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Limitations Act - Other Acts (listed in the Limitations Act) [s.19,20][Schedule]The Limitations Act, 2002 incorporates (in the Schedule, quoted below) limitations from over 40 other statutes. The Limitations Act otherwise applies to them, but they are of course subject to the variations regarding the term of the limitation period and otherwise as set out in those specific statutes.
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Arbitration Act, 1991 - 52 (3)
Assignments and Preferences Act - 26 (2) and 27 (2)
Business Corporations Act - 157 (2), 185 (18) and (19), 188 (9), (13) and (14), and 189 (5)
Business Practices Act - 4 (5)
City of Toronto Act, 2006 - 214 (4), 250 (2), 270 (4) and 351 (4)
Civil Remedies Act, 2001 - 3 (5) and 13 (7)
Commodity Futures Act - 60.4
Community Small Business Investment Funds Act, 1992 - 40 (8) and (9)
Construction Act - 13.18 (2) and 13.20(2) and 31 and 36
Corporations Act - 37 (2)
Creditors’ Relief Act, 2010 - 12 (1)
Drainage Act - 111
Education Act - 218 (2) and 11 (3) of Schedule 1
Election Act - 99 (4)
Environmental Bill of Rights, 1993 - 102
Environmental Protection Act - 108 (1)
Estates Act - 44 (2) and 45 (2) and 47
Estates Administration Act - 17 (5)
Expropriations Act - 43
Family Law Act - 7 (3)
Fines and Forfeitures Act - 6 (2)
Forestry Workers Lien for Wages Act - 8 (1) and 26 (1)
Fuel Tax Act - 8 (13)
Gasoline Tax Act - 5 (13)
Income Tax Act - 38
Insurance Act - 148, statutory condition 14, section 259.1 and section 281.1
International Commercial Arbitration Act, 2017 - 10
Libel and Slander Act - 6
Liquor Licence Act - 44.1 (4)
Mortgages Act - 21 (2) and 54 (2)
Municipal Act, 2001 - 273 (5), 380 (4) and 415 (2)
Municipal Conflict of Interest Act - 8 (2) and (6)
Municipal Elections Act, 1996 - 58 (2), 63 (1), 80 (6) and 83 (2)
Ontario Home Ownership Savings Plan Act - 18
Opioid Damages and Health Care Costs Recovery Act, 2019 - 6 (1)
Personal Property Security Act - 44 (13) and (14)
Prohibiting Profiting from Recounting Crimes Act, 2002 - 4 (5) and 6 (6)
Public Lands Act - 34 (3)
Reciprocal Enforcement of Judgments Act - 2 (1)
Reciprocal Enforcement of Judgments (U.K.) Act - s.1 of article iii of the Schedule
Securities Act - 129.1, 136 (6) and 138 and 138.14
Succession Law Reform Act - 61
Taxation Act, 2007 - 139
Tile Drainage Act - 2 (3)
Tobacco Damages and Health Care Costs Recovery Act, 2009 - 6 (1)
Tobacco Tax Act - 6 (10) and 24 (5)
Trustee Act - 38 (3)
. Zachariadis Estate v. Giannopoulos Estate
In Zachariadis Estate v. Giannopoulos Estate (Ont CA, 2021) the Court of Appeal considered the limitation period set out in s.38(3) of the Trustees Act:
 At the hearing of the motion, the parties agreed that the applicable limitation period was the limitation set out at s. 38 of the Trustee Act. The relevant portion of that section is as follows:. Beaudoin Estate v. Campbellford Memorial Hospital
38 (1) Except in cases of libel and slander, the executor or administrator of any deceased person may maintain an action for all torts or injuries to the person or to the property of the deceased in the same manner and with the same rights and remedies as the deceased would, if living, have been entitled to do, and the damages when recovered shall form part of the personal estate of the deceased … Unlike the general two-year limitation period set out at s. 4 of the Limitations Act, 2002, S.O. 2002, c. 24, Sched. B, which begins to run when the claim is discovered, the two-year limitation period at s. 38(3) of the Trustee Act begins to run strictly upon the death of the deceased: Levesque v. Crampton Estate, 2017 ONCA 455, at para. 51. ....
(3) An action under this section shall not be brought after the expiration of two years from the death of the deceased.
In Beaudoin Estate v. Campbellford Memorial Hospital (Ont CA, 2021) the Court of Appeal considered the 'tolling' (suspension) of the limitation under s.38(3) of the Trustee Act for fraudulent concealment:
 Section 38(3) of the Trustee Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. T.23 prescribes that certain actions brought on behalf of a deceased person must be brought within two years of the person’s death. Case law has recognized that this two-year limitation period may be tolled or suspended when the defendant fraudulently conceals the existence of the plaintiff’s cause of action. ..... Kyle v. Atwill
 The respondents rely on the limitation period in s. 38 of the Trustee Act. Section 38(1) of the Trustee Act provides that, except in cases of libel and slander, the executor or administrator of any deceased person may maintain an action “for all torts or injuries to the person or to the property of the deceased person”. Section 38(3) provides that no action under s. 38 shall be brought “after the expiration of two years from the death of the deceased”.
 There is no dispute that the following legal principles apply regarding s. 38(3) of the Trustee Act:
1. Claims brought by the deceased’s dependents under s. 61 of the Family Law Act are governed by the same limitation period in s. 38(3) of the Trustee Act: Camarata v. Morgan, 2009 ONCA 38, 94 O.R. (3d) 496, at para. 9; Smith Estate v. College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario (1998), 1998 CanLII 1523 (ON CA), 41 O.R. (3d) 481 (C.A.), at p. 488, leave to appeal refused,  S.C.C.A. No. 635.
2. Section 38(3) of the Trustee Act prescribes a “hard” or absolute limitation period triggered by a fixed and known event — when the deceased dies — and expires two years later: Levesque v. Crampton Estate, 2017 ONCA 455, 136 O.R. (3d) 161, at para. 51; Bikur Cholim Jewish Volunteer Services v. Penna Estate, 2009 ONCA 196, 94 O.R. (3d) 401, at para. 25.
3. The discoverability principles under the Limitations Act, 2002, S.O. 2002, c. 24, Sched. B do not apply to toll the limitation period under s. 38(3) of the Trustee Act: Giroux Estate v. Trillium Health Centre (2005), 2005 CanLII 1488 (ON CA), 74 O.R. (3d) 341 (C.A.), at para. 33; Bikur Cholim, at para. 26; and Levesque, at para. 47. Although this can sometimes be harsh, since a claim under the Trustee Act can be time-barred even before it is discovered, this can be mitigated by common law rules, such as the doctrine of fraudulent concealment: Levesque, at para. 56; Bikur Cholim, at para. 25.
In Kyle v. Atwill (Ont CA, 2020) the Court of Appeal considered whether a marriage contract was void because the spouse "had signed it without financial disclosure, without legal advice, under duress, and under a clear power imbalance." At root were family law proceedings after separation claiming equalization of net family property and spousal support, and the husband was seeking to set aside the domestic marriage contract under s. 56(4) of the Family Law Act. This raised the issue of whether the set aside procedure was subject to a imitation, and if so whether that was under the Limitations Act, 2002 (LA) regime or the Family Law Act [s.7(3)] (which was preserved by s.19 of the LA):
 For the reasons that follow, I would allow the appeal. The husband’s plea for rescission of the marriage contract is a proceeding for a declaration where no consequential relief is sought and therefore, under s. 16(1)(a) of the Limitations Act, no limitation period applies to that pleading. The husband’s claim for equalization is subject to the six-year period set out in s. 7(3)(b) of the Family Law Act, and his claim for spousal support is not subject to a limitation period, pursuant to s. 16(1)(c) of the Limitations Act. Neither is time-barred and the action may proceed.A detailed analysis of this, considering all applicable provisions - including s.16 [no limitations] and 19 [limitations preserved in other statutes] of the LA, and provisions of the FLA - is set out at paras 27-60.
