Politics
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PODCAST: Spacing Radio 92, Resolutions for Toronto leadership
The October 2026 Toronto election may seem like a long way off, but intentions to run have already been declared and campaign plans are well underway. So...
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LORINC: Uncomfortable conversations about road safety
The city’s Vision Zero team released its 2025 data yesterday and the trend lines are encouraging: overall, the number of traffic-related deaths — 39...
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Who’s behind the deep-pocketed private equity firm that’s bought into Therme?
Back in the summer, Therme went public with a somewhat perplexing development in its corporate life — a €1 billion merger of its two, somewhat related...
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LORINC: Waymo aims to get a driverless foot in Toronto’s door
In the past few days, Toronto’s chronically testy conservation about mobility glommed onto the disappointing launch of the Finch West LRT (Line 6)...
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LORINC: Mayor begins to reveal her election cards
I’m not especially interested in carrying the beer (or wine) for a bunch of people who can buy super expensive homes. But Mayor Olivia Chow’s...
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When did we start describing opioid addiction as “delinquent” behaviour?
In a widely read, shared and commented upon column in Saturday’s Globe and Mail, columnist Robyn Urback asked a question that, I’d say, is on...
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Nostalgia about neighbourhood retail is not a strategy
I have lived for many years less than 30 metres from what was once one of Toronto’s storied corner stores — a green grocer known locally as...
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LORINC: We built it, but now will we ride it?
As befits a fall when the Blue Jays have again become contenders, the $10 billion-plus question hanging over the soon-to-be-opened Crosstown LRT is...
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LORINC: Is the 401 Tunnel an off-ramp or money pit?
According to Doug Ford, his pal the prime minister is giving serious consideration to elevating the premier’s 401-tunnel scheme from the muck deep...
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Bike Lanes: 2 — Ford Nation: 0
In an intriguing aside a third of the way into Justice Paul Schabas’ extraordinary decision (issued yesterday) in Toronto’s bike lane war with...
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Rip the bandage off rapidly, please
There’s a glaring irony about the city’s messily disintegrating priority bus lane plan, which landed at executive committee yesterday...
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What, me worry? Yes you should, mayor
In a sit-down Q&A with The Globe and Mail‘s editorial board published over the weekend, Mayor Olivia Chow swatted aside concerns about whether...
By John Lorinc