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Branching out into tree journalism

Branching out into tree journalism

City Hall Watcher #148: An OPEN DATA CHALLENGE looks at Toronto's street trees — what ward has the most? And what's the most common type of tree? You won't be stumped

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Nov 08, 2021
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Hey there. Hope you like trees. There’s a whole lot about trees in this issue.

I’ve brought back the OPEN DATA CHALLENGE in an attempt to answer a question I’ve been wondering about as I’ve sat through long Council debates about whether to issue permits to cut down individual trees: which ward has the most trees?

It’s a question that twigged the creation…

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