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Toronto’s strange climate change plan in the age of Trump
When U.S. president Donald Trump announced last week that he’d decided to abandon the historic Paris Accord, national and sub-national governments around...
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LORINC: Wynne’s U-turn on road tolls dangerous for Tory
Since the news of the Liberals’ reversal on road tolls for the Gardiner and the Don Valley Parkway began to leak last Thursday evening, Premier Kathleen...
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LORINC: A watchdog for all those $2 road tolls
During the (only half-finished) debate over John Tory’s road tolls scheme, the mayor offered up what looked mostly like a nerve-soothing rider for the...
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LORINC: Why doesn’t Ontario’s NDP get road pricing?
How long do progressives and urban dwellers more generally have to wait before Ontario’s NDP stops compensating (atoning?) for former premier Bob Rae’s...
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Do “Slow Down” lawn signs actually work?
“Slow Down, Kids at Play” lawn signs proliferated in Toronto in the last couple of years as part of a private campaign in the wake of the...
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LORINC: John Tory’s road toll epiphany
There’s no question that Mayor John Tory deserves credit for hitching his political wagon to road tolls — on the Gardiner and the Don Valley Parkway — at...
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LORINC: Transit’s “last mile” solution may be mobility-as-a-service companies
I loath Rogers just as much as the next red-blooded Canadian, and, on certain days, possibly even more. But I have to give the telecom conglomerate, and...
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The sidepath: a solution for suburban cycling infrastructure
On busy suburban roads, sidepaths offer an appealing alternative to installing bike lanes. But where they have been implemented, there are some major...
By Sean Marshall -
Does Toronto hate marathons?
Toronto loves its sports teams; just head down to the square in front of the Air Canada Centre, or Nathan Phillips Square around playoff time for proof of...
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The Don Mills Safety Village taught kids to drive
1962 was a rough year for kids. In the 12 months between January and December, 20 young people under the age of 14 were killed on Toronto’s streets...
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The “great monster of death” arrives in Toronto
Lenton Williams worked in the printing department at Eaton’s department store. On the evening of June 14, 1905, the 60-year-old was jogging south along...
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INFOGRAPHIC: The business of bikes and parking
EDITOR’S NOTE: There has been some debate about whether bike lanes on Bloor would hurt or harm businesses. Spacing is republishing this infographic from...
By Spacing