Green Space
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How to avoid the weather
The long drought inconveniently ended on Friday night, just as I was about to ride a bike across the city. I wasn’t sure if I should wait for the...
By Shawn Micallef -
Tuesday’s Headlines
• Hydrant hiding on patio gushes out $60 tickets [ Toronto Star ] • 1967 a watershed year for Canada [ Toronto Star ] • McGuinty promises...
By Julie Yamin -
Tree Tuesday: Development’s give and take
Every Tuesday, Todd Irvine of Local Enhancement and Appreciation of Forests (LEAF) will post a stop from the Toronto Tree Tours, a collaborative project...
By Todd Irvine -
Why Toronto’s street-side trees are dying, part XXVIII
Spacing is lucky to have access to local arborist Todd Irvine. Whenever we’re walking together he’ll educate us on a variety of urban trees...
By Matthew Blackett -
SPACING POLL: how many times have you been to a Toronto beach this summer?
A few weeks ago the Spacing editorial crew headed out to Hanlan’s Point on the Toronto Islands to experience some beach culture. Most of us, when...
By Matthew Blackett -
Monday’s Headlines
• Torn-up sidewalk forces pedestrians onto street [ Toronto Star ] • Fiscal cloud could be Miller’s silver lining [ Toronto Star ] &bull...
By Julie Yamin -
Saturday’s headlines
CITY HALL: • INSIDE CITY HALL: Miller gets cold shoulder from NDP MPPs [ Globe and Mail ] • More cuts, more anger [ Toronto Star ] • JAMES...
By Matthew Blackett -
A girl I admire
Crossposted to I Bike TO A 16-year-old Toronto teenager tells the National Post about her harrowing experience trying to commute to her summer...
By Tammy Thorne -
Friday’s Headlines
• Community garden feeds many souls in Don Mills [ Toronto Star ] • Sunrise to sunrise in Bluffer’s Park [ Toronto Star ] &bull...
By Julie Yamin -
The economists and the congestion charge
Cross-posted from Eye Daily. Considering how hard up for cash our city is — not to mention how smoggy — it’s a wonder David Miller...
By Dale Duncan -
Wednesday’s Headlines
• A garden full of tasty victories [ Toronto Star ] • Disturbing graffiti on sign tagged for quick removal [ Toronto Star ] • Miller must...
By Julie Yamin -
Tree Tuesday: One man’s weed…
Every Tuesday, Todd Irvine of Local Enhancement and Appreciation of Forests (LEAF) will post a stop from the Toronto Tree Tours, a collaborative project...
By Todd Irvine