An important story by @rebeccaga0.bsky.social in @thenarwhal.ca today

For @thenarwhal.ca I wrote about Hurricane Melissa, how immigrants in Canada organize aid for their motherlands when disaster strikes, what that means as climate change makes disasters more common and the way that diasporic communities look after each other 💜 thenarwhal.ca/hurricane-me...

Hurricane Melissa's destruction has the Jamaican diaspora mobilizing to send money and aid. The effects of climate change are hitting developing countries hardest, putting pressure on immigrants in Canada to increase the billions they already send home every year. thenarwhal.ca/hurricane-me...

Hello! The Narwhal is looking to talk to people in Canada who regularly send money home to Jamaica, Cuba, Haiti or the Bahamas and might increase it in the wake of Melissa. I am at [email protected] 💚

It's election day in Scarborough-Rouge Park. Our Candidate Tracker is the only place for fact-checked bios and platform summaries of every candidate. #TOpoli 🗳️ thelocal.to/srp2025/

In today's Scarborough-Rouge Park by-election, leading candidates run on putting Scarborough first. #TOpoli thelocal.to/scarborough-...

🧵Then head over to read @rebeccaga0.bsky.social spotlight of the frontrunners in the race! thelocal.to/scarborough-...

My latest for @thelocal.to about Scarborough-Rouge Park’s upcoming byelection. They’re looking for a candidate who, while balancing obligations to the ward and city as a whole, can finally put Scarborough first. thelocal.to/scarborough-...

And here's @rebeccaga0.bsky.social with an in-depth look at the ward. (These ward profiles always offer a better understanding of a corner of the GTA. Worth reading even if you don't live there!) thelocal.to/scarborough-...

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It's a crowded field for Scarborough-Rouge Park's upcoming by-election. In a ward that feels distant from City Hall and left out of some of its decisions, many of the candidates are campaigning on a platform of putting Scarborough first, writes @rebeccaga0.bsky.social. thelocal.to/scarborough-...

Southern Ontario's primarily hardwood forest doesn't offer great fuel for wildfires, but the density of the population and all the infrastructure that comes with it means fires that do spark are closely watched. Here's @rebeccaga0.bsky.social's look at how fires here compare to the boreal's blazes:

All summer, Ontarians experienced the impact of wildfires from the west. But now, with fires blazing closer to home (in areas that don't often experience wildfires), we're wondering: how are wildfires in southern Ontario different? My latest for @thenarwhal.ca here: thenarwhal.ca/southern-ont...

A wildfire burning in southern Ontario — as many did this summer — is a far different beast than a blaze in the boreal forest, but it’s still something to take seriously. Here’s @rebeccaga0.bsky.social with the reasons. thenarwhal.ca/southern-ont...

With Premier Doug Ford announcing today that construction is set to start on Ontario’s Highway 413, here's a look at our story on where the controversial project stands in light of Bill 5 and a federal government also set on fast-tracking development: thenarwhal.ca/ontario-high...

As many of you know, I’m a member of Canadian Journalists for Justice in Palestine. We have a new call to action for the Canadian government. To go with this call to action, I’ve got new details to share with you about Canada’s complicity in arming this genocide. Please listen:

SOURCE CALLOUT: looking for voters in Scarborough-Rouge Park that have thoughts on the upcoming byelection. Would loooove to speak with you for a story I’m working on!

SOURCE CALLOUT: looking for voters in Scarborough-Rouge Park that have thoughts on the upcoming byelection. Would loooove to speak with you for a story I’m working on!

Solutions need to be as multi-faceted as risk factors: everything from climate-resilient, affordable housing to public education about healthy relationships. Dig into this important feature by @rebeccaga0.bsky.social, with art and graphs by @shawnparkinson.bsky.social. thenarwhal.ca/heat-domesti...

In Canada and around the world, police forces, anti-violence experts and climate researchers have all recorded an increase in reports of intimate partner violence when temperatures are hottest. The latest data from Statistics Canada shows that the trend continues.

Extreme heat stresses the human body. From headaches and thirst to reduced concentration, the physical and cognitive symptoms can cause frustration, irritability — and aggression. That leads to a rise in reports of violence, including domestic violence. thenarwhal.ca/heat-domesti...

An important story. So important I made 6 illustrations and 5 graphs for it. Go read!

For @thenarwhal.ca I looked into the connection between heat and intimate partner violence, how little we prepare for this effect of climate change and what we can do to mitigate violence as extreme heat and other climate change impacts becomes even more common. thenarwhal.ca/heat-domesti...

Across Canada, extreme heat causes physical and mental stresses that lead to a documented rise in violence. That includes intimate partner violence, @rebeccaga0.bsky.social reports, which threatens women, girls and vulnerable communities the most. thenarwhal.ca/heat-domesti...

Toronto's city council will be meeting soon to discuss their "rat response plan". Read all about Toronto's big rat problem (and what it might take to solve it) in the latest issue of @westendphoenix.bsky.social and online here www.westendphoenix.com/stories/insi...

