John Lorinc
@johnlorinc.bsky.social
Toronto journalist & editor. Contributor to Globe & Mail, Toronto Star, Corporate Knights, Walrus, Spacing. Co-editor: Messy Cities (Coach House, 2025). Author: No Jews Live Here, A Memoir. https://chbooks.com/Books/N/No-Jews-Live-Here.
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John Lorinc
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No Jews Live Here
A stolen sign, ‘No Jews Live Here,’ kept John Lorinc’s Hungarian Jewish family alive during the Holocaust.From pre-war Budapest to post-war Toronto, journalist John Lorinc unspools four generations of...
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#booksky New from me, No Jews Live Here, a memoir from @coachhousebooks chbooks.com/Books/N/No-J...
Good. It’s a club we sdn’t be members of. #cdnpoli
Donald Trump revokes invitation for Canada to join his ‘Board of Peace’
Donald Trump revokes invitation for Canada to join his ‘Board of Peace’
The U.S. president announced the decision in a short social media post late Thursday. The move comes as Trump’s administration has criticized Prime Minister Mark Carney’s government following its trad...
www.thestar.com
January 23, 2026 at 3:10 AM
Good. It’s a club we sdn’t be members of. #cdnpoli
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A subtle repositioning of the International Energy Agency's energy demand scenarios could have enormous consequences for the energy transition, writes @johnlorinc.bsky.social in our just released winter issue.
We ask: is the IEA bending to Big Oil?
corporateknights.com/energy/is-th...
We ask: is the IEA bending to Big Oil?
corporateknights.com/energy/is-th...
Is the International Energy Agency bending to Big Oil?
A subtle repositioning of the IEA’s energy demand scenarios could have enormous consequences for the energy transition
corporateknights.com
January 22, 2026 at 9:12 PM
A subtle repositioning of the International Energy Agency's energy demand scenarios could have enormous consequences for the energy transition, writes @johnlorinc.bsky.social in our just released winter issue.
We ask: is the IEA bending to Big Oil?
corporateknights.com/energy/is-th...
We ask: is the IEA bending to Big Oil?
corporateknights.com/energy/is-th...
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Coach House Books is thrilled to be distributing Lisa Robertson's The Weather, XEclogue, and Debbie: An Epic, originally published by New Star Books.
Robertson fans and new readers alike can now purchase these three titles directly from us @ chbooks.com/Authors/R/Ro...
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Robertson fans and new readers alike can now purchase these three titles directly from us @ chbooks.com/Authors/R/Ro...
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January 22, 2026 at 6:37 PM
Coach House Books is thrilled to be distributing Lisa Robertson's The Weather, XEclogue, and Debbie: An Epic, originally published by New Star Books.
Robertson fans and new readers alike can now purchase these three titles directly from us @ chbooks.com/Authors/R/Ro...
🌟
Robertson fans and new readers alike can now purchase these three titles directly from us @ chbooks.com/Authors/R/Ro...
🌟
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I shared my editor's intro to the new issue of Spacing, where I describe Eglinton as Toronto's "prime rib" spacing.ca/toronto/2026...
NEW ISSUE: Crossing Town - Spacing Toronto
We still don’t know when the Eglinton Crosstown LRT will open. It could be any day – the testing is all done. Or it could be many weeks away, given its history – there are still processes to go throug...
spacing.ca
January 22, 2026 at 2:11 PM
I shared my editor's intro to the new issue of Spacing, where I describe Eglinton as Toronto's "prime rib" spacing.ca/toronto/2026...
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Immigration is a resonant theme of Jewish life in the U.S. So it’s no surprise about 100 rabbis are headed for Minneapolis to protest the ICE raids there. religionnews.com/2026/01/21/t...
US rabbis head to Minneapolis to join protests to counter ICE raids
(RNS) — At least 100 rabbis and other Jewish leaders are expected in Minneapolis on Thursday and Friday (Jan. 22-23) for massive coordinated action by clergy in response to violent Minneapolis ICE rai...
religionnews.com
January 21, 2026 at 11:49 PM
Immigration is a resonant theme of Jewish life in the U.S. So it’s no surprise about 100 rabbis are headed for Minneapolis to protest the ICE raids there. religionnews.com/2026/01/21/t...
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Last few hours of 26% off all already-published books on our site, including our 2025 releases and backlist favourites!
