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The Future Fix: Fighting wildfires with drones and video games

Spacing and Evergreen proudly present The Future Fix: Solutions for Communities Across Canada, a special podcast series.

By Spacing Radio

THIS EPISODE: Fighting wildfires with drones and video games Wildfire season has already begun in Canada. Due to climate change, we are seeing more frequent and devastating fires. They choke the air, the decimate the landscape, and they displace people from their homes. So we have to fight them with everything we’ve got. Neal McLoughlin is superintendent of the Predictive Services Unit at BC Wildfire Service. He tells us how drone technology is helping to monitor, fight, and prevent... Read more

Vancouver Culture

UCS Cartoon #1: It’s irresponsible to spend money on something we don’t need, like an elected Park Board…

*** See our Launch and Introduction about the launch of the © Urban Cartoon Syndicate. And also, announcement by CityHallWatch.
By Spacing
Toronto Housing

Op-Ed: Why is there so little rental construction?

A developer unpacks the math that makes purpose-built rental so challenging to build
By Jonathan Diamond
Toronto Housing

LORINC: Major planning change for Toronto’s major streets

Council is debating a transformational plan to allow small scale apartments on every main artery in Toronto
By John Lorinc
Vancouver Culture

Urban Cartoon Syndicate (UCS): Introduction and Call

Political cartooning has been a significant form of social and political commentary for centuries. It took off in the 18th century when artists like James...
By Erick Villagomez
Toronto Green Space

Clearcutting in the Don Valley

Giant machines have felled every tree and scraped all vegetation through great swaths of the Don Valley to make way for the Ontario Line subway. Photographer Steven Evans captures stunning images of the impact, accompanied by text by Ian Darragh.
By Ian Darragh
Toronto Traffic

OP-ED: Addressing Toronto’s congestion will take more than technology

We first have to recognize that congestion is an intractable problem whose solution requires the meaningful participation of diverse stakeholders, say Mahtot Gebresselassie and Tricia Wood
By Mahtot Gebresselassie and Tricia Wood

Toronto Events

Book launch of expanded and updated edition of Stroll: Psychogeographic Walking Tours of Toronto

Toronto's changed and so has Stroll. A new edition for a new city.
By Spacing
Vancouver Spacing

“Is that all there is?”

City Conversation #129: An unusual Jane’s Walk features a new rental building that signals a new and disturbing definition of “affordable.”
By bpalmquist
Toronto Bikes

OP-ED: The bicycle licence, again

A recent attempt to enable the city to licence food couriers is a reminder of why cyclist licences have been long abandoned, says Albert Koehl
By Albert Koehl
Toronto Photos

The Ground We Share

Street photographer Zun Lee’s exhibit for:GROUND demonstrates to Torontonians that we can reclaim our public spaces.
By Trent Weston
Toronto Green Space

Shadowland: Photography down in the ravines

Photographer Sasha Chapman explores the ways in which our ravines reflect the city above
By Sasha Chapman
National Spacing

NEW ISSUE: Furniture for the People

Our issue 66 looks at the past and future of street furniture in Toronto, plus sewers, outdoor ice rinks, accessibility, TTC guide uniforms, and more.
By Dylan Reid

Toronto Podcast

PODCAST: Spacing Radio 077, Spring cleaning in Toronto

In this episode: Terrible trash cans and Russian hackers
By Spacing Radio
National Podcast

The Future Fix: Dipping into water data

Spacing and Evergreen proudly present The Future Fix: Solutions for Communities Across Canada, a special podcast series.
By Spacing Radio
National Podcast

THE FUTURE FIX: Vivre en Ville à Victoriaville

Spacing and Evergreen proudly present The Future Fix: Solutions for Communities Across Canada, a special podcast series. This is a special, French-language edition.
By Spacing Radio

Toronto Podcast

PODCAST: Spacing Radio 076, Time’s running out for accessible Ontario

In this episode: missed accessibility targets and panoramic Victorian Toronto (now in colour)
By Spacing Radio
Toronto Podcast

PODCAST: Spacing Radio 075, What does change cost?

In this episode: the Toronto budget, shelters, and a circus riot
By Spacing Radio
Toronto Podcast

PODCAST: Spacing Radio 074, 20 Years of Spacing

In this episode: how the magazine began at a picnic table, and former Toronto Mayor David Miller on Spacing's impact
By Spacing Radio
National Podcast

The Future Fix: Preventing Extreme Heat Disaster

Spacing and Evergreen proudly present The Future Fix: Solutions for Communities Across Canada, a special podcast series.
By Spacing Radio
National Podcast

The Future Fix: Ending Energy Poverty

Spacing and Evergreen proudly present The Future Fix: Solutions for Communities Across Canada, a special podcast series.
By Spacing Radio
National Podcast

The Overhead: Women and Children Fleeing Violence

Spacing and the Balanced Supply of Housing research node proudly present The Overhead: Understanding Canada’s Affordable Housing Crisis, a special podcast series.
By Glyn Bowerman
National Podcast

The Future Fix: Lac-Mégantic: a model of resilience

Spacing and Evergreen proudly present The Future Fix: Solutions for Communities Across Canada, a special podcast series. This is a special, French-language edition.
By Spacing Radio
Toronto Podcast

PODCAST: Spacing Radio 073, Love Park and Love Letters

In this episode: a new Toronto park, a play about Google, and a sneak peak at the latest magazine
By Spacing Radio
National Podcast

The Overhead: Community Land Trusts

Spacing and the Balanced Supply of Housing research node proudly present The Overhead: Understanding Canada’s Affordable Housing Crisis, a special podcast series.
By Spacing Radio

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Toronto Culture

The Ultimate Guide to the Best Songs About Toronto

In the Fall 2023 issue of Spacing (coming soon to a store or mailbox near you), we shine a spotlight on five “Toronto Troubadours” — musicians “dedicated...
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LORINC: The pandemic is about cities

Viruses, in the abstract, don’t care much about their host organisms, beyond the latter’s on-board, physiological defenses. Yet it’s clear the coronavirus...
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S101S—Understanding Residential Density: FSR, Building Setbacks and Height Regulations

What is Floor Space Ratio (FSR) and how does it interact with building setbacks and height regulations to create building forms and the ‘look and feel’ of...
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What’s really happening at Ontario Place? (Part 1)

The investigation by Ontario Auditor-General Bonnie Lysyk into the Ford government’s removal of 7,400 acres of prime farmland and wetlands from the...
By Ian Darragh
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LORINC: The Tories’ use-it-or-lose housing ruse

On the north-east corner of Bathurst and St. Clair West sits a snazzy purpose-built condo sales office, ostensibly there to promote Foret, a giant...
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Toronto Waterfront

Q&A with Steven Evans on photographing Ontario Place

With the chaotic Greenbelt scandal swirling in the background, the updated plans for the Ford government’s deeply contentious and destructive scheme...
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