Mark Medley
@markmedley.bsky.social
Deputy Opinion Editor, @theglobeandmail.com. Former Globe and Mail/National Post Books Editor.
Author of Live to See the Day, a national bestseller. https://linktr.ee/mark.medley
Author of Live to See the Day, a national bestseller. https://linktr.ee/mark.medley
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NEW: In Canada, NIRVANNA THE BAND THE SHOW THE MOVIE made $290K for 3 days and est. $350K for 4-day holiday, making it biggest opening for live-action English Canadian title since…BLACKBERRY. Toronto’s Cineplex Scotiabank was #1 location North America, ahead of NYC’s IFC Center.
February 16, 2026 at 10:15 PM
NEW: In Canada, NIRVANNA THE BAND THE SHOW THE MOVIE made $290K for 3 days and est. $350K for 4-day holiday, making it biggest opening for live-action English Canadian title since…BLACKBERRY. Toronto’s Cineplex Scotiabank was #1 location North America, ahead of NYC’s IFC Center.
So a TV show?
February 16, 2026 at 3:22 PM
So a TV show?
I’ve been waiting years for a fix. www.thestar.com/news/gta/fin...
She tried to book an Ontario Parks campsite at 7 a.m. and got nothing. Here is why campers say the system is 'broken'
With construction, a new campground delayed and demand rising, Ontarians are frustrated by a system they call unfair — and trying workarounds.
www.thestar.com
February 16, 2026 at 3:21 PM
I’ve been waiting years for a fix. www.thestar.com/news/gta/fin...
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We're all mourning these kids. Thinking of the young brothers and sisters in particular trying to understand what's happened. www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...
Eight lives lost in British Columbia: Their names and stories
Community of Tumbler Ridge mourning five children and an educator killed in school shooting and deaths of shooter’s mother and stepbrother
www.theglobeandmail.com
February 13, 2026 at 7:28 PM
We're all mourning these kids. Thinking of the young brothers and sisters in particular trying to understand what's happened. www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...
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industry hive assemble for @noelransome.bsky.social's great profile of the man behind the music
Toronto-born musician Nathan Micay is making his mark on HBO’s Industry
Micay’s compositions translate financial power and personal pressures into music that moves beneath the dialogue
www.theglobeandmail.com
February 13, 2026 at 5:23 PM
industry hive assemble for @noelransome.bsky.social's great profile of the man behind the music
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A union job covering climate disasters:
February 13, 2026 at 3:16 PM
A union job covering climate disasters:
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"Certain critics, such as John Leonard and Elizabeth Hardwick, were usually better stylists than the writers they were reviewing."
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
The Literary Ecosystem Is Dying
In a sense, the decline of book reviews, like the decline of newspapers themselves, is a story about disaggregation.
www.theatlantic.com
February 12, 2026 at 10:57 PM
"Certain critics, such as John Leonard and Elizabeth Hardwick, were usually better stylists than the writers they were reviewing."
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
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EL PASO, Texas (AP) — FAA says it has lifted temporary closure of airspace over El Paso, Texas, and all flights to resume.
February 11, 2026 at 2:03 PM
EL PASO, Texas (AP) — FAA says it has lifted temporary closure of airspace over El Paso, Texas, and all flights to resume.
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here is our el paso airspace closure coverage and yes, we are as confused as you are (free link) www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
FAA Closes Airspace at El Paso for ‘Special Security Reasons’
The US Federal Aviation Administration closed the airspace around the border city of El Paso, Texas, for 10 days, in an unusual move that authorities put down to unspecified “special security reasons....
www.bloomberg.com
February 11, 2026 at 1:02 PM
here is our el paso airspace closure coverage and yes, we are as confused as you are (free link) www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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RCMP providing update on mass shooting in Tumbler Ridge, B.C. | CBC
www.cbc.ca
February 11, 2026 at 2:58 AM
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For every one of these Kafkaesque stories of inhumane cruelty i am guessing you can multiply by twenty the number of similar cases we don't hear about because the victim is not white, or fluent in English, or doesn't have advocates able and willing to go public
www.irishtimes.com/world/us/202...
www.irishtimes.com/world/us/202...
‘Absolute hell’: Irishman with valid US work permit held by Ice since September
Seamus Culleton has been in a detention facility in Texas for nearly five months despite having no criminal record
www.irishtimes.com
February 9, 2026 at 5:39 PM
For every one of these Kafkaesque stories of inhumane cruelty i am guessing you can multiply by twenty the number of similar cases we don't hear about because the victim is not white, or fluent in English, or doesn't have advocates able and willing to go public
www.irishtimes.com/world/us/202...
www.irishtimes.com/world/us/202...
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For @torontolifemag.bsky.social, I wrote about the city’s vicious tow-truck wars—a world of violence, arson, shifting allegiances, and paranoia. torontolife.com/deep-dives/t...
The Violent Life of a Tow Truck Driver: How an unremarkable profession turned Toronto into a war zone - Toronto Life
The towing industry has been hijacked by criminals and kingpins who fleece customers, beat up dissenters and shoot their enemies. How an unremarkable...
torontolife.com
February 6, 2026 at 4:53 PM
For @torontolifemag.bsky.social, I wrote about the city’s vicious tow-truck wars—a world of violence, arson, shifting allegiances, and paranoia. torontolife.com/deep-dives/t...
