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July 2025

Gotta go fast — Council endorses RapidTO for Bathurst and Dufferin
City Hall Watcher #342: Your complete recap of the July 2025 meeting of Toronto Council, featuring debates on RapidTO, shelters, housing and more. Plus…
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Council sits for summer for debates on transit, shelters, and snowfall
City Hall Watcher #341: Your complete preview of the July 2025 meeting of Toronto Council, featuring Bathurst & Dufferin transit lanes, rats, coyotes…
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Battling on Bathurst Street
City Hall Watcher #340: An INTERSECTION INSPECTION special looks at traffic counts on Bathurst Street, ahead of Council's RapidTO debate. Plus: new…
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Lobbying Live & Unplugged
City Hall Watcher #339: Lobbyist Watch for June 2025! And also: rats.
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June 2025

Toronto City Council nixes six
City Hall Watcher #338: Your complete recap of the June 2025 meeting of Toronto Council, featuring votes on six-unit multiplexes, parking, and more…
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Running through a sixplex debate with some woes
City Hall Watcher #337: Your complete preview of the June 2025 meeting of Toronto Council
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Taking Toronto to sixplex city
City Hall Watcher #336: Breaking down the odds for Council's coming debate on allowing six-unit multiplexes, plus the fall and rise and fall again of…
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Scoring Mayor Olivia Chow's first defeat
City Hall Watcher #335: The COUNCIL SCORECARD returns with a look at how often councillors are voting with Mayor Olivia Chow
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Sixplexes for the Six, parking pondered, senior staff come and go, Tory turns up
The Week at Toronto City Hall for the week of June 9 to 13, 2025, featuring sixplexes, parking plans, TTC trends, early electioneering, and more
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Lobbyists join the battle of Bathurst Street
City Hall Watcher #334: LOBBYIST WATCH for May 2025, featuring self-driving cars, Summerhill Market versus RapidTO, and a tiny bit of tiny shelter…
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