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Bringing Poetry Back to the TTC
The story behind "Poems in Passage," the new program once again adding verse to your transit trip
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The housing sub-plot in the federal election
The race is laser-focused on Trump and tariffs, but the three national parties have trotted out housing affordability strategies
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LORINC: The coming American brain drain will be Canada’s gain
U.S. researchers are running for the exits and Toronto will be an obvious destination
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2025 Global Placemaking Summit comes to Toronto
Register now for this unique four-day event, June 8-11
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Non-profit housing is an economic no-brainer
As the federal parties roll out their housing affordability pledges, let's not forget what worked well before financialization radically distorted the market
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Toronto’s affordable housing crisis déjà vu
In the City of Toronto Archives exhibit “If These Walls Could Talk,” Ian Darragh finds some contemporary resonance
By Ian Darragh
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What do I think?
In the fourth installment of videos exploring the accessibility of public art, Artmap.ca / AccessArt shares videos about interpretation and signage access features
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LORINC: Don’t alienate civic volunteers
At a time of extreme social uncertainty, city councillors shouldn't be power-tripping on the people who give their time to community institutions
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BOWERMAN: Doug Ford suddenly cares about local democracy?
An innocuous motion on a potential Indigenous member of Toronto city council has some, including the Premier's Office, adopting an unusual position.
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OP-ED: A deadly decision
Ontario’s bike lane removals will make streets more dangerous. The government knows it, says Lanrick Bennett — and now it can proceed
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The Overhead: The Housing Crisis in Trump’s America
Spacing and the Balanced Supply of Housing research node proudly present The Overhead: Understanding Canada’s Affordable Housing Crisis, a special podcast series.
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Tackling Toronto’s Washroom Problem: The TO the Loo! Toronto Toilet Design Challenge
The Toronto Public Space Committee launches a contest to design a public washroom to address Toronto's lack of facilities
By David Simor
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The Ultimate Guide to the Best Songs About Toronto
In the Fall 2023 issue of Spacing (coming soon to a store or mailbox near you), we shine a spotlight on five “Toronto Troubadours” — musicians “dedicated...
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LORINC: The pandemic is about cities
Viruses, in the abstract, don’t care much about their host organisms, beyond the latter’s on-board, physiological defenses. Yet it’s clear the coronavirus...
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What’s really happening at Ontario Place? (Part 1)
The investigation by Ontario Auditor-General Bonnie Lysyk into the Ford government’s removal of 7,400 acres of prime farmland and wetlands from the...
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LORINC: The Tories’ use-it-or-lose housing ruse
On the north-east corner of Bathurst and St. Clair West sits a snazzy purpose-built condo sales office, ostensibly there to promote Foret, a giant...
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Q&A with Steven Evans on photographing Ontario Place
With the chaotic Greenbelt scandal swirling in the background, the updated plans for the Ford government’s deeply contentious and destructive scheme...
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What’s really happening at Ontario Place? (Part 2)
Sequel to Part 1 of “What’s really happening at Ontario Place?“ Ontario Place was conceived by Conservative Premier John Robarts in 1968 as an...
By Ian Darragh