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Monthly Archives: March 2007

  • TAKE A GUESS: name this intersection

    Since our current issue is all about intersections we thought it would be fun to play a game (Shawn Micallef tried it out a few weeks ago). We want you to...

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  • Tuesday’s Headlines

    • Arborists tackle 4,860 calls like a ‘triage unit’ [ National Post ] • Gardiner closed for 2nd day [ Toronto Star ] • Drivers...

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  • What trees give back

    This Wednesday, join LEAF (Local Enhancement and Appreciation of Forests) and the Ryerson University Department of Geography for an evening of discussion...

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  • Let the chips fall where they may

    As our intrepid Spacing Wire reporter Julie Yamin wrote on Friday, there are pieces of ice falling from the CN Tower. So much so, that the Gardiner was...

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  • Google time machine

    Google Earth is perhaps the most wonderful thing I run on my computer. Just two or three years ago, the way I can sit here and swoop down and look at...

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  • Subway Life

    Ok, I’ll admit it. I have a staring problem. Whenever I ride the TTC, I look at people’s faces and wonder what their story is. It helps pass...

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  • Monday’s Headlines

    • Threat of chunks of ice falling from CN Tower closes area [ National Post ] • Cities seek transit cash [ Toronto Star ] • Candy Land...

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  • East Toronto Greats

    Eminent Easterners are being featured along Queen Street over the next few months (by current and former Spacing contributors, would-be Lytton...

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  • Broke and have electric heat?

    It has always bugged me that energy conservation programs are almost exclusively targeted at the relatively well-to-do, who need the help the least. Well...

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  • Subway movies?

    Someone recently told me about a Hungarian movie called Kontrol, which is set in and is all about people who work in the Budapest subway system. It made...

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  • Spadina subway extension clears funding hurdle

    The Toronto Star is announcing on its front page that a final $697 million from the federal government has sealed the Spadina Subway Extension deal (see...

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  • In-Site Montreal

    In-Site Montréal is a collection of site-specific art presented on the portal pages of five wireless internet hotspots. Artists Nicolas Fleming...

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