When it comes to spreading disinformation, dark money buys a lot of repetition, because repetition works. Repetition works. Repetition works. Repetition works. (Did we mention that repetition works?) #UrbanTruth

Today on my podcast Canadian History Ehx: Laura Secord! When she walked through the night to warn British forces of an American ambush, she helped change Canadian history. Subscribe on all podcast platforms or read 👇 canadaehx.com/2020/06/22/l...

Doug Ford's right wing flunkies say that people who are pissed that he spent $28 million of taxpayers money on jet are a "petty jealous mob." They are citizens who deserve funded ERs or have kids with special needs who should have support in school. Ford needs to stop whining.

"E-bikes are cheating," says man wearing a space helmet whose bike and components are made of ultralight materials designed by NASA and aerodynamically tested in wind tunnels for F1 racecars.

Let's call this policy what this is. It's socialism. It's Leftism. And it's curing actual ills. Righting institutional wrongs. It's not coming from someone who is infallible, or someone who is always correct. It's coming from someone who promised to help and is trying to keep those promises.

This was an FOI request from advocay group Safe Parkside - exactly the kind of information Ford wants to hide.

I've seen the humans by the lake characterized as "rich" or the classic misanthropy, "condo people" (who, because they couldn't afford a house, are lesser humans) but adjacent to the airport is a dense cluster of affordable housing/co-ops. Little Norway et al.

All the focus on Canada Post finances, let’s check to see how much we gave Oil & Gas in 2024 $29.6 Billion in subsidies, loans, tax breaks and funding 😂 silly silly country #cdnpoli

Cops parked in the bike lane directly in front of a Tim Hortons truck parked in the bike lane is the chef's kiss of policing in Toronto. Spoiler - the cops were not ticketing the doughnut & coffee supply truck. #BikeTO

EU ‘right to repair’ law The EU will soon require smartphone manufacturers to let users replace their batteries. The tough new rules - endorsed by the European Parliament this week - could save millions of phones from landfill. www.euronews.com/2023/06/22/n...

“This is not the itinerary for a bachelor party.” We can’t afford to keep housing affordable, or to pay teachers and nurses what they deserve, or to adequately fund programs like OSAP or ODSP, but we can afford to buy a rich man a private plane?

"The timeline for a scaled-backed yongeTOmorrow is also tediously long, with tendering for construction starting in 2030 or later. Toronto should install temporary measures to create more space for pedestrians like New York did nearly 20 years ago." www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...

Named for Audrey & Theodor Geisel (Dr Seuss) for generous contributions to library & devotion to improving literacy. (Photo of whole not mine.)

pretty sure our federal ministers of defense, global affairs, and finance have more reason to fly overseas for work than dougie. Dougie wants to be mayor of Toronto and Cdn PM, but can't get his gov't to support schools, hospitals and municipalities which are his prime provincial responsibilities.

So Trumpy. "I'm the victim here!"

We're celebrating this spring, as several journalism award programs have named The Narwhal as a winner or nominee in recent weeks. We're so proud of our stellar team of journalists who never give up. 🎉 thenarwhal.ca/spring-2026-...

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ICYMI - The yongeTOmorrow public consultation is happening TOMORROW (5:30 - 8:30 PM) at Central YMCA (20 Grosvenor Street). Please attend to demand the reinstatement of previously proposed pedestrian priority zones. #BikeTO #WalkTO #TOpoli #VisionZero www.twowheeledpolitics.ca/2026/04/wtf-...

Reminder that this “glut” of small units was approved under a planning process that took ~2.5 years to complete. Almost like that process is designed to allay the concerns of people who already own homes and has zero to do with the new homes themselves. www.thestar.com/real-estate/...

Calls for “more consultation” sound reasonable—but they sidestep a familiar pattern: a few loud local voices mobilize, bring a councillor onside, and the outcome is predictable—the stops stay, while the goal of faster, more reliable service keeps getting pushed aside. www.thestar.com/news/gta/the...

Parents of the 168 children murdered by the US government have written to Pope Leo. They wrote of their children and their deep grief. They thanked him for being a voice for peace. Meanwhile silence from the White House. But there is a crack in everything. That's how the light gets in.

A dramatic new Toronto history walking tour! The city has been shaken by countless riots over the years — from rampaging firefighters to brawling circus clowns. So we'll be talking about some of the most fascinating Toronto riots in the places where they happened. Next Saturday! Pay what you like!

