Craig Saunders
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Propagandist, dad, ski patroller and Torontonian
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Le Devoir
about 15 hours ago
Le regard de notre caricaturiste Godin sur l'actualitĂ© du jour đhttps://bit.ly/3M3ZBx5
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www.thestar.com/politics/pro...
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Secret data reveals which low-scoring applicants still received millions of dollars from the Ford governmentâs skills fund
Data obtained by the Star shows 26 applicants scoring 50 per cent or lower received $36.6 million from Premier Ford's Skills Development Fund earlier this year.
https://www.thestar.com/politics/provincial/secret-data-reveals-which-low-scoring-applicants-still-received-millions-of-dollars-from-the-ford/article_8e6b59ef-8352-43cc-9434-c9d9c04bb65d.html
about 15 hours ago
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Hat tip to Jim Vondruska for some amazing
#photojournalism
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1 day ago
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Toronto city council expecting that the newly privatized recycling collection mandated by the Ford government is going to be "a rough ride."
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2 days ago
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Brad Bradford doesn't want to know what things like Bill 60 are costing the city and how they're affecting homelessness.
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2 days ago
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A good column on public
#library
governance in Ontario, by a Bradford West Gwillimbury councillor and library board member I met during the 71-day strike.
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https://www.municipalworld.com/feature-story/why-public-library-boards-matter/
2 days ago
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Jeff Cottrill
4 days ago
Happy eightieth to
#NeilYoung
. Here's his masterpiece as far as I'm concerned.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=d6Zf...
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After the Gold Rush
YouTube video by Neil Young - Topic
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d6Zf4D1tHdw
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Matt Elliott
4 days ago
Toronto is increasingly becoming a city of renters, so these kinds of changes would have an outsized impact here versus other municipalities across the province. The mayor has also premised much of her political strategy since 2023 on winning support from renters.
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J. Kelly Nestruck
4 days ago
Great that top Canadian universities are hiring top scholars (why wouldn't they?) but the Ontario Progressive Conservative government has starved the post-secondary sector and the province has the lowest per-student funding of any Canadian province.
www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/educa...
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U of T hires three top U.S. scholars, plans for 100 new postdocs
Canadian-born MIT astrophysicist Sara Seagar among those joining the university
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/education/article-u-of-t-hires-three-top-us-scholars-plans-for-100-new-postdocs/
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Merriam-Webster
4 days ago
ultimate = last in a series penultimate = second-to-last in a series antepenultimate = third-to-last in a series preantepenultimate = fourth-to-last in a series propreantepenultimate = fifth-to-last in a series
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Al Jazeera English
4 days ago
Arrival of US aircraft carrier off Latin America fuels speculation that US could try to overthrow Venezuelan government.
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Venezuela prepares âmassive deploymentâ of forces in case of US attack
Arrival of US aircraft carrier off Latin America fuels speculation that US could try to overthrow Venezuelan government.
https://bit.ly/3Xl0Qui
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Natasha Bertrand
5 days ago
NEWS: The UK is no longer sharing intelligence with the US about suspected drug trafficking vessels in the Caribbean because it does not want to be complicit in US military strikes and believes the attacks are illegal, sources familiar with the matter told CNN.
edition.cnn.com/2025/11/11/p...
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Exclusive: UK suspends some intelligence sharing with US over boat strike concerns in major break | CNN Politics
The United Kingdom is no longer sharing intelligence with the US about suspected drug trafficking vessels in the Caribbean because it does not want to be complicit in US military strikes and believes ...
https://edition.cnn.com/2025/11/11/politics/uk-suspends-caribbean-intelligence-sharing-us
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Thanks to anti-vaxxers and governments that keep cutting public health, Canada has a new, inglorious honour - of being the only country in the Americas to lose its measles elimination status.
www.thestar.com/news/canada/...
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Canada has lost its measles elimination status: âThis loss represents a setbackâ
Canada continues to see measles cases linked to the large, multi-jurisdictional outbreak that began in October 2024 and has since spread to nine provinces and the Northwest Territories.
https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/canada-has-lost-its-measles-elimination-status-this-loss-represents-a-setback/article_bd8dcb66-00f7-48b5-b071-16ffc4c4ae91.html
5 days ago
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Carly Goodman
8 days ago
This is what I picture when anyone mentions using Chatgpt (I think you are dumb, but Iâm also worried about my safety)
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This building was central to my life in my early 20s. Working at the Greenpeace office sometimes, meeting other queer youth as I figured myself out, kind people like Anne McGrath and the MCC pastor... so many memories.
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8 days ago
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Yesterday's
#Ontario
economic update confirmed the province is forging ahead with more cuts to post-secondary education funding. Ontario already provides by far the lowest per-student funding in Canada, and the gap is widening.
#university
#college
#PSE
#education
9 days ago
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Kendra "Gloom is My Beat" Pierre-Louis
11 days ago
I knew it would take less than a day for a tiktok dj to make something.
