Superhighway Secrets (Toronto Star, Oct 8, 2021)
The hugely controversial Highway 413 will cost taxpayers billions. But just how much the province won’t say By Paul Webster Special to the Toronto Star Fri., Oct. 8, …
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The Sprawl Stoppers (Toronto Star, May 14, 2021)
A thorn in the Ford government’s side: How these three women helped galvanize the fight against the controversial Highway 413 By Paul Webster Special to the Star Fri., May 14, …
Canada chokes cannabis science (Nature Medicine, April 22, 2021)
Nature Canadian Cannabis researchers protest April 22 2021
Ontario’s Exploding Sprawl Brawl (Hamilton Spectator, March 28, 2021)
Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area activists fighting Ford government’s urban sprawl plans Paul Webster Sun., March 28, 2021 The Hamilton Spectator With the fate of much of Hamilton’s last nearby …
“You can’t eat real estate” (Toronto Star, Feb 13, 2021)
Doug Ford’s planned superhighway is a ‘slam dunk’ for developers — but some say it will be an economic disaster By Paul WebsterSpecial to the Star Sat., Feb. 13, 2021 As …
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COVID-19 highlights Canada’s long-term care home crisis (The Lancet, Jan 15 2021)
When Canada’s national health data agency reported in June, 2020, that Canada had the worst record among wealthy nations for COVID-19-related deaths in long-term care facilities for older people, many …
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500 Canadian cities declare climate emergencies (The Lancet, Jan 1, 2021)
The Lancet Jan 1 2021 Canadian Climate Action While Canada’s federal, provincial, and territorial orders of government— many of which are deeply dependent on tax revenues from the world’s fifth …
Can Toronto’s last big natural areas be saved?
Doug Ford plans to start building a new superhighway near the 401 next year. Why not move all the trucks to the 407 toll highway instead? By Paul Webster Special to …
Rural Canada’s digital deficit
In an era when virtual transactions are quickly eclipsing conventional ones, the hunger for bandwidth recalls the infrastructure competitions of the past, when communities lived and died according to their …