Politics

Toronto

MESLIN: Connecting the Dots – Exposing the influence of lobbyists at City Hall

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Five years ago, Toronto City Council banned all corporate and union contributions for municipal election campaigns. This was supposed... Read More

Toronto

LORINC: This ice isn’t transparent

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Here’s my question about last week’s deal to have two private firms ante up funds to keep some of the City’s rinks open: Is there any... Read More

Vancouver

RELEASE: Moving Forward Transit Referendum Campaign

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Christine McLaren and Erin Millar of Discourse Media just launched an exciting and important journalism project leading up to this... Read More

Toronto

The Scarborough Subway and Smart Track are about to collide

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Anyone who thinks they can read between the lines of the two sets of council votes this week — about the Scarborough subway and Smart... Read More

Toronto

LORINC: John Tory and the need for an activist mayor

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At their confab in Toronto last week, the Federation of Canadian Municipalities big city mayors caucus welcomed John Tory like the... Read More

Ottawa

LRT Trillium Line Extension enters Stage 2

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The second open house for the Stage 2 project’s Trillium Line took place last Thursday night at the St. Anthony’s Banquet Hall in... Read More

Atlantic

An Equal Partnership? Weighing the Merits of an Urban Core Community Council

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DARTMOUTH – The urban/suburban divide that often plagues Halifax was on full display last week when Regional Council approved... Read More

Toronto

LORINC: Tory needs to use new traffic data to fight congestion

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To absolutely no one’s surprise, Mayor John Tory has emerged as the kind of leader who looks both ways — all puns and double entendres... Read More

Toronto

LORINC: What the Hebdo killings, and their aftermath, say about global cities

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Yesterday’s massive demonstrations — in Paris, as well capitals around the world, including Toronto – offered a vivid reminder... Read More

Toronto

BURALE: The reality of fighting poverty

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If cities had New Year’s resolutions, Toronto’s should be a poverty reduction strategy. According to the new report on child poverty... Read More