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Watch the story behind "Railfans", the documentary, which premieres next weekend! A new video feature from Spacing, created by Aiden Fung, profiles the process behind this movie about autistic children who love subways spacing.ca/toronto/2026/10/1…
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Watch the story behind "Railfans", the documentary, which premieres next weekend! A new video feature from Spacing, created by Aiden Fung, profiles the process behind this movie about autistic children who love subways spacing.ca/toronto/2026/10/1…
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Thrilled to announce Another Glass Box and Toronto the Politics the Show will be livestreaming on election night from @Spacing’s election watch party. We’ll be chatting with party attendees, candidates, and other special guests thru the night. spacing.ca/toronto/2026/10/1…

Election Night Watch Party! - Spacing Toronto

WHAT: 2026 Election Night Watch Party WHEN: Monday, October 26th • 6-11pm WHERE: Pauper’s Pub (2nd floor), 539 Bloor St. W. (1 block east of Bathurst) COST: Free! But come drink booze & eat food!...

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Not only has Bike Share ridership continued to grow 11% year-over-year, it has quietly become *profitable* for the first time. That's right, when the province removes safe bike routes, they are also harming a *revenue-source* for the city.
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As the 2026 city election approaches, Catherine Dumé looks at how we can make voting more accessible for electors with disabilities. spacing.ca/toronto/2026/10/1…

Election 2026: Making elections accessible - Spacing Toronto

This article is reproduced from Spacing‘s current “Issues & Influencers” issue focused on the municipal election and what comes after, now in the mail to subscribers and available in select stores....

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#topoli #onpoli New from me on @spacing: A tale of three cities (and how they manage, or mismanage, bike mobility): spacing.ca/toronto/2026/10/1… cc: @CycleToronto

London, Paris, Toronto: A tale of three biking cities - Spacing Toronto

I spent some time in the past couple of weeks in London and Paris, and there’s an emerging point of contrast between these two alpha-cities that has become impossible to ignore. Similar in size,...

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"Council should make beautiful, resilient parks central to Toronto’s identity and to residents’ daily lives." Natalie Brown introduces the @Park_People 2026 parks platform, based on input from 100s of Torontonians. spacing.ca/toronto/2026/10/0…

Election 2026: For a joyful, resilient and connected Toronto, let’s start at the park - Spacing...

Is there somewhere to sit in your local park? Do people linger, or hurry through? Is there a safe, shaded way to get there? Do neighbours who disagree about most everything still nod hello by the...

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Get @Spacing’s Election Issue, now available at their store at @401Richmond! Great coverage of all the election issues, including our waterfront! Haven’t really heard much about the waterfront in the election so far! #topoli
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How can we get more in-depth discussion of issues in mayoral debates? In his continuing series on engaging with the municipal election, @CABalkaran argues that what is missing from mayoral debates is the follow-up questions spacing.ca/toronto/2026/10/0…

Election 2026: Can candidates debate in depth? - Spacing Toronto

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...

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In an op-ed today, @AlbertKoehl argues that cycling advocates need to take over the script from Premier Ford spacing.ca/toronto/2026/10/0…

OP-ED: It’s not just about bike lanes - Spacing Toronto

Whether it’s buck-a-beer, easier access to alcohol, or tunnelling under Highway 401, Doug Ford has proven himself to be a master of distraction, diverting attention from his government’s failures and...

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Spacing's new election (and post-election) issue profiles the people and organizations that shape the discussion on key urban issues. Available now at the @SpacingStore store and soon at other fine stores and subscriber mailboxes spacing.ca/toronto/2026/10/0…

NEW ISSUE: Issues & Influencers - Spacing Toronto

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...

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Have a look at the table of contents - also includes Jamie Bradburn on the 50th anniversary of the CN Tower opening to the public, and Dan Falk on the loss of the planetarium.
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Before it was the Bentway and condos, the space around the Gardiner Expressway west of Bathurst was a concrete plant (and before that, a harbour quay). Photographer Peter MacCallum shares his photos of that earlier industrial era. spacing.ca/toronto/2026/10/0…

Before the Bentway: CBM Bathurst, 1998 - Spacing Toronto

The bent of the Gardiner Expressway flanking the west side of Bathurst Street currently functions as the eastern entrance to the Bentway, but when I photographed it in 1998, it framed an open vista...

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#topoli New from me in @spacing: We obtained the RFP documents for the bike lane removal, and it's uglier than we expected: spacing.ca/toronto/2026/09/2…

EXCLUSIVE: Inside the contract to rip out Toronto's bike lanes - Spacing Toronto

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...

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Spacing is very pleased to have our issue 70, "Civic Memories," nominated for a 2026 Toronto Heritage Award in the Public History category! heritagetoronto.org/programs…
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As well as the Public History category, Spacing also profiled the Allan Gardens Palm House Restoration, nominated in the Heritage Toronto awards Built Heritage category. Read Alex Kharabian's feature, "Spreading the Warmth" spacing.ca/toronto/2026/04/2…

Spreading the warmth - Spacing Toronto

In the free conservatory at Allan Gardens park in downtown Toronto, the glass houses hold warm air, vibrant plant life, moving water, and a quiet that feels unusual in the downtown core. After I...

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In the Books category of the @heritagetoronto 2006 awards, Spacing published an excerpt from Cheryl Thompson's nominated book "The Blackface Atlantic": spacing.ca/toronto/2024/11/1…

Excerpt: Canada and the Blackface Atlantic: Performing Conflict in Blackface - Spacing Toronto

Excerpted with permission from Canada and the Blackface Atlantic, published in April 2025 by Wilfrid Laurier Press. Thompson, a Toronto Metropolitan University associate professor in Performance and...

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#topoli #onpoli New from me on @spacing: The inter-governmental elephant in the room in the 2026 municipal election. spacing.ca/toronto/2026/09/2…

Election 2026: The inter-governmental elephant in the room - Spacing Toronto

In the hall-of-mirrors that is the current mayoral election, as my colleagues John McGrath and Matt Elliott noted, we had the following weirdness last week: Premier Doug Ford, in an aside at a...

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