By John Lorinc
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LORINC: Turning Metrolinx’s revenue tools into jobs for low-income neighbourhoods
As Toronto’s surreal transit funding battle continues to spin out of control, the far-sighted, progressive-minded transit policies coming out of the Los...
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LORINC: Premier Kathleen Wynne Q&A with Spacing on public transit
In January, 2012, I asked in this space who was going to emerge as Toronto’s equivalent of Antonio Villaraigosa, L.A.’s gamechanging civic leader. During...
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Spacing’s John Lorinc talks Toronto casino on The Agenda tonight
Spacing senior editor John Lorinc will appear on The Agenda With Steve Paikin tonight discussing the dynamics of the Toronto casino debate. He will...
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LORINC: Transit revenue tools debate gets down to short strokes
Why have Kathleen Wynne’s Liberals suddenly started talking about capping tuition fee hikes (at 3%, down from 5%) and auto insurance premiums, the latter...
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LORINC: Andrea Horwath and NDP miss the bus
During her brief and uninformative performance at the Toronto Region Board of Trade this morning, NDP leader Andrea Horwath did nothing to dispel the...
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Follow John Lorinc on Twitter Monday morning: Andrea Horwath at Board of Trade
Starting at 8am Monday Morning, you can follow Spacing senior editor John Lorinc on Twitter as Ontario NDP leader Andrea Horwath speaks at the Toronto...
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LORINC: Is Olivia Chow missing the train?
Yesterday morning, Toronto Region Board of Trade (BoT) president Carol Wilding gave every politician in southern Ontario a veritable prairie of leeway by...
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Follow John Lorinc as Board of Trade announces transit funding plan
EDITOR’S NOTE: Follow Spacing senior editor John Lorinc on Twitter as he covers the Toronto Region Board of Trade’s event announcing their...
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LORINC: Is the CNE Casino a Field of Dreams?
Late last week, City officials announced that the release of the casino report long expected to be tabled to the executive committee next week, will be...
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LORINC: MGM’s Casino Ex-travaganza: have we seen this show before?
When MGM Resorts International unveiled its flashy proto-proposal for the CNE yesterday, the company’s officials were eager to talk about the 10,000 new...
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LORINC: The Life, Death and Re-birth of King Robert Ford, A Tragicomedy in 5 Acts
The Life, Death and Re-birth of King Robert Ford: A Tragicomedy in 5 Acts Cast: Robert, King of Toronto (Rob Ford) Douglas, Earl of Etobicoke (Doug Ford...
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LORINC: Weston’s parks donation rewires relationship with city hall
For years, I’ve played pick-up hockey on Thursday evenings with a group of guys at Campbell Park, a somewhat forlorn space near Dupont and Lansdowne. The...