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Measuring Toronto’s unsafe construction zones

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Prior to this September’s return to school, Mayor John Tory announced that the City of Toronto will be doubling down on its... Read More

REID: The Jenga school of civic management

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For some years, I worked for an organization that practiced what I came to think of as the Jenga school of management. The... Read More

Movie Review — Trash Day: a dumpster diving documentary

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People are buying and using more things than they ever have before and, with this, creating more garbage than a city can sustainably... Read More

WHY WE CAN’T GO: Debunking the Costs of Operating Public Washrooms, pt. 3

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Parks Forestry and Recreation (PFR), according to City of Toronto data, operates over 1,500 parks, nearly 700 sports fields, 123... Read More

Why We Can’t Go: City Flushes Time Away, pt. 2

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Anyone who spends time in cities, and not just Toronto, likely has both a mental map as well as a strategy for finding a place to go... Read More

Why We Can’t Go: A Report on Toronto’s Public Washrooms, pt. 1

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Because this is Toronto, and because it’s important for officialdom to do certain things backwards, we’re going to spend... Read More

LORINC: Trying to police the way cops use AI-based investigation tools

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Late last month, the Toronto Police Services Board released a new policy meant to guide the agency’s future procurement and use... Read More

LORINC: The paradox of the City’s new sidewalk snow removal program

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A question for the immediate aftermath of the heaviest snowstorm in ten years: Following years of resident complaints and half-hearted... Read More

Anishnawbe Health finds a new home

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On Indigenous People’s Day, June 21, Anishnawbe Health Toronto held its ground-breaking ceremony for the Indigenous Hub that will... Read More

LORINC: Is the new federal budget green or red?

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After the federal Liberals’ $10/day childcare pledge, there’s no doubt that climate spending was the other big political bell-ringer... Read More