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realized instagram lets you download an archive of stories you've posted in relative quality and order w a json file so I've made it public because why not edwardrow.com/stories-archiv…
AFAICT this is only the second time since amalgamation 28 years ago the Toronto Star has chosen not to endorsed anyone for mayor - first being Lastman v Gomberg in 2000
I read this as an indictment of Bradford - Star didn’t back Chow last time either thestar.com/opinion/editoria…
Would be strange to say this is a slight against Chow when... they've been doing that! They literally endorsed her main opponent last time - why didn't they this time, is the bigger question, and story, imo thestar.com/opinion/editoria…
interesting that the Chow bit is positive positive positive, not positive fast enough, drug use, [israel], not positive fast enough; Bradfords is positive, interesting but risky, negative, negative, negative, negative and these guys are like, thats good! xitter.cf/DavidColetto/status/21…
No endorsement from the Toronto Star is which telling about how it feels about Mayor Chow and her record.
There’s always an element of the unknown with change. But the incumbent is well known, 40 years in public office, and the Star is saying it’s time for a change
thestar.com/opinion/editoria…
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NEW: Education Minister Paul Calandra tells me he's "very excited" to have Stan Cho on his team, and that the "quality of his work since he's been an MPP is literally second to none."
Premier Ford announced Cho will be joining Calandra’s team as a parliamentary assistant — just three months after Cho resigned from cabinet for charging taxpayers $16,000 in Toronto hotel stays.
The new role comes with a $22,500 pay bump. Ford declined to comment. Story: thetrillium.ca/insider-news/…
ford is going to ride the anti-incumbent wave to get a bunch of right-wing mayors and councillors in his pocket across the province and then he’s going to re-introduce MPAC assessments which will allow municipalities to bring the tax ~rates ~down and give them a narrative win
budgets outside of austerity, programming cuts and capital deferral will not go down, but if the story is that the rate has, that will be the headline - exactly how the increase is now, without discussing the MPAC freeze
I’ve seen Erin O’Toole around running and it’s interesting he says he notices decline in the city because I’m fairly certain he lives in the Beach - Bradford’s ward - all these right-wing weirdos acting like city council is an authoritarian dictatorship lol
The flip-flopping lack of trust is barely negative - it’s a reality based description of Bradford’s own record - so much so that Bradford’s literal current spokesperson was using the language before she got cut a cheque to join the team lol
Cut to: benefits of coastal pipeline
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toronto politics are so frustrating for many reasons but in part b/c people from fucking oakville or w/e insert themselves into the convo to insist that the city is so scary and so dangerous b/c the two times they’re here per month they see a homeless person
Major loss for gaming as a foundational studio - and for Canada as BioWare was founded and headquartered in Edmonton, Alberta
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Bradford's team spent the last 6 months promising he's not really a Conservative, and then he comes out and just says it on the radio.
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In Canada, the weather can be a state secret, for national security reasons (to protect the military from embarrassment).
This is what we’re up against trying to report on the CFB Wainwright tragedy.
On October 18, I asked Environment Canada for the original wind-warning bulletins for the region, to make sure I hadn’t missed any and because several had since been archived online.
I also asked for the timestamped XML files — or directions on how to access them myself.
I wasn’t asking about the fire. I wasn’t asking for anything new. I was trying to retrieve historical weather warnings and records, most of which were already publicly available.
This was their response.
It took them two full working days to send this.
Bradfords actual language this morning - cbc.ca/listen/live-radio/1-3…
is trump trying to come out or like
Trump on Jon Husted: "I'm studying his body. I've never studied the body of a man before. It's not my thing. Nothing wrong with it, of course. But it's never been my thing. But I looked at his ass. I said, 'His ass, shit, it's like a pile of muscle.' Then I looked at his legs and I said, 'Man, his feet are big.'"
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Toronto Chinatown Land Trust is buying a mixed-use building in Huron Square — its first ever purchase as part of its mission to remove properties from the private market and keep them affordable under community ownership.
My latest @TorontoStar thestar.com/real-estate/toro…
