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Designs released for Lower Don Lands
The designs for the Lower Don Lands from the 4 shortlisted teams in the “Innovative Design Competition for the Lower Don Lands” being run by...
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The star that obscured Hugh Garner
Update (this originally posted back in early Feb): As one reader commented, this crane crashed last night — which explains why I saw a Wellesley bus...
By Shawn Micallef -
Green-collar jobs for Toronto
I saw a TTC streetcar wrapped in a Diesel Jeans ‘Global Warming Ready’ ad today. My first thought was ‘Can the end be far away?’...
By Keith Stewart -
Favela Japonesa
A friend’s Portuguese cousin sent these awesome images to him and he duly forwarded them to me. The title really says it all: Favela Japonesa...
By Robin Chubb -
Tuesday’s Headlines
• Federal budget a ‘step backwards’ for cities: Miller [ cbc ] Days before the budget, the Toronto Transit Commission revealed its...
By Julie Yamin -
Friday’s Headlines
• Far too big, too high, too close [ Toronto Star ] • Moscoe floats a parking tax [ Toronto Star ] • TTC plans light rail web [ Toronto...
By Julie Yamin -
GTA population grows by 9.2% since 2001
Statistics Canada has started to release data from the 2006 census at the City level – including population figures for Toronto and the GTA (or at...
By Robin Chubb -
Broke and have electric heat?
It has always bugged me that energy conservation programs are almost exclusively targeted at the relatively well-to-do, who need the help the least. Well...
By Keith Stewart -
A non-crosseyed vision for 2011?
Today, Artscape launched a new campaign called Vision 2011: Thinking Big About Culture-led Regeneration aka A Roadmap for Toronto’s Future. Now, we...
By Leah Sandals -
Dale Duncan at City Hall: Feb. 1, 2007
Spacing‘s managing editor Dale Duncan writes a weekly column for Eye Weekly focused on City Hall. Each week we’ll post her columns on the...
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Dale Duncan at City Hall: Jan. 18 2007
Spacing‘s managing editor Dale Duncan writes a weekly column for Eye Weekly focused on City Hall. Each week we’ll post her columns on the...
By Dale Duncan -
Toronto in the news today
Here are a list of articles that are worth reading today. • EDITORIAL: Miller faces tests on growth, budget [ Toronto Star ] • Miller mum on 25...
By Matthew Blackett