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Is new police report real transformation or just new packaging?

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Last week, the Toronto Police Service (TPS) and the Toronto Police Services Board (TPSB) jointly released an interim report from the... Read More

LORINC: The Attack of the Killer Revenue Tools

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There was a wonderfully revealing moment at yesterday’s executive committee meeting, when Toronto’s city manager Peter Wallace... Read More

LORINC: Cops investigating cops

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The Ontario coroner’s decision last week to call an inquest into the shooting death of Andrew Loku, a 45-year-old man killed last... Read More

Do you have to shovel your sidewalk?

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In the City of Toronto, the city will clear some local sidewalks when it snows a certain amount, but other people are required to... Read More

LORINC: Have Toronto police learned anything at all about de-escalation?

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The shouting about Paris and the ugly political aftermath has made it difficult to hear almost everything else that’s taking place in... Read More

SUMMER OF THE GUN: 10 years later, conclusion

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 By John Lorinc and Idil Burale In 2005, the Toronto Strong Neighbourhoods Task Force made the following call to action: “No one... Read More

SUMMER OF THE GUN: 10 years later, pt. II

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The response to the summer of the gun has been characterized as a combination of prevention (i.e. place-based investment) and... Read More

SUMMER OF THE GUN, 10 years later: Part I

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In a four part series, Spacing’s senior editor John Lorinc and columnist Idil Burale look back on the “summer of the... Read More

PARKS IN CRISIS part 4: A tale of two parks

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By John Lorinc and Alex Steep Over the past few years, the city has seen a handful of examples of park construction that offer... Read More