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@BikeLaneDiary

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Independent Photojournalist on two wheels. Wears a nice hat & owns too many cameras. (CAJ)

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Martin Reis
10 months
Fresh! New spot on piece by D.Terra 'Run Ford Run' went up in Graffiti Alley today. #streetart #dougford #greenbelt #scandal #graffiti
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Martin Reis
5 years
Video: This morning in front of Doug Fords MPP
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Martin Reis
3 years
Art Attack! TOparks: Housing Not Violence group challenges city’s encampment evictions narrative installing own signage in Trinity Bellwoods! @ESN_TO #TOparks #trinitybellwoods #TOpoli
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Martin Reis
8 months
Breaking: Students from Central Tech School in Toronto march on Bloor Street after walking out of class to demand an immediate #CeasefireNOW and end to the #Genocide_of_Palestinians in Gaza. #CeaseFire #Gaza
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Martin Reis
4 years
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Martin Reis
4 years
Three Statues in Toronto. King Edward VII - Colonial Leader John A. Macdonald - Architect of Residential Schools Egerton Ryerson - Architect of Residential Schools #BlackLivesMatter #BLMToronto #BLMTO @blogTO
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Martin Reis
4 years
Indigenous & non-indigenous youth shut down Yonge & Dundas in solidarity w/ #Wet ’suwet’en people defending their lands & waters #ShutDownCanada #TOWetsuwetensolidarity @RisingTideTor @CityNews @AlienorR2 @BlogTO @CBCToronto
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Martin Reis
9 months
Street art silhouettes of people who used to live in houses slated for demolition for yet another condo project at St. Clair and Bathurst.
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Martin Reis
1 year
Toronto has elected a Mayor who rides a bicycle. #Hope #OliviaChow #TOpoli
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Martin Reis
4 years
Massive Toronto Anti-racism & #JusticeForRegis protest march stretches from Huron to Avenue Rd along Bloor #blmto @blogTO
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Martin Reis
3 years
18 beautiful sunflowers for the 18 year-old cyclist killed by a cement truck on Avenue Road yesterday. #biketo #cycling
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Martin Reis
2 years
Art Attack! @ttcriders install DIY Dufferin bus lane: “It took a handful of volunteers 20 minutes to do what John Tory hasn’t been able to accomplish in eight years.” @blogTO @westendphoenix @CityNewsTO
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Martin Reis
3 years
Breaking: Anger grows at Ryerson University's Egerton Ryerson statue, an architect of Canada's Residential Schools #215children @blogTO @nowtoronto @CBCToronto
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Martin Reis
3 years
Toronto Police tried to intimidate members of the @thebikebrigade at the #JUSTICEFORREGIS memorial March today @notanotherblk @BLM_TO
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Martin Reis
2 years
Early this morning safety advocates & volunteers created a safe & reimagined loop in High Park for cyclists, runners & pedestrians calling for a permanently car-free #HighPark #BikeTO @blogTO @metromorning @westendphoenix #cycling #activeto
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Martin Reis
6 years
"Beware of Doug" signs spotted on St. Clair West in Toronto. #BewareofDoug #dougford #topoli #onpoli #andsoitbegins #graffiti
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Martin Reis
3 years
Toronto activists today in solidarity with @Gidimten land defenders & #WetsuwetenStrong called on all funders of the #CoastalGasLink pipeline to divest. @RBC is the largest bankroller of fossil fuels in Canada. #divestcgl
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Martin Reis
2 years
Hacked! @GreenpeaceCA replaces bus shelter ads in Toronto’s Financial District with posters exposing major Canadian Banks as climate villains @QuitRbc @bank4future @TOforFuture @Adbusters @JustStop_Oil
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Martin Reis
4 years
Photos: Huge Anti-black Racism March in Toronto on Bloor Street #DefundThePolice #JUSTICEFORREGIS #BlackLivesMatter
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Martin Reis
2 years
Thousands stood with Ukraine in Toronto today and it was glorious! #StandWithUkraine #StopPutin
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Martin Reis
2 years
Hundreds in Toronto rode peacefully through #highpark & up deadly Parkside to demand safe streets and a stop to police violence directed at cyclists #BikeTO #cycling @bicycling @blogTO @nowtoronto
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Martin Reis
11 months
Thank you all so very very much for all the love and kind words. I never thought the Crosswalk Referee would be so appreciated. I am so very humbled! 🙏✌️⚽️🚲
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Martin Reis
5 years
Breaking: Extinction Rebellion from #xrhamont dump manure in front of Doug Ford MPP office to protest his governments inaction on climate change. @blogto @nowtoronto @CBCNews
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Martin Reis
3 years
Breaking: Huge Police force mass to confront protesters in support of encampments in Trinity-Bellwoods Park @ESN_TO @blogTO @nowtoronto @adequatehousing @leilanifarha @FredrikGertten @Push_TheFilm #encampment
