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Help us write a handbook of Toronto etiquette
Social norms vary from city to city. In Marrakech it’s perfectly normal for a shopkeeper to offer mint tea to a potential customer before setting off on a...
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Ex–lobbyist wants to be your source for election news
Just launched Monday, Toronto election news clearinghouse Toronto Election News is a splashy aggregator that aims to be the most comprehensive source of...
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SEASONAL RECIPES: Adam Gingerbrone Men
Spacing will present a handful of drinks, desserts, and snacks that are catered to our very own political leaders. The series will continue until the end...
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SEASONAL RECIPES: The Rob Ford Cranktini
Welcome to City Hall Seasonal Recipes: Spacing will present a handful of drinks, desserts, and snacks that are catered to our very own political leaders...
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Remembering David Pecaut and his love of Toronto
EDITOR’S NOTE: Around 10am this morning, one of Toronto’s great civic leaders passed away after a two year battle with cancer. David Pecaut...
By Spacing -
Better Know A Lobbyist
Lobbyists. In the lobby. Ahead of the November 4 Planning and Growth Management Committee meeting at which the Billboard By-law and Tax were debated...
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Karen Stintz, Billboards, and how to get around the Lobbyist Registry
On January 9, 2009, City Councillor Karen Stintz had a business lunch with Les Abro, president and CEO of billboard company Abcon Media. They went to The...
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Billboard tax and signs by-law face final hurdles
After the St. Clair Right of Way was approved, Toronto Environmental Alliance activist Gord Perks told me that nothing worth doing at City Hall takes less...
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Can a little gratitude go a long way?
Is the latest trend to hit the Toronto cycling community…gratitude? CBC Metro Morning, The Toronto Star, NOW, and CTV News have all covered the Toronto...
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Canadian Lesbian & Gay Archive opens & Rick Bébout memorial
On Saturday the Canadian Lesbian & Gay Archives opened their permanent new home in an (appropriately old) house on Isabella between Church and Yonge...
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Don’t park that scooter on the sidewalk
With the expansion of the use of scooters in the city (Vespa is the most famous brand), I noticed a lot more of these scooters parked on sidewalks this...
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JOHN LORINC: Deafening Silence
David Miller’s lawyerly silence about the broader implications of the Bryant-Sheppard tragedy is, to use one of the mayor’s favorite terms...
By John Lorinc