Heartbreaking to read these reflections for Tumbler Ridge local newsman Trent Ernst. All strength to him as the town he reports in and on daily enters the global spotlight. You can support his hyperlocal journalism (which continues to be so needed and so lacking) here: tumblerridgelines.com/support/
NEW: The Ford government is ending its tuition fee freeze at colleges and universities. Post-secondary institutions will be allowed to increase fees by 2% per year over the next three years.
Also major boost in funding for the sector overall. #OnPoli
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Ontario's corporate pharmacies, like Shoppers Drug Mart, have faced allegations of overworking their pharmacists and setting high targets for medically unnecessary tasks to bolster profits. The resulting burnout, @kunalchaudhary.bsky.social writes, is an impending crisis. thelocal.to/shoppers-dru...
I had a lot of questions about the millions of online pharmacy ads that have popped up in recent years, hawking hair loss treatment and ED medication and weight loss drugs. @royinori.bsky.social answered them! thelocal.to/online-pharm...
New from me: More Than 100 Gazans Have Been Accepted to Canadian Universities. Canada Isn’t Letting Them In.
The $40 million that Bezos paid for the Melanie propaganda film would cover the cost of about 200 journalists for a year.
NEW: The stats for 2025 are in - and Ontario had the worst housing construction rate in the country.
The province saw just 62,561 housing starts last year. Its target was 150,000 for this year and next year that will rise to 175,000. #OnPoli
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NEW: An Ontario court has thrown out the province's attempt to overrule an order from the privacy watchdog over Doug Ford's personal cellphone.
A panel of three judges agreed he uses it for government work and must release those calls. #OnPoli
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“Teenagers and people in their 20s come in saying, ‘Wow, a real video store – my dad told me about this.’ And they come back with five of their friends”
Nathan Abraha visits Bloordale’s thriving DVD rental palace Eyesore Cinema
📷: Janice Reid
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Re: Finch LRT: “A CBC Toronto reporter rode the entire 10.3-kilometre line from east to west Monday morning, finding it took roughly 55 minutes to complete. As a reference point, over 400 runners ran this year's Toronto Marathon 10-kilometre event in under 55 minutes.”
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Despite advanced dementia, this great-grandma is soldiering on for two final shows with her heavy metal band
“We see the risks, and we’re calling out this gaslighting for what it is — an attempt to weaken public oversight and hand critical services to private interests.”
My latest for PressProgress is on Ontario's Bill 60 and why some are concerned that it is paving the way towards water privatization.
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Here's a thing I wrote for @thestar.com:
The price of electricity in Ontario just jumped 29%, but it's hidden in the tax base. #FordNation 's high cost nuclear + gas plan will cost taxpayers an additional $2 B/yr, on top of the $6.5 B the province already pays to reduce the cost of power.
#onpoli
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NEW: Another fiscal update, and it's more bad news for housing starts.
The Fall Economic Statement is predicting Ontario will build 82,000 fewer homes from 2024 to 2027 than the 2024 budget had modelled. #OnPoli
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Staggering atrocities in Sudan.
Following the mass slaughter of nearly 500 men, women, and children at a maternity hospital, UN officials say: "The situation is simply horrifying... El Fasher, already the scene of catastrophic levels of human suffering, has descended into an even darker hell."
The Liberals promised to end boil water advisories on First Nations. They didn’t.
Auditor General Karen Hogan says the government's record on water was the most disappointing failure she found in her audit.
Hear the full discussion on the latest APTN Nation to Nation: youtu.be/xQ9LvNMVf7s?...
From today: The Ford government gave millions of tax dollars through the Skills Development Fund to a company with a PC Party vice-president, and another group run by an unsuccessful PC candidate.
#onpoli
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According to the Canadian Centre for Cyber Security, ransomware is now the top cybercrime threat facing Canada’s critical infrastructure. Journalist @kunalchaudhary.bsky.social explores how hackers are exploiting weak links in Canada’s defences: thewalrus.ca/the-cyberattack-...
Wrote about the dire straits of York University, which like many in Ontario is cutting its programming and employee ranks down to the bone. For decades, York has brought higher education to some of the most disadvantaged communities in the GTA -- the loss of this would be incalculable.
Excellent reporting and writing. As a TMU alumna, I always heard from students about York U being the bastion of humanities, art, critical thought and social sciences. So, reading this story was really eye-opening. I knew York U had several issues but I had no idea about the depths of it all.
Water leaked, columns and beams were cracked, staff were getting trapped in malfunctioning elevators. Then came the bankruptcy and the fraud charges.
When big public-private projects go wrong.
The story of Bondfield and Infrastructure Ontario.
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Al Jazeera’s Gaza bureau chief, Wael al-Dahdouh, was told live on air that his wife, son, daughter and grandson had been killed in an Israeli-designated safe zone. He speaks to @imaanirfan.bsky.social.
NEW: Emergency room closures are dropping in Ontario, according to data shared with Global News by the Ministry of Health.
Critics, however, say the data should be proactively released and communicated to residents. #OnPoli
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“Do you know what I find ironic? The mayors I’ve asked: the [speed camera] money you’ve collected, how much have put into road safety? How much have you put into calming traffic? Not ONE DOLLAR has gone into that,” declares Premier Doug Ford.
Can only speak about Toronto but this is very wrong.
If the Ford government decides it doesn't like how a university sets its admissions standard, the new Bill 33 would give the province the ability to unilaterally change them. The implications for university autonomy, critics say, are unprecedented. thelocal.to/bill-33-onta...
"Although the homes are configured as compact micro-units, the lack of double-loaded interior corridors allows every suite to be a dual aspect unit — a rarity, unfortunately, for North American apartments — with natural light coming in from two sides."
This piece by @kunalchaudhary.bsky.social is part of The Local's Higher Education Issue (launched today!) and it's the clearest, most damning look at the financial crisis in Ontario colleges and universities I've read yet.