. Allstate Insurance Company of Canada v. Klimitz
In this auto insurance (SABS) case, Allstate Insurance Company of Canada v. Klimitz (Ont CA, 2015), the Court of Appeal upheld as reasonable a mediator's decision that a statutory limitation, running from the issuance of a statutorily-mandated notice, did not start to count until a medical report referred to in the Notice - but not included with it, was supplied:
 We agree, for the reasons given by the Divisional Court, that it was not unreasonable for the Director’s Delegate to conclude, in the circumstances of this case, that the two year limitation period did not start to run until the respondent had received a copy of Dr. Moddel’s report in satisfaction of Allstate’s obligation to give reasons for its determination under s. 37(1) of the Regulation, as it then read (now incorporated, in part, in s. 35(9)).. Tomec v. Economical Mutual Insurance Company
In Tomec v. Economical Mutual Insurance Company (Ont CA, 2019) the Court of Appeal commented extensively on whether the limitation concept of discoverability applies to the SABS ("Statutory Accident Benefits Schedule"), the administrative regime of auto insurance:
(b) Limitation Periods
 Our courts have recognized that the rule of discoverability may apply to limitation periods. Discoverability generally provides that a limitation period will not begin to run until the material facts on which the cause of action is based are known to the plaintiff or ought to have been known through the exercise of reasonable diligence. It is not a universal rule applicable to all limitation periods but a rule of construction to aid in interpreting limitation periods: Pioneer, at paras. 31 – 32.
 Both the LAT and the Divisional Court concluded that the applicable limitation period is a hard limitation period, i.e. a limitation to which the rule of discoverability does not apply.
 Section 281.1(1) of the Insurance Act, which has since been repealed, reads as follows: “A mediation proceeding or evaluation under section 280 or 280.1 or a court proceeding or arbitration under section 281 shall be commenced within two years after the insurer’s refusal to pay the benefit claimed.”
 At the material time, s. 51(1) of the SABS provided: “A mediation proceeding or evaluation under section 280 or 280.1 of the Insurance Act or a court proceeding or arbitration under clause 281 (1) (a) or (b) of the Act in respect of a benefit under this Regulation shall be commenced within two years after the insurer’s refusal to pay the amount claimed.”
(c) Application of Pioneer
 In Pioneer, which the Divisional Court did not have the benefit of, the Supreme Court provided guidance for determining when a limitation period is subject to the rule of discoverability and when it is a hard limitation period. Pioneer analyzed the cause of action found in s. 36 of the Competition Act, R.S.C. 1985, c. C-34. In that analysis, Brown J. made the following comments, at paras. 34-35:
First, where the running of a limitation period is contingent upon the accrual of a cause of action or some other event that can occur only when the plaintiff has knowledge of his or her injury, the discoverability principle applies in order to ensure that the plaintiff had knowledge of the existence of his or her legal rights before such rights expire. Thus, the analysis is not focused on whether a limitation period is tied to a fixed event, as the Divisional Court opined. Rather, the question is whether the limitation period is related to the cause of action or the plaintiff’s knowledge.
Secondly (and conversely), where a statutory limitation period runs from an event unrelated to the accrual of the cause of action or which does not require the plaintiff’s knowledge of his or her injury, the rule of discoverability will not apply. [Citations omitted.]
 In Pioneer, Brown J. made this point by distinguishing Ryan v. Moore, 2005 SCC 38,  2 S.C.R. 53, where the court considered the limitation period in the Survival of Actions Act, R.S.N.L., 1990, c. S-32, for a claim against an estate. That limitation period expires two years after the death of a potential defendant. Justice Brown stated that discoverability did not apply in Ryan, “because the action was ‘complete in all its elements’ before the operation of the event triggering the limitation period”: Pioneer, at para. 39. The limitation period was not dependent upon the accrual of the cause of action. However, the court noted that had “the event triggering the limitation period been an element of the cause of action, or had it been required to occur before the cause of action could accrue, discoverability could apply” (emphasis in original): Pioneer, at para. 40.
 Economical submits that the refusal to pay a benefit referenced in s. 281.1(1) of the Insurance Act and s. 51(1) of the SABS is a specific event that is not tied to a cause of action. In support of this argument, counsel notes that in previous iterations of the Insurance Act, the limitation period ran from “the date on which the cause of action arose”.
 I would not give effect to this argument. It is contrary to the admonition from the Supreme Court in Pioneer at para. 36 that:
In determining whether a limitation period runs from the accrual of a cause of action or knowledge of the injury, such that discoverability applies, substance, not form, is to prevail: even where the statute does not explicitly state that the limitation period runs from ‘the accrual of the cause of action’, discoverability will apply if it is evident that the operation of a limitation period is, in substance, conditioned upon accrual of a cause of action or knowledge of an injury. The refusal to pay a benefit is clearly tied to the appellant’s cause of action. Absent a refusal to pay the benefit sought, there cannot be a claim made for mediation or an evaluation. Thus, the refusal to pay a benefit and the ability to make a claim are inextricably intertwined in the cause of action. The refusal cannot be stripped out of the cause of action and treated as if it is independent from it.
 This distinguishes the case at bar from the situations in Ryan and Levesque. In both those cases, the courts were considering limitation periods that were wholly independent from the cause of action. The commencement of the limitation period was tied to the date of the deceased’s death. In contrast, the applicable limitation period in this case is tied to the accrual of the cause of action.
 Economical submits that this case is distinguishable from Pioneer because of s. 19 of the Limitations Act, 2002, S.O. c. 24, Sched. B. That section specifically exempts s. 281.1(1) of the Insurance Act, among other limitation periods, from the operation of the Limitations Act, which codifies discoverability. Economical argues that s. 19 of the Limitations Act demonstrates that the legislature intended to exclude discoverability from applying to s. 281.1 of the Insurance Act.
 I am not persuaded by this submission. It is open to a legislature to exempt a limitation period from the discoverability rule. However, it must do so with clear legislative language: see Pioneer, at paras. 32 and 36. There is no such clear statutory text in the Limitations Act. Economical’s argument is premised entirely on an inference that counsel invites this court to draw. That does not meet the test of clear legislative intent.
 I note as well, that this court has stated that discoverability applies to the limitation period in the Libel and Slander Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. L12, s. 6: Shtaif v. Toronto Life Publishing Co. Ltd., 2013 ONCA 405, 306 O.A.C. 155, at para. 42. This limitation period is also exempted by s. 19 of the Limitations Act. Therefore, inclusion under s. 19 of the Limitations Act does not automatically mean the rule of discoverability does not apply.
(d) Purposes of the SABS
 In Pioneer, after analyzing the law regarding discoverability and hard limitation periods, the court undertook a detailed analysis of the Competition Act. This included considering the statute’s purpose. A similar analysis of the SABS is instructive in understanding whether the limitation period in issue is intended to operate as a hard limitation period.
 Unlike the situation in Ryan and Levesque, the SABS contains both the limitation period and the statutory mechanisms designed to provide no-fault benefits. In Arts (Litigation Guardian of) v. State Farm Insurance Co., (2008) 2008 CanLII 25055 (ON SC), 91 O.R. (3d) 394 (S.C.), MacKinnon J. provided a compelling analysis of the SABS’ purposes and offered guidance regarding the interpretation of the SABS, at paras. 14 and 16:
The legislature's definition of "catastrophic impairment" is intended to foster fairness for victims of motor vehicle collisions by ensuring that accident victims with most health needs have access to expanded medical and rehabilitation benefits. That definition is intended to be remedial and inclusive, not restrictive. The decisions below and Economical’s narrow interpretation of the limitation are incongruous with the SABS’ consumer protection purposes. The appellant falls within a small category of victims who suffer from lasting and very serious health impacts as result of a motor vehicle accident. The SABS is supposed to maximize benefits for that class of victims. A hard limitation period prevents the appellant from making a claim for the benefits the SABS are intended to provide. I do not see how such a result could be consistent with consumer protection legislation designed to provide fair compensation and minimize economic disruption in the lives of accident victims.
