Few cities in the contemporary world have made public housing as central to urban life as Singapore has. With over 80% of the population living in flats built and maintained by the Housing & ...

This letter, signed by 27 prominent B.C. experts in urban planning and architecture, was sent last week to Prime Minister ...

In an intriguing aside a third of the way into Justice Paul Schabas’ extraordinary decision (issued yesterday) in Toronto’s bike lane war with Premier Doug Ford, he reveals how, about a month ago, he ...

Singapore’s skyline is constantly in motion. Construction cranes and hoardings are as much part of the visual identity of the ...

Singapore often appears as a paradox—both widely admired and deeply critiqued. It is a city-state that epitomizes precision ...

See our Launch and Introduction about the launch of the © Urban Cartoon Syndicate and the announcement by CityHallWatch. *** ...

In British Columbia, ordinary homeowners pay annual property taxes—and when they buy a home, they pay Property Transfer Tax.

There’s a glaring irony about the city’s messily disintegrating priority bus lane plan, which landed at executive committee ...

When I look out my office window, trying to think up a lede, I find myself staring at the grey-stuccoed side-wall of a house kitty corner to mine, which was owned for a long time by a mobster of some ...

How many bills does it take to build the homes Ontario says it needs? The recently re-elected Doug Ford government would have you believe it takes several, despite missing its own housing targets for ...

In British Columbia, democracy is being redefined—not through elections or referendums, but through legislation with quiet names and sweeping consequences. Bill 13 and Bill 15 are not household names, ...

When Spacing’s publisher Matt Blackett suggested an issue about collectors, I was skeptical. Was this really going to capture something essential about Toronto that would engage readers? But as soon ...