By John Lorinc
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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...
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Ford’s plan for a Mega-Garage update
EDITOR’S NOTE: This is a follow-up on yesterday’s article by John Lorinc about the P3 plans to build a underground parking lot on the Ontario...
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LORINC: Ford’s plan for a Mega-Garage at the new Science Centre
The Ford government wants to bundle the proposed five-storey parking garage and the relocated Science Centre in a single public-private partnership deal...
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LORINC: The Auditor General needs to investigate Ontario Place, now
Given this week’s stunning news — that the RCMP has launched a criminal investigation of the Greenbelt land deals and that Ontario’s...
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LORINC: Therme’s likely carbon nightmare at Ontario Place
The environmental critiques of Therme Canada’s mega-spa scheme have rightly focused on the project’s most visible and violent impacts: the...
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The below-grade scandal of the Ontario Place redevelopment
Over the past year or so, the debate over the future of Ontario Place — and particularly the West Island — has focused, mainly, on what will happen above...
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Q&A with Steven Evans on photographing Ontario Place
With the chaotic Greenbelt scandal swirling in the background, the updated plans for the Ford government’s deeply contentious and destructive scheme...
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LORINC: The Tories’ use-it-or-lose housing ruse
On the north-east corner of Bathurst and St. Clair West sits a snazzy purpose-built condo sales office, ostensibly there to promote Foret, a giant...
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LORINC: The housing planets align
The housing file, as everyone knows, is burning hotter than the forests in western Canada, but might this issue be having a moment? I’m struck by a...
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Olivia Chow’s revenue tools plan is the sound of one hand clapping
There’s plenty to applaud about the proposed revenue measures that will go before an emergency session of Mayor Olivia Chow’s executive...
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LORINC: The great expectations of Olivia Chow
It’s been a heck of a long time since a new mayor took office with the goal of doing something to build the city, as opposed to halting something...
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What awaits the new mayor
By this time next week, the City of Toronto will have a new chief magistrate, and likely (thankfully!) the first mayor who will be situated somewhere to...