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New Orleans Installs Free Public Wi-Fi
The City of New Orleans is installing free public Wi-Fi (wireless internet connection) throughout the city, by hanging simple, cheap, shoebox-sized boxes...
By Dylan Reid -
Greening Toronto’s roofs
Spacing Wire reader Brendan Stewart sent this along: The City of Toronto is currently in the middle of a process to develop a policy that will encourage...
By Matthew Blackett -
Solid and Memorable Edinburgh
It’s hard not to compare Edinburgh and Toronto while here —- it’s problematic though because it’s easy to be knocked over by...
By Shawn Micallef -
Scottish Stickum
I’ve been wandering around Edinburgh for the last seven days. It’s a tangle of old streets, volcanic rock, super green grass, bone-chilling...
By Shawn Micallef -
Gentrify this!
Gentrification is a hot topic in all cities, and the neighbourhoods surrounding Toronto’s downtown core are no exception. Much of the West Queen...
By Matthew Blackett -
Utilitarian canvases
The Spacing Wire posted back on October 7th, 2005 about the work Joe Pantalone’s office is doing with local graffiti artists and Bell utility boxes...
By Matthew Blackett -
Dying to walk
The Seattle Post-Intelligencer recently ran an article linking pedestrian deaths to an individual’s socio-economic standing. The article even points...
By Matthew Blackett -
Cycling calendar by CBN
If you don’t know about the Community Bicycle Network, you should visit their web site. They are the ones trying to convince City Hall to make this...
By Matthew Blackett -
Vancouver cracks down on public heroin use
Police in Vancouver say they plan to start arresting drug addicts who shoot up in public, an uncontroversial idea in some cities but not in Vancouver. The...
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Mazda wants employees to walk to work
Without an ounce of irony, Japanese automaker Mazda announced it is encouraging its employees to walk to work. The program is eloquently called the...
By Matthew Blackett -
Fembots and The City
Saturday December 3rd 2005 at the Royal Cinema (606 College St., just west of Clinton). All ages show. Doors at 7pm, show starts at 8pm. Tickets $12 at...
By Matthew Blackett -
The mayor has a challenger
It’s election season, but the focus for Spacing this week is not on the shenanigans of Ottawa politicians, but on the upcoming city elections just...
By Matthew Blackett