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“We can’t afford to do business this way”
Toronto-based think tank the Wellesley Institute has published a landmark report on the administrative burden felt by community organizations that rely on...
By Adam Chaleff-Freudenthaler -
Toronto needs to cut vehicle emissions by 30%: report
The City of Toronto released a report today from Toronto’s medical officer of health, Dr. David McKeown, that states nearly 200 lives a year and $1...
By Matthew Blackett -
Killer traffic: By the numbers
Cross-posted from Eye Daily. 1,700: The number of premature deaths in Toronto that exposure to smog pollutants contribute to each year. 6,000: The number...
By Dale Duncan -
Cherry Street Bridge
Last night we did some midnight exploring of the Portlands and Cherry Beach area. Saw some folks parked in cars with steamy windows as per usual, but also...
By Shawn Micallef -
Spacing Toronto named best local blog
photo by David ToppingĀ The editors of Spacing were very happy to open up NOW this week and find out that Spacing Toronto was named Best Local Blog. They...
By Spacing -
Harper to Toronto: You’re Fired
On one of those thick and hot August evenings where you sweat standing still the Conservative candidate for Toronto Centre came to our door. I was a...
By Shawn Micallef -
Woulda, shoulda, coulda, didn’t
Chalk this up to a “shoulda been” election promise. Yesterday, Ontario NDP leader Howard Hampton called on Premier Dalton McGuinty to raise...
By Adam Chaleff-Freudenthaler -
Move it along, nothing to see here
Alok Mukherjee, chairman of the Toronto Police Services Board, sent out a notice today to inform the world that he had started a blog. Immediately...
By Adam Chaleff-Freudenthaler -
FairDevelopmentCharges.to
For those of us who find fault with the real estate and development industries for being more concerned with building profits than cities, October was our...
By Adam Chaleff-Freudenthaler -
Friday Infrastructure Mystery
Spacing reader David Creelman sent us this photo a few weeks ago of a metal lid embedded in the sidewalk on Cambridge Avenue (Broadview/Danforth) and...
By Shawn Micallef -
New stadium, new space
The University of Toronto’s new, very simple Varsity Stadium at Bloor W. and Bedford has been criticized for not contributing to this rapidly...
By Dylan Reid -
2008 capital budget — prepare your deputations now
Cross-posted from Eye Daily. November 13 — mark it in your calendars. That’s the day the city has set aside for Torontonians tell the budget...
By Dale Duncan