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
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What do I feel?
In the third installment of videos exploring the accessibility of public art, Artmap.ca / AccessArt shares videos that explore multisensory access features
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GREENBERG: How Toronto can navigate the urban frontlines of a trade war
In a guest op-ed, planner and urbanist Ken Greenberg argues that the city-region needs to confront the reality of American hostility
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OP-ED: Importing U.S. tactics to Toronto’s roads
Albert Koehl dissects the methods used by bike lane opponents
By Albert Koehl
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Can I move around and get close to the art?
In the second installment of videos exploring the accessibility of public art, Artmap.ca / AccessArt shares videos that explore pathways and surfaces, and mobility access features
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The Overhead: Tracking Evictions Across Canada
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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Can I go there? Do I want to go there?
Artmap.ca / AccessArt shares videos exploring the accessibility of public art. This first of four installments explores environmental / mind-friendly access features.
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OP-ED: Breaking Gridlock? More Like Reinforcing It
Toronto Region Board of Trade’s "Breaking Gridlock" report is completely misguided, says Lanrick Bennett
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High speed rail arrives at a low speed… again
Federal government unveiled its latest plan this week, complete with a high-powered consortium that will build and operate the service
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PODCAST: Spacing Radio 086, Lost Highways
In this episode: the Ontario election, do highways solve congestion, and Winnipeg's famous intersection
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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