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Discount automatically applied at checkout. Ends at 11:59 PM tonight.
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Discount automatically applied at checkout. Ends at 11:59 PM tonight.
Happy Squirrel Appreciation Day!
We're having a Squirrel Appreciation Day Sale today only: all books published before 2026 are 26% off!
SHOP 26% OFF: www.chbooks.com
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We're having a Squirrel Appreciation Day Sale today only: all books published before 2026 are 26% off!
SHOP 26% OFF: www.chbooks.com
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January 22, 2026 at 1:45 AM
Last few hours of 26% off all already-published books on our site, including our 2025 releases and backlist favourites!
chbooks.com/Books
Discount automatically applied at checkout. Ends at 11:59 PM tonight.
chbooks.com/Books
Discount automatically applied at checkout. Ends at 11:59 PM tonight.
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The Eglinton cover section, meanwhile, features Cheryl Thompson and @johnlorinc.bsky.social on the Golden Mile, a map of Eglinton density by @tdubolyou.bsky.social (slice below), and pieces by @theurbangeog.bsky.social, Todd Harrison, and more ranging from east to west.
January 20, 2026 at 4:57 PM
The Eglinton cover section, meanwhile, features Cheryl Thompson and @johnlorinc.bsky.social on the Golden Mile, a map of Eglinton density by @tdubolyou.bsky.social (slice below), and pieces by @theurbangeog.bsky.social, Todd Harrison, and more ranging from east to west.
#cdnpoli Not to be a troll or anything but what would Pierre (‘I’ll never set foot in that globalist hellscape called Davos’) Poilievre do if he were PM today and this wild geo-political crisis was playing out in, well, Davos…? Not go? Save on the PMO’s travel budget…?
January 20, 2026 at 8:43 PM
#cdnpoli Not to be a troll or anything but what would Pierre (‘I’ll never set foot in that globalist hellscape called Davos’) Poilievre do if he were PM today and this wild geo-political crisis was playing out in, well, Davos…? Not go? Save on the PMO’s travel budget…?
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Just normal breakfast reading…
January 20, 2026 at 12:47 PM
Just normal breakfast reading…
Jump the shark, Episode 2. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/19/w...
Denied Peace Prize, Trump Tells Norway He’ll Push for Greenland
www.nytimes.com
January 19, 2026 at 1:45 PM
Jump the shark, Episode 2. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/19/w...
An excellent question.
January 18, 2026 at 2:04 PM
An excellent question.
This absolutely is the jump-the-shark moment for Trump 47. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/17/u...
Trump Announces New European Tariffs in Greenland Standoff; Allies Outraged
www.nytimes.com
January 17, 2026 at 10:17 PM
This absolutely is the jump-the-shark moment for Trump 47. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/17/u...
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The Mid-rise Pattern Designs endorsed by the Government Architect of New South Wales (Australia) provides a catalogue of small lot and corner lot apartment building designs of 4 to 7 storeys in height. Take a look at the floor plans and renderings.
www.planning.nsw.gov.au/government-a...
www.planning.nsw.gov.au/government-a...
November 30, 2025 at 6:23 PM
The Mid-rise Pattern Designs endorsed by the Government Architect of New South Wales (Australia) provides a catalogue of small lot and corner lot apartment building designs of 4 to 7 storeys in height. Take a look at the floor plans and renderings.
www.planning.nsw.gov.au/government-a...
www.planning.nsw.gov.au/government-a...
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They are single exit stair configurations as permitted for sprinklered buildings of up to 25m in height by the National Construction Codes of Australia.
November 30, 2025 at 6:24 PM
They are single exit stair configurations as permitted for sprinklered buildings of up to 25m in height by the National Construction Codes of Australia.
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Great article on single stair buildings and my Toronto sixplex.
With multiplexes now as-of-right, single stair solutions offer huge potential for simple, high quality, livable, replicable buildings within neighbourhoods.
I hope many others will be encouraged to pursue this potential.
With multiplexes now as-of-right, single stair solutions offer huge potential for simple, high quality, livable, replicable buildings within neighbourhoods.
I hope many others will be encouraged to pursue this potential.
January 17, 2026 at 1:18 PM
Great article on single stair buildings and my Toronto sixplex.
With multiplexes now as-of-right, single stair solutions offer huge potential for simple, high quality, livable, replicable buildings within neighbourhoods.