The SABS are remedial and constitute consumer protection legislation. As such, it is to be read in its entire context and in their ordinary sense harmoniously with the scheme of the Act, the object of the Act, and the intention of the legislature. The goal of the legislation is to reduce the economic dislocation and hardship of motor vehicle accident victims and as such, assumes an importance which is both pressing and substantial.
 The SABS is unlike the statutory regimes in Ryan and Levesque, which are aimed at creating finality in the context of claims against an estate. A hard limitation period is consistent with such regimes.
 Given the choice of a statutory interpretation that furthers the public policy objectives underlying the SABS and one that undermines it, the only reasonable decision is to side with the former.
(e) Absurd Result
 Statutes are to be interpreted in a manner that does not lead to absurd results. An interpretation is absurd if it “leads to ridiculous or frivolous consequences, if it is extremely unreasonable or inequitable, if it is illogical or incoherent, or if it is incompatible with other provisions or with the object of the legislative enactment”: Rizzo & Rizzo Shoes Ltd. (Re), 1998 CanLII 837 (SCC),  1 S.C.R. 27, 36 O.R. (3d) 418, at para. 27.
 Here, the decisions below thrust the appellant into a Kafkaesque regulatory regime. A hard limitation period would bar the appellant from claiming enhanced benefits, before she was even eligible for those benefits. However, if the appellant had not claimed any benefits until she obtained CAT status in 2015, she would not be caught by the limitation period: Machaj v. RBC General Insurance Company, 2016 ONCA 257, at para. 6. Alternatively, if the appellant had coincidentally obtained CAT status before 2012, the hard limitation period would not bar her claim for enhanced benefits.
 This outcome is absurd. There is no principled reason for barring the appellant’s claim for enhanced benefits in the first scenario but allowing the claim in the second and third scenario. To do so would effectively penalize the appellant for accessing benefits she is statutorily entitled to, or for developing CAT status too late.
 The impossible position a hard limitation places the appellant is best illustrated by having regard to Economical’s counsel’s oral submissions. Counsel denied that the appellant was put in a lose-lose situation. She argued that the appellant could have applied to the LAT before the expiry of the limitation period for a declaration that, in the future, she would be entitled to extended benefits if she were subsequently found to be CAT.
 I start by noting that courts must be cognizant of the significant disparity in resources between large insurance companies and their insureds, who do not have unlimited resources to bring multiple proceedings, including prophylactic claims based on a future contingency: see MacDonald v. Chicago Title Insurance Company of Canada, 2015 ONCA 842, 127 O.R. (3d) 663, at para. 88, leave to appeal refused,  S.C.C.A. No. 39.
 In any event, if such a proceeding were commenced for a declaration, it is difficult to imagine how it could succeed. At best, the appellant could only lead speculative evidence that she might be CAT at some unknown point in the future. Faced with that evidentiary record, the LAT would likely decline to make the requested declaration.
 In my view, the hard limitation period puts the appellant in an impossible situation, where the time for claiming a benefit commences when she is ineligible to make such a claim. This is an absurd result. To choose it, as the LAT did, is unreasonable.
(f) Policy Rationales for Limitation Periods
 Finally, it is worth considering the three policy rationales that underlie limitation periods to determine whether they support the finding of a hard limitation period. Those rationales are that limitation periods: (i) foster certainty; (ii) are intended to help prevent evidence from going stale; and (iii) encourage plaintiffs to be diligent in pursuing their claims: Pioneer at para. 47.
 None of those rationales support a finding of a hard limitation period in this case. There is little certainty achieved, since there is no limitation period for initially bringing benefits claims resulting from CAT status: Machaj, at para. 6. There is no risk of evidence going stale. To the contrary, a hard limitation period bars potentially meritorious claims based on current evidence. A hard limitation period will also not ensure the insured’s diligence in pursuing a claim, because the insured has no claim to pursue until a CAT designation is made.
(g) Unreasonable Decision
 In summary, it is unreasonable to construe the relevant limitation period as a hard limitation. There is a single reasonable interpretation of s. 281.1(1) of the Insurance Act and s. 51(1) of the SABS. The limitation period contained in those sections is subject to the rule of discoverability because it is directly tied to the cause of action that an insured can assert when denied benefits. A hard limitation period is contrary to the purposes of the SABS and the Supreme Court’s guidance in Pioneer. In addition, a hard limitation period in these circumstances would lead to absurd results and is not consistent with the policy rationales that underlie limitation periods.

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Looking back at last week’s articles.
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Hey Everyone! Got a little sidetracked, but we’re back with Thankless Tips and Tricks Thursdays! I hope you are enjoying them! I’d love to hear any ideas you have for them! I’ll gladly do the research and find tips and tricks on whatever subjects you suggest!!!
Okay, so I have a confession to make: when I was a teenager, throwing stuff out the window and wasting didn’t even get a second thought. I just did it. No remorse.
Now, that being said I have to also say this. I’m not a believer in the whole global warming thing. I don’t think we have enough of an impact that we are altering the temperature. Well, except in cities with all that asphalt. Anyway, I know that science shows that the earth goes through natural periods of warming and cooling. We aren’t all that powerful in the grand scheme of things.
However, I have become aware of some important things, like we really are wasteful people and we are killing nature. A prime example is the birds nest in my front yard. The bird has used plastic and remnants of a coke can in her nest. How sad is that!?! And that, ladies and gentlemen, is just the first example I get stepping out my front door!
So, this week I’ve decided to post about how long it takes for plastic to break down! Let’s find some ways to re-use them!
PET(E) – This is the easiest plastic to recycle. Add to it that these materials are relatively cheap and you have the perfect container for soda bottles, water bottles, clamshell packaging, potato chip bags, produce bags and several other grocery-type packaging. Actual breakdown time for this type of plastic under perfect conditions can range from 5 to 10 years.
HDPE – This is probably the most recognized recyclable plastic and is used to make detergent bottles, bleach bottles, milk cartons, shampoo and conditioner bottles, motor oil and many other non-food items. These plastics will degrade in just under 100 years depending on the thickness of the plastic used.
PVC – PVC can be found in a number of items from pipes to children’s toys. PVC does not readily degrade and when it does it gives off a number of toxic materials. This is the single worst plastic according to several health organizations. Greenpeace has been lobbying to stop the use of PVC because of the dioxin produced during its manufacture.
LDPE Low – This is what our current plastic grocery bags are made of. If exposed to ultra violet light, these bags have been estimated to break down in as little as 500 years with a conservative average time of 1000 years. If there is no exposure to a light source, say at the bottom of a landfill, the plastic may remain intact indefinitely.
PP – This material is generally found in more permanent capacities such as rope, clothing and performed shower kits. It is highly resistant to photo degradation and will not decay for millennia.
PS – This is the plastic in Styrofoam packaging peanuts, cups, coolers and many other lightweight applications. This type of plastic will break down in under 50 years. The surface area exposed to sunlight will determine the exact rate as the more surface area will mean more photons reaching the plastic and a quicker photo degradation process.
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Challenge Poverty Week 2021
Each year, hundreds of organisations across Scotland support Challenge Poverty Week. The 2021 campaign runs from 4-10 October and aims to build awareness of the solutions to poverty and help end the stigma of living on a low income.
