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LORINC: Have Toronto police learned anything at all about de-escalation?
The shouting about Paris and the ugly political aftermath has made it difficult to hear almost everything else that’s taking place in our world, including...
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Toronto flirts with participatory budgeting
This fall, Toronto residents — not bureaucrats or politicians — will decide if the city adds benches along Danforth Avenue, lighting improvements in...
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SUMMER OF THE GUN: 10 years later, conclusion
By John Lorinc and Idil Burale In 2005, the Toronto Strong Neighbourhoods Task Force made the following call to action: “No one – no family, no...
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SUMMER OF THE GUN: 10 years later, pt. II
The response to the summer of the gun has been characterized as a combination of prevention (i.e. place-based investment) and enforcement (i.e. targeted...
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SUMMER OF THE GUN, 10 years later: Part I
In a four part series, Spacing’s senior editor John Lorinc and columnist Idil Burale look back on the “summer of the gun” in 2005. On...
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PARKS IN CRISIS part 4: A tale of two parks
By John Lorinc and Alex Steep Over the past few years, the city has seen a handful of examples of park construction that offer impressive illustrations of...
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BURALE: What we don’t talk about when we talk about carding
This week, Toronto Police Board (TPSB) chair Alok Mukherjee broke his silence and admitted to The Toronto Star that he was cornered into a position where...
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PARKS IN CRISIS part 2: How the money flows
By John Lorinc and Kimberley Noble The information shouldn’t come as a surprise, but the numbers are nonetheless startling. According to data obtained by...
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LORINC: This ice isn’t transparent
Here’s my question about last week’s deal to have two private firms ante up funds to keep some of the City’s rinks open: Is there any kind of firewall...
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Exploring “downtown” Centreville in the winter: A ghost town in more ways than one
At the peak of it’s population in the 1950s, homes, cottages, and mansions lined the entirety of Toronto Island from Ward’s Island in the east...
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BURALE: The reality of fighting poverty
If cities had New Year’s resolutions, Toronto’s should be a poverty reduction strategy. According to the new report on child poverty released in...
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LORINC: What we didn’t talk about during this election
Remarkably, given the duration of the campaign and the sheer number of debates, the mayoral candidates managed to either completely ignore or give the...
By John Lorinc