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Parks, policing, and the pandemic
Park People’s national COVID-19 survey shows that parks have become more important than ever to Canadians during the pandemic. While many have been using...
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Farewell, Regent Park
By Lena Sanz Tovar and Keisha St. Louis-McBurnie Farewell Oak Street, produced by the National Film Board of Canada in 1953, presents a before-and-after...
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RECYCLING WOES: Toronto struggles to adapt to increased contamination and lower prices
Recycling programs across North America are struggling to cope with rising costs and declining revenues, and Toronto’s program is not immune to the...
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Why is urban planning so white?
By Saquib Ahsan, Ruth Belay, Abigail Moriah, and Gervais Nash The deaths of Regis Korchinski-Paquet, Abdirahman Abdi, Ejaz Choudry, and countless other...
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Why is City of Toronto sole-sourcing key digital infrastructure?
Toronto City Council is set to vote this week on a staff recommendation to sole-source a contract for a technology system. The contract is with Kansas...
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How public institutions fail Black children
All Black lives matter. Andrew Loku, Abdirahman Abdi, D’Andre Campbell, Regis Korchinski-Paquet and numerous Black lives — which includes Trans and queer...
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LORINC: Council fails accountability test on defunding the police
For all the heat and light generated by Monday’s debate over defunding or detasking the police, the compromise — or compromised, depending on your...
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THOMPSON: Saunders’ departure won’t fix the problem of policing in Toronto
What can be said about chief Mark Saunders’ sudden departure from the Toronto Police Service (TPS)? In truth, I am neither happy nor disappointed about...
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LORINC: Police can’t find road to reform even when given a map
Would Regis Korchinski-Paquet be alive today if the Toronto Police Service (TPS) had adopted the recommendations of a sweeping 2014 review of its flawed...
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PODCAST: Spacing Radio 044, Corona and the distant city
In this episode, we try to gain some perspective on the Covid-19 virus from the safety of our own apartments. We talk to Toronto City Councillor Josh...
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Questions for City Charter supporters: What and whom is it for?
Note: At the end of November, I was part of a panel hosted by the Institute for Municipal Finance and Governance on “Does Toronto Need a City Charter?â€...
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LORINC: Burning down the (laneway) house
In recent months, I’ve found myself wondering whether Toronto City Council’s much-touted laneway suites policy, circa 2018, was nothing more than an...
By John Lorinc