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Bikes

OP-ED: The bicycle licence, again

A recent attempt to enable the city to licence food couriers is a reminder of why cyclist licences have been long abandoned, says Albert Koehl

By Albert Koehl

For almost as long as there have been bicycles in Toronto, there have been politicians who considered the bicycle licence as a solution to some cycling issue. The latest proposal, approved by the Infrastructure & Environment Committee, but with little debate, calls for the Provincial government to change its regulations in order to allow a municipal licencing power over food couriers. Councillor Dianne Saxe’s motion, which was tacked on to a debate about the city’s Micro Mobility... Read more

Photos

The Ground We Share

Street photographer Zun Lee’s exhibit for:GROUND demonstrates to Torontonians that we can reclaim our public spaces.
By Trent Weston
Green Space

Shadowland: Photography down in the ravines

Photographer Sasha Chapman explores the ways in which our ravines reflect the city above
By Sasha Chapman
Spacing

Spacing nominated for National Magazine Award

The magazine's 20th anniversary issue is a nominee for Best Editorial Package
By Spacing
Podcast

PODCAST: Spacing Radio 077, Spring cleaning in Toronto

In this episode: Terrible trash cans and Russian hackers
By Spacing Radio
Community

Are commercial “third places” a dying breed?

A recent renovation of his local Starbucks that discourages spending time there has Craig Meerkamper pondering the loss of spaces to hang out between home and workplace.
By Craig Meerkamper
Waterfront

Dangerous Development: ‘Boulder beaches’ are unsafe and bad for us and our environment

At a time when Ontario Place has been put off limits, the City's new approach to making beaches is not an improvement
By Steve Mann

Housing

LORINC: It’s time to talk about the Committee of Adjustment

These tribunals attract the worst kind of NIMBYism and don't belong in a city that needs to fight a housing crisis on every front
By John Lorinc
Civic Engagement

Youth Design Jam for Downsview

High school students came up with urban design ideas for a prize aimed at getting them excited about planning
By Nathan Abraha
Services

What is the cost of ransomware attack on Toronto Library?

With the City footing the bill for what happened at the Toronto Public Library, a heightened awareness of the importance of cyber-security kicks in
By John Lorinc
Photos

The Urban Photography of Arthur Goss, Part 2: The Housing Series, 1936-1940

Toronto's first official photographer captured the state of housing at the end of the Great Depression
By Peter MacCallum
Services

Spacing investigation: Toronto Public Library ransomware attack, pt. V

Q+A with Toronto's chief librarian, Vickery Bowles, about how the library is moving forward
By John Lorinc
Services

Spacing investigation: Toronto Public Library ransomware attack, pt. IV

The library's digital infrastructure was out of commission for months. What did the City learn?
By John Lorinc

Culture

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...
By Todd Harrison
Pandemic

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...
By John Lorinc
Waterfront

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...
By Ian Darragh
Housing

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...
By John Lorinc
Waterfront

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...
By John Lorinc
Waterfront

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

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