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  • Mazda wants employees to walk to work

    Without an ounce of irony, Japanese automaker Mazda announced it is encouraging its employees to walk to work. The program is eloquently called the...

  • Fembots and The City

    Saturday December 3rd 2005 at the Royal Cinema (606 College St., just west of Clinton). All ages show. Doors at 7pm, show starts at 8pm. Tickets $12 at...

  • The mayor has a challenger

    It’s election season, but the focus for Spacing this week is not on the shenanigans of Ottawa politicians, but on the upcoming city elections just...

  • Subway station revitalization unveiled

    Today, the Toronto Community Foundation unveiled its proposal to redesign three subway stations along the University Avenue subway line. Their main goal...

  • Secret Swing goes missing!

    The blog Ryantowne is reporting that the Secret Swing, found between two buildings off of Graffiti Alley, has sustained serious damage. The chains have...

  • New York trash for sale

    Artist Justin Gignac collects trash from the streets of New York City and carefully packages the litter into a plastic cube. He sells each unique...

  • Canadian Blog Awards

    It seems the SpacingWire has been nominated for Best Culture Blog in the Canadian Blog Awards. That’s pretty cool. Also nominated in the Best Photo...

  • Nathan Phillips Sq. and a GTA transit authority

    Two items from the Saturday edition of the Toronto Star: 1. Nathan Phillips Square renovations: In the words of city councillor, and vice chair of the...

  • GTA Carpool registry online

    The Smart Commute Association yesterday launched Carpool Zone [smartcommute.ca], the first Internet carpool service to help commuters in the Greater...

  • First snowfall

    Toronto photoblogger Jay Morrison captured the city’s first snowfall while exploring the east end yesterday. Check out his photo essay.

  • Complete the set (subway buttons, that is)

    For those of you brave enough to come out to the Spacing Winter 2006 release party tonight, you will have first dibs on the new Sheppard and Scarborough...

  • Reminder! Spacing release party Thursday

    SPACING #5 WINTER 2006: The New Beautiful City RELEASE PARTY: Thursday November 24 2005 Arts & Letters Club • 8pm • $10 This is just a...