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Martin Reis
3 years
In Photos: Over 200 cyclists rode in memory of Miguel 'MJ' Escanan, 18, killed by a cement truck on Avenue Road. #biketo
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Martin Reis
7 months
Breaking: Trees of Ontario Place are given a voice by artists: ‘Leaf me be’ @westendphoenix @blogTO @ONPlace4All #topoli #onpoli
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Martin Reis
2 years
Over 100 cyclists rode tonite in memory of Seneca student Kartik Saini, 20, killed while riding a bicycle at St. Clair & Yonge last week #YouNeverRideAlone #biketo @RespectTO @cycleto @blogTO @CBCToronto
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Martin Reis
2 years
Meanwhile, at the end of the No Frills parking lot, once a year, time stands still. #Canada #ChristmasTree
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Martin Reis
4 years
In Photos: Toronto Solidarity Rally & Round Dance for Mi'kmaq Fishers at Yonge and Dundas. #TREATY1752 @blogTO #Mikmaq @CBCToronto
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Martin Reis
1 year
Olivia Chow, Mayor-elect of Toronto, joined by members of the local cycling community rides to City Hall for her swearing in ceremony. #hope @oliviachow @CycleToronto #biketo #cycling #topoli
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Martin Reis
6 years
Just in time for the upcoming municipal election season. This morning cyclists began a monthly series of die-ins at City Hall to demand safe streets in Toronto. #BikeTO #WalkTO #TOpoli @JohnTory
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Martin Reis
4 years
Rail line blocked in Toronto in support of #BCRCMP withdrawl of #Wetsuweten territory
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Martin Reis
4 years
Protesters paint giant #LandBack mural at Bloor & Church, demand justice for #1492LandBackLane land rights struggle. @blogTO @nowtoronto @guardiannews @CBCToronto
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Martin Reis
2 years
Cycling is so much fun, it probably should be illegal! #biketo #HighPark
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Martin Reis
3 years
Breaking: Another massive show of force by City Security staff and Police to evict encampment residents from Alexandra Park @ESN_TO @blogTO @nowtoronto @adequatehousing @leilanifarha @FredrikGertten @Push_TheFilm #encampment
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Martin Reis
3 years
New city logo design by TOparks group
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Martin Reis
4 years
Activists in Hamilton block CN Rail line on Victoria street in solidarity with #Wetsuweten blockade of Gas Pipe line @UnistotenCamp
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Martin Reis
4 years
We need a beat to beat the beast. CP rail line blocked in Toronto in support of #wetsuweten territorial rights. @gidimten_checkpoint
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Martin Reis
4 years
Toronto is blessed with an amazing bike community. Local heroes from Brockton Cyclery recover stolen bike with great sense of humour #BikeTO @blogTO #cycling @CBCToronto
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Martin Reis
5 years
Extinction Rebellion Toronto shuts down Bloor & St. George @XR_Toronto #topoli #canpoli
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Martin Reis
2 years
In solidarity with #wetsuwetenstrong activists rallied in Toronto outside RBC Tower demand the #KillTheDrill of BC’s CGL Pipeline funded by RBC @Gidimten @QuitRbc
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Martin Reis
5 years
Cycling in Toronto is a civil rights struggle. And I spent 10 years documenting the ups and downs along the way. #biketo #stillweride
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Martin Reis
3 years
Video: Protest march in support of Wet'suwet'en land defenders in downtown Toronto today. #wetsuwetenstrong #LandBack #AllOutForWedzinKwa #Wetsuweten
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Martin Reis
4 years
The new bike lanes on Bloor in Yorkville are making people like me who ride bicycles very happy. #bikeTO @BellsOnBloor @CycleToronto @blogTO @nowtoronto @CycleTOMidtown
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Martin Reis
2 years
This morning: The mayor of Toronto talks on the phone in his office above as activists below demand that by-laws (608-13 & 608-14) which prohibit sleeping in city parks be repealed. #TOpoli #HousingCrisis @TOR_C_H
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2 years
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Martin Reis
4 years
Flowers for an unknown cyclist killed by a driver E. of Dundas W. & Denison on Thursday. No charges laid as of yet. #bikeTO @CycleToronto @RespectTO
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Martin Reis
3 years
Photos: Protesters in support of We'suwet'en land defenders shut down CP/CN rail line in Toronto today #wetsuwetenstrong #Wetsuweten #ShutDownCanada #alloutforwedzinkwa @Gidimten
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Martin Reis
3 years
🚲🚲🚲🚲🚲🚲🚲🚲🚲🚲🚲🚲🚲🚲🚲🚲🚲🚲🚲🚲🚲🚲1000s & 1000s of happy people riding bikes on Lakeshore today 🚲🚲🚲🚲🚲🚲🚲🚲🚲🚲🚲🚲🚲🚲🚲🚲🚲🚲🚲🚲🚲🚲 #ActiveTO #BikeTO #cycling
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Martin Reis
3 years
Remembering Darcy Allan Sheppard. #bikeTO His last words were: “You are all witnesses to this!” #bikeTO #cycling #hitandrun #nojustice
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Martin Reis
4 years
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Martin Reis
7 years
Maybe the best present for the planet, your city and you. #biketo #topoli Happy Holidays!
