Is there somewhere to sit in your local park? Do people linger, or hurry through? Is there a safe, shaded way to get there?
This article is part of a series by Christopher Balkaran on ways to approach and engage with the municipal election campaign. Toronto faces a long list of challenges, and the televised September 22 ...
Fighting global warming with joy. This month, more than 1,000 people from across Canada are coming to Toronto to talk about climate adap ...
For every municipal election since we started Spacing, we’ve published a special election-focused issue in advance of the polls. This year, we decided to do something a little different. Rather than ...
The bent of the Gardiner Expressway flanking the west side of Bathurst Street currently functions as the eastern entrance to ...
After the Ontario Court of Appeal (ONCA) shot down CycleTO’s legally innovative charter challenge that sought to stop Doug Ford’s attack on the city’s bike lanes, Queen’s Park wasted little time ...
Last April, shortly after Vancouver’s by-election, I turned the result into a game. It was admittedly a geeky one. Going into the by-election, ABC controlled seven of Vancouver City Council’s eleven ...
Read part 1 of this conversation. Sabat Ismail (SI) met with Rachel Wang, Sylver Sterling, and Jess Nachman, creators and editors of the Journey Lines zine, to discuss the zine and its launch. The ...
Groups hanging out by their cars and bikes at Ridgeway Plaza while night shift security drives by The way spaces are designed influences how people socialize, build community, and go about their ...
This story is published in conjunction with Spacing’s upcoming “summer reading” issue, which will be available on bookstore shelves shortly. I approach an unfamiliar neighbourhood a little east of the ...
As the World Cup rolls into town, Toronto is bracing for a centre-stage summer welcoming thousands of fans, players, and staff arriving to enjoy the festivals, the food, the patios, and to endure the ...
The waterfront as an east-west canvas for events and animation in Toronto will show its potential like never before during the upcoming FIFA World Cup. Not just the main stadium at Exhibition Place ...