{"id":5873,"date":"2010-02-13T14:32:03","date_gmt":"2010-02-13T19:32:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spacingmontreal.ca\/?p=5873"},"modified":"2013-01-21T11:51:43","modified_gmt":"2013-01-21T16:51:43","slug":"spacing-saturday-8","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/montreal\/2010\/02\/13\/spacing-saturday-8\/","title":{"rendered":"Spacing Saturday"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Africville houses on either side of a hillside lane, seen from the opposite side of the railroad tracks.\" src=\"http:\/\/i845.photobucket.com\/albums\/ab18\/nsarm\/africville3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"spacing\" src=\"http:\/\/spacing.ca\/images\/feature-graphics\/feature-spacingsaturday-500.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"72\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em>Spacing Saturday is a new feature that highlights posts from across Spacing&#8217;s blog network in Toronto, Montreal, Ottawa, and the Atlantic region. Spacing Saturday replaces the weekly features Montreal Monday and Toronto Tuesday.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"spacing ottawa\" src=\"http:\/\/spacing.ca\/media\/identity\/sidebar-head-ottawa.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"240\" height=\"44\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\u2022 An iPhone app developed by a Ottawa local Derek Gour, has become \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/ottawa\/2010\/02\/11\/oc-schedule-gets-a-new-wrapper-with-iphone-app\/\" target=\"_self\">the fastest and most convenient method to check bus schedules in Ottawa\u201d<\/a>.\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/ottawa\/2010\/02\/11\/oc-schedule-gets-a-new-wrapper-with-iphone-app\/\" target=\"_self\">Spacing Ottawa<\/a> conducted an interview this week with the developer behind the app.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 As she learns to become a four-season &#8220;vehicular&#8221; cyclist, Spacing Ottawa\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/ottawa\/author\/kathrynhunt\/\" target=\"_self\">Kathyrn Hunt<\/a> takes us through the <a href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/ottawa\/2010\/02\/09\/machismo-%e2%80%93-the-vital-accessory-for-vehicular-cycling\/\" target=\"_self\">perils of winter cycling in Ottawa<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"spacing atlantic\" src=\"http:\/\/spacing.ca\/media\/identity\/sidebar-head-atlantic.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"240\" height=\"44\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\u2022 The centrally located\u00a0 Halifax Commons has become a hub in the daily commute of many Halagonions.\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/atlantic\/2010\/01\/27\/the-courtesy-is-common-but-is-the-sense\/\" target=\"_self\">Making the Common cyclists<\/a> friendly is thus essential to creating a bike-friendly city. In light of the <a href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/atlantic\/2010\/01\/20\/events-guide-public-presentation-of-proposed-improvements-to-the-north-common\/\" target=\"_self\">North Commons Revitalization Project<\/a>, Spacing Atlantic&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/atlantic\/author\/marklasanowski\/\" target=\"_self\">Mark Lasanowski<\/a> takes us through the numerous ways the Commons is failing the city\u2019s cyclists and what has to be done to improve it.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 The history Arfricville\u2014 settled in the 1840s and populated by a largely African-Nova Scotian population for over 125 years\u2014is vividly remembered in <a href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/atlantic\/2010\/02\/05\/from-the-vaults-africville\/\" target=\"_self\">a series of historic photographs<\/a> from the Nova Scotia Archives.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/ottawa\/media\/identity\/sidebar-head-toronto.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"240\" height=\"44\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\u2022 <a href=\"http:\/\/spacing.ca\/wire\/2010\/02\/10\/adam-giambrone-says-next-to-nothing-at-press-conference\/\" target=\"_self\">Scandal <\/a>has rocked Toronto\u2019s mayoral campaign. Revelations of an \u201cinappropriate relationship\u201d with a woman other than his long-time partner has led City Councilor and Toronto Transit Commission Chair Adam Giambrone, to drop his bid for mayor just 13 days after announcing his candidacy. Spacing Toronto has been covering the story extensively, read about <a href=\"http:\/\/spacing.ca\/wire\/2010\/02\/10\/adam-giambrone-says-next-to-nothing-at-press-conference\/\" target=\"_self\">here<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/spacing.ca\/wire\/2010\/02\/10\/steve-munro-giambrone-should-step-down-from-ttc\/\" target=\"_self\">here<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/spacing.ca\/wire\/2010\/02\/11\/john-lorinc-the-token-stops-here\/\" target=\"_self\">here.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2022\u00a0 Toronto\u2019s Ryerson University <a href=\"http:\/\/spacing.ca\/wire\/2010\/02\/11\/ryerson-leaps-forward-on-sam-the-record-man-site\/\" target=\"_self\">plans to build a new Student Learning Centre<\/a> at the corner of Yonge and Gould. Formerly the home of Toronto\u2019s landmark Sam the Record Man store the site currently sits unoccupied. Architectural firms <a href=\"http:\/\/www.zeidlerpartnership.com\/\" target=\"_self\">Zeidler Partnership Group <\/a>of Toronto and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.snoarc.no\/#\/main\/\" target=\"_self\">Snohetta<\/a> of Oslo, Norway have been hired by the school to design the new project.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"spacing montreal\" src=\"http:\/\/spacing.ca\/media\/identity\/sidebar-head-montreal.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"240\" height=\"44\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Beginning as far back as 2006, the attempt to secure a company to replace Montreal&#8217;s aged metro cars has <a href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/montreal\/2010\/02\/12\/zhuzhou-electric-locomotive-c-quebec-la-stm-et-les-pneumatiques\/\" target=\"_self\">descended into a never-ending legal battle<\/a>. <a href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/montreal\/author\/jrthomas\/\" target=\"_self\">\u00c9mile Thomas<\/a> makes sense of the complicated \u201cengineering and transit ideological war\u2026 brewing in Montr\u00e9al\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 <a href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/montreal\/2010\/02\/12\/zhuzhou-electric-locomotive-c-quebec-la-stm-et-les-pneumatiques\/\" target=\"_self\">A new Quebec reality show<\/a> which pits Montreal and Quebec City against each other in a hockey tournament, has stirred up local pride.\u00a0 Local artists in each city have composed a battle song to encourage their teams. Check out Spacing Montreal to hear Eric Lapointe\u2019s ode to Montreal and Loco Locass\u2019 hymn for Quebec City.<\/p>\n<p><em>photo of <\/em><em>Africville houses <\/em><em>from Bob Brooks&#8217; Photographic Portrait of Africville in the 1960s<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><em><br \/>\n<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Spacing Saturday is a new feature that highlights posts from across Spacing&#8217;s blog network in Toronto, Montreal, Ottawa, and the Atlantic region. 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