Spacing Toronto

Swiss Carnival in Toronto

Carnival or Mardi Gras celebrations — the big party before the 40 days of fasting leading up to Easter in the Catholic Christian tradition —...

By Dylan Reid

Headlines

Tuesday’s headlines

• Council scraps coffee-cup waste study [ Toronto Star ] • Traffic cop one of city’s best paid [ Toronto Star ] • Hiring 1,300 will...

By Chloe Ellingson

Media

Spacing Radio 002: What does a new provincial NDP leader mean for cities?

Spacing Radio headed to Hamilton last week for the Ontario NDP leadership convention to find out if a new leader will have any affect on how politicians...

By Spacing

Spacing

Montreal Monday: Sunken train, Chinatown developing, first budding bush

Each Monday, we bring you some of the popular posts from our sister blog, Spacing Montréal. We’ll keep an eye open for topics and discussions...

By Melissa Iwankewycz

Headlines

Monday’s headlines

• Build it, they won’t come [ Globe & Mail ] • City Hall plans hiring binge [ Toronto Star ] • Spring fever sparks rise in...

By Chloe Ellingson

Curiosities

Dept. of Funny Signs: Church Parking variation

Here’s a more elaborate variation on the “Thou Shalt Not Park” sign on a church parking lot — this one specifies that, in addition...

By Dylan Reid

Media

Fans of Toronto Public Library Unite!

Toronto Public Library branches are frequented by a million patrons each year, over 70% of Torontonians have a library card and TPL’s 80 per...

By Adam Chaleff-Freudenthaler

Community

Sidewalk enforcement

Here’s a rare but welcome sight — a vehicle parked on the sidewalk being ticketed. Too often, parking half on the sidewalk is treated as...

By Dylan Reid

Neighbourhoods

ASK A PLANNER: Big Box and Leslieville

Spacing introduces a new and sporadic column called Ask A Planner. We’ll ask some of our sources to translate policy and bureaucrat-speak and give...

By Spacing

Headlines

Friday’s Headlines

• Majora Carter made her waterfront sparkle [ Toronto Star ] • TTC bidder gets $12.8M in provincial funding [ Toronto Star ] • New...

By Chloe Ellingson

Culture

Civic Scenery, Civic Statuary

EDITOR’S NOTE: Shaun Merritt begins a new column on public art in Toronto, looking at what we have, where it is, and some of the stories behind it...

By Shaun Merritt

Media