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Yesterday’s spate of pedestrians hit by cars
I was on CBC Radio 1’s Metro Morning this morning to talk about the spate of 9 pedestrians hit by cars in 45 minutes on Monday morning. The spate...
By Dylan Reid -
The story of Toronto’s first housecat
We don’t know much about Toronto’s first cat, but what we do know seems to suggest that he arrived on a July morning in 1793. Toronto was just...
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Lost Villages: Huttonville
Nestled in the Credit Valley is the hamlet of Huttonville, at the corner of Mississauga Road and Queen Street/Embleton Road in the City of Brampton. Until...
By Sean Marshall -
Tuesday’s headlines
MAYOR ROB FORD Mayor Ford takes vacation, leaving town Monday [The Globe and Mail] Mayor Rob Ford flies off discreetly on vacation [Toronto Star...
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LORINC: Building a better budget at city hall
I’ve been a business reporter longer than I’ve covered politics, and I can say without fear of contradiction that the City of Toronto’s budget documents â€...
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Monday’s headlines
CITY HALL Allies’ offices got Mayor Rob Ford’s list of job picks, emails show [Toronto Star] Toronto Mayor Rob Ford defends fire hall closure...
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Come to Spacing’s release party & holiday bash Dec. 13th
WHAT: Holiday & release party WHEN: Thursday Dec. 13, 8pm until closing! WHERE: The 3030 (3030 Dundas West in the Junction) COST: Free! You get copy...
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Urban Planet: Mesmerizing visualizations of mass-transit
While you are riding the overcrowded bus to work, it might be impossible to imagine how many other people, on innumerable forms of transit, are scattered...
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STREET SCENE: Night Queen
Street Scene will appear each week showcasing the illustrations of local artist Jerry Waese.
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Walking the last of the Toronto Green Line — Casa Loma to the Bridgeman Transformer Station
EDITOR: This is the final of Shawn Micallef’s posts following the Green Line hydro corridor through midtown Toronto, location of the Green Line...
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Short film winner from Toronto Urban Film Fest
This fall, Spacing was the sponsor of the Canadian Urbanism Award at the Toronto Urban Film Festival. The silent (and winning) films from TUFF are shown...
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Friday’s headlines
CITY HALL Toronto mayoral by-election cost could rise to as much as $15-million [The Globe and Mail] Toronto mayor byelection could cost $9 million...
By Jonathan Zettel
Canadian Urbanism Uncovered