I hope many others will be encouraged to pursue this potential.
With multiplexes now as-of-right, single stair solutions offer huge potential for simple, high quality, livable, replicable buildings within neighbourhoods.
I hope many others will be encouraged to pursue this potential.
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Our piece on single stair: a crucial change that is slowly coming to Canadian cities
By me and @johnlorinc.bsky.social
By me and @johnlorinc.bsky.social
January 17, 2026 at 2:35 PM
Our piece on single stair: a crucial change that is slowly coming to Canadian cities
By me and @johnlorinc.bsky.social
By me and @johnlorinc.bsky.social
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#topoli As a distraction from all the snow, a new column from me on how & why Toronto needs to save & restore at least one of its iconic island ferry fleet. In today’s @torontostar-rss.bsky.social: www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
John Lorinc: Toronto needs some new ideas for old icons. I have a few.
It’s far better for the city to invite the public to come up with some new ideas to preserve these old icons
www.thestar.com
January 15, 2026 at 8:36 PM
#topoli As a distraction from all the snow, a new column from me on how & why Toronto needs to save & restore at least one of its iconic island ferry fleet. In today’s @torontostar-rss.bsky.social: www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
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It's well known but still fascinating how linguistic communities move in a geographically congruent pattern from where they first settled in old Toronto to the suburbs (with the exception of Chinese jumping to north Scarborough/Markham)
OK, this is super neat: "Toronto's Linguistic Heritage" from @uoftcities.bsky.social!
It tracks the histories and geographies of linguistic communities in Toronto. Greek, Hungarian, Arabic...and way more! Bravo Aniket Kali & Jeff Allen!
schoolofcities.github.io/languages/to...
It tracks the histories and geographies of linguistic communities in Toronto. Greek, Hungarian, Arabic...and way more! Bravo Aniket Kali & Jeff Allen!
schoolofcities.github.io/languages/to...
Toronto's Linguistic Heritage
Explore how Toronto's linguistic landscape has evolved over decades.
schoolofcities.github.io
January 15, 2026 at 2:36 AM
It's well known but still fascinating how linguistic communities move in a geographically congruent pattern from where they first settled in old Toronto to the suburbs (with the exception of Chinese jumping to north Scarborough/Markham)
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And let us not forget Hans Island where we have an actual physical border!
January 14, 2026 at 7:50 PM
And let us not forget Hans Island where we have an actual physical border!
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Now announcing our Spring/Summer 2026 slate of books! This season includes speculative fiction imagining alternate and revolutionary worlds, a book of homilies offering resistance to urgent contemporary fears, and much more:
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January 14, 2026 at 5:24 PM
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Uncomfortable conversations about road safety: Council needs to reconcile its Vision Zero and cycling infrastructure goals with those of its new traffic czar, writes senior editor John Lorinc. @johnlorinc.bsky.social #TOpoli #ONpoli #bikes #BikeTO
spacing.ca/toronto/2026...
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LORINC: Uncomfortable conversations about road safety - Spacing Toronto
The city’s Vision Zero team released its 2025 data yesterday and the trend lines are encouraging: overall, the number of traffic-related deaths — 39 for last year — is down from the three previous yea...
spacing.ca
January 13, 2026 at 6:06 PM
Uncomfortable conversations about road safety: Council needs to reconcile its Vision Zero and cycling infrastructure goals with those of its new traffic czar, writes senior editor John Lorinc. @johnlorinc.bsky.social #TOpoli #ONpoli #bikes #BikeTO
spacing.ca/toronto/2026...
spacing.ca/toronto/2026...
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#topoli #visionzero New from me on @spacing.bsky.social: Uncomfortable conversations about Toronto’s improving road safety record ciz the mandate of the city’s new “traffic czar.”
spacing.ca/toronto/2026...
spacing.ca/toronto/2026...
LORINC: Uncomfortable conversations about road safety - Spacing Toronto
The city’s Vision Zero team released its 2025 data yesterday and the trend lines are encouraging: overall, the number of traffic-related deaths — 39 for last year — is down from the three previous yea...
spacing.ca
January 13, 2026 at 3:15 PM
#topoli #visionzero New from me on @spacing.bsky.social: Uncomfortable conversations about Toronto’s improving road safety record ciz the mandate of the city’s new “traffic czar.”
spacing.ca/toronto/2026...
spacing.ca/toronto/2026...