David Rider
City Hall Bureau Chief at The (Toronto) Star
Aging journo with the calves of a 15-year-old and a love of the absurd. Also, Toronto Star senior political reporter. Please email tips to drider(at)https://t.co/itPuVYWp6V
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1 week ago |
thespec.com | David Rider
Premier Doug Ford’s government originally envisioned a multi-level underground lot on Ontario Place grounds, which will also host an expanded Budweiser Stage concert venue and relocated Ontario Science Centre. Amid alarm over the cost of building underground on lake-surrounded landfill, however, provincial officials started talking to city staff about building the parkade — above or below ground — at city-owned Exhibition Place.
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2 weeks ago |
therecord.com | David Rider
Toronto and other municipalities are parsing the Ford government’s new homebuilding rules to figure out what, if any, local efforts to curb climate change and make communities weather-resilient will survive the legislation. Premier Doug Ford’s government says municipalities will lose the power to impose requirements upon developers beyond those in the provincial building code.
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2 weeks ago |
thespec.com | David Rider
Toronto and other municipalities are parsing the Ford government’s new homebuilding rules to figure out what, if any, local efforts to curb climate change and make communities weather-resilient will survive the legislation. Premier Doug Ford’s government says municipalities will lose the power to impose requirements upon developers beyond those in the provincial building code.
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3 weeks ago |
thespec.com | David Rider
The Ford government’s latest bid to jump-start housing construction appears to threaten Toronto’s 15-year-old “green standard,” which limits the greenhouse gas emissions new buildings can emit and ensures those homes are resilient to flash flooding and other consequences of climate change.
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1 month ago |
thespec.com | Noor Javed |David Rider |Raju Mudhar
Vina Viejo, a personal support worker in Richmond Hill, supported Justin Trudeau and his Liberal government with votes and campaign donations for almost a decade. But Viejo’s had a change of heart. In last Monday’s federal election, she moved her support behind Pierre Poilievre’s Conservatives and says she convinced her partner and multiple family members — about 15, she estimates, except for one holdout sister — to join her in abandoning the Liberals.
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