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Allison Smith

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Editor of @torontotoday.ca, former publisher of Queen’s Park Today, Politics Today

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Allison Smith @allisonsmith52.bsky.social · Dec 10

I created a Starter Pack of Toronto city journos. Follow for all your downtown news needs — and hit me up if you're not in here and want to be!
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Allison Smith @allisonsmith52.bsky.social · 1d

@willsloanesq.bsky.social is back in the pages of TorontoToday with his rep cinema screening series 'series'

TorontoToday @torontotoday.ca · 1d

RepWatch: Nightmare Alley brings an underrated 'Exorcist' to Devil’s Night

Ahead of Halloween, film critic Will Sloan talks to the programmer behind Nightmare Alley Film Society, Toronto’s cult horror movie screening series

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TorontoToday @torontotoday.ca · 1d

Vape detectors will be coming to four TDSB high schools

The detectors, which identify the presence of chemicals found in e-cigarettes, will be installed in washrooms at Etobicoke Collegiate Institute and three other TDSB high schools

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Allison Smith @allisonsmith52.bsky.social · 2d

He’s out here wearing a DODGERS hat, while his DAD is on our MONEY

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TorontoToday @torontotoday.ca · 4d

Province pulls funding for Parkdale supervised consumption site, forcing closure

The move follows a spike in the number of clients using the west end site — and an increase in complaints from its neighbours

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TorontoToday @torontotoday.ca · 4d

Ford government calls off consultations on ending indefinite leases for Ontario tenants

Last week, Attorney General Doug Downey suggested Queen’s Park could eliminate ‘evergreen’ month-to-month leases

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Jamie Bradburn @jbcurio.bsky.social · 5d

NEW! For Toronto Today @torontotoday.ca I look at how Blue Jays fans celebrate when the team won their first World Series in 1992.

#TOhistory #bluejays

www.torontotoday.ca/local/histor...

How Toronto celebrated the 1992 Blue Jays World Series win

Historian Jamie Bradburn takes a look back at the pandemonium that followed the Jays' first World Series victory 33 years ago

www.torontotoday.ca

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Allison Smith @allisonsmith52.bsky.social · 6d

Stolen Etobicoke valour from a Forest Hill kid. Don’t make me take Rob Ford’s side.

TSN @tsnofficial.bsky.social · 6d

Drake is rocking the Don Bosco Eagles jacket and supporting the Toronto Blue Jays in Game 1 🔥

(via: @mlb)

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~rgh~ @ryangrahamhinds.bsky.social · 6d

😍⚾️

TorontoToday @torontotoday.ca · 6d

Jays fans abroad fight off sleep, stay up all night to watch games

Devoted Jays fans living outside of Canada are prepared to do whatever necessary to watch the World Series

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Allison Smith @allisonsmith52.bsky.social · 6d

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Allison Smith @allisonsmith52.bsky.social · 6d

Happy 1 year anniversary to our little newspaper!

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TorontoToday @torontotoday.ca · 7d

Against the odds, 80 per cent of World Series gamblers in Ontario betting on Jays to win Game 1

Are hometown fans voting rationally or just based on Toronto Blue Jays mania?

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TorontoToday @torontotoday.ca · 7d

Ford government opens door to ending indefinite leases for Ontario tenants

Attorney General Doug Downey says current system discourages landlords from renting out vacant units

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Allison Smith @allisonsmith52.bsky.social · 8d

New: The City of Toronto is implementing hiring "slowdown" as a budget balancing measure. www.torontotoday.ca/local/city-h...

Toronto institutes city-wide hiring ‘slowdown’ ahead of 2026 budget

This follows a similar move by the TTC, with both the transit agency and the city citing financial constraints

www.torontotoday.ca

Allison Smith @allisonsmith52.bsky.social · 9d

Love it. Can you DM me?

Allison Smith @allisonsmith52.bsky.social · 9d

Ha! Can you DM me, Ryan?

Allison Smith @allisonsmith52.bsky.social · 9d

So real.

Allison Smith @allisonsmith52.bsky.social · 9d

(DMs now open)

Allison Smith @allisonsmith52.bsky.social · 9d

True, but they're not Torontonians. Looking for locals :)

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Allison Smith @allisonsmith52.bsky.social · 9d

Call out: Seeking Torontonians abroad who have been adjusting their sleep schedules to watch the Blue Jays.

Is this you? Or your friend/family member? Hit me up!