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Monday’s Headlines
ELECTION AFTERMATH • Ford faces stiff fight on council [The Star] • ‘I voted for somebody – I just don’t know who’ [The Star] â€...
By Eric Mutrie -
Street Stories: Baldwin Street
Walking onto Baldwin Street at lunch hour is like walking into a Business Improvement Area’s best-case scenario: the trees are lush, the storefronts...
By Eric Mutrie -
Wednesday’s Headlines
MAYORAL RACE • Smitherman fends off attacks in CP24 debate [The Star] • YWCA launches assault on Rob Ford’s mayoral bid [The Star] • Tenants’...
By Eric Mutrie -
ELECTION: Council Turnover – Ward 18
It’s not often that candidates for City Council are given the opportunity to run without an incumbent in the ward. This year there are nine wards with...
By Nicole McIsaac -
Monday’s Headlines
MAYORAL RACE • Ford, Smitherman now tied with days until election, poll finds [The Star] • Downtown over ‘dalliance’ with Ford [The Star] â€...
By Eric Mutrie -
Thursday’s Headlines
MAYORAL RACE • Rob Ford uses Obama-style ‘robocalls’ to connect with voters [The Star] • Vote for Pantalone “a vote for Rob Ford”...
By Eric Mutrie -
So many bikes
I’ve been cycling to my job at the University of Toronto for several years now, and each year there have been a few more bikes parked there. But...
By Dylan Reid -
Monday’s Headlines
MAYORAL RACE • Smitherman promises tax break for renters [The Star] • City hall ‘party’ is over, Ford tells business [The Star] • Race must be...
By Eric Mutrie -
Spacing Saturday:Joe Beef, Election Influence and Alphabet Soup
Spacing Saturday highlights posts from across Spacing’s blog network in Toronto, Montreal, Ottawa, and the Atlantic region. Ian Capstick explains his...
By Marcus Bowman -
NO MEAN CITY: Sweet times at Sugar Beach
Cross-posted from No Mean City, Alex’s personal blog on architecture Two weeks ago I took my son to Canada’s Sugar Beach. He’s a toddler, and I...
By Alex Bozikovic -
ELECTION: Council Turnover – Ward 2
It’s not often that candidates for City Council are given the opportunity to run without an incumbent in the ward. This year there are eight wards with...
By Nicole McIsaac -
Ontario Place needs to keep its hot pants on
The following is a reprint of my recent psychogeography column in Eye Weekly looking at the future of Ontario Place. The photos included in this post are...
By Shawn Micallef