In support of the campaign, Leader of the Highland Council, Cllr Margaret Davidson, said: “Across the country poverty is increasing for the first time in two decades. Too many households were already experiencing hardship, or close to it, but the pandemic has pushed some into financial insecurities and, on occasions, mental and physical ill-health for the first time
“For many, their situation has worsened through job losses, pay reductions, the inability to fully pay their bills, greater borrowing and difficulty with meeting basic daily living costs. This affects us here in Highland where we already have higher than national average rates of fuel poverty.”
“These factors are set to be exacerbated further as we once again move towards the winter months when the impact of the recent increase to the energy price cap will become evident and place additional pressures on household finances for many across Highland.”
“We must also be mindful that the temporary £20 increase to universal credit payments – which was introduced to support those on low incomes during the pandemic – is being withdrawn today and will see many individuals and families in Highland suffer a drastic drop in their income.”
Throughout Challenge Poverty Week, the Council will use social media to highlight support that can be provided by its Welfare Support Team and other organisations.
Cllr Davidson added: "People can ask for advice and information services from the Council’s Welfare Support Team and the local Citizen’s Advice Bureaux. Welfare advisers can help to identify all entitlements due and support clients to take-up their full entitlements. We know that customers receiving this support often express the relief they feel, and the positive impacts on their wellbeing."
The Poverty Alliance which organises Challenge Poverty Week reminds us that 1 in 5 people in Scotland today are living with the constant pressure of trying to get by on an insufficient income. Low wages, inadequate social security payments, and the rising cost of living are holding people back. Their aim is for the economic recovery from the Covid-19 crisis to involve redesigning the economy to boost people’s incomes, reduce the cost of living, and create green jobs that help people and the planet.


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Toronto's city-wide building boom is resulting in public art wherever new buildings pop up, adding colour and texture to the city, and enlivening streetscapes where sometimes the buildings on their own do not always stand out. One developer that has shown a particular dedication to creating a memorable public art collection is Concord Adex. Their collection of pieces at Concord CityPlace in Downtown Toronto now ranks as the largest such assemblage in Canada, and one that can boast of works by noted artists in several media, both Canadian and from beyond our borders, including pieces by Maha Mustafa, Douglas Coupland, Mark Di Suvero, and many more. A companion piece also running today in UrbanToronto highlights works recently unveiled there.
Concord Adex has also brought their art chops to Concord Park Place in North York. Both neighbourhood collections have been curated over the years by Karen and Ben Mills of Public Art Management Ltd., and while this younger neighbourhood has fewer buildings and therefore fewer art works to boast of so far, the smaller collection is already of interest. With pieces like Jakko Pernu's Summer Clouds at Discovery, Derek Root's Field Map I and II at Discovery II, and James Lahey's Spring at Tango, the nascent community is already gaining a sense of place.
The latest art in the community comes at the latest condominium to be completed there. From a distance, Tango2's podium looks like many other Toronto condo podiums from the current boom: the tower rises upward from a widened version of itself, while at street level, sheltering horizontal elements and natural tones are used to root the building firmly to the ground.
It's here on the podium—both at ground level and where the tower transitions away from the top of the podium—where Straight Forward by Achim Zeman has been applied. And while Straight Forward is not small—it transforms a couple of large spaces—it has to experienced from up close, as it is in the details where you start to appreciate Achim Zeman's complex work of simple stripes.
Zeman is a prolific German artist who looks to the geometry of spaces and to what use they will be put to inform his creations. At Tango2 the primary space for inspiration is the lounge atop the podium from where residents can get a view of the neighbourhood and the wider skyline beyond. It was the horizontality of the views that Zeman wanted to emphasize in his art, made manifest in variously tinted blue and turquoise strips, applied in colourfast film to the windows, and in robust acrylic strips on walls.
Atop the podium, Straight Forward turns the glass walls of the lounge into a unique space. The different tones of blue pick up the blues of the sky at different times of the day, while the turquoises mesh with the canopy of treed neighbourhoods, receding into the distant horizon to the north and the south.
When sunlight floods in through the lounge's windows, coloured strips paint the lounge's walls, furniture, and floors with colour too, recalling the uplifting effects of stained glass in cathedrals. Zeman is looking to create a simple, optimistic space for residents and visitors to Tango2 to delight in.
Back down at ground level, Straight Ahead turns the back of the porte cochère into a memorable space…
Want to know more about Achim Zeman's work? Your main source for it on the web is here. Want to know more about Tango2? Information on and renderings of the development can be found in our dataBase file for it, linked below. Want to talk about Straight Forward? You can join in on the conversation in our associated Forum threads, or leave a comment in the space provided on this page.
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The print is available in my online store and at my convention appearances until the print sells out
I scanned the drawings and then went about placing and resizing them within an 11" x 11" template in Photoshop. I hadn't figured out in the drawings how the two related to each other or how they sat (other than that because of the eye position of the owl, I'd planned for it to be Northeast of the mouse). With the Juniper berries as my plan, I collected some cedar branch images online and copied and pasted them around my drawings until I had a believable structure for them as well as an aesthetically pleasing framework. I painted in some branches and berries. And I had my layout all set.
I printed the layout onto two sheets of legal copy paper (being 11" square, the layout wouldn't fit across one sheet, so I had to print the top and bottom separately and then puzzle them back together). Using my lightbox, I was able to see through a sheet of bristol to the printout of my layout below. I taped the layout to my bristol to make sure I didn't lose registration as I inked. To the right you can see the finished ink (this was inked all with Copic Multiliner SP pens (the 0.7, 0.5, & 0.3 nibs). And below are several in-process photos I took as I worked:
Once the inking was done, I started coloring the piece. This process starts with a job called 'flatting' where you simply lay in flat colors to establish which parts are which colors. Initially, before I'd seen how busy my layout was going to get with all the cedar, I'd thought about setting this print in a snowy setting...perhaps not enough to have accumulated on the mouse, owl, or branches, but just falling delicately around them. I kept that in mind as I placed in these colors and I went for something a little cooler palette wise.
The final step was to render the image. This means going in and adding depth and texture with shadow, and highlights. I do this using the Dodge and Burn tools in Photoshop (and a textured stock brush). I tweaked the final colors a great deal on this piece trying to get the right cool/desaturated look without it becoming washed out or too bleak.
Again, the print is available in my online store and at my convention appearances until the print sells out.

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SEATTLE (AP) — Mitch Haniger and Ryon Healy each homered twice as the first-place Seattle Mariners shook off two homers by Mike Trout for the second consecutive night, beating the Los Angeles Angels 6-3 on Tuesday.
Trout took sole possession of the major league lead with 23 home runs. He also hit a pair in the Angels' 5-3 loss Monday night at Safeco Field.
Mike Leake (7-3) allowed one run in six innings for Seattle, which has won three straight and 10 of 12 to remain a half-game ahead of Houston atop the AL West.
Edwin Diaz worked the ninth for his big league-best 25th save in 28 tries.
Haniger's two-run homer in the fifth inning and Healy's solo shot in the sixth gave the Mariners a 4-1 lead. Trout answered with his second of the game in the seventh, a drive that hit the scoreboard in left-center field to cut it to 4-3.
Seattle added insurance runs on Jean Segura's RBI double in the seventh and Healy's leadoff homer in the eighth.
Haniger lined an opposite-field solo shot off Jaime Barria in the first. Trout tied it at 1 with his homer in the fifth off Seattle starter Mike Leake.
That was the only run permitted by Leake, who gave up four hits while striking out four.
It was Leake's 10th win with the Mariners since they acquired him from St. Louis on Aug. 30 last year for infielder Rayder Ascanio.
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Roadies walk into a mostly empty facility and rebuild, from scratch, the spaceship that travels around with them in the back of semis and trailers. Roadies endure long hours to get the job done. They are the production muscle, backbone, brains and talent the artist relies upon. They endure being away from home and loved ones to put on shows for adoring fans in transporting them from their typical life to enjoy a night of amazing entertainment.
