Green Space
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Saving an oak forest – from bylaw enforcement
Eric Davies is one of Toronto’s most vocal advocates for the heritage oak trees that have managed to survive in this rapidly developing urban environment...
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Op-Ed: Can green infrastructure thrive in high-density urban development?
Carolyn Whitzman is a senior research associate with the Canadian Urban Institute and Roy Brooke is the Executive Director of the Natural Assets...
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Clearcutting in the Don Valley
If you walk, bicycle or drive along Millwood Road along the edge of the Don Valley, a fringe of greenery hides the moonscape below. There are huge...
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Book launch of expanded and updated edition of Stroll: Psychogeographic Walking Tours of Toronto
Spacing’s senior editor and co-founder Shawn Micallef has expanded and updated his 2010 book Stroll: Psychogeographic Walking Tours of Toronto. The...
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Shadowland: Photography down in the ravines
Moore Avenue is a small but busy street in North Toronto that usually has a steady line of cars moving in both directions. But for the second time in less...
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PODCAST: Election Panel with Lorraine Lam and John Lorinc
As Toronto gets ready to vote, we are bringing you regular panel discussions with journalists and experts who will break down the candidates, platforms...
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PODCAST: Spacing Radio 064, Toronto Shelter Collapse
Those working with unhoused people in Toronto, like Sanctuary Toronto outreach worker Lorraine Lam, are warning about the total collapse of the...
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PODCAST: Spacing Radio 063, The War on Robots
We end the year with a classic case of man vs. machine, as journalist and culture writer Graham Isador talks about tiny delivery robots taking over city...
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PODCAST: Spacing Radio 061, Community sports and urban farming
In this episode, we follow up on the municipal elections in Edmonton and Calgary, with a bit of a rant about rooming houses. Then, we talk to journalist...
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PODCAST: Spacing Radio 049, City scenes that saved summer
It’s been a rough summer for everyone, but people have found ways to get outside and make the most of it. In this episode, we speak to 8 80...
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PODCAST: Spacing Radio 036, Canadian City Parks
This episode, we partnered with Park People to bring you highlights from their national Heart of the City conference: the first of it’s kind in...
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PODCAST: Spacing Radio 033, Big Idea
In this episode, we dive into a few Big Ideas. First up is National Geographic explorer and geographer Daniel Raven-Ellison, who started a movement to...
By Spacing Radio