the north pole may be the norm for the summer by 2040;
  • Strange weather in Doba, Qatar, has disrupted the Asian Olympic Games;
  • Oceans worldwide may be full of tiny pellets of non-biodegradable plastics that mabeing taken into the food chain;

This week’s phone-in topic: how do you feel about expanded High-Occupancy vehicle (HOV) lanes in Toronto? Call in your response at 718-514-9785.

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