Services
LORINC: The paradox of the City’s new sidewalk snow removal program
By John Lorinc
A question for the immediate aftermath of the heaviest snowstorm in ten years: Following years of resident complaints and half-hearted... Read More
Anishnawbe Health finds a new home
By Mnawaate Gordon-Corbiere
On Indigenous People’s Day, June 21, Anishnawbe Health Toronto held its ground-breaking ceremony for the Indigenous Hub that will... Read More
LORINC: Is the new federal budget green or red?
By John Lorinc
After the federal Liberals’ $10/day childcare pledge, there’s no doubt that climate spending was the other big political bell-ringer... Read More
LORINC: A first-responder service for mental health crises
By John Lorinc
This column was originally published in Spacing‘s fall, 2020, edition. City council’s executive committee yesterday voted... Read More
LORINC: Calculating the pandemic’s carbon footprint
By John Lorinc
Does your Blue Bin runneth over? On my morning dog walks, I’ve noticed in the past several months that a growing number of blue bins... Read More
Re-purposing Toronto’s city-owned golf courses
By Cara Chellew
Public space has never been so popular. Over the summer in Toronto, we saw streets closed for active recreation, parks filled with... Read More
Parks, policing, and the pandemic
By Adri Stark
Park People’s national COVID-19 survey shows that parks have become more important than ever to Canadians during the pandemic. While... Read More
Farewell, Regent Park
By Spacing
By Lena Sanz Tovar and Keisha St. Louis-McBurnie Farewell Oak Street, produced by the National Film Board of Canada in 1953, presents... Read More
RECYCLING WOES: Toronto struggles to adapt to increased contamination and lower prices
By Jon Yazer
Recycling programs across North America are struggling to cope with rising costs and declining revenues, and Toronto’s program is not... Read More
Why is urban planning so white?
By Spacing
By Saquib Ahsan, Ruth Belay, Abigail Moriah, and Gervais Nash The deaths of Regis Korchinski-Paquet, Abdirahman Abdi, Ejaz Choudry... Read More