The endurance of a roadie is built up over years of seeing every scenario in the book unfold. Roadies have a toolbox full of solutions to thwart the evil “gig gods” that want to spoil a good show, ones filled by experiencing years of roadblocks and overcoming them by creatively discovering how to get the job done. That “show must go on” mentality is real.
This story will be focused on one specific roadie accomplishing one enormous challenge. Tom Wood, a touring front of house engineer, started a journey in Toronto, Canada on a bicycle that ended in a small part of Houston, TX called The Woodlands. Note he didn’t actually bike from Toronto to Texas, but if you add the miles he pedaled – and swam and ran during the pandemic “break” – it might be pretty close.
Rolling Into It
At the beginning of the pause in 2020, Wood wanted to keep his mixing chops at peak performance, and luckily he lived within biking distance to a local Toronto audio shop where his FOH mixing rig was located. What you and I consider “biking distance” might be quite different, but nonetheless, once he started putting in those miles with his bike, he decided to move on to swimming, then running, and suddenly found himself training with a coach.
This is when his initial idea of independently completing numerous triathlons, while on tour in every city possible, started to take shape. He envisioned an attempt to complete a feat fit for Guinness World Records – but would they go for it? (Note: Guiness World Records was known as the Guinness Book Of World Records in the U.S. until the late 1990s.)
Wood decided that whatever would come of the Guinness attempt of completing numerous triathlons, he wanted to make sure he was partnered with an industry-based non-profit to bring awareness to a good cause. “I knew that I wanted to partner with The Roadie Clinic because I believe in what they are doing to support roadies and their families,” he says. “Touring is a lot like an endurance race. It can wear you down and a lot of people on the road end up in situations where they need help. You can trust The Roadie Clinic because they are roadies themselves.”
Courtney Klimson, fellow co-founder of The Roadie Clinic (TRC) with the author, was excited about the opportunity to support his efforts. “Talking to Tom was a breath of fresh air,” she explains. “Here was a roadie that we didn’t know personally, finding us on his own, understanding the vision and wanting to bring awareness to the cause. How could we not support him?”
The first task: make sure Wood was decked out in TRC logos and help him start raising awareness. Further, he amped up his training in Toronto all the while knowing that touring would be coming back soon and it might be difficult to keep up the regimen. (Go here for the latest developments from The Roadie Clinic.)
Along the way, Guinness responded that it would be too difficult to track the logistics of the attempt he proposed, so the decision was made to enter a single Ironman Triathlon instead. For the uninitiated, an “Ironman” event is a long-distance triathlon race that consists of a 2.4-mile swim, a 112-mile bicycle ride and a marathon 26.22-mile run, raced in that order. Simply, it’s widely considered one of the most difficult one-day sporting events in the world.
Shortly thereafter, shows did indeed return and Wood prepared to take his bike on tour to continue training. “Everyone was super cool about me stashing my rig in the bay of the bus, even though it took up more room than a typical piece of luggage,” he reports. It allowed him to bike the necessary miles to continue his training on days when he didn’t have a show, and along the way he also stayed in constant communication with his progress as TRC backed him in any possible way.
And that brings the story to the finishing line in The Woodlands, where the night before, Wood, his partner Leah, me and TRC social media manager Lexi met for dinner. He was focused on what lay ahead in the early hours of that next morning.
Although he expressed some concern about certain sections of the race, he also seemed almost gleeful that he’d made it to this point and was hungry to get to the starting position. What had started as a way to combat the drudgery of confinement during the pandemic had transformed into pièce de résistance of perseverance, grit and determination.
The 2.4-mile rolling-start before sunrise began with a swim in Lake Woodlands, starting at North Shore Park and ending in the canal at Town Green Park. When his support team crested the bridge to take up a good spot to view the start of the race, it instantly became clear how massive this commitment had become. The dark water of the pre-dawn lake was eerie enough to send shivers up any spectator’s spine. A line of rescue kayakers stretched a half a mile up the lake ending at a bright orange buoy, indicating the turnaround point.
The National Anthem rippled across the water as yards of athletes could be seen standing under the glow of generator lights. In some ways, it looked like the end of a long load-out following a festival, but this was only the beginning. I must admit this is when I started to become concerned about his safety. The reality of the mountain ahead of him finally sank in, and the only relief was cheering as loud as possible when we spotted him. The outcome of the day was fully resting in Wood’s dedication to training, his physical strength and mental resilience.
The swim started with a literal bang and the mass of humanity entered the water and started their charge up the lake. After some time learning how to read the Ironman app, our cheer squad saw that Wood was rounding the bend into the canal. We relied on Leah to point out the correct swim cap as the horde of swimmers passed by.
When he emerged from the water smiling, he truly looked like he’d just finished lounging at a beach and wanted to go get some drinks. The smile was unforgettable. He’d completed what was expected to be his hardest leg of the day.
Following the swim, the athletes changed into their biking gear to start the 112-mile journey down the open road. After navigating out of The Woodlands, the Hardy Toll Road took the crown as the hardest leg of the ride, with extremely windy conditions that were a challenge for even seasoned veterans of the race.
When we caught Wood at the checkpoint to transition off his bike, we were again met with his infectious smile. He even had the mental capacity to joke around from inside the barriers, yelling, “Do you know there’s a RUN next?!!” And that would be the 26.2 miles that were the final test of his quest…
The daylight started to fade. Every few hours Tom passed by the grassy knoll we were perched on as he pounded out each mile. Darkness descended and a coolness came across the course. Cramps, exhaustion, and depleted energy started to pick off athletes at a steady rate, yet Wood’s face never showed how tough the course truly was. His pace was steady. His form appeared efficient.
Blasting music, cheering, and bright lights created a joyous and familiar scene illuminating the final destination for the athletes. It wasn’t hard to spot him rounding the corner with his flowing curls and bright yellow TRC tri-suit. Eyeing the finish, he raised his arms as he crossed the line and the announcer declared, “TOM WOOD – YOU ARE AN IRONMAN!!”
And this is the point in the gig where the crew would know it’s time to load out. Another 18-plus-hour-day in the books. Time to pack up and get to the next city.
While this particular crew only had a few short hours together, a bond was formed in the stories told. Had I ever shared a bus with Wood? Had we ever mixed a show together? No and No. But when you meet a fellow roadie and you share an experience, that’s where the bond forms. We are part of a bigger family.
Congrats to Tom Wood for his spectacular efforts in finishing strong. His energy was and is infectious, his heart pure, and his talent inspiring. If that weren’t enough, he helped spread awareness of our vision, one that hopes for a “Healthy Road Life, Healthy Home Life” for all roadies and their families. So maybe that “congrats” should truly be a “thank you!” Either way, job well done, Tom.
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Venue Address (Get Directions)Ropetackle Arts Centre
Date and Time
Tuesday, April 9th, 2013 at 7:30pm
Pam Ayres brings her latest show to Ropetackle following the recent publication of her autobiography, The Necessary Aptitude.
Since her first appearance on the ITV talent show, “Opportunity Knocks”, over 35 years ago, Pam has been an audience favourite for her observations on the comic details of everyday life. Pam has sold millions of books, albums, CDs, and DVDs over the years, and she is still a regular on TV and Radio, on programmes such as Just A Minute, Ayres On The Air, QI, Countdown, and The Paul O’Grady Show.
Pam’s show includes a selection of new poems and stories, as well as some audience favourites.
“PAM AYRES has an incredible way with an audience. She was really one of the funniest comics I’ve seen, and it’s because of her rapport. She just treats the audience like a huge roomful of friends.”
The Press – Pam Ayres, Grand Opera House, York – March 2012

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Angus Beith has had almost a year to come to terms with the fact he had to retire from football, but that doesn’t make it any easier.
