Hey Toronto and area media types, tickets for Newzapalooza 2025 live band karaoke edition with The Approximators now on sale. Show is November 22 at legendary The Duke on Queen St. E. As always, it's a benefit for the Children's Aid Foundation of Canada, and is Media Event of the Year!

Jane Goodall, primate expert and conservationist, dies aged 91. www.theglobeandmail.com/world/articl... Here’s a piece I wrote about her in 2014: Youth give Jane Goodall reason to hope www.theglobeandmail.com/news/nationa... via @theglobeandmail.com

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Unifor’s Media Action Plan launched its hard-hitting Fact Checked campaign today with social media, TV and newspaper spots to bring attention to the fight against misinformation. #canlab #savelocalnews

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With TIFF on in Toronto, here's a snap of Mike Myers from 35 years ago, for @thestar.com story in which Myers expressed his comfort with being a Toronto guy:

Female pilots may be more consistent and accurate when flying in high-pressure scenarios, according to a small study out of the University of Waterloo.

ICYMI, great story!

In June 2023, the Canadian government passed Bill C-18, the Online News Act, mandating that big tech pay media organizations fees to distribute content. Google complied, but Meta refused to pay up. Mostafa Al A’sar examines the fallout: thewalrus.ca/if-you-think-we-...

Really grateful to Phil Rickaby for having me on @stageworthy.ca, where we had a wide-ranging conversation about slime tutorials, my strange journey from theatre school to my job at The Globe and, of course, Taylor Swift. open.spotify.com/episode/3FPj...

I still feel intense emotion when faced with my assault & survival. I'm thankful for that, it reminds me of the preciousness of life & what I've learned. Incredibly grateful to @jleerankin.bsky.social @thestar.com for sharing some insight into this journey: www.thestar.com/news/gta/how...

Really touched by this story of the fallout from a violent dispute on a sidewalk on a rainy night in Toronto so many years ago. In the U.S. it might have ended in gunfire. Here, it's insight. Good for Shellnutt. @jleerankin.bsky.social

Another Toronto high school is being accused of suppressing student voices after all Grade 12 quotes were removed from its yearbook over student submissions related to Palestine and Tibet.

SHAI & FAM WITH THE TROPHIES 🥹 What it's all about. #ThunderUp #OKCThunder #ThunderNation #NBA

Cool study from @bikewaysto.bsky.social detailing a traffic count on Bloor Street taken on June 11 with a camera at 412 Bloor West. During the peak of the afternoon rush, bikes outnumbered cars. I repeat: bikes outnumbered cars. drive.google.com/file/d/1ctd4...

RIP #BuzzHargrove @unifor.org

NEW: Ontario's government is facing a slew of lawsuits, including a proposed class-action, from former Maplehurst inmates subject to a brutal collective punishment in December 2023. www.thestar.com/news/investi...

An LAPD helicopter claimed to have ID'ed protesters from above and threatened to "come to your house." The threat was greeted with extreme concern by civil liberties and digital privacy groups. It suggests the LAPD could be using facial recognition to identify and retaliate against protesters.

IT’S A BRAND-NEW EPISODE OF DEEP LEFT FIELD!!! This week, Tim Leiper looks back at his #Bluejays days, the BatFlip and more! @cdnbaseballhof.bsky.social chair Jeremy Diamond talks induction weekend! And you get to meet Steven Jaschinski, the Burlington kid who is now an #MLB umpire!!

"The wholesale betrayal of Canada’s largest racial justice movement by those in power continues to have deadly impacts for Black and Indigenous folks today." @policingblack.bsky.social reflects on five years since the 2020 BLM uprising. www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...

A B.C. couple waited weeks to get their stillborn daughter's remains. Then, they were invoiced for her autopsy. Expert says lack of standardized care for stillbirths results in errors that traumatize grieving families, by Jodie Martinson www.cbc.ca/news/canada/... via @cbcnews.ca #stillbirth

Twenty volunteers were trained this month and are now officially open for business to offer Canadian journalists confidential colleague-to-colleague help through the Canadian News Industry Peer Support (CNIPS) program, a pilot initiative of the CAJ. caj.ca/canadas-news...

Just a little @thestar.com time capsule from May 3, 1967, the morning after the Leafs last won the cup. "Sawchuk and Bower have done more than anyone since Satchel Paige to uphold the dignity and usefulness of middle age against the arrogant claims of youth." Bacon: 69 cents/lb at Dominions.

Canada ended a program that offered permanent residency— & hope to migrant food workers—they kept food on our tables especially during the pandemic. Now a path that could lead to better conditions & rights is closed. Two Star immigration reporters on my podcast: www.thestar.com/podcasts/thi...

Toronto police bicycle patrol to "fly the flag" in a community housing complex goes very awry, with police shots fired, one civilian wounded and another nearly shot in the head. A judge finds police racially profiled teen driver, via @thestar.com's @j-pags.bsky.social and Victoria Gibson

Detained without charge, Ukrainian journalist Viktoriia Roshchyna was likely tortured before she was found dead in a Russian prison. She was 27 years old. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...

