Ontario

Mega Malls Migrate To Canada

North America's mega mall is migrating northward, with the largest new retail project in North America planned near Montreal.

19 March 2005 - 7:00am

National Real Estate Investor

Kunstler On Ontario's Green-Belt Plan

Author James Howard Kunstler discusses Ontario' new green-belt protection plan to halt sdevelopment outside the Greater Toronto area.

21 February 2005 - 11:00am

Rise The Hammer

Most Expensive Transit Fare

The Toronto Transit Commission's planned fare increase makes it the most expensive fare in Canada, and more than fares charged in New York, Chicago and Paris.

18 February 2005 - 9:00am

The Globe and Mail

Toronto's Subtle Architecture of Exclusion

The Toronto Star wonders if Toronto's urban planners are intentionally driving people away from downtown.

9 February 2005 - 5:00am

The Toronto Star

What Would It Take To Make Toronto Beautiful?

Lisa Rochon hosts a roundtable conversation to examine the reasons for the city's architectural mediocrity.

8 February 2005 - 11:00am

The Globe and Mail

Reshaping Toronto

Outside of the spotlight of celebrity architecture, entire sections of the city are being transformed.

8 February 2005 - 9:00am

The Toronto Star

Debate Over Proposed Greenbelt For Toronto

Progressive Conservative leader accuses Liberals of rushing through a poorly designed greenbelt policy without adequate consultations.

27 January 2005 - 10:00am

The Globe and Mail

Greenbelt Sustainability

Breaking the chains and building a greenbelt based economy in Ontario.

21 December 2004 - 10:00am

Now Toronto

Urban Growth And The Toronto Greenbelt

The Fraser Institute publishes a report by Wendell Cox questioning Ontario's plans to implement smart growth policies intended to slow the growth of urban land areas.

10 December 2004 - 5:00am

The Fraser Institute

Ontario's Anti-Sprawl Plans

Ontario, Canada, plans to curb urban sprawl with a new growth management strategy.

29 October 2004 - 3:00pm

The Globe and Mail

A Primer On Roundabouts

The Region of Waterloo presents an animated tutorial and website about how to use a roundabout.

27 October 2004 - 5:00am

Regeneration And Renewal

Canada's First National Urban Park

Can a new urban park on the north side of Toronto change the city and offer a new model of urban planning?

24 October 2004 - 1:00pm

The Toronto Star

'It Takes Guts' To Be Green

How Toronto's greenbelt idea evaporated.

24 August 2004 - 2:00pm

The Toronto Star

The Wide-Shallow Lot: A Good Thing for Buyers or Builders?

Purchasers don't always consider all of the facts when choosing a new home on a wide-shallow lot.

31 May 2004 - 11:00am

The Toronto Star

Statistics Canada Improves Planners' Access to Data

New partnership initiative makes demographic data available to planners at considerably lower cost.

31 May 2004 - 9:00am

The Toronto Star

Toronto Waterfront Redevelopment Agency Needs Teeth

Governance review by the province holds promise of new powers needed to get on with implementing its mandate.

29 May 2004 - 11:00am

The Toronto Star

Toronto Wants To Be A Great City

Recent high profile projects have commisioned star architects for their designs, with debatable results.

19 May 2004 - 9:00am

Toronto Life

Reducing Onerous Parking Standards Key to Urban Intensification

On-site parking requirements need to be relaxed before Toronto's main streets can intensify.

5 April 2004 - 6:00am

The Toronto Star

Building for People, Not Cars

New Urbanist community in suburban Toronto realized through developer's vision and persistance.

29 March 2004 - 6:00am

The Toronto Star

Toronto Subway Expansion Constrained by Lack of Vision

As Toronto's subway turns 50, experts and enthusiasts ponder the system that might have been

28 March 2004 - 1:00pm

The Toronto Star