Services
Is new police report real transformation or just new packaging?
By Nana Yanful
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
By John Lorinc
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
By John Lorinc
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?
By Dylan Reid
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?
By John Lorinc
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
Toronto flirts with participatory budgeting
By Alexandra Flynn
This fall, Toronto residents — not bureaucrats or politicians — will decide if the city adds benches along Danforth Avenue, lighting... Read More
SUMMER OF THE GUN: 10 years later, conclusion
By John Lorinc
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
By Idil Burale
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
By John Lorinc
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
By John Lorinc
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