Facebook Instant Articles Cracks in the Sidewalk David Skok: What started as an innovation partnership built on data now seems like an old-fashioned land deal that puts taxpayers on the hook ...

Just wait until the Google offshoot has to face the parochial realities of city hall. That’s when Sidewalk Labs’ admiration for Toronto’s “openness to new things” could start to wear thin.

Sidewalk Labs chief executive Dan Doctoroff doesn’t shy away from the idea that the company is pulling together tantalizing ideas such as dynamic streetscapes, tall wood building, and robot tunnels ...

But after Sidewalk Labs’ splash on Monday in Toronto, where it unleashed 1,500-plus pages of plans for a city of the future, there is a distinct echo of the “put us in charge” refrain.

CRACKS IN SIDEWALK MAINTENANCELet’s face it, both the sidewalks and the roads in this city have been in horrendous condition for decades. I guess the city is too busy funding special-interest ...

Waterfront Toronto and Sidewalk are in closed-door talks to better define the final agreement, due this year and to be approved by the agency’s board, for the Eastern Waterfront lands. sidewalk labs ...

Barrhaven East Coun. Wilson Lo inspects a cracked sidewalk in his ward. (Hallie Cotnam/CBC) The City of Ottawa is looking to step up its sidewalk game and Barrhaven is about to become ground zero.