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Tuesday’s Headlines
SPACING BUTTONS • 10,000 Pinkos can’t be wrong! [Spacing] CITY HALL • Q&A: Mary-Margaret McMahon on speeding up city council [National Post] â€...
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10,000 Pinkos can’t be wrong!
Merry Christmas, Don Cherry — you’ve made 10,000 Pinkos happy! Since Mr. Cherry decided to bad-mouth Torontonians who do not share his particular...
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Rob Ford: Government is for the Wealthy
Two weeks ago, Rob Ford succeeded in his longtime quest to rid City Council meetings of modest, taxpayer-funded refreshments. The following week, however...
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Back to the Mothership: What Toronto can learn from London (and why we’re OK too)
The following is a (slightly different) reprint of my recent Eye Weekly cover story I wrote after a November trip to London. I’ve included a number...
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STREET SCENE: Supervisor
Street Scene will appear each week showcasing the illustrations of local artist Jerry Waese.
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Monday’s Headlines
CITY HALL • Council asks Maclean’s for ‘Too Asian’ apology [The Star] • Labour protesters occupy Flaherty’s office [The Star] • Hume: Ford ushers in Mayor...
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Have Your Say on the City Budget. You! (Not you.)
Photo by HiMY SYeD / photopia. The Budget Committee held a meeting during the lunch break of Thursday’s Council session. It lasted from 12:45–12:50...
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Lost villages: Mount Pleasant
In northwest Brampton, at the junction of Bovaird Drive (formerly Highway 7), Creditview Road (3rd Line East), and the CN Halton Subdivision/GO Georgetown...
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PODCAST: David Miller exit interview with Spacing, pt. III
LISTEN TO PART III OF SPACING’S EXIT INTERVIEW WITH DAVID MILLER In this special edition of Spacing Radio, we bring you the final installment — PART...
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Friday’s Headlines
CITY HALL • Ford scores early victories on TTC, vehicle tax, council budgets [The Star] • Free cookies, pizza for councillors — courtesy of Ford [The...
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PODCAST: David Miller exit interview with Spacing, pt. II
LISTEN TO PART II OF SPACING’S EXIT INTERVIEW WITH DAVID MILLER In this special dispatch, we’re bringing you PART TWO of our conversation with...
By Spacing -
Who’s that sitting on my standing committee?
A lot of attention has been paid to how Rob Ford has filled City Council’s executive committees (see Jonathan Goldsbie’s piece yesterday). But...
By Dylan Reid
Canadian Urbanism Uncovered