Politics

BOOK REVIEW – The Guide to Greening Cities

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Authors: Sadhu Aufochs Johnston, Steven S. Nicholas and Julia Parzen (Island Press, 2013) More and more books are focusing on how to... Read More

Toronto

LORINC: An adult conversation about transit, redux

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Last week, I proposed in this space three key moves that Kathleen Wynne’s Liberals could make to signal their seriousness about... Read More

Toronto

MESLIN: If a billboard falls in a forest… Part 1

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Bathurst and Davenport cross each other just below the steep shoreline of ancient Lake Iroquois. The intersection is lush with... Read More

North America’s Best Kept (Cycling) Secret

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Author’s Note: Earlier this year, Vélo Quebec contacted me with a remarkable opportunity: to spend four days cycling around the... Read More

Toronto

LORINC: How Wynne can repair Liberals public transit credibility

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With premier Kathleen Wynne promising to move quickly to deliver a throne speech, re-introduce the budget that won her last week’s... Read More

Toronto

LORINC: What Ontario election means for Toronto’s mayoral race

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Last night’s stunning win for Liberal premier Kathleen Wynne will almost certainly trigger not one but two leadership races — Tim... Read More

Vancouver

RELEASE: OCOP! – Grandview Woodlands Citizens not happy with City planning process

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“Our Community, Our Plan!” (OCOP!) Residents’ Group members are concerned that the City wants to build dozens of high-end condo towers... Read More

Toronto

SPACING INVESTIGATION, PART 5: The bottom line on the Scarborough subway

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During tonight’s provincial election debate, Tim Hudak and Andrea Horwath will spend plenty of time accusing Kathleen Wynne and the... Read More

Toronto

SPACING INVESTIGATION, PART 4: Won’t somebody think of Bombardier?

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According to the November, 2012, master agreement signed by Metrolinx, the City of Toronto and the TTC, the four-line LRT project... Read More

Toronto

SPACING INVESTIGATION, PART 3: Ignoring the projected high costs and low ridership

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When Toronto city council convened in July, 2013, to make a clear decision on the Scarborough subway conversion, City staff provided... Read More