Politics
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The Scarborough Subway and Smart Track are about to collide
Anyone who thinks they can read between the lines of the two sets of council votes this week — about the Scarborough subway and Smart Track — should...
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LORINC: John Tory and the need for an activist mayor
At their confab in Toronto last week, the Federation of Canadian Municipalities big city mayors caucus welcomed John Tory like the return of the prodigal...
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LORINC: Tory needs to use new traffic data to fight congestion
To absolutely no one’s surprise, Mayor John Tory has emerged as the kind of leader who looks both ways — all puns and double entendres intended — before...
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LORINC: What the Hebdo killings, and their aftermath, say about global cities
Yesterday’s massive demonstrations — in Paris, as well capitals around the world, including Toronto – offered a vivid reminder that 21st century...
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BURALE: The reality of fighting poverty
If cities had New Year’s resolutions, Toronto’s should be a poverty reduction strategy. According to the new report on child poverty released in...
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The horror of the Rupert Hotel fire still lingers
The fire had been burning out of control at the Rupert Hotel for 17 minutes before someone called 911. As flames and acrid smoke filled the corridors of...
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LORINC: Waterfront Toronto two steps ahead of Minnan-Wong’s forced outrage
One of the great fictions of the Rob Ford era is that only a tiny clutch of politicians kept watch over all the devious civil servants and special...
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LORINC: Tory lands in middle of island airport mess
During a campaign-style drive-by in Mississauga last week, Prime Minister Stephen Harper, according to reports, sought out Toronto’s newly installed...
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The grim history of the Ku Klux Klan in Toronto
Two men in hooded Ku Klux Klan uniforms flash Nazi salutes on a porch. Beside them, a woman with “white power” tattooed crudely across her chest stands...
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BURALE: Tory needs to repair trust between police and community
Mayor John Tory said he wanted to improve the relationship between the Toronto Police Service (TPS) and the community, and signaled his intention to sit...
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LORINC: Denzil goes to the Waterfront
Not long after amalgamation, when Toronto council still had 57 members and met at Metro Hall, I set up a lunch-time interview with Denzil Minnan-Wong at...
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LORINC: Welcome to Tory Nation
Four years seems like such a very long time ago. Don Cherry, pinkos, and then a lengthy, nausea-inducing ride on the roller coaster of Rob Ford’s version...
By John Lorinc