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Great Canadian Shoreline Cleanup kicks-off in Toronto
The 19th annual Great Canadian Shoreline Cleanup kicked-off this weekend at Toronto’s Woodbine Beach. Volunteers from across the country are gathering on...
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Instaflaneur: dog land in the Port Lands
The dogs have their own beach in the Port Lands at Cherry Beach. Some dogs swim, others don’t care for the water so much. Cherry Beach has received...
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STREET SCENE: On Augusta 15
Street Scene will appear each week showcasing the illustrations of local artist Jerry Waese.
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William Faulkner drunk in the cockpit of a bi-plane in Toronto
EDITOR: This is the first post of a new collaboration with the Toronto Dreams project by Adam Bunch. The project is a series of postcards hidden around...
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Tuesday’s headlines
CITY HALL Toronto reports $188-million surplus for the first half of 2012 [Globe & Mail] CRIME Crime plummets since Toronto police blitz, stats show...
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Urban Planet: Fuel Efficiency Overwhelmed by Volume of Cars
Urban Planet is a daily roundup of blogs from around the world dealing specifically with urban environments. We’ll be on the lookout for websites outside...
By Hilary Best -
NO MEAN CITY: In The Globe and Mail – John Shnier’s unorthodox condo
Cross-posted from No Mean City, Alex’s personal blog on architecture In The Globe recently I had a story on an unusual condo: the home of architect...
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LORINC: Fantasy football with Rob Ford
(Warning: This column contains explicit football puns.) With the mid-way point of Rob Ford’s term fast approaching, I have one fundamental question about...
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Monday’s headlines
FORD Rob Ford: ‘I’m not going anywhere, folks’ [Globe & Mail] Mayor Rob Ford, Doug Ford use radio show to fire back at critics in...
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Urban Planet: World Trade Centre Towers App
Urban Planet is a daily roundup of blogs from around the world dealing specifically with urban environments. We’ll be on the lookout for websites outside...
By Hilary Best -
STREET SCENE: In Front of Ella’s Uncle
Street Scene will appear each week showcasing the illustrations of local artist Jerry Waese.
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New geographic eReader called nomad from Spacing editor Shawn Micallef looking for your support
Have you ever read a book set in real-life places and then looked at, say, Google Earth or Streetview to see where the story and action takes place? If...
By Shawn Micallef
Canadian Urbanism Uncovered