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LORINC: What kind of transit plan will Tory present?
If you’ll pardon the cliché, that great sucking sound we’re all hearing these days is coming from John Tory’s almost-a-campaign team, the members of which...
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Toronto’s Urbanism Headlines: Friday
POLITICS Rob Ford predicts mayoral election will be “war” [Toronto Star] Ford vies for big slice of federal infrastructure funds [Toronto Star] ‘None of...
By Elaine Kelly-Canning -
Toronto’s Urbanism Headlines: Thursday
METROPASSES 62 arrested in counterfeit TTC Metropass ring [Toronto Sun] Dozens arrested for using or selling fake Toronto transit passes [Globe &...
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Toronto’s Urbanism Headlines: Wednesday
ROB FORD Mayor Rob Ford requests Pride flag taken down [Toronto Sun] Rob Ford’s former campaign mastermind sides with John Tory [Globe & Mail] Teens...
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A transportation minister and a city planner walk into a bar
In the bustling Foxes Den pub on Bay St., a hurricane of wait staff wielding large, clattering plates of piping hot et cetera, were swirling from kitchen...
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LORINC: Ford’s flag flap flops
Monday morning pop quiz: As of first thing last Friday morning, how many Torontonians — or Canadians, for that matter — knew that city councils across the...
By John Lorinc -
Toronto’s Urbanism Headlines: Friday
POLITICS Ford faces Putin-like backlash over Pride: Carroll [Toronto Sun] Toronto city council more interested in politically sexy projects than clearing...
By Elaine Kelly-Canning -
Toronto’s Urbanism Headlines: Thursday
ROB FORD Rob Ford to duck World Pride parade, too [Toronto Star] Rob Ford says he’s fine with handing over his cellphone to police — but not without a...
By Kayla Apostolides -
Toronto’s Urbanism Headlines: Wednesday
UNION STATION Councillor wants Union Station renamed after John A. Macdonald [Globe & Mail] Union Station name change proposal rankles historians...
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Toronto hearts Stalingrad — “adopting” the Soviet city during WWII
It was the summer of 1942 and things were looking good for Hitler. The Nazis had already swept across Europe; now they were pushing on into Russia...
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The most beautiful Dairy Queen in Toronto?
While exploring the neighbourhoods along Broadview north of the Danforth last week, I stumbled upon what may be the most beautiful Dairy Queen in Toronto...
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LORINC: deBaeremaeker fans urban-suburban divide
After his over-the-top outburst at the end of council’s budgapalooza, I realized I had reached my lifetime dose of Councillor Glenn de Baeremaeker’s...
By John Lorinc
Canadian Urbanism Uncovered