The Toronto Star

This column from The Toronto Star bashes the city's plan to spur economic activity by developing a city-owned casino.

In this article from The Toronto Star, Wendell Cox looks at the "draconian" land use restrictions that have been imposed by planners in Toronto, and how despite planners bemoaning auto-dependency, no one has offered a viable transit plan.

More than $83 million will be slashed from Toronto's annual budget, and many, including the mayor, predict a sharp cut to services and the city's general quality of life.

Car-oriented sloping sidewalks are upsetting pedestrians in Toronto, and they have called on politicians to look for a way to give the city's sidewalks back to walkers.

The city of Toronto originally had more park space than New York's Central Park. But the need to generate revenue caused the city to sell off much of its parkspace over the years, leaving a city with comparably few open spaces.

Parks are no just about connecting with nature. The evolving public spaces of today revitalize abandoned industrial land and engage citizens.

With private home development crowding many of the waterfront areas next to Lake Ontario in Toronto, locals and parks advocates are left with few access options.

Politicians in Toronto are looking to large-scale developments centered around casinos to help boost the city's economy. But the provincial legislation in Ontario may prevent the approval of any new casinos.

Green spaces and parks are becoming increasingly important as more and more people inhabit urban areas.

The future of Ontario is looking a lot greener and much more dense, as local officials tout recent legislative changes that they expect to drastically reshape the city in the next 25 years.

Toronto, Ontario, is on its way to meeting a goal of adding 500,000 residents by 2031. Many see the dense growth as a positive move for Canada's most populous city, but trading sprawl for compact growth is creating strain on its infrastructure.

With the city's planning and zoning rules outdated and elected officials often catering to the interests of developers or NIMBYs, many decry Toronto's "let's-make-a-deal" planning.

This opinion piece from the Toronto Star looks at how the organizational operation of Toronto is preventing it from becoming a more urban city.

While many residents agree that the city should intensity, NIMBYism still percolates up in the neighborhoods.

Why do Torontonians loathe tall buildings, and how can they get past this fear?

As a formerly small town grows into a city, it looks to the creation of a performing arts theater to bring it back above the surface of the flood of suburban blight.

Fractured transportation plans from different Toronto area municipalities make regional transit planning a challenge.

With the city mostly built out, and more residents looking to live in the urban core, Toronto planners and developers are busy building the city upwards.

Plans are underway in Toronto for the development of a huge public park along the city's Lake Ontario waterfront. Like many big cities, Toronto is utilizing abandoned and underused industrial lands to create an attractive destination.

With growing need for new infrastructure in Canada's growing urban centers, city officials are seeking to reclaim some of the revenue they send to Ottawa.