{"id":9559,"date":"2010-02-20T15:06:08","date_gmt":"2010-02-20T20:06:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spacingtoronto.ca\/?p=9559"},"modified":"2013-01-21T15:12:39","modified_gmt":"2013-01-21T20:12:39","slug":"spacing-saturday-9","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/2010\/02\/20\/spacing-saturday-9\/","title":{"rendered":"Spacing Saturday"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/atlantic\/uploads\/atlantic\/Shannon2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/spacing.ca\/images\/feature-graphics\/feature-spacingsaturday-500.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"72\" \/><em><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Every Saturday, we highlight recent posts from across Spacing\u2019s blog network in Toronto, Montreal, Ottawa, and the Atlantic region.<br \/>\n<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/spacing.ca\/media\/identity\/sidebar-head-atlantic.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"240\" height=\"44\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Jenn Casey examines the details of the recently approved <a href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/atlantic\/2010\/02\/15\/the-impact-of-metro-transits-five-year-plan-on-downtown-halifax\/\">five-year Metro Transit plan for downtown Halifax<\/a>, including provisions for increased service to outlying areas, a streamlining of bus coverage in the core, and a year-round downtown shuttle.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 The Shannon Park military barracks in Dartmouth is a <a href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/atlantic\/2010\/02\/19\/new-life-for-shannon-park\/\">dilapidated eyesore with huge potential<\/a> \u2014 as a new-thinking, sustainable neighbourhood, land for the the Millbrook First Nation, or, as Lizzy Hill reports, potentially both.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/spacing.ca\/media\/identity\/sidebar-head-montreal.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"240\" height=\"44\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Devin Alfaro profiles the city\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/montreal\/2010\/02\/19\/longevity-in-municipal-politics\/\">two longest-serving councillors<\/a>, and examines how Montr\u00e9al\u2019s party-based municipal politics affect incumbency, especially given that \u201cevery few election cycles a party will win an lopsided victory that more or less wipes the slate clean.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 The three Boulevard Saint-Laurent buildings in the controversial Lower Main redevelopment have been scaled down in their budget and design, but are <a href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/montreal\/2010\/02\/14\/lower-saint-laurent-redevelopment-to-be-more-modest\/\">now facing major delays<\/a> \u2014 making it more crucial than ever, says Alanah Heffez, that citizens mobilize to save the neighbourhood from neglect.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/spacing.ca\/media\/identity\/sidebar-head-ottawa.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"240\" height=\"44\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Emily Sinclair begins a series of posts that, as she writes, aim to be \u201can effort to better understand <a href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/ottawa\/2010\/02\/17\/the-return-of-food\/\">how food issues shape, and are shaped by, Ottawa\u2019s urban landscape<\/a>.\u201d She\u2019ll examine the city\u2019s historical relationship to agriculture, the rise of modern farmers\u2019 markets, and growing initiatives ranging from balcony plantings to urban farming.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Sustainability strategies consultant Tim Lash argues in an op-ed that <a href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/ottawa\/2010\/02\/16\/opinion-lansdowne-deadlines-are-illusory-and-artificial\/\">the Lansdowne Park design competition should be restored<\/a>, and the \u201cillusory and artificial\u201d deadlines be set aside.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/ottawa\/media\/identity\/sidebar-head-toronto.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"240\" height=\"44\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\u2022 There\u2019s a lot to like about the <a href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/2010\/02\/16\/go-unveils-new-website-and-trip-planner\/\">new GO Transit website and trip planner<\/a>, says Marcus Bowman. 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