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Harper on transit
From CBC.ca: People who buy monthly public transit passes will be given a tax credit of 16 per cent, saving the average user about $150 per year, The...
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Public squares around the world
NOTE: The Spacing Wire will be posting only occasionally throughout the next week — The Editors Probably the best North American resource for...
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Knit graffiti
There is a new type of graffiti that should catch on here in Canada — knit graffiti. A Montrose, Texas crew, calling themselves Knitta, are yarn...
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Bendale: About Place
In the Globe and Mail’s Real Estate section yesterday, Dave LeBlanc, the Architourist, wrote a piece about the Virtual Museum of Canada exhibit...
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Capture The Flag! U of T
Friday October 21st 2005 • 100 St. George Street • 8:30 PM Gargoyles, peacocks and beavers, oh my! Newmindspace invites you to join them for a...
By Matthew Blackett -
More on Montreal Civic Politics
If you’re not busy planning your St. Clair boycott, let your mind wander up the 401 again. In response to my post about Projet Montreal below, and...
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The Health Impacts of Sprawl
Our friends at the Ontario Smart Growth Network present a great little event that connects urban sprawl with the increasing obesity of North American...
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Spacing sponsors photoblog presentation
Spacing is sponsoring a presentation on Toronto-area photoblogs this coming Sunday at the Yorkdale Apple Store. Some of the city’s most...
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Road construction halted
Last month, housing developers unearthed a native burial ground while widening a road north of Canada’s Wonderland. What is worse, York Region...
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Study of cycling in Canada
The Victoria Transport Policy Institute has issued an interesting study comparing cycling in six major Canadian cities. Despite Toronto’s many...
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How would you make Toronto a better city?
The final results of the “Think Outside the Box†initiative—a month-long chance to vote for the top priority among a list of issues are in...
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Urban Oases
The amazing Jeff Chapman has a wonderful website called Urban Oases that chronicles his, uh, times spent in Toronto fountains. He writes: “What is...
By Matthew Blackett