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Does transit card design matter?
There are so many issues on the TTC’s “hierarchy of problems” that questioning the metropass’s design could seem frivolous or even...
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Wednesdays’s headlines
• Details of city’s plan lost in fog [ Toronto Star ] • Why Toronto trails China on bag ban [ Toronto Star ] • Recreation fee hike...
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Mihevc talks recreation
Councillor Joe Mihevc has served his midtown Ward 21 for 17 years. The son of blue collar Slovenian immigrants, Councillor Mihevc began his political...
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Tree Tuesday: The Healthy House
Every Tuesday, Todd Irvine of LEAF posts a stop from the Toronto Tree Tours, a collaborative project of LEAF and the Toronto Public Space Committee. The...
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Paying to play
Cross-posted from Eye Weekly. Today’s top story: the city has a plan to raise user fees for recreation programs. The intent of the plan is to invest...
By Dale Duncan -
Tuesday’s headlines
• City plans big fee hikes [ Toronto Star ] • Hefty rise in recreation fees proposed [ Globe and Mail ] • A decade later, some still...
By Monika Warzecha -
Spacing does CBC Radio One this afternoon
For those with access to a radio this afternoon: Spacing associate editors Shawn Micallef and Dylan Reid will be on Here and Now with Matt Galloway...
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Is it time for party politics at city hall?
During all the hullabaloo over bringing in the land transfer and vehicle registration taxes — not to mention the outrage that ensued when Mayor...
By Dale Duncan -
MontrĂ©al Monday — downtown living, beautiful suburbs, and countrified alleyways
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
• Lights on, lights off – issues persist [ Toronto Star ] • Untangling Etobicoke’s messy Six Points interchange [ Toronto Star ...
By Monika Warzecha -
Top issue for 2008
Cross-posted from Eye Weekly. Without a doubt, the defining issues at city hall for 2007 were the new taxes and the city’s faltering finances. These...
By Dale Duncan -
Sunday’s headlines
• GO deal pleases union leaders [ Toronto Star ] • City floating on new revenue streams [ Toronto Star ] • Rocketing to stardom on the web...
By Monika Warzecha