Dave Gray-Donald
@dgrdon.bsky.social
Publisher and editor of The Grind in Toronto.
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It's not just measles. Ontario has also seen a rapid spread of syphilis, gonorrhoea, and chlamydia in recent years.
This morning, frontline workers warned that provincial funding cuts are plunging Ontario's public health into crisis. For @thegrindto.bsky.social
This morning, frontline workers warned that provincial funding cuts are plunging Ontario's public health into crisis. For @thegrindto.bsky.social
Funding Cuts Plunging Public Health in Ontario into Crisis, Experts Warn
Frontline public health workers are sounding the alarm about the state of sexually transmitted infections, waterborne illnesses and measles…
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November 26, 2025 at 7:25 PM
It's not just measles. Ontario has also seen a rapid spread of syphilis, gonorrhoea, and chlamydia in recent years.
This morning, frontline workers warned that provincial funding cuts are plunging Ontario's public health into crisis. For @thegrindto.bsky.social
This morning, frontline workers warned that provincial funding cuts are plunging Ontario's public health into crisis. For @thegrindto.bsky.social
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Toronto city council has long opposed extending the life of the polluting Portlands gas electricity plant on the waterfront. A new Ontario report suggests keeping it open indefinitely. Community groups are urging council to reject that plan and instead invest in renewables.
Enviro Groups Urge Toronto to Oppose Gas Plant Plan
After Toronto’s city council voted to shut down the Portlands gas plant, the Ontario government moved to expand it and extend its life.
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November 26, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Toronto city council has long opposed extending the life of the polluting Portlands gas electricity plant on the waterfront. A new Ontario report suggests keeping it open indefinitely. Community groups are urging council to reject that plan and instead invest in renewables.
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It's rare for a police officer in Canada to be criminally charged for shooting someone, and then to plead guilty
Andrew Davis shot Devon Fowlin in 2023 and pleaded guilty. He was sentenced on Friday: no jail time and one year of probation
www.thestar.com/news/gta/tor...
Andrew Davis shot Devon Fowlin in 2023 and pleaded guilty. He was sentenced on Friday: no jail time and one year of probation
www.thestar.com/news/gta/tor...
Toronto police officer who shot man in park gets suspended sentence, conditional discharge
Expert tells court police should have used de-escalation in February 2023 incident. Because of his sentence, Const. Andrew Davis will have a chance to keep his job.
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November 24, 2025 at 2:13 PM
It's rare for a police officer in Canada to be criminally charged for shooting someone, and then to plead guilty
Andrew Davis shot Devon Fowlin in 2023 and pleaded guilty. He was sentenced on Friday: no jail time and one year of probation
www.thestar.com/news/gta/tor...
Andrew Davis shot Devon Fowlin in 2023 and pleaded guilty. He was sentenced on Friday: no jail time and one year of probation
www.thestar.com/news/gta/tor...
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Bill 60 could pass as early as today, stripping renters of significant rights and making it much easier for landlords to evict tenants.
Despite Reversal on Rent Control, Ford Government Still Plans to Make Evictions Easier
After a wave of furious backlash, the Ontario government backtracked on the most controversial part of its proposed Bill 60. But the housing bill will still make it faster and easier for landlords to…
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November 24, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Bill 60 could pass as early as today, stripping renters of significant rights and making it much easier for landlords to evict tenants.
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After strong positive response last issue, we've also sent the new issue out into these boxes.
There are 170 of them within the old city of Toronto area (not Scarborough, Etobicoke or North York, maybe next time).
Copies also go in the TTC and to 300 shops this weekend and early next week.
There are 170 of them within the old city of Toronto area (not Scarborough, Etobicoke or North York, maybe next time).
Copies also go in the TTC and to 300 shops this weekend and early next week.
November 23, 2025 at 3:41 PM
After strong positive response last issue, we've also sent the new issue out into these boxes.
There are 170 of them within the old city of Toronto area (not Scarborough, Etobicoke or North York, maybe next time).
Copies also go in the TTC and to 300 shops this weekend and early next week.
There are 170 of them within the old city of Toronto area (not Scarborough, Etobicoke or North York, maybe next time).
Copies also go in the TTC and to 300 shops this weekend and early next week.
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During a downtown protest calling out Trump's plan for a Gaza "stabilization force," a snowplow operator drove through the crowd and gave attendees the finger.
Toronto police told CBC News there is "No reason to believe there was any malicious intent."
Toronto police told CBC News there is "No reason to believe there was any malicious intent."
Snowplow Operator Drives Through Pro-Palestine Demonstration
Despite videos of the incident being published and a photo showing the driver giving the finger to the pro-Palestine crowd, Toronto police say there was “no reason to believe there was any malicious…
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November 21, 2025 at 12:24 AM
During a downtown protest calling out Trump's plan for a Gaza "stabilization force," a snowplow operator drove through the crowd and gave attendees the finger.