On April 19, 1904, a night watchman discovered a fire coming from Toronto's E&S Currie Neck Wear Factory while out on a night patrol. Fueled by high winds, the fire destroyed over 100 buildings by the time it was out. This is the story of The Great Toronto Fire. 🧵 1/8

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Deer My Friends My goverments bin so busy pertecting Ontario we axidentally bought a privutt jet but I am for the people and I like to jump in my truck and go talk to regular folks so I desided I don't need a jet and now that we got caught with it we will sell it for parts like Ontario. Premair

We did it! We stopped the Gravy Plane! Let’s keep fighting to save our waterfront from jets. #onpoli #topoli

This is such a wild thing Toronto does. It‘s not that residents of a new condo go to the back of the line for permits to park on the street — they are explicitly banned from getting them. The curb belongs to house-owners

We need to start showing up, Ontario, and not just at the ballot box. Find a protest close to you: protestdougford.com/about/ #DougFordIsCorrupt

An apartment building doesn’t fit the “context” and won’t provide enough parking, says Brad Bradford. If it’s housing vs. the complaints of wealthy residents, we know which side he is on. beachmetro.com/2026/04/16/e...

Toronto skyline from Fleet St., east of Yonge St. - April 18, 1948. 📸: Ellis Wiley City of Toronto Archives, with a slight digital cleanup by me. #OnThisDay #1940s #torontohistory #skyline #jeremyhopkin

Years ago met w/several mayors & councillors who all related same mantra: that design doesn’t matter, cheap services and low taxes are all that counts. Repeat this often enough and public believes the lie. #DesignMatters #DesignMatters #DesignMatters #DesignMatters #DesignMatters

80 years ago today, Jackie Robinson made his integrated professional baseball debut with the International League's Montreal Royals. He went 4-for-5 with a home run and two stolen bases in the Royals' 14-1 win over the Jersey City Giants at Roosevelt Stadium.

Chatting TO & CanCities with Hugh Kruzel on his Quality of Life Pod. Canadian cities are good; but far from great. They can be much better and it's NOT a tech or $$$ issue; it's POLITICAL. Not about left or right, or parties. It's DOABLE! Policies + Infra + Programs. bit.ly/48by8C5

The teeth in the valley. Unveiled in 1998, the teeth (sometimes elephant) like structures at the Forks of the Don are a combo of elevated wetlands and public art installations. #LoveTheRavines #DonValley #RavineRambles #parksTO #Toronto

Why is it acceptable to kill people with a motor vehicle? In this case, judge made incredible excuses for driver who ran a red light & killed 3 people: www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

It's not easy to write about things that no longer exist, but Dr. Hendrik Dey, one of Smarthistory's over 850 contributors, knocked it out of the park for this info-filled essay on Old St. Peter's. We read it and said, "Finally!" smarthistory.org/old-saint-pe...

Toronto renters gather this weekend to launch first citywide tenants union Various groups will form the Toronto Tenant Union, using labour movement tactics to advocate for renters 🍁 www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

🐦‍⬛For sale! A charming 1870s hand-coloured woodblock print of Blackstarts by the Victorian naturalist Rev. Francis O. Morris & engraver Alexander Francis Lydon. £30. DM to buy! Or visit my Etsy shop here: etsy.com/uk/listing/4... 🐦‍⬛

Behind the stucco at Shakespeare’s birthplace in Stratford.

Article doesn’t explain that the Montreal Economic Institute is a right-wing, free market think tank. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Montrea...

The oligarch from Etobicoke. Time to send him packing.

$65 Billion Missing???? “In the Auditor General’s 2024 report, she notes that over $65 BILLION IS MISSING. Most of that was received from Ottawa as transfer payments intended for health care, but for 5 years the Ford government hadn’t kept track of where that money went! (Any guesses?)”

#AlphabetChallenge #WeekOforOld Rock Of Cashel, County Tipperary

NDP opposition leader @maritstilesndp.bsky.social explains what surveillance pricing is. The House of Commons this week defeated a motion banning it, meaning they want us to move to this kind of pricing in Canada 🇨🇦.

📍 Toronto Islands | Hanlan’s under the fog #Toronto

The budget of a few weeks ago said: "It is more imperative than ever that the government ... make prudent and thoughtful decisions that enable ongoing investments in key public services and the province’s long-term prosperity..." Buying this plane does none of that. FFS, wake up, Ontario voters.

Local man tells post-secondary students money doesn't grow on trees and then picks private jet from private jet tree.