Spacing Toronto

Saturday’s headlines

TRANSIT • McGuinty muddies TTC talks [ Toronto Star ] • McGuinty threatens to nix TTC right to strike [ Globe and Mail ] • McGuinty...

By Monika Warzecha

Community

Fruit in the City

In this week’s Eye Weekly, I wrote about a new organization starting this summer called Not Far From the Tree. The brainchild of fruit tree...

By Dale Duncan

Events

Events Guide: stuff swap, earth day workshops, art installation, and more

WHAT: Community Environment Days WHEN: April 19 and 20, 10 am – 2 pm WHERE: Wabash Ave. (April 19, street closure) and High Park (April 20...

By Patricia Simoes

Features

ROAD TRIP: Phoenix, Arizona to Gallup, New Mexico

Last week I made my vacation plans public by asking Spacing Toronto readers to help decide my road trip route from Phoenix to Toronto (and to point out...

By Matthew Blackett

Communication

Negotiating table should stay politician-free

In the mainstream media and the blogosphere, more than a few writers have this demented notion that Mayor David Miller or TTC chairman Adam Giambrone...

By Adam Chaleff-Freudenthaler

Headlines

Friday’s headlines

TRANSIT • City braces for TTC strike [ Toronto Star ] • Prepare for a strike, TTC union head says [ Globe and Mail ] • Public will not back...

By Monika Warzecha

Transit

TTC strike deadline issued for Monday morning

From the Toronto Star: Toronto Transit Commission drivers and operators will not report for work starting at 4 a.m. on Monday unless a deal is reached by...

By Todd Harrison

Architecture

Heritage Toronto walking tours begin Saturday

Spacing Magazine is pleased to announce the commencement of this season’s Heritage Toronto walking tours. The first tour begins this Saturday, April...

By Shawn Micallef

Culture

Toronto: A City Becoming… er, Way too Insular

So it’s a bit late for this, but I wanted to share a few thoughts from the Toronto: A City Becoming launch that happened on Monday night at the...

By Leah Sandals

Community

City Clerk slammed by information czar

Ontario’s Information and Privacy Commissioner has rebuked Toronto City Clerk Ulli Watkiss’s attempt to withhold files from a Toronto...

By Adam Chaleff-Freudenthaler

Headlines

Thursday’s headlines

TRANSIT • TTC studies using Tasers [ Toronto Star ] • TTC union set to announce Monday strike [ Toronto Star ] • TTC talks go into the...

By Monika Warzecha

Community

Public Museums Followup: Overcharging online too?

Following up on developments (and/or degenerations) in access to Canada’s public museums, I was struck by net-law expert Michael Geist’s...

By Leah Sandals