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Not only is snow not cleared nearly two weeks after the storm, the city’s plough map is lying to residents. Contractors are claiming to have done work that isn’t happening Either the mayor and councillors know this and don’t care or they’re ignorant of what is actually going on
February 7, 2026 at 4:46 PM
Not only is snow not cleared nearly two weeks after the storm, the city’s plough map is lying to residents. Contractors are claiming to have done work that isn’t happening Either the mayor and councillors know this and don’t care or they’re ignorant of what is actually going on
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In a move destined to infuriate copy editors (among other accomplishments), Warner Bros. is insisting that critics use quotations marks when citing the title of Emerald Fennell’s “Wuthering Heights.” This is not a joke.
February 7, 2026 at 12:29 AM
In a move destined to infuriate copy editors (among other accomplishments), Warner Bros. is insisting that critics use quotations marks when citing the title of Emerald Fennell’s “Wuthering Heights.” This is not a joke.
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Scoop w/ @nataliekorach.bsky.social: Washington Post leadership spiked a story that had been prepared by the newspaper's media desk, covering the historic layoffs at the Jeff Bezos-owned newspaper. Details in @status.news: link.status.news/4ai6W4C
February 6, 2026 at 3:33 AM
Scoop w/ @nataliekorach.bsky.social: Washington Post leadership spiked a story that had been prepared by the newspaper's media desk, covering the historic layoffs at the Jeff Bezos-owned newspaper. Details in @status.news: link.status.news/4ai6W4C
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We need to find a way to tell the youths about alt-weeklies so they restart them
February 4, 2026 at 3:00 PM
We need to find a way to tell the youths about alt-weeklies so they restart them
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INBOX: Washington Post Ukraine Correspondent Lizzie Johnson announces that she has been laid off in the middle of a below-freezing war zone without power, heat, or running water.
February 4, 2026 at 5:11 PM
INBOX: Washington Post Ukraine Correspondent Lizzie Johnson announces that she has been laid off in the middle of a below-freezing war zone without power, heat, or running water.
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A staggering statement from former Washington Post editor Marty Baron: "This ranks among the darkest days in the history of one of the world's greatest news organizations."
February 4, 2026 at 2:34 PM
A staggering statement from former Washington Post editor Marty Baron: "This ranks among the darkest days in the history of one of the world's greatest news organizations."
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Shutting down (the stellar) books coverage at WaPo is a real telling move when your owner is literally Jeff Bezos
February 4, 2026 at 2:36 PM
Shutting down (the stellar) books coverage at WaPo is a real telling move when your owner is literally Jeff Bezos
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No struggling newspaper ever saved itself by becoming a worse and less essential product. But what's happening today at the @washingtonpost.com is not just the latest devastating contraction of the news industry; it's the gutting of an American institution vital for a healthy society
February 4, 2026 at 2:19 PM
No struggling newspaper ever saved itself by becoming a worse and less essential product. But what's happening today at the @washingtonpost.com is not just the latest devastating contraction of the news industry; it's the gutting of an American institution vital for a healthy society
Everything about the Washington Post news is depressing, but to lose what was once one of the best book sections in the English-language world is a gut punch.
February 4, 2026 at 2:26 PM
Everything about the Washington Post news is depressing, but to lose what was once one of the best book sections in the English-language world is a gut punch.
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Here's my chat this afternoon with @markmedley.bsky.social, Deputy Editor of the Globe's Opinion section and author of the new book Live to See the Day.
www.torontomike.com/2026/02/mark...
www.torontomike.com/2026/02/mark...
Mark Medley: Toronto Mike'd Podcast Episode 1842
In this 1842nd episode of Toronto Mike'd, Mike pays chats with The Globe and Mail's Mark Medley about his career in journalism and his imaginative study of human nature, Live to See the Day, a globe-t...
www.torontomike.com
February 2, 2026 at 8:47 PM
Here's my chat this afternoon with @markmedley.bsky.social, Deputy Editor of the Globe's Opinion section and author of the new book Live to See the Day.
www.torontomike.com/2026/02/mark...
www.torontomike.com/2026/02/mark...
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Tomorrow @theglobeandmail.com's @markmedley.bsky.social makes his Toronto Mike'd debut
@torontomike.com what’s going on tomorrow?
February 1, 2026 at 8:10 PM
Tomorrow @theglobeandmail.com's @markmedley.bsky.social makes his Toronto Mike'd debut
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Something incredible is happening.
Passenger rail, the most sustainable form of long-distance travel, is coming back to #Canada.
We have 49,000 kms of tracks. But many of the 6.6M Canadians living in remote, rural settings have few transport options.
More in my @theglobeandmail.com feature:
Passenger rail, the most sustainable form of long-distance travel, is coming back to #Canada.
We have 49,000 kms of tracks. But many of the 6.6M Canadians living in remote, rural settings have few transport options.
More in my @theglobeandmail.com feature:
Opinion: Canada’s passenger rail lines are getting revived after decades of vanishing service
Across North America, there is a grassroots clamouring for the return of railway lines that once provided a reliable and affordable alternative to cars and planes
www.theglobeandmail.com
January 30, 2026 at 4:08 PM
Something incredible is happening.
Passenger rail, the most sustainable form of long-distance travel, is coming back to #Canada.
We have 49,000 kms of tracks. But many of the 6.6M Canadians living in remote, rural settings have few transport options.
More in my @theglobeandmail.com feature:
Passenger rail, the most sustainable form of long-distance travel, is coming back to #Canada.
We have 49,000 kms of tracks. But many of the 6.6M Canadians living in remote, rural settings have few transport options.
More in my @theglobeandmail.com feature: