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Montréal Monday — ad projection, crossing the street, and Griffintown updates
Each Monday, Spacing will bring you some of the popular posts from our sister blog, Spacing Montréal. We’ll keep an eye open for topics and...
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Monday’s headlines
• Toronto ratepayers live on easy street [ Toronto Star ] • Taxes hit you where you live [ Toronto Star ] • Get set for a whack [ Toronto...
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Councillors say the darnedest things
[youtube]http://youtube.com/watch?v=z8EpSdyB0zY[/youtube] EDITOR’S NOTE: Video contains a lot of swear words. You’ve been warned. Ah...
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Ballenford: Death of a great bookstore
Earlier this week Ballenford Books sent out a distressed email announcing their intention to close after twenty-nine years as a Toronto institution. In...
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Sunday’s headlines
• Toronto hits energy target [ Toronto Star ] • Dark city, bright idea [ Toronto Star ] • Blindfolded treehugging [ Toronto Star ] &bull...
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Event Guide: Past, Present & Future of our Brownfields
The Toronto Society of Architects would like to invite you to join their upcoming monthly meeting, featuring a discussion on the Past, Present &...
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Winter cyclist profile – Jonny the musician
Spring is now officially here, but as there is a little bit of snow to contend with, we offer you one more in the series of winter cyclist profiles. Name...
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The City starts to plan for TTC strike
The City of Toronto issued a press release outlining a contingency plan in the case of a TTC strike starting on April 1 (does anyone find any irony of the...
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Saturday’s headlines
TRANSIT • TTC union promises 48 hours’ strike notice [ Toronto Star ] • TTC talks expected to continue next week [ Globe and Mail ] &bull...
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Let’s build the Bathurst Bridge Toronto deserves
There is going to be a new bridge in town, and Toronto has a rare opportunity to build something great because the Bathurst Street Bridge is about to...
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TTC strike date pushed back
According to the Toronto Star: The union is in a legal strike position at 12:01 a.m. Tuesday, but Kinnear said a strike now wouldn’t likely happen...
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Property taxes are weird
Property taxes are weird. They don’t work like other taxes. I’ve been trying to get my head around them for a few years now. In the run-up to...
By Dylan Reid
Canadian Urbanism Uncovered