Toronto police told CBC News there is "No reason to believe there was any malicious intent."
Toronto police told CBC News there is "No reason to believe there was any malicious intent."
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Mark Carney is travelling to the UAE this week, but has not indicated that he will raise the issue of the UAE’s support of the paramilitary RSF in Sudan.
The RSF recently carried out a brutal massacre in el-Fasher, Darfur, killing hundreds of civilians.
The RSF recently carried out a brutal massacre in el-Fasher, Darfur, killing hundreds of civilians.
Canadian Company Accused of Providing Weapons to RSF in Sudan
The news comes after the RSF carried out a brutal massacre during their assault on el-Fasher, a city in Northern Darfur.
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November 18, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Mark Carney is travelling to the UAE this week, but has not indicated that he will raise the issue of the UAE’s support of the paramilitary RSF in Sudan.
The RSF recently carried out a brutal massacre in el-Fasher, Darfur, killing hundreds of civilians.
The RSF recently carried out a brutal massacre in el-Fasher, Darfur, killing hundreds of civilians.
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Saeed Teebi was among the hundreds of Canadian authors and book workers who boycotted the Giller Prize last night.
For the @thegrindto.bsky.social, he shares a version of the powerful speech he gave at a Boycott Giller event in Vancouver.
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For the @thegrindto.bsky.social, he shares a version of the powerful speech he gave at a Boycott Giller event in Vancouver.
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‘Literature Does Not Come Before Humans:’ Saeed Teebi on Why He’s Still Boycotting the Giller
The Palestinian-Canadian author is one among hundreds of Canadian writers boycotting the literary prize over its ties to funders they deem complicit in Israel’s genocide. Teebi shared his reasons in a...
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November 18, 2025 at 10:53 PM
Saeed Teebi was among the hundreds of Canadian authors and book workers who boycotted the Giller Prize last night.
For the @thegrindto.bsky.social, he shares a version of the powerful speech he gave at a Boycott Giller event in Vancouver.
www.thegrindmag.ca/literature-d...
For the @thegrindto.bsky.social, he shares a version of the powerful speech he gave at a Boycott Giller event in Vancouver.
www.thegrindmag.ca/literature-d...
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A group of Toronto tenants raised the alarm over a landlord with a long history of bad faith "renovictions" in apartment complexes across Ontario
Now, a provisional order from the LTB means he'll have to appear in court if he wants to defend himself.
Now, a provisional order from the LTB means he'll have to appear in court if he wants to defend himself.
Weston Tenants Win Right to Face Top Renovictor Landlord
A provisional order from the Landlord-Tenant Board means that landlord Michael Klein, who is known to renters across Ontario, will have to either appear to defend himself or have tenants’ claims…
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November 18, 2025 at 9:10 PM
A group of Toronto tenants raised the alarm over a landlord with a long history of bad faith "renovictions" in apartment complexes across Ontario
Now, a provisional order from the LTB means he'll have to appear in court if he wants to defend himself.
Now, a provisional order from the LTB means he'll have to appear in court if he wants to defend himself.
It's fundraising week at CIUT 89.5 FM, Toronto's community station! If you listen, consider supporting to keep the station on the airwaves.
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November 19, 2025 at 7:04 PM
It's fundraising week at CIUT 89.5 FM, Toronto's community station! If you listen, consider supporting to keep the station on the airwaves.
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At COP30 Canada just got awarded the fossil of the day — first time since 2014 (the harper years). Clear sign of how Carney’s pro fossil fuel agenda and backsliding on climate policy is being noticed internationally.
November 18, 2025 at 10:37 PM
At COP30 Canada just got awarded the fossil of the day — first time since 2014 (the harper years). Clear sign of how Carney’s pro fossil fuel agenda and backsliding on climate policy is being noticed internationally.
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📢 For the first time in over a decade, Canada has been shamed at #COP30 as the “Fossil of the Day” — the most dishonourable award given during COPs to the countries “who are the best at being the worst and doing the most to do the least.”
Read our press release:
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Read our press release:
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Canada shamed as “Fossil of the Day” at COP30, for the first time in more than a decade - Climate Action Network Canada (CAN-Rac)
Belém, Brazil, 18 November 2025:
Today at COP30, international civil society denounced Canada as Fossil of the Day—the first time since 2014 that Canada has been singled out for this dishonour.
Foss...
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November 18, 2025 at 11:12 PM
📢 For the first time in over a decade, Canada has been shamed at #COP30 as the “Fossil of the Day” — the most dishonourable award given during COPs to the countries “who are the best at being the worst and doing the most to do the least.”
