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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...
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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...
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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...
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Toronto’s Urbanism Headlines: Wednesday
UNION STATION Councillor wants Union Station renamed after John A. Macdonald  [Globe & Mail] Union Station name change proposal rankles historiansÂ...
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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...
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A review of the new Shaw Street bike route
It has been a rather trying winter for cyclists in Toronto. Besides the unseasonably cold temperatures, the snow and ice has made cycling difficult...
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Toronto’s Urbanism Headlines: Friday
POLITICS Ford blasts council approval of budget [Toronto Sun] Staffers deliver beer to Kelly home [Toronto Sun] Rob Ford’s trims mostly fail as Toronto...
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Toronto’s Urbanism Headlines: Thursday
POLITICS Council approves 2.23% tax hike  [Toronto Sun] Ford Toronto’s Tony Soprano?  [Toronto Sun]  Ford’s brother-in-law alleges in lawsuit...
By Elaine Kelly-Canning
Canadian Urbanism Uncovered