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Tuesday’s headlines
CITY HALL • Rob Ford to contract out Toronto’s plowing, sweeping and road work [The Star] • Chopping-block talk: why Toronto Arts Council funding is...
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EVENTS: Toronto Talks
This week’s free lectures in Toronto include a talk on whether getting rid of the OMB is really such a good idea, a discussion about we can do to improve...
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LORINC: The spin cycle of City’s budget talks
WHAT WE TALKED ABOUT: By the end of last Tuesday’s news cycle, Mayor Rob Ford had steered his gravy choo-choo train to a politically intriguing...
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NEW PRODUCT! The Rob F#*king Ford buttons & magnets!
Spacing is happy to launch our new line of products: just in time for the holiday season: the Rob F#*king Ford buttons & magnets! In his first year as...
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Monday’s headlines
CITY HALL • Councillor on mayor’s executive asks for cuts to police budget [Globe & Mail] • City identifies zoos, pools slated for closure, rinks that...
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Spacing Saturday: Downtown Schools, Participatory Budgeting and Development Wars
Spacing Saturday highlights posts from across Spacing’s blog network in Vancouver, Toronto, Montreal, Ottawa, and the Atlantic region. Gordon Price used...
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FOOD: Recipes for community hubs pt. 2
Editor’s note: In our Fall 2011 issue, “Hungry City”, Liz Clayton and Sean Waisglass took a look at neighbourhood coffee shops and...
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STREET SCENE: Again On Spadina
Street Scene will appear each week showcasing the illustrations of local artist Jerry Waese.
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Fourth Wall: The Impact of Citizens’ Associations on the Culture of Civic Engagement
This series features highlights from the ongoing exhibit The Fourth Wall: Transforming City Hall. The exhibit, on now at the Urbanspace Gallery, considers...
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Friday’s headlines
BUDGET CUTS • Pools, arenas, zoos on budget hit list revealed at last [The Star] • City urged to reconsider cuts to school pools [The Star] • Ford defends...
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GIFT IDEA: Toronto Tree Portraits Calendar
Earlier this year my consulting partner, Ian Bruce, and I had the fortune of writing the text for the 2012 Toronto Tree Portraits Calendar. The calendar...
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Thursday’s headlines
CITY HALL • Council approves bike friendly measures [The Sun] • Side guards get nod from city council [NOW] • Fairhaven, Stanley Park pools among those...
By Laura McConnell
Canadian Urbanism Uncovered