By John Lorinc
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LORINC: We built it, but now will we ride it?
As befits a fall when the Blue Jays have again become contenders, the $10 billion-plus question hanging over the soon-to-be-opened Crosstown LRT is...
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How Toronto Forgets Its History (Again)
The north portion of St. Lawrence Market is arguably the second most historic spot in the post-colonial city, after Fort York. A public market has been...
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LORINC: Is the 401 Tunnel an off-ramp or money pit?
According to Doug Ford, his pal the prime minister is giving serious consideration to elevating the premier’s 401-tunnel scheme from the muck deep...
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It’s not about speed cameras on Parkside
Unless you live in a hermetically sealed box, you likely know that the serial be-heading of the speed camera on Parkside Drive has mutated from a weird...
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The long battle for Yellow Creek Ravine
Because the summer of 2025 has been all about infernal heat and drifting smoke, as opposed to the Biblical downpours of recent years, the public/media...
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Bike Lanes: 2 — Ford Nation: 0
In an intriguing aside a third of the way into Justice Paul Schabas’ extraordinary decision (issued yesterday) in Toronto’s bike lane war with...
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Rip the bandage off rapidly, please
There’s a glaring irony about the city’s messily disintegrating priority bus lane plan, which landed at executive committee yesterday...
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What, me worry? Yes you should, mayor
In a sit-down Q&A with The Globe and Mail‘s editorial board published over the weekend, Mayor Olivia Chow swatted aside concerns about whether...
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LORINC: What’s so scary about six-plexes?
When I look out my office window, trying to think up a lede, I find myself staring at the grey-stuccoed side-wall of a house kitty corner to mine, which...
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What Brasilia’s “Bike Reporter” can teach Toronto cycling advocates
As a young man, Afonso Ventania raced bikes competitively, but retired at 26 and decided to go into journalism. He spent several years covering sports and...
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Want an alternative to a 401 tunnel? How about incredibly reliable GO bus service
Giant hairy-chested capital projects have an uncanny ability to commandeer public attention — the latest choice example, of course, is the Big Doug, about...
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Reversing the Ford government’s biking backlash
At a time when Washington has launched a scorched earth attack on virtually all federal climate policies, the Ford government’s hyper-partisan...