Politics
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Tuesday’s Headlines
• Hydrant hiding on patio gushes out $60 tickets [ Toronto Star ] • 1967 a watershed year for Canada [ Toronto Star ] • McGuinty promises...
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Promises to Toronto — by the numbers
Cross-posted from Eye Daily. $2.3 billion: the unexpected surplus Queen’s Park collected in the last fiscal year $1.4 billion: the deficit that was...
By Dale Duncan -
The Toronto Pedestrian Committee wants YOU!
(This is a reminder re-posting – the deadline is this Wednesday, August 22, at 4:00pm) Help make Toronto a more walkable city. The Toronto...
By Dylan Reid -
McGuinty delivers body blow to municipalities
Within hours of asking whether Dalton McGuinty and John Tory would offer a hand up to Toronto or sucker punch us at this week’s Association of...
By Adam Chaleff-Freudenthaler -
Why Toronto’s street-side trees are dying, part XXVIII
Spacing is lucky to have access to local arborist Todd Irvine. Whenever we’re walking together he’ll educate us on a variety of urban trees...
By Matthew Blackett -
SPACING POLL: how many times have you been to a Toronto beach this summer?
A few weeks ago the Spacing editorial crew headed out to Hanlan’s Point on the Toronto Islands to experience some beach culture. Most of us, when...
By Matthew Blackett -
Monday’s Headlines
• Torn-up sidewalk forces pedestrians onto street [ Toronto Star ] • Fiscal cloud could be Miller’s silver lining [ Toronto Star ] &bull...
By Julie Yamin -
A hand up or sucker punch? Find out Wednesday
Last week, the NDP made the first move on funding for municipalities in the still lukewarm provincial election campaign. This week, we’ll find out...
By Adam Chaleff-Freudenthaler -
Saturday’s headlines
CITY HALL: • INSIDE CITY HALL: Miller gets cold shoulder from NDP MPPs [ Globe and Mail ] • More cuts, more anger [ Toronto Star ] • JAMES...
By Matthew Blackett -
The economists and the congestion charge
Cross-posted from Eye Daily. Considering how hard up for cash our city is — not to mention how smoggy — it’s a wonder David Miller...
By Dale Duncan -
Wednesday’s Headlines
• A garden full of tasty victories [ Toronto Star ] • Disturbing graffiti on sign tagged for quick removal [ Toronto Star ] • Miller must...
By Julie Yamin -
NDP promises to upload services
Cross-posted from Eye Daily. It’s official: NDP leader Howard Hampton has announced that, if elected, his party would not only upload some of the...
By Dale Duncan