By Matthew Blackett
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TTC STRIKE: back-to-work legislation passes
The legislature commenced at 1:30pm. The legislation being considered is called “Bill 66, Toronto Transit Service Resumption Act 2008.” In...
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TTC STRIKE: In Pictures
Spacing photographer Jacklyn Atlas spent some time today wandering the city documenting the strike. See more photos after the jump.
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TTC STRIKE: TTC gets status on Facebook
photo by Jacklyn Atlas On Facebook, there is the unique feature of a person’s “status” which usually states what a person is either...
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TTC STRIKE: Liberals drafting back-to-work bill
Back-to-work legislation for the TTC will hit Queen’s Park tomorrow, according to the Toronto Star. Premier Dalton McGuinty signed the order in...
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TTC STRIKE: Workers to be ordered back: Miller
A developing story in the Globe and Mail says Mayor David Miller has secured an agreement with the province to get the TTC back to work. A visibly angry...
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ROAD TRIP: charming Iowa City
IOWA CITY, IOWA — The last city I stopped to see on my trip, before gunning the car to get home to Toronto, was the university town of Iowa City in...
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ROAD TRIP: Des Moines’ very own East Village
DES MOINES, IOWA — Day four of my road trip found me crossing the Midwest. As much as I wanted to see the results of a revitalized downtown Omaha, I...
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ROAD TRIP: Denver’s 16th Street Mall
DENVER, COLORADO — After viewing one of the craziest buildings I have ever seen — the Cadet Chapel of the Air Forces in Colorado Springs...
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Ride Share in case of a strike
While sitting in a hotel room in Nebraska, I found this web site called PickupPal that may help folks if there is a TTC strike on Monday.
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ROAD TRIP: No puking or perversion in Albuquerque, please
ALBUQUERQUE, NEW MEXICO — The title of this post is from a sign I found along the main drag of Albuquerque yesterday. I wanted to use “I guess...
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ROAD TRIP: Phoenix, Arizona to Gallup, New Mexico
Last week I made my vacation plans public by asking Spacing Toronto readers to help decide my road trip route from Phoenix to Toronto (and to point out...
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TONIGHT: What to do with the Gardiner?
WHAT TO DO WITH THE GARDINER EXPRESSWAY a panel discussion presented by Spacing and Harbourfront’s Viewpoints WHEN: Tonight!!! WHERE: Brigantine...