Politics
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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...
By Spacing -
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 -
TTC STRIKE: TTC service resuming
UPDATE at 8:05pm: TTC service is in the process of resuming. According to the Toronto Star, TTC Chairman Adam Giambrone says that service will gradually...
By Adam Chaleff-Freudenthaler -
TTC STRIKE: Back-to-work legislation to be passed Sunday
UPDATE (6:30PM): TTC talks break off. From the Toronto Star: Talks have concluded between the TTC and its largest union. It will be up to the province to...
By Adam Chaleff-Freudenthaler -
TTC STRIKE: Workers to be ordered back: Miller
A developing story in the Globe and Mail says Mayor David Miller has secured an agreement with the province to get the TTC back to work. A visibly angry...
By Matthew Blackett