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This is a devastating change. Teen Vogue has done some impressive journalism over the last decade or so.
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12 days ago
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In Otter News
13 days ago
Will you all please take a second to just appreciate these otter ears?
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LabourStart
15 days ago
CANADA / UK: Rockstar Accused Of Firing Grand Theft Auto Devs Over Union Organization
www.gamespot.com/articles/roc...
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Rockstar Accused Of Firing Grand Theft Auto Devs Over Union Organization
Take-Two Interactive, the parent company of Rockstar, claims the employees were fired for cause.
https://www.gamespot.com/articles/rockstar-accused-of-firing-grand-theft-auto-devs-over-union-organization/1100-6535862/
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Doug Saunders
15 days ago
If Canadian PM Carney manages a âresetâ with China, it will be the fifth reset in 20 years under three Prime Ministers. Two of those resets have required their own reset, by the same PM, after they went south. Heavy lies the hand on the China Reset button
www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...
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Opinion: Carney wants a China âreset.â May he avoid the mistakes of the previous four
To be sure, the Prime Minister has good reasons to attempt this centuryâs fifth reset
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/article-mark-carney-president-xi-jinping-china-reset/
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Fatima Syed
15 days ago
I've been on vacation and just came back to news the Doug Ford gov't is amalgamating 36 conservation authorities into 7. This is a HUGE change and just the latest in a long tense relationship b/w this government and the unique agencies. But first: LETS GO BLUE JAYS đ
thenarwhal.ca/newsletter-o...
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A five-year battle comes to an end in Ontario | The Narwhal
Time and again, the Ford government has tried to weaken the role of conservation authorities. The changes are coming soon
https://thenarwhal.ca/newsletter-ontario-conservation-authorities-changes/
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Want to make sure nobody can prove your taxpayer-funded political slush fund isn't actually an effective program? Simple, make sure there's no data anyone can point to. Kind of like not bothering to audit the books so that nobody can see what you're embezzling.
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16 days ago
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A good column on the Secord school debacle in
#Toronto
by
@jennie1ofmany.bsky.social
. A crumbling
#school
with moldering portapak that the ministry won't replace...and an idea of how to move the project forward.
beachmetro.com/2025/10/23/i...
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In My Opinion: Secord school and community centre in urgent need of rebuild â Beach Metro Community News
Secord Public School on Barrington Avenue is shown in this Beach Metro Community News file photo. By JENNIE WORDEN Barrington Avenue runs north from
https://beachmetro.com/2025/10/23/in-my-opinion-secord-school-and-community-centre-in-urgent-need-of-rebuild/
17 days ago
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While I'm on a tear about
#university
#labour
issues, sessional instructors, TAs and RAs @ University of
#Waterloo
have been without a first contract since organizing three or four years ago. Use this online action to tell UW to get the lead out.
actionnetwork.org/letters/resp...
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Act Now for Respect, Quality Education and Liveable Wages
The University of Waterloo is very proud to be one of the top-ranked universities in the world, particularly when it comes to research. And proud of the $259 million they raised in research funding. W...
https://actionnetwork.org/letters/respect-quality-education-and-liveable-wages/
17 days ago
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A
#union
shouldn't hire a multinational employer-side law firm to gut the contract of its own staff. Tell the York University Faculty Association to get back to the table and start behaving like a proper union:
cupe.ca/yufa-fair-deal
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Tell YUFA to Bargain a Fair Deal! No Concessions!
https://cupe.ca/yufa-fair-deal
17 days ago
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NOW will everyone get on board with dumping the monarchy in Canada???
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18 days ago
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Aaron Wherry
19 days ago
Yikes.
www.environicsinstitute.org/docs/default...
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Doug Saunders
19 days ago
To get buy-in from all 10 provinces (which it didn't), Canada's constitution has a clause allowing provinces to override its fundamental rights and freedoms. The framers -- I've spoken to some -- imagined it used in existential-crisis cases. Well, a province just used it to break a teachers' strike
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Does anybody out there have a job with working hours and pay they can live on? I mean, one job that has set hours and you don't work when you go home? I realize I've never had that in my adult life. What's it like?
19 days ago
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Marit Stiles
19 days ago
Wouldn't it be great if a $100 ticket resold for...$100!? That's what we're proposing with our Fans First plan: no ticket resales above face value. Sign the petition:
FairPricesNow.ca
#WANTITALL
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There is a name for leaders of governments who think they are above the law.
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19 days ago
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What is it that modern condo developers have against kitchens? (Noting that I can get a well maintained older condo with a full kitchen and twice the square footage for half the price they're charging for a shoebox with no soundproofing and a fridge and stove in the living room).
19 days ago
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This is the city I am proud to call home!
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19 days ago
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I always pointed to Walkerton when the Ford gang talked about "cutting red tape." They're about a quick buck, not about your health or safety.
