Sheppard Subway
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LORINC: Rob Ford’s minority government at City Hall
Dear Mr. and Mrs. Ford, It has come to our attention that Rob and Doug are having some challenges with their course work, and specifically two classes...
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Friday’s headlines
CITY HALL • Majority of Toronto residents don’t approve of ‘jobs for life’ clause: poll [The Sun] • Toronto labour fight: as lockout...
By Laura McConnell -
LORINC: How Los Angeles found religion on transit: A lesson for Toronto?
This just in: thanks to the fiscal disciplinarians in the Ford administration, the TTC will be able to sock away $135 million for transit vehicles. Can we...
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LORINC: The spin cycle of City’s budget talks
WHAT WE TALKED ABOUT: By the end of last Tuesday’s news cycle, Mayor Rob Ford had steered his gravy choo-choo train to a politically intriguing...
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Thursday’s headlines
CITY HALL • Toronto councillor slams mayor’s unilateral decision on Olympic bid [Globe & Mail] • Wong-Tam open letter blasts Doug Ford’s ‘special...
By Laura McConnell -
Tuesday’s headlines
ROAD TOLLS & TRANSIT FUNDING • Mayor Ford won’t support tolls to fund Sheppard extension [The Star] • Mayor’s transit plans lambasted [The Sun...
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Monday’s headlines
CITY HALL • Going rogue? City councillors form their own committees, task forces — without Rob Ford [The Star] • Budget chief has a new friend [The Sun] â€...
By Katia Snukal -
Monday’s Headlines
CITY COUNCIL • City Hall Diary: Urban votes should count for more [The Star] • Council spending includes cakes, lion dances and 4-digit cellphone bills...
By Eric Mutrie -
Wednesday’s Headlines
CITY COUNCIL • Council seeks an auditor’s review of Toronto Hydro [The Star] • Council drops bid for private data [The Star] • Council approves Najib...
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LORINC: The Toronto Community Housing Conundrum
Lost amidst all the bleating about chocolates and pedicures and heads bouncing across Nathan Philips Square is a question I hope Jeff Griffiths, the...
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LORINC: Subways in the suburbs, a contrarian view
Between 1954 and 1980, Toronto built two subway lines with 62 stations and 55 km of track. Between 1980 and 2018, by which time the Spadina extension to...
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Thursday’s Headlines
CITY COUNCIL • James: ‘Jobs for life’ still haunts Lastman [The Star] • Toronto needs strong mayor with veto power, Doug Ford says [The Star] â€...
By Eric Mutrie