INSIDE THE RATPOCALYPSE 🐀 Toronto has been named one of North America’s rattiest cities. Why is the rodent population skyrocketing – and what can be done? @rebeccaga0.bsky.social gets to the bottom of our rodent problem in the latest WEP. www.westendphoenix.com/stories/insi...

Toronto has been named one of North America’s rattiest cities. Why is the population skyrocketing - and what can be done? Step inside the RATPOCALYPSE, only in the pages of the latest WEP, story by @rebeccaga0.bsky.social with illustrations by Jacqui Oakley www.westendphoenix.com/subscription...

Land expropriations and early work are underway on Highway 413. With Ontario passing Bill 5, and the federal government's tone on the highway project seemingly shifting, here's what we know about the Ford government's prized road project: thenarwhal.ca/ontario-high...

Docs obtained by @thenarwhal.ca show federal reps on a Highway 413 working group, last year, said, "Our role is not a project delivery role.” A lot has changed since then, from Ontario's Bill 5 to the feds push for development. via @rebeccaga0.bsky.social thenarwhal.ca/ontario-high...

Also new from me today for @theglobeandmail.com, a fun and fascinating look into the gender wars playing out in Pilates studios www.theglobeandmail.com/life/health-...

My latest for @thenarwhal.ca all about what’s going on with Highway 413 👀

Last night The Local was honoured to win the prestigious CJF Jackman Award for Excellence in Journalism for our stories on life expectancy in Toronto. Congratulations to our staff, led by @taimhuynh.bsky.social, and to contributors @rebeccaga0.bsky.social and Chris Luna. 🎉

"My name is Greta Thunberg and I am from Sweden. If you see this video, we have been intercepted and kidnapped in international waters by the Israeli occupational forces, or forces that support Israel."

So honoured and excited to be a part of this amazing @thelocal.to package that is a finalist for the CJF Jackman Excellence Award!!!!!

“Why a Two-Kilometre Strip of Yonge Street Has the Highest Life Expectancy in Toronto” by @rebeccaga0.bsky.social: thelocal.to/life-expecta... /4

Also on Toronto Life’s best new restaurant list: Ayla, a "love letter to Hong Kong" with flavours from around the world. I love everything chefs Kevin and Danvee are doing, and it’s so exciting to see them on the list! Read all about Ayla here: substack.com/home/post/p-...

Toronto Life’s top new restaurants list dropped! Among them was Yan, chef Eva Chin’s hidden restaurant where she and her small but mighty team serve up a thoughtful and conceptual eight-course neo-Chinese tasting menu. Read all about Yan and Eva here: substack.com/home/post/p-...

Looking to speak with parents of kids in Toronto Catholic schools who are concerned about vaccine coverage and measles (or even are vaccine hesitant!) for a @thelocal.to story. Perhaps a long shot, but my DMs and email inbox are open! #journorequest #TOpublichealth

Dispatches from @rebeccaga0.bsky.social: “Anybody with a sense of the policy history knows that Conservatives are the authors of most of the policies that put young people in the position they’re in today...To look to Conservatives for solutions is the height of irony.” thelocal.to/young-conser...

This is the truth of reporting on the election: Conservatives aren't giving the press the time of day. It's a problem for the media, for our readers, and for democracy. ( For my story, I reached out to six Conservative candidates in Peel and not a single one responded directly.)

"It’s Friday night and I’m at a party on King Street. But instead of slinging shots and dancing the night away, I’m rubbing elbows with young, university-going women hoping to score some face time with Conservative MPPs." thelocal.to/young-conser...

The phenomenal @rebeccaga0.bsky.social spent time with young Conservatives ahead of a generation-defining election, in which more young voters are leaning right than ever before. Here's what she heard on the ground - equal parts a fun read and a grim reflection of what's going on with young people.

In all the time I spent with these young Conservatives, this is still the moment that stands out the most to me. aside from the distrust of the press, it’s worrying how so many people are unwilling to even engage with people with different views: thelocal.to/young-conser...

Contradictory policy beliefs, feelings over facts, and a desperate search for a strong leader in the face of flagging future prospects—what’s going on with young Conservatives today? thelocal.to/young-conser...

I spent some time following Toronto's Conservative youth trying to figure out what's behind young people's apparent shift to the right. Here, for @thelocal.to is my dispatch from the King Street parties and campaign launches with a new generation of Conservatives. thelocal.to/young-conser...

This look at young voters shifting right is fascinating and essential reading this election - via @rebeccaga0.bsky.social @thelocal.to thelocal.to/young-conser...

With more young voters turning out for the Conservatives than ever before, we sent @rebeccaga0.bsky.social to find out what’s driving young Torontonians rightward this election. Dispatches from the Conservative mixers & campaign events where party loyalties are cemented: thelocal.to/young-conser...

New Substack post today! All about my new favourite Indian restaurant: everycorner.substack.com/p/inside-the...

Attention pizza heads: I wrote a story for this month’s issue of Foodism all about Toronto’s thriving pizza scene. We play host for all kinds of styles from NYC to Detroit to Windsor. Read all about it here! foodism.to/eat-drink/to...

I've been doing some writing for the great Pharmacy Practice + Business magazine and Canadian Healthcare Network over the last month or so. Here's a recent story (and a bit of good news):