By John Lorinc
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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...
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LORINC: Who should pay Rob Ford’s legal bills?
Mayor Rob Ford, according to The Globe and Mail, racked up over $116,000 in legal fees fighting the conflict of interest allegation, and it appears that...
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LORINC: The dueling plans for the Downtown Relief Line
Here’s a quirky coincidence: The future of the Downtown Relief Line (DRL) rests, at the moment, in the hands of six women — three politicians and three...
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LORINC: The human side of pedestrians vs. police
At lunch hour yesterday, I was standing next to a herd of teenagers, waiting to cross St. Clair West at Bathurst. As usual, I positioned myself just a few...
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LORINC: Dispatches from the world of gambling
With the city’s casino consultation wrapping up this week and the April council debate growing closer, some of the gaming industry’s key executives have...