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Toronto’s Urbanism Headlines: Monday
ROB FORD Mayor Rob Ford to attend Remembrance Day ceremony [Toronto Sun] Former Washington mayor Marion Barry won’t pile on Mayor Rob Ford [Toronto...
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Crowdfunding Queerstory — a free app that will tell Toronto’s LGBTQ history
A new project started by Year Zero One YZO, some of the folks behind the award-winning TXTilecity project (stories about Toronto’s textile heritage...
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Toronto’s Urbanism Headlines: Friday
ROB FORD Rob Ford’s mother says mayor needs to ‘smarten up’ — but not go to rehab [Toronto Star] Rob Ford is out of control and a real danger to...
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Toronto’s Urbanism Headlines: Thursday
ROB FORD Rob Fords worldwide harassed on twitter [Toronto Star] Rob Ford comedy ensues but Toronto’s not laughing: Mallick [Toronto Star] Rob Ford...
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Hundreds attend protest demanding Mayor Ford’s resignation
Chanting “Ford, what is he good for? Absolutely nothing,” and “Hey hey, ho ho, Mayor Rob Ford has got to go,” more than 200 protestors amassed at Nathan...
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Toronto’s Urbanism Headlines: Wednesday
ROB FORD Rob Ford can’t be saved; can Toronto?: Hume [Toronto Star] Rob Ford scandal: Accusations, admissions and what happens next [Toronto Star...
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LORINC: Ford family dynamics at heart of fiasco
In 1991, the American author Jane Smiley published “A Thousand Acres,” a devastating novel about a mid-western farm family – an aging pater familias, and...
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Toronto’s Urbanism Headlines: Tuesday
ROB FORD Defiant Rob Ford hits back at critics, invites allies to resign from executive committee [Globe & Mail] As Ford digs in, councillors divided...
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Toronto’s Urbanism Headlines: Monday
ROB FORD Rob Ford apologizes for public drunkenness, but won’t step down [Toronto Star] Apology by Mayor Rob Ford falls short, Toronto residents say...
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LORINC: A drinking and driving mayor — the last call for Ford?
While the most discussed and potentially salacious details in the court documents released last week focus on alleged drug transactions and that...
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Toronto’s Urbanism Headlines: Friday
ROB FORD CRACK SCANDAL Rob Ford video scandal: Live chat with Toronto Star journalists [Toronto Star] Mayor Rob Ford not worthy of our pity...
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Cyclists rally for bike lanes on Lansdowne Ave. after installation delays
As night descended on MacGregor Playground on Oct. 29, cyclists clad in ghoulish garb rallied in support of Lansdowne Ave. bike lanes that Toronto council...
By Josh Sherman
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