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By Matthew Blackett

  • Bike Film Fest this weekend

    The international Bicycle Film Festival is here and worth checking out. Its been going on for two days already, but there are a lot of good flicks and...

  • Best American cities to cope with an oil crisis

    The American mainstream media can’t get enough news stories out of the rising cost of oil. The topic has three great storylines to highlight: the...

  • Roof-top fights, part II

    Last year, soon after I moved into my high-rise apartment, I discovered that the roof-top patio of a nearby apartment would sometimes be used to stage...

  • TTC employee arrested for selling counterfeit tickets

    A media release from the TTC just came across our desk: adult tickets will be phased out by September in order to combat ongoing counterfeit operations...

  • A look at Toronto’s new street furniture models

    On Monday and Tuesday, the City of Toronto displayed examples of Astral’s new street furniture elements in front of City Hall. For years, I’ve...

  • Lightning storm on the western front

    Last night was a humid night, and the sky was literally electric. For nearly two hours, hardly any rain fell but lightning struck often. I was able to set...

  • TTC.ca beta site goes live

    As mentioned yesterday, the TTC web site now has a re-designed beta version ready for public consumption. My initial impression is that it’s...

  • TTC.ca beta site to be previewed tomorrow

    A year and a half ago, Spacing teamed up with Reading Toronto, BlogTO and Torontoist to gather ideas from our readers on how the TTC could improve its web...

  • The future of the Gardiner Expressway

    This post has been compiled by Matthew Blackett and Robin Chubb At a news conference today at Waterfront Toronto headquarters, it was officially announced...

  • Bike Safety, circa 1958

    [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fOfo2d4N16U[/youtube] Nothing like some good ol’ fashioned bike fear mongering, 1950-styles. I’m...

  • BREAKING NEWS: Front Street Extension officially cancelled

    The Front Street Extension and the Gardiner Expressway are having their legs cut out from beneath them. Spacing has learned that the City of Toronto and...

  • A look at Toronto the Good

    Spacing would like to thank everyone who came out to the Toronto the Good party last night. We’re also grateful to our event partners ERA...