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Toronto City Hall's Seven-Hour Showdown on the Future of the Citynew
The 'yes' vote for a new bike lane on Toronto's Jarvis Street foreshadows a city finally daring to pedal into the future.
NOW Magazine |
Mike Smith |
05-29-2009 |
Policy Issues
Critical Mass Guru Chris Carlsson Lives to Overthrow Moneynew
His new book, Nowtopia: How Pirate Programmers, Outlaw Bicyclists And Vacant-Lot Gardeners Are Inventing The Future Today, looks at "work that matters and is done well."
NOW Magazine |
Mike Smith |
10-17-2008 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Beyond Four Wallsnew
Robert Maurice's stairwell death shows you can have digs and be homeless.
NOW Magazine |
Mike Smith |
03-17-2008 |
Housing & Development
Tags: housing & development
Walking a Fine Linenew
New unit tries to protect sex workers -- too bad laws still put them in danger.
NOW Magazine |
Mike Smith |
01-11-2008 |
Sex
Air of Terrornew
Ontario's new air quality alert system lies -- just like U.S. terror attack index.
NOW Magazine |
Mike Smith |
07-20-2007 |
Environment
Tags: environment
Panhandling Panic in Torontonew
City's plan to assess "passive" panhandlers is one big suck-up to bellyaching retailers.
NOW Magazine |
Mike Smith |
06-04-2007 |
Policy Issues
Tags: public policy issues
Are Skyscrapers Sun Blockers or Space Savers?new
The debate rages in Toronto.
NOW Magazine |
Mike Smith |
05-18-2007 |
Housing & Development
Tags: housing & development
Change is in the Wind: Toronto Mayor Releases Green Plannew
But you can't create a breathable city without the burbs.
NOW Magazine |
Mike Smith |
04-06-2007 |
Environment
Tags: environment
Parkdale's Green Pickin'snew
There's a crop of candidates in Parkdale who flash eco badges -- but Gord Perks has the deepest green roots.
NOW Magazine |
Mike Smith |
10-30-2006 |
Politics
Off the Light Railsnew
Toronto goes for quick rapid transit fix, shortchanging future plans to extend light rail into the burbs.
NOW Magazine |
Mike Smith |
09-08-2006 |
Transportation
Tags: transportation
Standing Up for Us Allnew
This year's AIDS conference slams federal foot-dragging and provides a forum for the forgotten.
NOW Magazine |
Mike Smith |
08-18-2006 |
Policy Issues
Tags: public policy issues
Hiding Toxic Truthsnew
Why is Toronto keeping polluters' secrets?
NOW Magazine |
Mike Smith |
06-22-2006 |
Environment
Tags: environment
Street Furniture Fix Is Innew
Aiming to recover cost at any cost, Toronto's bureaucrats are filling the city's "beautification" projects with ads.
NOW Magazine |
Mike Smith |
03-09-2006 |
Housing & Development
Tags: housing & development
'Peace Support' in a War Zone?new
Which is more disconcerting: Not knowing what Canadian troops are doing in Afghanistan, or that so few in the press have even bothered raising the question?
NOW Magazine |
Mike Smith |
02-07-2006 |
War
The Breaking Pointnew
Far from being beset by anarchy, most of those left behind in New Orleans were victimized by its exact opposite -- the rigid, entrenched hierarchy of the dollar, which has centralized control of land and lives over the years.
NOW Magazine |
Mike Smith |
09-12-2005 |
Disasters