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20 days ago
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In Otter News
20 days ago
Thanks for letting us know, Steve.
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Stacy Fahrenthold
22 days ago
Here it is: the Trump Administration "draft proposal" to the University of California. Published bc faculty sued for its disclosure. Its terms go beyond what Trump demands in similar compacts to other universities. EVERYONE should read: faculty, students, admins, alumni.
ucop.edu/communicatio...
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https://ucop.edu/communications/_files/confidential-rule-408-communication-ucla-08-08-25.pdf?fbclid=IwY2xjawNo-j9leHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHsaKQockany3Kq3H1NcDcqBDPkU6FwxMnD_PKI7wuMOPuCQbUne4QdX0obD8_aem_jRIpWWmFPzU8Plci6V9YMg
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Luke LeBrun
23 days ago
Acorn Canada's breakdown of Doug Ford's landlord-friendly legislation to gut protections for renters "They would make it easier for landlords to kick people out, harder for tenants to fight back, and make housing even more expensive" From
@acorncanada.bsky.social
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Doug Ford Moves to End Rent Control
Doug Ford announced proposed changes to the LTB that would strip away key tenant protections, fast-track evictions, and open the door to ending rent control as we know it in Ontario.
https://acorncanada.org/news/doug-ford-moves-to-end-rent-control/
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Andrea Houston
23 days ago
Doug Ford is about to make Ontario's housing crisis even worse by ensuring that renters with leases will live in constant fear of being forced out so that landlord can demand higher rent. Many will be forced into homelessness.
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So many skis, snowboards, boots, goggles, bags, etc.
#Toronto
#Ski
and
#Snowboard
swap is this weekend at the Better Living Centre! (Proceeds support Canadian Ski Patrol)
24 days ago
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Trump just found out that Canada burned the original building down and decided he'd have the biggest and best White House demolition ever!
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24 days ago
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Craig Saunders
Investigative Journalism Foundation
25 days ago
Federal officials have fined a Vancouver-based cryptocurrency exchange $177 million, saying it failed to report transactions potentially involved with laundered money linked to child sex abuse material, fraud and sanctions evasion.
zurl.co/EVANr
#bcpoli
#cdnpoli
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Canada issues record $177 million fine to Vancouver crypto exchange
Cryptomus didn't flag suspicious transactions linked to money laundering of proceeds connected to child sex abuse materials
https://zurl.co/EVANr
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The Globe and Mail
24 days ago
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Praccar to end Canadian production of trucks sold in U.S., expects 300 layoffs
The move, which comes ahead of a 25% U.S. tariff on trucks next month, will leave about 500 workers at the companyâs Quebec plant in Sainte-ThĂ©rĂšse
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/business/article-praccar-to-end-canadian-production-of-trucks-sold-in-us-expects-300/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=bluesky
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Erica Fischer
25 days ago
#Solidarity
with
#MSVU
PT Faculty who are trying to get a
#FairDeal
to improve their working conditions If you are in
#Halifax
, join them in solidarity today at noon at the Seton Building entrance.
#canlab
#cdnpse
#MakeItFair
@cautdefencefund.bsky.social
@ansut.bsky.social
@cupens.bsky.social
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If you want to improve
#safety
and
#congestion
in
#Toronto
, deal with vehicles that park illegally and block
#traffic
, and deal with drivers running red lights. One intersection alone clocked >30,000 red light tix. One address on Bloor >760,000 parking fines.
torontolife.com/city/this-da...
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This data scientist mapped every parking ticket issued in Toronto over the past 16 years - Toronto Life
Itâs fun to see how many millions your street has racked up
https://torontolife.com/city/this-data-scientist-mapped-every-parking-ticket-issued-in-toronto-over-the-past-16-years/
25 days ago
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I've had the privilege of supporting
#library
workers across Ontario the last couple of years. Here's a story about some of them coming together when the Ford government closed save consumption sites.
cupe.ca/working-unsa...
#OPLW2025
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Working in an unsafe consumption site: A library perspective
It is impossible not to know there is an overdose crisis in Canada. You might think that no one is more aware of it than nurses, paramedics and social service workers â tens of thousands of whom are C...
https://cupe.ca/working-unsafe-consumption-site-library-perspective
26 days ago
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Al Jazeera English
27 days ago
Climate-related hazards have killed more than 2 million people in 50 years, said the UN meteorological agency.
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UN pushes for worldwide disaster alerts as extreme weather âspiralsâ
Climate-related hazards have killed more than 2 million people in 50 years, said the UN meteorological agency.
https://bit.ly/4qBZ99t
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29 days ago
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A gentle reminder of what the Ford government means. Conservatives are no friends to rural communities.
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29 days ago
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This is a really interesting story about a very unusual landlord/tenant relationship in
#Toronto
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30 days ago
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