Read our press release:
shorturl.at/hSGvm
Read our press release:
shorturl.at/hSGvm
Hard to believe Elizabeth May is naive enough to believe Canada is on track to meet its 2030 Paris Agreement target with this pro-oil budget.
Voting for it with that rationale gives false confidence to many people. In reality, we're way off track from the target. 1/
Voting for it with that rationale gives false confidence to many people. In reality, we're way off track from the target. 1/
November 18, 2025 at 12:53 AM
Hard to believe Elizabeth May is naive enough to believe Canada is on track to meet its 2030 Paris Agreement target with this pro-oil budget.
Voting for it with that rationale gives false confidence to many people. In reality, we're way off track from the target. 1/
Voting for it with that rationale gives false confidence to many people. In reality, we're way off track from the target. 1/
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When the Ford government unilaterally took over the TDSB, almost all of the committees where parents advocated for change were disbanded.
Parents are now left “screaming into the void," says east-end mom Valerie Laurie.
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Parents are now left “screaming into the void," says east-end mom Valerie Laurie.
www.thegrindmag.ca/parents-scre...
Parents ‘Screaming into the Void’ Since TDSB Trustees Removed
Toronto parents spent years pushing the TDSB on disability support, air quality, Palestine and more. Now, the Ontario government’s takeover has washed away their efforts.
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November 17, 2025 at 6:29 PM
When the Ford government unilaterally took over the TDSB, almost all of the committees where parents advocated for change were disbanded.
Parents are now left “screaming into the void," says east-end mom Valerie Laurie.
www.thegrindmag.ca/parents-scre...
Parents are now left “screaming into the void," says east-end mom Valerie Laurie.
www.thegrindmag.ca/parents-scre...
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Abstenions appeared to have been:
NDP MP Gord Johns
NDP MP Lori Idlout
Conservative MP Shannon Stubbs
Conservative MP Matt Jeneroux
All other opposition MPs voted against, except for Green Party Leader Elizabeth May, who voted “yea” alongside the Liberals.
NDP MP Gord Johns
NDP MP Lori Idlout
Conservative MP Shannon Stubbs
Conservative MP Matt Jeneroux
All other opposition MPs voted against, except for Green Party Leader Elizabeth May, who voted “yea” alongside the Liberals.
🚨 NO ELECTION 🚨
The vote barely squeaked by thanks to abstentions.
Final tally: 170 yeas, 168 nays
The vote barely squeaked by thanks to abstentions.
Final tally: 170 yeas, 168 nays
Could we be getting an ELECTION for Christmas?
Well, the Liberals still need one more “yes” vote to avoid that (or two abstentions), making the vote that’s taking place in two hours a real nail-biter.
Here’s where things stand right now, with a little help from @supriya.bsky.social:
Well, the Liberals still need one more “yes” vote to avoid that (or two abstentions), making the vote that’s taking place in two hours a real nail-biter.
Here’s where things stand right now, with a little help from @supriya.bsky.social:
November 18, 2025 at 12:15 AM
Abstenions appeared to have been:
NDP MP Gord Johns
NDP MP Lori Idlout
Conservative MP Shannon Stubbs
Conservative MP Matt Jeneroux
All other opposition MPs voted against, except for Green Party Leader Elizabeth May, who voted “yea” alongside the Liberals.
NDP MP Gord Johns
NDP MP Lori Idlout
Conservative MP Shannon Stubbs
Conservative MP Matt Jeneroux
All other opposition MPs voted against, except for Green Party Leader Elizabeth May, who voted “yea” alongside the Liberals.
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just opening up the new Epstein docs at random:
November 12, 2025 at 9:42 PM
just opening up the new Epstein docs at random:
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Last call to advertise in our next print issue, going out free in TTC stations and to 450+ other spots! There are a few discounted ad placements left. ads[at]thegrindmag[dot]ca
Advertising space is available in our next issue, out Nov 22, which includes a 12-page gift guide insert in the middle of the issue! It's always a well-read edition and a great way to get your product or service noticed by tens of thousands of Torontonians.
Contact ads[at]thegrindmag[ca] for info.
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November 12, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Last call to advertise in our next print issue, going out free in TTC stations and to 450+ other spots! There are a few discounted ad placements left. ads[at]thegrindmag[dot]ca
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An Israeli soldier (who also works with Stephen Harper at a military tech company) claims he "fought off" a group of "masked terrorists" when visiting Toronto last week.
For @thegrindto.bsky.social, @dgrdon.bsky.social breaks down what really happened.
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For @thegrindto.bsky.social, @dgrdon.bsky.social breaks down what really happened.
www.thegrindmag.ca/idf-soldier-...
