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LORINC: The never-ending war between Queen’s Park and City Hall

By John Lorinc

There could have scarcely been a more succinct visual metaphor for the chronically dysfunctional relationship between City Hall and Queen’s Park than the... Read More

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The year 2021 comes with high expectations, expectations to get back to the work we started pre-COVID and to build back stronger when... Read More

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Exactly fifteen years ago this week, I received this short and uplifting e-mail from Toronto city staff: January 12, 2006 Hi Dave, We... Read More

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