Canada
-
Friday’s headlines
TTC SHUTDOWN • City, Enbridge probe TTC shutdown [ Toronto Star ] • TTC says it’s not to blame as mishap strands thousands [ National...
By Katia Snukal -
Check out photoXplorers on TV tonight
Toronto’s DK Photo Group are an “urban exploration” photography collective made up of Russell Brohier, Steve Jacobs, and three Spacing...
By Matthew Blackett -
Design competition to replace St. Lawrence Market’s North Building
The City of Toronto is launching a design competition to replace the North Building of historic St. Lawrence Market and they’re calling all...
By Nicole Bruun-Meyer -
Day One at the Creative Places and Spaces: Collaborative City Conference
The Creative Places and Spaces: Collaborative City Conference started with a bang…or rather an om! As delegates filled the round tables in the...
By Nicole Bruun-Meyer -
JOHN LORINC: A Graveyard for Small Businesses and other Urban Myths
Business groups come in various flavours and their messages run the gamut from insightful to irritating. My least favourite is the Canadian Federation of...
By John Lorinc -
GO expands its empire as coach operators retreat
Yesterday, Tuesday, October 20 2009, the last Coach Canada bus departed the Guelph bus terminal for its run down Highway 6 to Waterdown, McMaster...
By Sean Marshall -
NFB releases free iPhone app
Editor: Spacing is pleased to showcase films from the NFB’s online screening room. The NFB will be occasionally posting films here that explore our...
By Matthew Forsythe -
Addressing racism and the War of 1812
Prior to the Canadian Thanksgiving weekend, I attended the final day of a three-day history symposium at Fort York on Oct. 9 to hear Ontario’s...
By Liam Lahey -
2009 Heritage Toronto Awards
One of Spacing’s favorite civic events is the Heritage Toronto Awards night at the Carlu. It’s a night when Toronto boosters, architecture...
By Spacing -
Nuit Blanche: Imminent Departure
Spacing contributor Carolyn Tripp delved into one of the many installations that took over Toronto last weekend during Nuit Blanche. – –...
By Spacing -
Thursday’s headlines
GOOGLE STREET VIEW • Not our best side: Google Street View captures garbage-filled Christie Pits park for all to see [ National Post ] • Google...
By Katia Snukal -
OPPI / CIP Conference: Building a Better World
Spacing contributor Ian Malczewski spent last week in Niagara Falls at a joint conference held by the Ontario Professional Planners Institute and the...
By Ian Malczewski