By John Lorinc
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LORINC: A clarifying moment for this fall’s mayoral race
News dropped this week that Anthony Furey, the right-wing broadcaster turned occasional candidate, has graciously withdrawn from the 2026 mayoral race in...
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How did FIFA’s free Fan Fest suddenly become a ticketed event?
Given the recent deluge of BS from local FIFA organizers, I wonder if Mayor Olivia Chow realizes she’s strayed into the middle of a political...
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LORINC: Toronto’s repackaged progressivism on menu at City Hall
A thing I didn’t have on my bingo card for 2026: that City-run grocery stores would suddenly become an all-encompassing symbol of municipal...
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LORINC: Pedestrianizing Old City Hall
It sometimes seems that the endless civic debate over the second life of Old City Hall began not long after E.J. Lennox completed his sandstone monument...
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The politics of Island Airport during election year, Part II
From where I sit, Doug Ford’s triumphalist yodelling this week about the Toronto Islands airport sounds much less like an expansion plan than a...
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Do Toronto’s small urban spaces have a social life?
BACK BY POPULAR DEMAND: The John H. Daniels Faculty of Architecture, Landscape and Design will be screening The Social Life of Small Urban Spaces this...
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In praise of ugly park trash bins
As Astral’s wretched street furniture deal limps towards its inevitable conclusion, Toronto’s litter bins are back in the news, although...
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LORINC: When the police neither serve or protect
Following last week’s revelations about “Project South” — a far-ranging probe into police corruption that netted indictments against...
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LORINC: The post-snowstorm sidewalk obstacle course
Does the City of Toronto see its network of sidewalks as transportation infrastructure? Officially, the answer is yes. Transportation services, the...
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LORINC: Uncomfortable conversations about road safety
The city’s Vision Zero team released its 2025 data yesterday and the trend lines are encouraging: overall, the number of traffic-related deaths — 39...
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Who’s behind the deep-pocketed private equity firm that’s bought into Therme?
Back in the summer, Therme went public with a somewhat perplexing development in its corporate life — a €1 billion merger of its two, somewhat related...
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LORINC: Waymo aims to get a driverless foot in Toronto’s door
In the past few days, Toronto’s chronically testy conservation about mobility glommed onto the disappointing launch of the Finch West LRT (Line 6)...