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ROAD TRIP: Phoenix, Arizona to Gallup, New Mexico
Last week I made my vacation plans public by asking Spacing Toronto readers to help decide my road trip route from Phoenix to Toronto (and to point out...
By Matthew Blackett -
Public Museums Followup: Overcharging online too?
Following up on developments (and/or degenerations) in access to Canada’s public museums, I was struck by net-law expert Michael Geist’s...
By Leah Sandals -
“Le Toronto artistique”: hors de prix?
Today in the Toronto Star’s op-ed section, Martin Knelman argues that Toronto is finally getting the funds it needs to compete with Montreal as...
By Leah Sandals -
Google’s Street View raises privacy concerns
In May of 2007, the search-engine behemoth Google launched a new Google Maps service called Street View. As the name suggests, Street View offers users...
By Patricia Simoes -
Deer hunting in Sudbury
Two weeks ago I spent Good Friday afternoon walking around the fine and solid City of Sudbury. Because it was a holiday the city felt silent and empty...
By Shawn Micallef -
Mayor turns to Facebook, YouTube to fight guns
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jc06nT2gvjw[/youtube] For years, Mayor David Miller has written to prime ministers (first Paul Martin, now Stephen...
By Adam Chaleff-Freudenthaler -
Toronto Wildlife Centre: Unsung urban hero of the week
This morning there was a pigeon the back yard, as there sometimes are, so not much notice was taken of it. A bit later it was still there, arousing...
By Shawn Micallef -
Events Guide: stuff swap, walking meeting, archives lecture, and more
WHAT: Community Environment Day WHEN: April 5, 10 am – 2 pm WHERE: Fergy Brown Park Parking Lot (Jane St. & Eglinton Ave. West) and Earl Haig...
By Patricia Simoes -
Thursday’s headlines
TRANSIT • Commuters shift to car-free mode [ Toronto Star ] • Public transit, walking favoured by younger commuters [ CBC.ca ] • Strike one...
By Monika Warzecha -
Ballenford: Death of a great bookstore
Earlier this week Ballenford Books sent out a distressed email announcing their intention to close after twenty-nine years as a Toronto institution. In...
By Shawn Micallef -
Let’s build the Bathurst Bridge Toronto deserves
There is going to be a new bridge in town, and Toronto has a rare opportunity to build something great because the Bathurst Street Bridge is about to...
By Shawn Micallef -
Toronto’s French Connection
Casa Loma may be Toronto’s favourite and best-known castle, but chateaus still abound. The chateau style was used all over the world, most often for...
By Thomas Wicks