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Thursday’s headlines
TORONTO’S COMPOST • City dumps green bin operator [ Toronto Star ] • City fires contractor for dumping green bin compost in landfill ...
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World Wide Wednesday: Empty parking lots, un-built highways and a disappearing Thames
Each week we will be focusing on blogs from around the world dealing specifically with urban environments. We’ll be on the lookout for websites...
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Wednesday’s headlines
CITY HALL • David Miller eyes city’s walkout windfall [ Toronto Star ] • Savings from summer strike won’t result in rebates [ Globe...
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Canadian Lesbian & Gay Archive opens & Rick Bébout memorial
On Saturday the Canadian Lesbian & Gay Archives opened their permanent new home in an (appropriately old) house on Isabella between Church and Yonge...
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Spacing Radio 008: the haphazard city
Go listen to the new episode! Episode 008 of Spacing Radio examines the idea of haphazardness in a city. Spacing magazine contributing editor Amy Lavender...
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STREET SCENE: Broadview and Danforth
My old Haunts in Greek Town just east of this intersection. Street Scene will appear each week showcasing the illustrations of local artist Jerry Waese.
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Tuesday’s headlines
CITY HALL • David Miller’s long goodbye hits rough water [ Toronto Star ] • Lindsay Luby quits Miller’s executive committee ...
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JOHN LORINC: The New Deal for Cities, RIP
If you tally up the list of prominent politicians at all levels who staked their careers on advancing the so-called cities agenda, only one’s still...
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New ways of thinking about cities and policy making
“Every time you do something in the city, don’t just do it, do it beautifully.” A seemingly simple statement made by Joe Berridge at...
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Montreal Monday: Life without roads, embracing ‘grit’, and the descent of Mary and Jesus
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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Monday’s headlines
DAVID MILLER • Ideal mayor would be nine parts David Miller [ Toronto Star ] • Facing likely defeat, David Miller opts to get out of the way ...
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STEVE MUNRO: The mayor of Transit City
Steve Munro writes the public transit column for Spacing and is a contributing editor to the magazine. This column is cross-posted from Steve...
By Spacing
Canadian Urbanism Uncovered