IDF Soldier Manhandles Toronto Students Who Disrupted Event
TMU students protested an off-campus talk from two Israeli soldiers. One IDF soldier, Jonathan Karten, locked several of them into the event space before someone broke a glass door.
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November 11, 2025 at 7:10 PM
An Israeli soldier (who also works with Stephen Harper at a military tech company) claims he "fought off" a group of "masked terrorists" when visiting Toronto last week.
For @thegrindto.bsky.social, @dgrdon.bsky.social breaks down what really happened.
www.thegrindmag.ca/idf-soldier-...
For @thegrindto.bsky.social, @dgrdon.bsky.social breaks down what really happened.
www.thegrindmag.ca/idf-soldier-...
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When a talk featuring IDF soldiers was disrupted in Toronto last week, most media demonized the pro-Palestine crowd using debunked claims, rather than focusing on the soldier who threw students to the ground.
This new investigation by @dgrdon.bsky.social is the most thorough so far.
This new investigation by @dgrdon.bsky.social is the most thorough so far.
IDF Soldier Manhandles Toronto Students Who Disrupted Event
TMU students protested an off-campus talk from two Israeli soldiers. One IDF soldier, Jonathan Karten, locked several of them into the event space before someone broke a glass door.
www.thegrindmag.ca
November 11, 2025 at 8:42 PM
When a talk featuring IDF soldiers was disrupted in Toronto last week, most media demonized the pro-Palestine crowd using debunked claims, rather than focusing on the soldier who threw students to the ground.
This new investigation by @dgrdon.bsky.social is the most thorough so far.
This new investigation by @dgrdon.bsky.social is the most thorough so far.
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Dozens of Canadian photographers and curators announced today they are boycotting the Scotiabank Photography Award to protest the bank’s continued investment in Israel’s largest weapons manufacturer.
Organizers Launch Boycott Scotiabank Photography Award
At least 70 photographers and curators will withdraw from participating in the prestigious award over Scotiabank’s ties to an Israeli weapons manufacturer.
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November 10, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Dozens of Canadian photographers and curators announced today they are boycotting the Scotiabank Photography Award to protest the bank’s continued investment in Israel’s largest weapons manufacturer.
On CIUT 89.5 FM now: an interview I did with Angela Bischoff (Ontario Clean Air Alliance) about the push to get Toronto city council to block the province from extending the life of the highly-polluting Portlands gas plant. Listen: radio.securenetsystems.net/cirrusconten...
November 7, 2025 at 4:13 PM
On CIUT 89.5 FM now: an interview I did with Angela Bischoff (Ontario Clean Air Alliance) about the push to get Toronto city council to block the province from extending the life of the highly-polluting Portlands gas plant. Listen: radio.securenetsystems.net/cirrusconten...
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Our platform is ready.
Our collectively-owned Bandcamp successor opens November 4.
Rolling out to co-op members first.
Our collectively-owned Bandcamp successor opens November 4.
Rolling out to co-op members first.
October 31, 2025 at 12:22 PM
Our platform is ready.
Our collectively-owned Bandcamp successor opens November 4.
Rolling out to co-op members first.
Our collectively-owned Bandcamp successor opens November 4.
Rolling out to co-op members first.
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Mark Carney's austerity budget maintains the (meagre) status quo for the arts sector, @tombeedham.bsky.social reports. But concerns remain over the long-term sustainability for the precarious industry.
Carney’s Budget (Nearly) Maintains Meagre Status Quo for the Arts
The arts sector is raising the alarm on the federal government’s failure to “adequately address the need for significant investment.”…
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November 6, 2025 at 10:38 PM
Mark Carney's austerity budget maintains the (meagre) status quo for the arts sector, @tombeedham.bsky.social reports. But concerns remain over the long-term sustainability for the precarious industry.
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Yesterday, two soldiers in the Israeli military were speaking at an off-campus event in Toronto organized by university student groups, before the event was disrupted.
Earlier this year, we obtained audio of two IDF soldiers speaking at a similar event.
Earlier this year, we obtained audio of two IDF soldiers speaking at a similar event.
Humour to Mask Israeli Atrocities: The Triggered Tour Stop in Toronto
Two IDF soldiers who were recently in Gaza cracked jokes and told the audience how to support Israel’s war effort. The Grind got a recording of the talk. Joey Nicholson-Landau with Jews Say No To…
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November 6, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Yesterday, two soldiers in the Israeli military were speaking at an off-campus event in Toronto organized by university student groups, before the event was disrupted.
Earlier this year, we obtained audio of two IDF soldiers speaking at a similar event.
Earlier this year, we obtained audio of two IDF soldiers speaking at a similar event.