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By Matthew Blackett

  • TTC streetcar GPS tracker info has its limits

    Some of our readers will have already read my post from early this morning (around 2am) when Spacing got word that the TTC’s GPS tracking system had...

  • TTC streetcars goes GPS

    Early this morning, Jerrold Litwinenko over at BlogTO broke the lid off of the TTC’s streetcar GPS tracker (in beta still) for mobile devices. He...

  • NDP elect new provincial leader

    The Ontario NDP elected Andrea Horwath leader of the provincial party. You can learn more about Spacing’s perspective on the convention by reviewing...

  • Spacing’s gift to Toronto

    Today, on Toronto’s 175th anniversary, Spacing is happy to give our city a present. Actually, it’s 175 presents. Spacing has teamed up with...

  • Event Guide: Trivia Night in support of Wychwood Open Door

    [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_TZKwou6EMw[/youtube]  Think you know the TTC, Grade 10 science and Toronto’s libraries and literature...

  • OMB says no to big box in Leslieville

    Early this afternoon, the OMB sided with the City of Toronto and against the big box proposals in Leslieville. The City sent out the following press...

  • Thanks for making Spacing Radio #1 and #3

    On Tuesday, Spacing editors woke up to find our new free podcast show Spacing Radio had hit #3 on the Canadian charts of iTunes. A little further...

  • How do Torontonians behave on transit?

    Last week, Spacing contributing editor Christopher DeWolf, who is now stationed in Hong Kong, asked readers of Spacing Montreal their thoughts on how...

  • Looking forward to Toronto the Good 2009

    This coming May will mark our fifth installment of the Toronto The Good party. Back in 2005, Spacing teamed up with ERA Architects and murmur to produce...

  • An apostrophe catastrophe

    A few weeks ago I posted about the new Toronto street signs which prompted a good debate amongst our readers about the pros-and-cons of the new design...

  • Quebec re-enactment battle cancelled due to threats

    Over the last few weeks I’ve been talking with folks organizing the bicentennial celebrations of the War of 1812. One of the possible events...

  • Two pushed onto tracks at Dufferin

    The Toronto Star is reporting that two people have been pushed onto the tracks at Dufferin station around 4:50pm. The subway re-opened shortly after 6...