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Martin Reis
5 years
Extinction Rebellion stage die-in and five minutes of silence for victims of #climatechange in Toronto's affluent Yorkville @XR_Toronto @ExtinctionR #topoli
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Martin Reis
4 years
The brand new bike lanes and Queen's Park Circle and Avenue Road are looking great! #bikeTO @joe_cressy @m_layton @CycleToronto @blogTO
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Martin Reis
2 years
Bollards are fun! Never too old to enjoy a bollard ride. Haarlem, The Netherlands @WorldBollard
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Martin Reis
10 months
Upcoming Crosswalk Referee performances: All at Peter & Richmond - 4:45pm. Friday Aug 25: Cancelled!! 😔 Wednesday afternoons Sept. 6, 13, 20 and 27. My sincerest apologies for having to postpone this weeks’ performance. Photos by @ayndroid
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Martin Reis
11 months
Thank you kindly @TorontoStar for the interview and wonderful article. We rise above with love. 🙏
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A performance artist has gone viral on social media for doling out violations to careless and unsuspecting motorists, as if they were unsportsmanlike soccer players.
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Martin Reis
5 years
@XR_Toronto shuts down Bloor street viaduct during Global Climate strike action #ExtinctionRebellion @nowtoronto @blogTO #mobilizemondays
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Martin Reis
6 years
The message: "Unsafe streets are a political decision." #TransformYonge #BikeTO #WalkTO @FFSafeStreets @CycleToronto
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Martin Reis
4 years
New Black Lives Matter Mural in Kensington Market #blmtoronto #blmmuralto #BlackLivesMatter
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Martin Reis
1 year
I will remember him for his war on the poor. #JohnTory #encampments #HumanRightsViolations #Housing
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Martin Reis
2 years
One year ago today: The mother of Miguel Escanan, 18, lingers after the memorial ride at the ghost bike for her son killed by a truck driver on Avenue Rd in Toronto.
