A few new things in Toronto

Yonge Street

Yonge and Bloor intersection now has all crossing. Woo hoo! As a diligent pedestrian, I couldn’t be more pleased that they decided to put one more all crossing there. Yes, we can now cross diagonally. First, they did it at Dundas Square and it was advertised heavily – in the news, on the radio, talkshows, etc. This time, they just put it there without much publicity. It’s all good.

Google voice is allowing free Canada calls. My friends in the States now can call me FREE and I can actually call them free too. Just needed a few tweak – i.e putting my number in the to-be-ring-back-to slot. Pretty neat.

Google map now has the street view of the city. So, if you search for say – dundas square, toronto – in the search box and drag the little man to the street, you can see the pictures of the street. Use the little arrow on the pictures to go around. You can take a virtual tour of the city. The pictures were taken recently and they show a great view of the city. Some like it. Some hate it. I love it!

US dollar is getting weaker compared to a few months ago and loonie now is worth some more. Glad to see it going up once in a while.