Three years ago, an all-party committee in BC released 11 actions to take on police reform. The province says they’ll do them all—but three years on, have little to show for it. My latest: www.cbc.ca/amp/1.7519320

On the 7th anniversary of the 2018 van attack on Toronto’s Yonge Street, a look back at the 1st anniversary, and the aftermath for those who rushed to help. projects.thestar.com/toronto-van-... @thestar.com

Journalism jobs alert: Applications are open for Toronto Star's year-long paid reporting and photo internships, as well as the "Radio Room" paid part-time program for students. Here is the link for the year-long reporting internships. jobs.smartrecruiters.com/Torstar/7440...

BREAKING: A former aide to Premier Doug Ford "failed to comply" with lobbying rules when trying to get a client's land removed from the Greenbelt, says Ontario's ethics watchdog. #onpoli www.thestar.com/politics/pro...

Watch: Disturbing video shows jail guards carrying out violent, hours-long retribution at Maplehurst provincial jail in Milton. www.thestar.com/news/investi...

Journo and political animal alert: @cjfe.bsky.social and @westernu.bsky.social media studies faculty present a panel @hotdocs.bsky.social this Thursday night that will delve into the coming federal election. $10, free for students. hotdocs.ca/whats-on/fil...

The @cajournalists.bsky.social is launching the Canadian News Industry Peer Support (CNIPS) program! This initiative aims to build a network of trained volunteer news professionals, to help colleagues deal with stress, burnout and other mental health challenges at work. Apply: tinyurl.com/mpeuftrb

The top spot on @thestar.com's homepage right now.

Trump’s tariffs on Canada: Everything to know about the trade war with the U.S. — and how it will affect you. www.thestar.com/news/canada/...

My story today about a powerful industrial chemical found in US fentanyl that is not in fentanyl on this side of the border. Another indicator of different sources/producers. vancouversun.com/news/this-po...

Local News Is Dying. The Consequences Are Worse Than You Think. Article: tinyurl.com/238yfmh7 This report on the state of local news in Canada is a MUST-READ! #SaveLocalNews

This lawsuit includes includes the Toronto Star as a plaintiff ...

The USAID Chaos Already Has Dire Effects. Two billionaires, Trump and Musk, are crushing the world’s poorest children in a cauldron of confusion and cruelty, by @nickkristof.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2025/02/12/o... via @nytopinion.nytimes.com #GlobalHealth

Chatted with some Toronto winter cyclists braving the recent deep freeze. A 78-year-old retired school teacher, a mutual aid volunteer, a courier & a father – each have different reasons for biking year-round, but all rely on the city's bike lanes. #BikeTO www.thestar.com/life/this-78...

<Utterly shameless "intro" post sorry> Hi new folks. Last year I rewrote my book Stroll: Psychogeographic Walking Tours of Toronto. Added like 30000 more words too. My (Toronto) life's work. A very good present to give! Bookstores or direct from Coach House or... chbooks.com/Books/S/Stro...

Journo alert: Applications are now open for the 2025-26 William Southam Journalism Fellowships @MasseyCollege. It's an incredible experience. I did it in 2017-18 and happy to go on about it. Deadline is March 31, 2025. www.masseycollege.ca/journalism-f...

Sharing a magazine piece that I've worked on for the last year about the once infamous "Toronto 18" terror case. Is redemption possible for someone convicted of terrorism? Thank you @thewalrus.ca for the time and space! thewalrus.ca/how-a-would-...

Are you an early-career journalist or mid-career looking to learn some new skills? The CAJ Mentorship program is great. My mentor was Jim Rankin (@jleerankin.bsky.social) and he was/is a lifesaver. Also, the deadline has now been extended until Monday!

Undercover fare inspectors are coming to the TTC. Shelagh Pizey-Allen, executive director of transit advocacy group TTCriders, calls it “a mistake that will create more conflict and an environment of mistrust.” via @torontostar-rss.bsky.social's @benspurr.bsky.social www.thestar.com/news/gta/the...

With news that the current Metrolinx CEO is resigning, I present a photo I took in February 2012 of Toronto's Eglinton cross-town transit line "under construction," looking east along Eglinton, at Black Creek Dr. Discuss! Story via @torontostar.bsky.social www.thestar.com/politics/pro...

Latest on Mississauga Mayor Carolyn Parrish's resignation from Peel police services board over 21 per cent increase to police budget: "I don’t know how we can sell it." Via Noor Javed @torontostar.bsky.social www.thestar.com/news/gta/i-d...

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Offering you a glimpse into Canada’s underexposed corners: Globe and Mail editor-in-chief David Walmsley on the new #photojournalism series #Underexposed. www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic... via @theglobeandmail.com