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August 14 marks the 20th anniversary of the Northeast Blackout of 2003, which is estimated to have affected over 50 million people in Ontario and eight American states. It remains the largest power outage in North American history. Nearly 40 years earlier, many of the same parts of Ontario experienced the Great Northeast Blackout of 1965. On Spacing, Jamie Bradburn shares some stories from that event, which echo some of the experiences of 2003.

August 14 marks the 20th anniversary of the Northeast Blackout of 2003, which is estimated to have affected over 50 million people in Ontario and eight American states. It remains the largest power outage in North American history. Nearly 40 years earlier, many of the same parts of Ontario experienced the Great Northeast Blackout of 1965. On the Spacing website (spacing . ca), Jamie Bradburn shares some stories from that event, which echo some of the experiences of 2003.

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How are corporations, private equity, and investors driving up rents and harming Black and other marginalized communities? Tune in to the latest in our housing podcast series The Overhead:

The Overhead: The Financialization of a Housing Crisis - Spacing National THIS EPISODE: The Financialization of a Housing Crisis The days of the “mom-and-pop” landlord are largely behind us. Now, housing units are being snapped up or developed by large corporate entities and private equity firms. It can be hard to figure out who actually owns a building. Homes being t...

In an excerpt from her book, "The Letters", Sheila White explores her parents' inter-racial marriage in Toronto in the 1940s.

EXCERPT: The Letters, Postmark Prejudice in Black and White - Spacing Toronto   The Letters is based on actual correspondence my mother received before her in*******al marriage in Toronto in June, 1947. Her family implored her “not to marry outside her race.” Vivian Keeler, an intelligent and determined young white woman from Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, had fallen in love wi...