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Wednesday’s headlines
METROLINX / ELECTRIC TRAINS • Study lacks power: Critic [ Toronto Sun ] • All-electric GO train system studied [ Toronto Star ] • GO trains...
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Metrolinx approves Committee’s recommendations for electrification study
At lunchtime today, the Metrolinx Board of Directors unanimously gave the thumbs up to the GO Transit Electrification Study Community Advisory...
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NFB releases free iPhone app
Editor: Spacing is pleased to showcase films from the NFB’s online screening room. The NFB will be occasionally posting films here that explore our...
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STREET SCENE: Queen West of Portland
Fall, yes, but the colors of cake icing too. Street Scene will appear each week showcasing the illustrations of local artist Jerry Waese.
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Tuesday’s headlines
WASTE DIVERSION • Toronto trashes goal of reducing landfill flow [ Globe & Mail ] • Miller backs garbage goal [ Toronto Sun ] • Toronto...
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Cyclists promote friendlier streets
The last six months in Toronto has seen the bike vs. car rhetoric reach new heights, but the Toronto Cyclists Union is trying to change that. They have...
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JOHN LORINC: The Blunderbuss Strategy
As this space serves as an excellent soapbox, I’d like to use my column to signal my intent — subject to various and sundry considerations...
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Montreal Monday: Neighbourhood tours, art crawls, and a municipal election
Each Monday, we bring you some of the popular posts from our sister blog, Spacing Montreal. We’ll keep an eye open for topics and discussions that...
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Ad Creep: “Spirit is Everything”
On Friday, I noticed that the sidewalks around the Yonge-Queen intersection have been painted with stenciled ad messages promoting the Toronto Maple...
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Monday’s headlines
WORLD PRIDE • Toronto to host 2014 World Pride event [ National Post ] • Toronto’s Pride is world class, eh? [ Toronto Sun ] &bull...
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Where’s John Tory?
“Where’s John Tory?” might sound like a dumb question given that the man hosts a radio show five times each week but the prospective...
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STREET SCENE: The Opera Between Traffic
They dance, they kiss, they sing. Street Scene will appear each week showcasing the illustrations of local artist Jerry Waese.
By Jerry Waese
Canadian Urbanism Uncovered