Politics
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A look at Toronto’s new street furniture models
On Monday and Tuesday, the City of Toronto displayed examples of Astral’s new street furniture elements in front of City Hall. For years, I’ve...
By Matthew Blackett -
Conservatives flout sign laws
Update (June 12): The City of Toronto has told Spacing that it does not intend to enforce the signs by-law as it pertains to video screens at gas stations...
By Adam Chaleff-Freudenthaler -
311 threatens lazy pols
This week the Toronto Star spent a few column inches discussing the lethargic pace of the City of Toronto’s attempt to bring a 311 telephone service...
By Adam Chaleff-Freudenthaler -
Cutting short the Annette Street bike lane
“Perhaps for the first time in North America since the invention of the automobile, road space for motor vehicles is being reallocated to bicycles,â€Â...
By Dale Duncan -
BREAKING NEWS: Front Street Extension officially cancelled
The Front Street Extension and the Gardiner Expressway are having their legs cut out from beneath them. Spacing has learned that the City of Toronto and...
By Matthew Blackett -
Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this (food) wall!
Street food is in the news again, and it’s annoying. It’s annoying because it has been so bungled up and delayed that it has invited ridicule...
By Shawn Micallef -
POLL: should the TTC be declared an essential service?
Nearly a month ago, TTC workers went on strike for the weekend. Mayor David Miller asked the provincial government to enact back-to-work legislation...
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Book Review: Urban Nation, by Alan Broadbent
Alan Broadbent is a businessman and philanthropist who has played an important behind-the-scenes role over the last 15 years in generating a...
By Dylan Reid -
Sun rises to own defense
More than a month after Councillor Howard Moscoe went to City Council with a motion accusing the Toronto Sun of being a deadbeat tenant, columnist Sue-Ann...
By Adam Chaleff-Freudenthaler -
Press gallery rent upped
Media outlets that occupy space in the city hall press gallery are going to have their rent increased but still won’t be paying full market value...
By Adam Chaleff-Freudenthaler -
TTC Strike: Mayor to revive “essential service” motion
 The Executive Committee of Toronto City Council will consider whether to ask the provincial government to designate the TTC an essential service on May...
By Adam Chaleff-Freudenthaler -
TTC STRIKE: in a nutshell
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7IXpibN7Hug[/youtube] People who dig details might quibble here and there but this YouTube clip is the best...
By Adam Chaleff-Freudenthaler