By John Lorinc
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LORINC: Ceasefire or armistice between TTC and Metrolinx?
At the press conference last week where the TTC and Metrolinx declared their latest truce, I asked Liberal infrastructure minister Bob Chiarelli whether...
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LORINC: The death knell of Metrolinx?
In case you didn’t notice it, that little puff of smoke receding over the horizon this fall is Metrolinx’s $50 billion Big Move investment strategy...
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LORINC: Why should TTC operate the new LRT lines?
A Monday morning confession: Try as I might, I simply have not been able to grasp the TTC’s intransigence towards Metrolinx’s allegedly treacherous...
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LORINC: Fantasy football with Rob Ford
(Warning: This column contains explicit football puns.) With the mid-way point of Rob Ford’s term fast approaching, I have one fundamental question about...
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LORINC: Q&A with TTC Chair Karen Stintz on transit funding plans
Here’s a short-term goal: With a little self-discipline, and a bit of focus on the part of the media, maybe we can get back to talking about the things...
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LORINC: Cue the lawyers of #FordCourt
Mayor Rob Ford left the court by mid-day yesterday, but the ghosts of his two predecessors – Mel Lastman and David Miller – made their presence felt as...
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LORINC: Strange times in #FordCourt
When you peel away all the political spinning, the legal wrangling and the sheer spectacle of what transpired in Courtroom 6-1 at 361 University Avenue...
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LORINC: Forgetful Ford gets his day in court
When the lawyers, the press, and the idly curious take their places in a University Avenue courtroom this morning, all eyes will be on the unprecedented...
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LORINC: Conflicting accounts of Ford’s declarations of conflict
In Monday’s Globe and Mail, my colleague Kelly Grant reported that Mayor Rob Ford, during a deposition involving the pending conflict of interest...
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LORINC: What should be on the new chief planner’s to-do list
Progressive Toronto was feeling pretty darn good about its collective self last week when the City revealed it would be hiring the poised planning...
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LORINC: Could transit construction prevent another Danzig?
Mayor Rob Ford, a man spectacularly unsuited for the crisis that opened beneath his feet last week, committed so many gaffes after the Danzig shooting...
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LORINC: Is there a chance for OneCity 2.0?
Are we in the midst of a golden age of transit construction in Toronto? I pose the question in complete seriousness to all the grim-faced fans of...