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Earthquake! Tsunami warning for G20 fake lake
Yes, an earthquake shook Toronto. And Ottawa. And Montreal, New York, Philadelphia, Windsor, places in Ohio…. There has also been a tsunami warning...
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SUMMER SHORTS 008: Birds of Tommy Thompson Park
ON TODAY’S SUMMER SHORT: What’s the name of the bird that wakes you up every morning with its high pitched call? What species make up Toronto’s...
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The Randstad: Ring City of the Netherlands
The main urban hubs of the Randstad, clockwise from top left: Amsterdam, Rotterdam, The Hague and Utrecht During my time in the Netherlands I was...
By Marcus Bowman -
Youth and the spaces around schools
EDITOR’S NOTE: Josh Fullan, who teaches English and Civics at the University of Toronto Schools (a private high school affiliated with the...
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Could Toronto lease out the Gardiner and DVP?
There was an interesting article in the Star recently (with a misleading headline) about how Chicago’s chief financial officer arranged leases on...
By Dylan Reid -
Toronto Environmental Alliance issues election priorities
The Toronto Environmental Alliance (TEA) has published a list of key policy priorities it hopes Toronto’s mayoral candidates will endorse. Noting...
By Marcus Bowman -
A week of pedestrian death: any explanation?
As pedestrians deaths have mounted on a daily basis over the past week in the GTA (10 in the past 8 days), I’ve been asked more and more often what...
By Dylan Reid -
The TTC and Toronto’s anti-idling bylaw
Spacing recently received complaints of TTC vehicles idling for long periods of time in the bus loop of Wellesley station. Most irksome about the incident...
By Marcus Bowman -
SPACING: Release party tonight!
WHAT: release party for winter 2009-2010 issue of Spacing WHEN: Wednesday, December 9, 2009, 7pm-midnight WHERE: Toronto Reference Library, The Appel...
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Clean Train Coalition wins TEA award
The Clean Train Coalition is being honoured with the 2009 Bob Hunter “Damn Fine Activist” Award, given out by the Toronto Environmental...
By Nicole Bruun-Meyer -
Fish sewer grates in Ottawa
While I was in Ottawa two weeks ago for the launch of our Spacing Ottawa blog I spent some time wandering around the Hintonburg neighbourhood (the site of...
By Matthew Blackett -
Spacing release party Dec. 9th
WHAT: release party for winter 2009-2010 issue of Spacing WHEN: Wednesday, December 9, 2009 WHERE: Toronto Reference Library, The Appel Salon, 789 Yonge...
By Spacing