The former Hearts midfielder only joined Inverness last summer on a three-year deal as part of Jake Mulraney’s switch to Tynecastle .
But he failed to make a single appearance for John Robertson’s team and was forced to give up the game after a long term hip injury just refused to go away.
The decision was announced towards the end of last season, but Beith had known for some time before then.
Having had to retire at 23 was doubly crushing as the move to the Highlands was supposed to represent a new start after a promising career in maroon was hampered by the same injury.
"It is brutal to be honest,” he said. "Playing for Hearts was everything I ever wanted to do.
"I had been at the club since I was nine and you get immersed in it all but looking back I feel as if I could have done so much more with my career.
"I was plagued with injury and I just wasn't able to get back to that top level.
"I wish I had played more for Hearts but that didn't happen.
"I was there every single week and I am desperate for the team to win and I just feel disappointed that I did not have the career that I should have.
“I made the decision six months before I actually announced my retirement to the media.
"It was something I had been thinking about for a long time as it had been giving me bother for three or four years.
"I had three operations on quitting had been on my mind for a while
"I never ever got back to the level that I needed to get back to.
"It was a tough decision to make at the time and it is devastating but I feel comfortable that it was the correct one.”
Support flooded in when the news was made public, which was a sliver on consolation. "Jack Ross, Robbie Neilson and John Robertson were fantastic with me after I had made the decision,” he explained.
"That was really kind of them that they took the time to get in touch with me.
"Jack was my old Hearts under 20s coach and Robbo was my coach at Inverness and Robbie was my manager at Hearts.
"Robbie told me never to give up and he reminded me that whenever I was a player with the 20s or the first team I always worked hard and he told me to make sure that I carried that into life in general.
"Robbie told me to keep going and be a success in life whether that be coaching or whatever else I decided to do - he told me to continue applying myself.
"That was the best advice that I could have got back then.”
Beith freely admitted there had been plenty tears since making the decision. "There have been a fair few emotional moments,” he said.
"The one that sticks out is when I was up in Inverness and it was one of the few training sessions I actually joined in.
"We played on the astro on Fridays and it was only the fourth time in six months that I trained but I just broke down.
"I went to the mini-bus and I just cried buckets of tears as I knew at that point it was the end.
"It knew then there was no way back from that.”
The response from Robertson, he says, was phenomenal and has resulted in a benefit match taking place between his two former clubs at Tynecastle on Monday night, and with Beith staying in the game.
"Robbo was brilliant throughout the whole process,” he said "He picked up the phone to Hearts and asked Craig Levein to get a benefit match organised. He didn't need to do that.
"He then asked Roger Arnott at the Hearts Academy and asked if he could give me a role.
'Robbo made the whole process a lot easier.
"I am doing coaching with Box Soccer and coaching the Hearts under 12s. I am also doing an Open University degree in business management.
"I am two years into that and it finishes in a year and by then I will have a qualification and I will be more confident in my coaching.
"I am really enjoying the coaching and it has made the transition from being a pro-footballer to a coach a little easier.
"I am still involved in an elite environment. there's a lot of young coaches at Hearts. The coach I work with is 25 and the two that do the 15s are 24 and 26.
“It's a good thing that they're hungry, young and determined to do well and to improve. It's a good environment to be in.
“Everyone's a mini competition with themselves to get better and show you're a good coach."
So what can he do now that he couldn’t before? "Go out more! That definitely wasn't an option when Robbie Neilson was the manager, that's for sure.
“So there's a bit of that and more free time but I liked the routine and being in there every week. I miss that and miss the team environment within the changing room. It was great at Inverness and I’m sure it's the same at Hearts now."
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Sadly rapper and producer Mac Miller has reportedly died from a drug overdose.
Malcolm James McCormick, best known by his stage name Mac Miller, was an American rapper and singer. He was also a noted record producer under the pseudonym Larry Fisherman.
Mac Miller was dating singer Ariana Grande for two years and they broke up earlier this year.
Mac Miller was set to start a tour next month, October 2018.
He was featured in an interview with Vulture Magazine yesterday where he spoke about his future and how he’s been coping with having control.
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Poor Sacramento. It shoots itself in the foot and wonders why nobody comes to visit it in the hospital. Sacramento is not a “destination city” and never will be as long as the City Council has anything to do with it.
We don’t know what tourists even look like. We don’t get visitors, except for the obligatory 4th grade field trip to Sutter’s Fort the schools keep insisting on.
Did you know famous food guy Anthony Bourdain is coming here Sept 17th? He was asked if he’d ever been to Sacramento before, which is kind of like asking if this pillow padded tutu makes me my butt look fat.
Here’s a recent interview question to Bourdain from a Sacramento Press article:
Have you been to Sacramento? Have you spent much time here?
I haven’t spent much time, unfortunately. I’ve been through for one night, and didn’t get a chance to see anything.
Look how sorry he feels for us. “Unfortunately”, indeed. But what he says epitomizes this town. People don’t come here, they just pass through on their way to San Francisco or Lake Tahoe. If we’re lucky, we’re a pit stop. Which means local entrepreneurs should go into the bathroom business.
“Sacramento: Come for the Capitol. Stay for the toilets.”
I was in Manhattan recently and was awed by this Halal street cart across the street from our hotel, thinking how much Sacramento could SO use this kind of thing. But no. We have city ordinances preventing any kind of street cart to truly thrive. Rules like, you can’t operate for more than 30 minutes on any day that ends in “Y”.
The Sacramento Bee recently published an article with the headline: “Sacramento Says No to Hot New Food Trend“. Of course they said no. It’s got four bad words in it.
Check out this line at 2am at 56th and 3rd in Manhattan on any given day of the week including Mondays.
If you ever go to Manhattan, make sure you go to the street cart with the line.
It’s at 53rd and 6th Ave. and there’s a line for a reason.
This is the gyro plate a mix of chicken and lamb and it was yummy! And….are you ready for this? It was SIX BUCKS!
You wouldn’t know that “street meat” was an OK item to eat. It just sounds bad. And maybe some of it is. But you should try this stuff and see the long lines, which is what SOME people in Sacramento need to see before they “pooh-pooh” it with ridiculous city ordinances designed to clearly prevent such businesses from operating.
I could totally open one of these “street meat” carts and I’d put it right across the street from the Hyatt Hotel on a large sidewalk area near the Capitol. And I’d blast my boom box and be singin’ all:
♫♪ “My street cart brings all the boys to the lawn….” ♫♪
In other words, my street meat would draw a crowd. And nothing draws a crowd better than a crowd. Because people are so nosy and curious and want to know what all the hubbub is about. It’s like those spontaneous outdoor public entertainment events, where somebody covered in chrome is doing backflips while juggling guppy-filled fishbowls and an audience forms and people start clapping.
Other people walking by stop to see what all the commotion is about and other people, say that one random tourist that Sacramento does get, whips out his camera and then someone else whips out their camera and all kinds of people are taking pictures with their iPhones and sending photos off to Facebook and Twitter and Whrrl so that now, people all over the country are seeing this really cool thing happening in Sacramento, and is that the Capitol in the background? This of course, leads to more people showing up and strangers on the sidewalk start talking to one another because they are sharing something so awesome and now you’ve got yourself a local cultural phenomenon, not to mention a sense of community. I mean, you always get that one long-haired lady in the rainbow-colored tie-dyed muumuu and finger symbals who dances to everything in front of everybody even when it’s inappropriate, but it’s all part of the charm, right?
I’m not the only one who sees such obvious neglected potential. The Sacramento Bee article quotes Randall Selland of the Selland Family of Restaurants, which operates gourmet eateries Ella Dining Room & Bar and The Kitchen who’s interest in starting a street cart is on hold because of the city’s tight restrictions: “It’s such a cool thing, but it just goes back to Sacramento being so backwards.” Amen, my brother.