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Martin Reis
4 years
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Martin Reis
3 years
An elephant named Mark 'Peanuts' Carnie has been visiting local banks & telling them to stop funding fossil fuels. He got stuck but got the job done today with a little help from a human friend @Climatepledgeco @Toronto350 #banksareburningyou #climate #fossilbanksnothanks
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Martin Reis
2 years
Activists shut down the heart of Canada’s financial district this morning, demanding big banks cease funding the TMX pipeline project in B.C. @bank4future @QuitRbc @blogTO @westendphoenix @guardiannews
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Martin Reis
2 years
Activists in Toronto named RBC CEO Dave McKay Canada’s Villain of the Year for funding climate change and destruction of indigenous lands. @bank4future
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Martin Reis
3 years
Earlier this evening, I rode with ARC members to install a ghost bike & light five candles in memory of 5-year-old cyclist killed by a driver at Elm & Hurontario in Mississauga on Tuesday May 4th. #momentofsilence #biketo #cycling
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Martin Reis
5 years
#ExtinctionRebellion shuts down Yonge & Dundas to demand urgent action on climate change #ClimateEmergency #TOpoli #onpoli @blogTO @nowtoronto
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Martin Reis
3 years
Breaking: Climate activists occupy Queen & Bay in Toronto financial district @TOforFuture #March19 #ClimateCrisis #ClimateStrike @GretaThunberg @Fridays4future
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Martin Reis
8 years
Bloor Bike lane - First ride #biketo #topoli
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Martin Reis
2 years
Art Attack! Activists in Toronto replace corporate ads with messages for peace and in solidarity with Ukraine. #StandWithUkraine #brandalism @Adbusters @blogTO @TheBreachMedia @nowtoronto
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Martin Reis
10 years
Maybe my favourite New Yorker cover by #Sempe ever http://t.co/XB5EvlkiEj
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Martin Reis
1 year
Mayor Olivia Chow gives thanks to people who ride bicycles in Toronto. @oliviachow #gratitude
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Martin Reis
2 years
Still We Ride. In any weather. #biketo
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Martin Reis
4 years
Toronto City Councillor Ana Bailão is facing a strong backlash by her residents for voting against defunding Police #blm #blmtoronto #davenportTO #BlackLivesMatter #notanotherblacklife #topoli
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Martin Reis
1 year
@TheBikingLawyer @dafydd61 @KateDeClerq @CP24 If I had a dime for every time of 40 years of riding my bike in Toronto... abuse & aggression toward cyclists is normalized by those in power. #stillweride
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Martin Reis
3 years
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Martin Reis
3 years
Photos: Solidarity marchers with Wet'suwet'en land defenders in Toronto demand immediate removal of BCRCMP from traditional ancestral territories. #wetsuwetenstrong #Wetsuweten #ShutDownCanada #alloutforwedzinkwa @Gidimten
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Martin Reis
7 months
In photos: Encampment clearing underway early this morning at Saint Stephen-in-the-Fields Church in Kensington Market, Toronto. #housing #humanrights #topoli
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Martin Reis
2 years
Kindness. Keltie on University Avenue today and other volunteers offering to walk health care workers to work safely. @blogTO @nowtoronto @TheBreachMedia @CBCToronto @guardiannews
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Martin Reis
2 years
Queen West students launch original art calendar in support of local businesses & to raise funds for Parkdale Food Bank. Available @typebooks @CBCHereandNow @nowtoronto @blogTO @westendphoenix @CBCArts @CBCToronto
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Martin Reis
2 years
Family & friends demand answers during press conference in front of Toronto Police 14 Division in connection with mysterious death of a Hamilton trans activist Ezra (Vanessa) Amos @HamOntESN @TOR_C_H #justice4ezra
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Martin Reis
2 years
Very honoured to have my photo documentary work featured in the newly opened ‘Designing Peace’ Exhibition @cooperhewitt the @smithsonian Design Museum @ExtinctionR @XR_GTA @XR_NYC #designingpeace #extinctionrebellion
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Martin Reis
4 years
20 Seconds of Round Dance Joy in solidarity with #WetsuwenStrong and #Unistoten at Toronto City Hall @Gidimten @RisingTideTor #WetsuwetenSolidarity
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Martin Reis
5 years
Winter cyclists in the Bloor Bike Lane #biketo @BellsOnBloor
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Martin Reis
3 years
Original City of Toronto sign in Trinity Bellwoods before redesign.
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2 years
Mood on the streets of Toronto, Nov. 1, 2022 #OSSTF #cupestrike #CUPE
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Martin Reis
3 years
This year, I celebrate 50 years of riding a bicycle. It's been the best ride of my life. #noregrets Drivers license? No, thanks! (Bicycle Art by Mona Caron)
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Martin Reis
3 years
Breaking: Activists in Hamilton, ON Canada topple statue of Sir John A. MacDonald, the real architect of Canada’s residential school system. #Genocide @nowtoronto @blogTO @TheBreachMedia @guardiannews @AP @westendphoenix @CBCToronto
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Martin Reis
5 years
Once in while, as I explore this city everyday, I find things that still surprise me --> #biketo #bicycles #trees #Toronto
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Martin Reis
3 years
Childrens' shoes have appeared in memoriam of #215children at Ryerson University's Egerton Ryerson statue, an architect of Canada's Residential Schools. #residentialschools
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Martin Reis
3 years
Santa spotted on a bicycle on Yonge today. Happy faces everywhere! I gave him a push as needed. #goodelf #CyclingGoodCheer @BikewaysTO #blogto @CBCToronto @nowtoronto #cycling #Santa
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