Infrastructure
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They Brought Back the Don
In the coming weeks, Waterfront Toronto crews will remove the final plug in the new Lower Don, thereby allowing the river to finally flow naturally...
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PODCAST: Spacing Radio 078, Bike Month
It’s Bike Month! It’s a time we celebrate cycle culture in Toronto and surrounding cities and towns. At least officially. Despite some...
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PODCAST: Spacing Radio 077, Spring cleaning in Toronto
With the change of the seasons, we talk about different kinds of renewal. First, Senior Editor John Lorinc talks about the special Spacing investigation...
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Spacing investigation: Toronto Public Library ransomware attack, pt. V
This is part five in a five-part series independently produced and investigated by Spacing The Toronto Public Library’s chief librarian, Vickery...
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Spacing investigation: Toronto Public Library ransomware attack, pt. IV
By John Lorinc and Sakeina Syed Although TPL officials maintained an official no-comment stance for much of the shutdown — TPL chief librarian Vickery...
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Spacing investigation: Toronto Public Library ransomware attack, pt. III
This is a five-part series independently produced and investigated by Spacing At some point in mid-2020, with the pandemic raging, the Toronto Public...
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Spacing investigation: Toronto Public Library ransomware attack, pt. II
This is a five-part series independently produced and investigated by Spacing On October 29, a Sunday, a TPL branch manager got a call on his cell from...
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Spacing investigation: Toronto Public Library ransomware attack, pt. I
This is a five-part series independently produced and investigated by Spacing As a parent to a two-year-old, Markus Harwood-Jones made visiting a Toronto...
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Hidden Density in Harbord Village: Notes from a Rooming House
At first glance, our house — or I should say, my landlord’s house — is a conventional Harbord Village home. On a quick walk, you’d notice little...
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PODCAST: Spacing Radio 076, Time’s running out for accessible Ontario
In 2005, Ontario passed the Accessibility of Ontarians with Disabilities Act (AODA), which made accessibility for all public establishments a legal...
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I visited public toilet paradise and it was heaven – why can’t Canada do this?
I found public pee paradises and their names are Hong Kong and Japan. Public washrooms, or lack of by policy choice, in Canada has been my pet thing for a...
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PODCAST: Spacing Radio 072, From Leipzig With Love
This Spring, Spacing Radio had the opportunity to take the show on the road to the International Transport Forum in Leipzig, Germany. Now that the whole...
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