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Are speed traps the best use of police resources?
There was an interesting article in the Wheels section of the Saturday Star about speed traps and the tradition of flashing headlights at oncoming cars to...
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Tuesday’s headlines
• Miller’s ‘modest’ budget proposal [ Toronto Star ] • ‘Historic’ budget raises taxes by 3.75% [ Globe and Mail ...
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Montréal Monday — Habitat 67, Mount Royal, and Griffintown
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...
By Todd Harrison -
Monday’s headlines
• Reveries of a solitary walker in a wintry mood [ Toronto Star ] • Toronto must help Ryerson, not hinder it [ Toronto Star ] • Homeowners...
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Sunday’s headlines
• A hand in every pocket [ Toronto Sun ] • Green tribute to an honest man [ National Post ]
By Monika Warzecha -
Urban fabric/form comparison
The Star today published a cover story (Beyond Density) in their Condos section on the efforts in Mississauga to create a more vibrant and...
By Robin Chubb -
Saturday’s headlines
• The high cost of using less water [ Toronto Star ] • Time to embrace those big blue bins [ Toronto Star ] • City property taxes up 3.75...
By Monika Warzecha -
A Levy worth paying
You’ve got to hand it to Sheldon Levy. The head of Ryerson University may be one of the only university presidents in Ontario without a doctorate...
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Streetcars vs. Cars: December 16th blizzard
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DTkcdLF1GPs[/youtube] Last month’s terriblewonderful Sunday blizzard threw the city into either a winter...
By Shawn Micallef -
Friday’s headlines
• Don’t raise the roof over taxes [ Toronto Star ] • Owners brace for tax hikes [ Globe and Mail ] • Say cheese(or chili) and smile...
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You Are Here sticker activism in the PATH
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lzaLWoVtkZ8[/youtube] A few well-intentioned Torontonians have created their own kind of civic-minded activism for...
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Thursday’s headlines
• TTC subways twice as costly as Madrid’s [ Toronto Star ] • Expanded service likely to push ridership to new high [ Toronto Star] &bull...
By Monika Warzecha
Canadian Urbanism Uncovered