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Montreal Monday: teens, trees and commuting
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
STRIKE COMMENT • City workers’ strike brought about by bad timing [Toronto Star] • Summer temperatures heat up strike plan [Globe &...
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Projector ads in the Annex
The summer’s back and along with guerilla gardeners comes guerilla marketers. This is the second time I have seen these guys camped out in the...
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Reaching the Summit: Bicycle parking
Just three days into this year’s Bike Month, a damp May 28th was host to Bike Summit 2009, a day-long conference on cycling policy co-hosted by the...
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Friday’s Headlines
TRANSIT • Mayor ups streetcar pressures [Toronto Star] • Ottawa’s turn on streetcars [Toronto Star] • Toronto’s plea for...
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Feds reject funding for streetcars
According to the Globe and Mail, another twist has developed in the political soap opera centred around federal funding of Toronto’s streetcars...
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Newcomers Have Much to Offer Toronto Cycling Culture
“The story about newcomers coming to Canada is all about their skills not being recognized,” said Peter Dorfman of Toronto Public Health...
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Events Guide: This weekend’s Heritage Toronto walking tours and Black Creek Historic Brewery Opening
Leslieville (NEW!) – SATURDAY, JUNE 20 @ 10:00 AM In the mid 1800s, gardener George Leslie began a plant nursery business near the shores of...
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Green roof meets Gardiner Expressway
As the debate heats up over what the future of the Gardiner holds, local architect Les Klein proposes a radical new plan. Vannessa Lu’s article in...
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Throwback Thursday: Travelling back in time on board the Trillium
Every Thursday, Spacing will bring you a snapshot of Toronto’s past, looking into what took place that day in the city’s history. Throwback...
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Bike- and ped-friendly construction
AMSTERDAM – If you regularly walk or bike around Toronto the scene in the photo above is probably familiar to you. Construction work forces you to...
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Thursday’s Headlines
CITY WORKER STRIKE • How a city worker walkout will affect you [Toronto Star] • After years of wild spending, how can Miller cry poor? [Toronto...
By Jake Schabas
Canadian Urbanism Uncovered