The atmosphere was decidedly peaceful, but transit planners say they’re up for a fight when it comes to combating traffic congestion. Sprawl Brawl featured plenty of tough talk on the failure of ...

If you've ever returned to a city after a long period of time away and been amazed at the number of new condo buildings, housing developments, business parks, roads and shopping centres that have ...

A perverse feature of Toronto's housing debate has been the calls to defend low population densities that drive car ... How Toronto can help fight sprawl in the 905. January 16, 2022 Phil Pothen.

But as many residents begin to pack up and move to the city, suburbs are increasingly looking for ways to create distinctive, vibrant cores within the sprawl. In Toronto, planners are resisting the ...

For Toronto and the surrounding 905, a region known for sprawl and environmental apathy, the provincial Places to Grow Act was passed with the hope of trading unsustainable growth for urban ...

York Region, north of Toronto, chose sprawl. Last week, Hamilton chose something different. Hamilton was embroiled in a months-long debate on how to handle growth that could shoot its population ...

‘The Ford government is dramatically rolling back the density targets brought in under the Liberals and encouraging urban sprawl with single-family homes that can’t support public transit.’ ...

Although the former municipalities of Etobicoke, North York, York, and Scarborough are sometimes still referred to as suburbs of Toronto, development in these areas over the last 30 years and the ...

TORONTO - The Ontario government is dismissing suggestions that the province’s anti-sprawl policies are contributing to housing supply shortage and soaring home prices in the Greater Toronto and ...

OSHAWA — An Oshawa resident has enlisted a former Toronto mayor and well-known urban sprawl critic in her fight to preserve agricultural lands in Durham. Rosemary McConkey lives in the hamlet of ...

Political leaders must end sprawl and create higher-density communities surrounded by local greenbelts of protected farmland. Urban sprawl is destroying Ontario’s farmland Skip to main content ...