Do I even need to say this out loud? We need street carts, dag nabbit! And when the city finally relents and gives in to the people (and common sense), they’d better not blow it right out of the gate. Whoever opens one should take a lesson from the Halal cart on 53rd and 6th in Manhattan, which, by the way, is open until 4am and has a constant line. And do you want to know what the secret is to that street cart’s reputed $10,000 per day income? It’s the simplest trick, yet the most difficult to achieve….are you writing this down, you future entrepreneurs?
Make food that tastes good.
UPDATE: 10/25/2011: A recent trip back to New York City has discovered the the “Halal Guys” now operate from three different corners at the intersection of 53rd and 6th. All three belong to the same group, and you can take advantage of everyone else’s paranoia by going to the cart with the shortest line. As long as they are wearing the T-shirts that say, “Halal Guys”.

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- Incredible power
- Incredible off-road capability
- Cool new kid on the block
- EV efficiency
- No AM or satellite radio
- No Apple CarPlay or Android Auto
- Long wait
- High prices
The 2023 Rivian R1S brings the concept of the adventure SUV to the EV market with style, power, and incredible capability.
What kind of vehicle is the 2023 Rivian R1S? What does it compare to?
A three-row electric SUV, the Rivian R1S is a look at the future of the family vehicle. It sports mid-size proportions and comes outfitted as an all-wheel-drive adventure vehicle along the lines of the Jeep Grand Cherokee and Land Rover Range Rover. EV rivals include the Audi E-Tron, Cadillac Lyriq, and Tesla Model Y and Model X.
Is the 2023 Rivian R1S a good SUV?
It’s a fine all-around vehicle, with billy goat off-road capability, electric efficiency, room for up to seven passengers, and immense power. It earns a spectacular TCC Rating of 8.4 out of 10. (Read more about how we rate cars.)
What's new for the 2023 Rivian R1S?
Everything. It’s new from the ground up for 2023, though it shares its powertrain and skateboard platform with the R1T pickup. It’s essentially the same from the B-pillars forward, but its wheelbase is 14.7 inches shorter and it’s 16.3 inches shorter overall. It also adds an SUV body and a third row of seats in lieu of a pickup bed.
Rivian’s styling makes the R1S look like it’s ready for adventure yet approachable. It’s tall and boxy, with full-width light signatures front and rear. A pair of oval headlights bisect the front light bar, and the nose has a bit of an underbite with a pair of tow hooks positioned like lower eye teeth. A clean side profile, with large wheels and haunches, adds a muscular, stable feel.
The four-motor powertrain puts two motors on each axle to provide both all-wheel drive and torque vectoring. It makes a total of 835 hp and 908 lb-ft of torque. Powered by a 135-kw battery pack, it launches the R1S from 0-60 mph in 3.0 seconds and provides 7,700 lb of towing capacity. Future models will offer larger and smaller batteries, as well as a two-motor powertrain with about 600 hp.
It comes with a standard air suspension that varies the ground clearance between 9.5 and 15.0 inches, as well as a linked hydraulic anti-roll system similar to that used in McLaren supercars. Nine drive modes control the ride height, ride quality, throttle response, and stability control, and Rivian offers two regen modes that always apply some brake regeneration when the driver lets off the throttle. A tall ride height gives the R1S some jiggle and lean, but it’s mostly well controlled thanks to the relatively low center of gravity caused by the low-set battery pack. The ride is smooth, even with the available 22-inch wheels.
Inside, the R1S can accommodate seven adults, but second- and third-row passengers will lobby for leg room, and the far back folks will sit knees up. The driver monitors a pair of large screens for gauges and infotainment/vehicle controls. Entertainment options do not include Apple CarPlay and Android Auto. The look is simple, and the R1S uses sustainable materials that look good and are well assembled.
How much does the 2023 Rivian R1S cost?
Rivian enacted a big price hike before the R1S even hit the market. To start, the R1S comes only with the Quad-Motor AWD powertrain, Rivian’s Large pack battery, and the Adventure package. The starting price is $91,075, and it includes vegan upholstery that approximates the look of leather, a 23-speaker sound system by Meridian, a wi-fi hotspot, navigation, FM radio only, a removable camp speaker, a panoramic sunroof, and 21-inch alloy wheels. With the Explore Package, Dual-Motor powertrain, and the Standard Pack battery, all due later, the starting price will drop as low as $73,575.
It also comes with a full load of safety features, including automatic emergency braking with pedestrian detection, adaptive cruise control, active lane control, blind-spot monitors, a surround-view camera system, and a driver-assist system that can take over the controls on mapped highways.
Where is the 2023 Rivian R1S made?
In Normal, Illinois.
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The 2023 Rivian R1S has a welcoming but purposeful look that fits with its off-road prowess.
Is the Rivian R1S a good-looking SUV?
Like the related R1T, the R1S sports an unmistakable and purposeful look. Its squared-off profile fits with its incredible off-road ability and gives it plentiful interior space. The cockpit uses recycled materials and two large screens in the vein of many new EVs. We rate it an 8, adding two points for its exterior and one for the interior.
The R1S and R1T share a design from the B-pillars forward. They feature a nose with a top bar of lights, bisected by oval headlights with a happy vibe. The Adventure package features a pair of front tow hooks, and they team with the available 20-inch all-terrain tires to make the R1S look even more ready for off-road duty. The sides have little detail, other than a lower character line, wider hips, and flush door handles that pop out for use. The upright rear has a full-length taillight strip that echoes in red what the front light bar does in white.
The cabin exudes a modern, electric take on luxury. It features a recycled micro-fiber headliner, vegan upholstery styled like leather, and flooring made out of Chilewich, a material used for placemats that’s durable and easy to hose off. Like other EVs, it’s also rife with technology and large screens. A 12.3-inch screen sits in front of the driver and a 15.6-inch touchscreen dominates the center of the dash and controls many of the vehicle functions.
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The Rivian R1S is a lightning-quick adventure vehicle.
Is the Rivian R1S 4WD?
The 2023 Rivian R1S comes exclusively with a quad-motor powertrain with two motors on each axle that provide all-wheel drive and rear torque vectoring.
How fast is the Rivian R1S?
It’s blazingly fast with its most advanced Quad-Motor powertrain, which is the only way to get a 2023 model. The four motors combine to spit out 835 hp and 908 lb-ft of torque. Rivian quotes a 0-60 mph time around three seconds, despite a three-and-a-half ton curb weight, but the top speed is limited to just 110 mph. The SUV’s electric torque is more immediate than any internal combustion engine, and the copious torque makes passing as simple as a slight throttle kick at any speed. The R1S earns two points for its immense power and another for billy goat off-road capability for a total of 8.
Regenerative braking is always at play in the R1S. Standard mode applies a little more 0.2 g of braking whenever the driver lets go of the throttle, while High mode applies just over 0.3 g, both of which provide immediate drag that can bring the vehicle to a stop. Any time the driver hits the brakes the vehicle only uses the mechanical brakes, so there is no awkward hand-off between the two.
The R1S comes with nine drive modes, five of which are standard modes and four others that work as subsets of the Off-Road mode. The latter include All-Terrain, Soft Sand, Rock Crawl, Rally, and Drift.
Rivian outfits the R1S with a double wishbone front suspension and a multi-link independent rear suspension with air springs at all four corners and a hydraulic roll control system like one used by the supercar maker McLaren. In fact, McLaren engineers worked on it. Instead of anti-roll bars, the hydraulic system helps mitigate body lean, which is important in such a tall vehicle. Each drive mode has an associated ground clearance, and some modes allow use of additional clearances. The standard height in All-Purpose mode is a rather tall 11.5 inches, though that can be somewhat deceiving because, as an EV, the R1S has no differentials or mufflers to hang down underneath.
