By John Lorinc
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Spacing investigation: Toronto Public Library ransomware attack, pt. IV
By John Lorinc and Sakeina Syed Although TPL officials maintained an official no-comment stance for much of the shutdown — TPL chief librarian Vickery...
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Spacing investigation: Toronto Public Library ransomware attack, pt. III
This is a five-part series independently produced and investigated by Spacing At some point in mid-2020, with the pandemic raging, the Toronto Public...
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Spacing investigation: Toronto Public Library ransomware attack, pt. II
This is a five-part series independently produced and investigated by Spacing On October 29, a Sunday, a TPL branch manager got a call on his cell from...
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How did Toronto the Good become Toronto the Slow?
Here’s an interesting chronological footnote about this week’s much-hyped GTA-wide “One Fare” integration announcement, which will...
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LORINC: The time to solve Toronto’s student housing crisis is now
The federal Liberals spent a good chunk of January fixating on foreign students, and how Canadian universities and colleges have become addicted to the...
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LORINC: Why is Toronto obsessed with taxing foreigners who buy real estate?
Governments across Canada have an apparently bottomless appetite for foreign buyers’ taxes, a mild and very Canuck form of policy racism that begins...
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LORINC: Toronto’s ongoing property tax drama
There are some pundits who specialize in setting up the double-loaded trap for left-leaning politicians. If they break their election promises, they get...
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A year-end interview with Mayor Olivia Chow
With the final council session of the year now in the rear-view mirror, Mayor Olivia Chow is spending part of this week powering through year-end...
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LORINC: Olivia Chow’s next big move
It’s five months today — July 12 — since Olivia Chow was sworn in as mayor and I think it’s safe to say she has delivered the goods by cutting...
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LORINC: Clear-cutting the rules at Ontario Place
What with all the giant numbers that got tossed around with the unveiling on Monday of the Ontario-Toronto new deal — $7 billion! $9 billion! $1.2 billion...
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BREAKING: Grassroots group seeks injunction to stop the Ontario Place mega-spa
Ontario Place for All, the 30,000-member grass roots group fighting the West Island mega-spa, this morning launched a lawsuit against the Doug Ford...
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How to build a waterfront transit line
UPDATE NOV. 10, 2023: After years of study, city council voted 18-2 to adopt the new Waterfront East LRT alignment, a three-phase project that will...