Politics
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City Council about to take flight
The new city council will be unveiled for us next week, and we’ll get to see who’ll be pushing the agenda forward for the newly re-elected...
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A compendium of links
Lightning loves the tower [Toronto Star]: Keraunophobes, don’t look up. The CN Tower is struck by lightning more frequently than any other structure...
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Funniest Election Moments
My two favorite moments during the election were: • At the Who Runs This Town debate at St. Lawrence Centre — the one with all the candidates...
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Wednesday’s links
Suburbs focus hard on Miller [Toronto Star]: Toronto Mayor David Miller earned a strong mandate from the former city suburbs in last week’s...
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You won the election, what’s next?
Cross-posted from Spacing Votes The confetti’s been swept from the campaign room floor, but a whole new mess awaits Toronto’s new city...
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Tuesday’s links
Rookies arrive in Hall of power [Toronto Star]: Beginning at 1 p.m. [Chin Lee] and the six others — Adam Vaughan, Anthony Perruzza, John Parker...
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Affordable developments not stranger than fiction
During the recent municipal election, a number of candidates spoke passionately about creating more affordable housing. A certain over-exposed downtown...
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What was on Spacing Votes
The election is over, and all our election junkies can start to concentrate on the Spacing Wire again. We hope that our election coverage helped you get a...
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Saturday’s links to news
The quest for more [Toronto Star]: With barely half the polls reporting, Sean Hill erupts with words nobody wants to hear, let alone believe. “We...
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ELECTION DAY in TORONTO
Today is election day. We have a lot of blog posts going on over at Spacing Votes, including city council endorsements and predictions. You should keep an...
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Are you voting for a Davis or a De Baermaeker?
The Toronto Public Space Committee (TPSC) has posted two illuminating videos on their website showing impassioned speaches on outdoor advertising from...
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The (lost) art of voting?
This morning a local arts advocacy org, Artsvote.ca, released results of their all-candidates survey on arts and culture issues in Toronto. The good part...
By Leah Sandals