The ride height lowers to 10.1 inches in Conserve modes, and it can drop to a low of 9.5 inches in Sport mode, which is still an inch taller than the Jeep Grand Cherokee’s standard ground clearance. Rock Crawl mode raises it to 13.1 inches and drivers can pick a taller mode that takes it all the way up to 15.0 inches. It takes a few seconds to pump up the ride height when the taller modes are chosen.
Even with the 22-inch wheels, the R1S always offers a smooth ride. However, with a wheelbase a foot shorter than the R1T, the R1S isn’t quite as composed. It’s more prone to jiggling and side-to-side motions, but it’s still comfortable. Sport mode is preferable on road because it lowers the ride height and stiffens the suspension to do a better job of controlling those movements.
R1S off-road capability
Without those dangly bits underneath, the R1S has an advantage off-road because it can clear higher obstacles, especially with its very tall 15.0-inch ground clearance. The Adventure trim, which is all you can get this year, also has reinforced underbody panels to better protect against bottoming out. The immediate torque of an EV powertrain isn’t a problem either, as some of the off-road modes, especially Rock Crawl, dull throttle response. That’s further aided by the High regen mode, which helps drivers go slow and steady when needed, stopping easily during tricky maneuvers, such as when crawling slowly downhill or over rocks. Here, regen is effectively a low-gear crawl mode.
The R1S’s design also gives it an off-road advantage versus the already capable R1T. The short front overhang, shorter wheelbase, and SUV design give it a 35.6-degree approach angle, a 34.3-degree departure angle, and a 29.6-degree breakover angle, all of which are competitive with the best off-road SUVs. It also boasts more than three feet of water fording capability, which is very deep.
In addition to its off-road prowess, the R1S can tow 7,700 lb, as much as a V-8 Jeep Grand Cherokee.
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Comfort & Quality
The Rivian R1S has lots of space and cool cargo features.
The R1S makes good use of its space for people and cargo, offers cool features, and comes decked out in high quality, modern materials. That earns it a 9 here.
The R1S’s front row has plenty of room in every dimension, and front riders sit on comfortable seats with 8-way power adjustments. While the seat adjustments are handled via controls on the sides of the seat bottoms, the power telescoping steering wheel and side mirrors are controlled through the touchscreen. It’s not too hard to find those controls, though, as a touch of the seat controls brings them up on the screen.
The second row slides forward and back via handles along the seat bottoms or buttons at shoulder level to provide good leg room to go with its generous head room, and three can fit across better than in most SUVs. However, second-row leg room gets tight when anyone sits in the third row. Adults could fit in all seven seats, but second- and third-row leg room will shrink, and perhaps disappear when anyone in any position is 6-foot or taller. Like all SUVs, the third row also has low-set seat bottoms that lack the thigh support needed for comfort on longer trips.
The R1S’s greatest strength is its cargo space and utility. It has a decent 17.6 cubic feet of storage space behind its third row, and that’s supplemented by an 11.1-cubic foot front trunk, albeit with a high liftover.
Flip down the third-row seats using handles on the outer edges of the seat backs and the R1S opens up 46.7 cubic feet of cargo space, and that expands to a healthy 88.2 cubes with the second and third rows folded down. The third-row seats fold
Rivian makes the cargo area more usable with four movable tie-downs on tracks, two 120-volt power outlets, a split tailgate, and an air compressor to pump up bike tires and such. Rivian even provides a portable “camp” speaker in the center console that can pump out the tunes for a tailgate party.
The cabin’s modern textures look high-end and they are well assembled and quite functional. A few too many of the controls are run through the center screen, though, including the air vents, and the adjustments for the outside mirrors and steering wheel.
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Rivian packs the R1S with safety features, but it hasn’t been crash tested yet.
How safe is the Rivian R1S?
The R1S has a wide range of safety features, but neither the NHTSA nor the IIHS has crash-tested it yet. We’ll wait until those ratings come in to give it a score here.
Rivian outfits the R1S with nine exterior cameras, one interior camera, 12 ultrasonic sensors, four corner radar units, and one forward radar unit to give it a full boat of active safety features. It comes standard with adaptive cruise control, active lane control, blind-spot monitors, automatic emergency braking with pedestrian detection, rear cross-traffic alerts, and automatic high beams. It also has a surround-view camera system and front and rear parking sensors.
Rivian’s Driver+ system works much like Cadillac’s Super Cruise to operate the steering, brakes, and throttle on mapped highways. While it requires hands on the wheel, they are detected either by torque sensors or haptic feedback, which requires the driver to only touch the wheel, not apply torque to it.
The upright body shape gives the R1S excellent outward vision.
2023 Rivian R1S
The 2023 Rivian R1S is pricey, but it’s also loaded up with features, technology, and capability.
A price change before it arrived sapped the R1S’s value, but it’s still well equipped, has good in-vehicle technology, and comes with a generous warranty to earn an 8 here.
The Rivian R1S is currently only offered in Adventure trim, but a more affordable Explore version is due this model year. Both currently only come with the Large Pack battery and the Quad-Motor AWD powertrain.
Standard equipment with the Explore package includes navigation, a camp speaker, a wi-fi hotspot, a panoramic sunroof, an 8-way power driver seat, heated front seats, vegan leather upholstery, a heated steering wheel, a power liftgate, an onboard air compressor, and 21-inch alloy wheels with low-rolling resistance all-season tires.
Some of the features it lacks are notable, namely AM or satellite radio, and Apple CarPlay or Android Auto. Rivian figures drivers will use the built-in Spotify and TuneIn apps to access AM radio and other audio choices.
Gear Guard also comes standard. It uses four of the cameras to take videos if anyone comes near the SUV when you are away from it. The videos can be loaded to a thumb drive and presented to the police in the instance of theft or vandalism.
Rivian’s standard warranty is a good 5 years or 60,000 miles with 8-years/175,000-mile coverage for the battery pack and powertrain, but it doesn’t include any maintenance.
Which Rivian R1S should I buy?
Anyone who orders now won’t get their R1S until late 2023, so buyers can be more practical and order the Dual-Motor Explore model set to arrive in 2024. It will have “only” about 600 hp, which is still more than enough, and it will save you plenty of money. It will cost $73,575 if it arrives with the Standard Pack or $79,575 with the Large Pack.
How much is a fully loaded Rivian R1S?
Rivian is launching the R1S in its maxed-out Adventure trim configuration, which throws the full kit at the SUV and costs $91,075. The Launch Edition version with special Launch Green paint is no longer available. The Adventure package adds front tow hooks, cooled front seats, a 23-speaker Meridian sound system, ash wood interior trim, and reinforced underbody panels. A 180-kwh Max pack battery will add $6,000 when it arrives in the first half of 2023. The 20- and 22-inch wheels and tires also add either $2,500 or $3,500.
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Large and heavy, the R1S still manages to exceed 300 miles of electric range.
Is the Rivian R1S efficient?
The Rivian R1S’s 135-kwh battery pack gives it 316 miles of electric driving range.
The MPGe ratings aren’t nearly as efficient as lighter vehicles. The EPA rates it 73 MPGe city, 65 highway, 69 combined, and it averages 2.04 miles per kwh, which is down by about a third compared to smaller EV crossovers such as the Ford Mustang Mach-E. That earns it a 9 here.
The range also depends on wheel and tire choice. It gets the full 316 miles with the 21-inch low-rolling resistance tires. Opt for the 20-inch all-terrains and it loses 20 miles of range, while the 22s cut 20 miles of range.
The R1S uses a 400-volt architecture that the company says allows DC fast-charging of up to 220 kwh. Rivian claims it can accept 16 miles of charge per hour from a Level 2 240-volt outlet.


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