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When the snow starts falling, an indoor team in Scarborough keeps the game alive for spectators. Alex Kharabian profiles Toronto's semi-pro indoor soccer team to open our pre-World Cup soccer coverage. spacing.ca/toronto/2026/0…

The politics of Island Airport during election year: Ford wants to expropriate the island airport during the mayoral election season — but does the province even have the legal right to take it over? #TOpoli @johnlorinc spacing.ca/toronto/2026/0…

Urban planner Blair Scorgie argues that the Committee of Adjustment needs some serious adjusting. #TOpoli #ONpoli spacing.ca/toronto/2026/0…

We never thought these words would appear in Spacing: In praise of the ugly waste bins in Toronto's parks. Read @JohnLorinc's column today. #TOpoli spacing.ca/toronto/2026/0…

The post-snowstorm sidewalk obstacle course, by @JohnLorinc. #TOpoli spacing.ca/toronto/2026/0…

A briefly plowed bike lane does not reflect the City's actual priorities, argues @LanrickBennett spacing.ca/toronto/2026/0…

New issue! Issue 73 explores Eglinton Avenue, Toronto's "prime rib" from east to west, as it awaits its new transit line spacing.ca/toronto/2026/0…

A look back at the state of cycling in Toronto in 2025, and forward to 2026, by Rob Zaichkowski #bikeTO spacing.ca/toronto/2026/0…

Peter MacCallum takes a trip on the Finch West LRT, Toronto's new transit line, and snaps some photos of the experience. spacing.ca/toronto/2026/0…

Looking for a Sunday read with your coffee? I've got you covered! 📚 This originally appeared in a @Spacing issue last year and I've reproduced it for my site! 🖥 And hey, it's about coffee! ☕️

Sean Marshall argues that the best way to improve transit in Toronto is to focus on affordable, quick, and effective solutions spacing.ca/toronto/2026/0…

From the Gerrard Square mall to Little India, photographer Peter MacCallum continues his exploration of Gerrard Street East, a street facing significant changes spacing.ca/toronto/2026/0…

Alf Holden tells the story of the best Annex apartment building that's not by Uno Prii, and the shy architect behind it who died this year. spacing.ca/toronto/2025/1…

Who’s behind the deep-pocketed private equity firm that’s bought into Therme? A new player has joined the Ontario Place melodrama — a mega-investor with billions to spend, writes @JohnLorinc on @Spacing. #TOpoli #ONpoli spacing.ca/toronto/2025/1…

Alphabet's autonymous-vehicle subsidiary Waymo has expansion plans that includes the #Toronto market, writes @JohnLorinc spacing.ca/toronto/2025/1… #ONpoli #TOpoli #Waymo #driveless #AVcars

When the long-disused Eastern Avenue Bridge was demolished, some locals came up with a way to creatively reuse the steel trusses to make benches for neighbourhood use. spacing.ca/toronto/2025/1…

Olivia Chow's new 'luxury tax' is a silly political distraction with little financial upside for the city, writes senior editor @JohnLorinc. spacing.ca/toronto/2025/1… #TOpoloi #ONpoli

How many more highway lanes? On the 20th anniversary of the Greenbelt, the Ford government's highway building plans are turning back the clock spacing.ca/toronto/2025/1… #TPoli #ONpoli #CDNpoli

Nostalgia about neighbourhood retail is not a strategy, writes senior editor @JohnLorinc. The City's heavily compromised decision on neighbourhood retail may result in no new neighbourhood retail. #TOpoli spacing.ca/toronto/2025/1…

William Whyte's classic 1980 film, The Social Life of Small Urban Spaces, remains as relevant today as it did 45 years ago. Senior editor @JohnLorinc dives into how the film can help Toronto's public realm. #TOpoli spacing.ca/toronto/2025/1…