What is Doug Ford trying to hide?

I'll try Frog, I'll try.

The latest in Michele Assarasakorn and Nathan Fairbairn PAWS series tops the Quill & Quire/Bookmanager Canadian Books for Young Readers chart. Click here for the full chart: https://bit.ly/4szsxx2

Jason Allen’s 52 THINGS TO DO IN HAMILTON (@wolsakandwynn.bsky.social) draws on two decades of calling Hamilton home to invite readers to explore the city with a fresh perspective. Read our latest Under the Cover for the stories & discoveries that inspired the book: alllitup.ca/under-the-co...

Indie bookstores are even more crucial today than they've ever been, and in this blast from the near(ish) past, magical columnist-alumni Vivek Shraya spotlights some of Toronto's finest! #AmReading #Indie #Bookstores #Columns open-book.ca/Columnists/R...

A Canadian journalist documents a group of white nationalists who’ve been meeting at a gym in Montréal, unbeknownst to the owner of the business. What happens after the story comes out? thetyee.ca/Opinion/2026...

No: never saw such a book; heard of it, though.

‘Hey’ came before ‘hi,’ and ‘hi' came before ‘hello.’ ‘Hi’ is most likely a variant of ‘hey.’ ‘Hello’ is not related to either. Goodbye.

Frog and Toad ate many cookies, one after another. “You know, Toad,” said Frog, with his mouth full, “I think we should stop eating. We will soon be sick.” “You are right,” said Toad. “Let us eat one last cookie, and then we will stop.”

Stealthily the stars slid forward into nothingness.

Because to me, fantasy isn’t wishful thinking, but a way of reflecting, and reflecting on reality.

ICYMI: Here's the debut of our new serial comic, "Underground Artists," which follows woodland creatures as they create art and seek whimsy in a bleak forest.

It is the worst

Live Nation restricts ticket buying and selling exclusively to bots

Silver River, BC Toni Onley 1985

Ice, Moon and Tanker Christopher Pratt 2007

Arctic Delight Nicholas Bott c. 2018

Crocus Molly Lamb Bobak n.d.

Awakened Emily Kewakeshig ~ Anishinaabe 2023

This Friday! A weird Toronto history tour for Friday The 13th! No need to register, just show up outside Old City Hall at 7pm. Pay what you like!

During the early years of Hollywood, Canadian actors and directors played a massive role in developing the film industry. Mary Pickford, Mack Sennett, the Warner Brothers, were all Canadians who built the industry. Here are 10 Canadians from Hollywood's early years. 🧵 1/12

Ben Mulroney warns his audience about a rise in car theft by playing a clip from Grand Theft Auto (podcast)

Conservative MP for Powell River–North Island, Aaron Gunn, is, uh, well he’s being trolled a bit for his condemnation of land acknowledgements yesterday. Message from K’omoks, Klahoose, Homalco & Tla’amin Nations: “Chillax, bud.” #bcpoli

Sex assault charges against Toronto officer are intimate partner violence, court documents allege

So here government is sorta behaving like a business, and that's running head long into Doug Ford's culture war.

Rachel Reid tells the Loon Call podcast that Hudson shared his SNL dressing room with her so she could watch the show from backstage. She also revealed that his dinner appearance was a complete surprise to everyone. Everyone assumed he was too busy filming to be in NYC. 🔗 youtu.be/MCbtZzajjVg

Here’s what people aren’t getting: AI chatbots aren’t a writing tool. They’re a plagiarism tool. The same is true for AI that generates images. So, not only is the chatbot stifling a user’s creativity, it’s robbing from others’ and then encouraging the user to take credit for what’s been stolen.

CBC Arts: Why Alberta’s book banning initiative is an affront to democracy www.cbc.ca/arts/commoti...

The only efficiencies that will fix our hospitals is if Ford is more efficient in giving hospitals the health care money he’s sitting on: “Ontario, the most populous province in Canada, spends the least per capita on acute care, hospital beds and staff.” #onpoli ottawacitizen.com/news/hospita...

CBC Books: 38 Canadian fiction titles spring 2026 #CanLit www.cbc.ca/books/38-can...

Too many books? What’s next? Too many hopes? Too many dreams?

Posted by the Tla’amin Nation on Facebook. This is epic. 𝗠𝗣 𝗰𝗿𝗮𝘀𝗵𝗲𝘀 𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗺𝗹𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗮𝗰𝗸𝗻𝗼𝘄𝗹𝗲𝗱𝗴𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀 𝙇𝙤𝙘𝙖𝙡 𝘾𝙝𝙞𝙚𝙛𝙨 𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙨𝙨𝙪𝙧𝙚 𝘼𝙖𝙧𝙤𝙣 𝙂𝙪𝙣𝙣: “𝘾𝙝𝙞𝙡𝙡𝙖𝙭, 𝙗𝙪𝙙.” www.facebook.com/tlaaminnatio...

Shortly after the launch of Swift Water Books, editorial director David A. Robertson got a call from the agents representing Richard Wagamese about possibly adapting one of Wagamese’s works, “The Canada Poem,” into a picture book. https://bit.ly/3NyDGPM

In Jon Claytor’s graphic novel Nowhere, a young boy finds himself stranded in Beauséjour, a small town that seems cursed with every manner of paranormal activity https://bit.ly/4rrrgXY

In this edition of our Ink & Imagination series, Willie Poll & Chantelle Trainor-Matties interview each other about A SALMON STORY (@owlkids.bsky.social). Check it out on Open Book today! #AmReading #PictureBooks #CanLit #Nature open-book.ca/News/Ink-Ima...

Elana Wolff joins Writer's Block to talk about writing, the Kafka-inspired strategy she uses to combat creative blocks, and her eighth collection of poems EVERYBODY KNOWS A GHOST (@guernicaeditions.bsky.social). Read the interview here: alllitup.ca/writers-bloc...

In the wake of Travis Dhanraj’s testimony about CBC’s biased practices I can confirm that they do blackball ppl and I am someone who is currently blackballed for life from CBC, which should be a banned practice. I am currently blacklisted from CBC I can guarantee that the blacklist is real

www.thestar.com/opinion/cont... ‘Opposing OSAP cuts is important, but we must demand more than a targeted financial assistance program. Ontario needs free post-secondary education. To get there, we need to talk taxes’ @ricardotranjan.bsky.social @policyalternatives.ca

Miner's Houses, Glace Bay Lawren Harris 1925

Fervour Billie Rae Busby 2022

Both Sides 2 Joni Mitchell 1999

Back of Shelbourne St. John Kasyn 1975

That's nice. I still will never use them and tell everyone to unsubscribe.

A rainy day in Toronto requires some Ron Sexsmith ❤️

Neither grief nor pride had so much truth in them as did joy, the joy that trembled in the cold wind between sky and sea, bright and brief as fire.

Toronto police officer arrested on sexual assault charges archive.ph/CqKK3

That's the share of #globalwealth that's in the hands of just 3,000 households. #Inequality

"The arts are not a luxury good. They are a fundamental asset to any city or community," writes Sébastien Labelle. "The arts should not be treated as just an expense, but rather as an investment that yields strong returns, and can actually help fight a budgetary deficit."

Even if AI could write a novel what problem has been solved? The problem of knowing what you’re reading was written by another person? Who loves reading novels but hates the part where your mind briefly and mysteriously touched another?