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A Canadian judge just halted the deportation of a non-binary American in a landmark ruling that could set a huge precedent for trans and non-binary U.S. citizens seeking refuge in Canada.
Canadian judge halts deportation of non-binary American | Xtra Magazine
The ruling could set a massive precedent for trans and non-binary Americans seeking refuge in Canada amidst Trump’s wave of anti-trans attacks
xtramagazine.com
July 17, 2025 at 11:11 PM
A Canadian judge just halted the deportation of a non-binary American in a landmark ruling that could set a huge precedent for trans and non-binary U.S. citizens seeking refuge in Canada.
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What if #tarriffs are an excuse for govts to do away with pesky #environmental restrictions they always wanted to get rid of anyway?
*Warning:* the Boss's lyrics may have been harmed in the making of this series #indigenous #cdnpoli #onpoli #climate
tinyurl.com/yc6rwar8
*Warning:* the Boss's lyrics may have been harmed in the making of this series #indigenous #cdnpoli #onpoli #climate
tinyurl.com/yc6rwar8
What if the tariffs are an excuse for governments to do away with pesky environmental restrictions they always wanted to get rid of anyway?
Today: Ontario. Only Bill 5 can cool Ford’s desire -Oh, oh, oh, the Ring of fire
open.substack.com
June 3, 2025 at 9:19 PM
What if #tarriffs are an excuse for govts to do away with pesky #environmental restrictions they always wanted to get rid of anyway?
*Warning:* the Boss's lyrics may have been harmed in the making of this series #indigenous #cdnpoli #onpoli #climate
tinyurl.com/yc6rwar8
*Warning:* the Boss's lyrics may have been harmed in the making of this series #indigenous #cdnpoli #onpoli #climate
tinyurl.com/yc6rwar8
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Tired: 100 men vs a gorilla
Inspired: 35,000 transit riders vs 138 parking spaces
Inspired: 35,000 transit riders vs 138 parking spaces
The Dufferin & Bathurst bus priority lanes are the only way to break the transit death spiral in Toronto. They must happen & the mayor needs to make sure they’re a raging success. Mission critical as future fixes rely on their success. My column this week. Pls read n share.
Shawn Micallef: How this transit plan could finally make ‘Sufferin’ Dufferin’ a thing of the past
There are 'RapidTO' plans to create transit priority lanes on Dufferin as well as Bathurst streets.
www.thestar.com
May 19, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Tired: 100 men vs a gorilla
Inspired: 35,000 transit riders vs 138 parking spaces
Inspired: 35,000 transit riders vs 138 parking spaces
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“Upcycled Housing” in Copenhagen. This is Resource Rows by builder NREP and architect Lendager. The bricks were cut into 1x1 metre panels, mostly from the demo of the nearby Carlsberg brewery buildings, and then reassembled to create the facade of the new housing.
May 14, 2025 at 11:24 AM
“Upcycled Housing” in Copenhagen. This is Resource Rows by builder NREP and architect Lendager. The bricks were cut into 1x1 metre panels, mostly from the demo of the nearby Carlsberg brewery buildings, and then reassembled to create the facade of the new housing.
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Hot take: the best journalists are, in a way, activists.
If your journalism isn't guided by a desire to make the world kinder and fairer through access to factual information, you're simply a stenographer for the status quo.
If your journalism isn't guided by a desire to make the world kinder and fairer through access to factual information, you're simply a stenographer for the status quo.
I’m totally fine with being called a radical rogue professor. lol
But on a serious note, yes “activist” has been used to delegitimize people who are focused on equity, care and questioning systems.
I’ve dealt with the activist vs. journalist label my entire career.
It’s a control tactic.
But on a serious note, yes “activist” has been used to delegitimize people who are focused on equity, care and questioning systems.
I’ve dealt with the activist vs. journalist label my entire career.
It’s a control tactic.
April 27, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Hot take: the best journalists are, in a way, activists.
If your journalism isn't guided by a desire to make the world kinder and fairer through access to factual information, you're simply a stenographer for the status quo.
If your journalism isn't guided by a desire to make the world kinder and fairer through access to factual information, you're simply a stenographer for the status quo.
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Across ridings and across media outlets, local Conservative candidates aren’t talking to the press. Executive editor @nickhunebrown.bsky.social on why that’s a problem. thelocal.to/conservative...
Conservative Candidates Aren’t Talking to the Press. That’s a Problem. | The Local
Across ridings, and across media outlets, local candidates from one party are refusing to speak with the media.
thelocal.to
April 26, 2025 at 11:33 AM
Across ridings and across media outlets, local Conservative candidates aren’t talking to the press. Executive editor @nickhunebrown.bsky.social on why that’s a problem. thelocal.to/conservative...
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This is important research by Jablonsky, Ast & Partners in Canada
Keep tall building form simple, and you can save huge amounts of embodied carbon
Vital for planners, architects and engineers alike
Keep tall building form simple, and you can save huge amounts of embodied carbon
Vital for planners, architects and engineers alike
April 16, 2025 at 7:20 AM
This is important research by Jablonsky, Ast & Partners in Canada
Keep tall building form simple, and you can save huge amounts of embodied carbon
Vital for planners, architects and engineers alike
Keep tall building form simple, and you can save huge amounts of embodied carbon
Vital for planners, architects and engineers alike
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Accounts dedicated to queer AI art have popped off, but is there hope for anything beyond “boyfriend twins”? xtramagazine.com/culture/ai-a...
Who does queer AI ‘art’ actually represent? | Xtra Magazine
ANALYSIS: Accounts dedicated to queer AI art have popped off, but is there hope for anything beyond “boyfriend twins”?
xtramagazine.com
April 13, 2025 at 10:23 PM
Accounts dedicated to queer AI art have popped off, but is there hope for anything beyond “boyfriend twins”? xtramagazine.com/culture/ai-a...
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Spooky condo under construction
April 11, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Spooky condo under construction
“I don’t want to see the CN Tower in a sea of bungalows”
- A Toronto Homeowner on the new 4 Plex Zoning Laws
- A Toronto Homeowner on the new 4 Plex Zoning Laws
April 8, 2025 at 11:45 PM
“I don’t want to see the CN Tower in a sea of bungalows”
- A Toronto Homeowner on the new 4 Plex Zoning Laws
- A Toronto Homeowner on the new 4 Plex Zoning Laws
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Give transit the green light!🚦🚇💚
Did you know that new LRTs could be stuck waiting at red lights? After years of waiting and $ billions invested, Crosstown and Finch West LRTs should be as fast and reliable as possible!
Send a message to Councillors: ttcriders.ca/greenlight
Did you know that new LRTs could be stuck waiting at red lights? After years of waiting and $ billions invested, Crosstown and Finch West LRTs should be as fast and reliable as possible!
Send a message to Councillors: ttcriders.ca/greenlight
April 6, 2025 at 4:02 AM
Give transit the green light!🚦🚇💚
Did you know that new LRTs could be stuck waiting at red lights? After years of waiting and $ billions invested, Crosstown and Finch West LRTs should be as fast and reliable as possible!
Send a message to Councillors: ttcriders.ca/greenlight
Did you know that new LRTs could be stuck waiting at red lights? After years of waiting and $ billions invested, Crosstown and Finch West LRTs should be as fast and reliable as possible!
Send a message to Councillors: ttcriders.ca/greenlight
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Mark Carney announces a $35B plan to build at least 500,000 homes per year. The plan cites Wartime Housing as the inspiration, but says NOTHING about whether the new homes will be social housing (as Wartime units were) or private.
March 31, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Mark Carney announces a $35B plan to build at least 500,000 homes per year. The plan cites Wartime Housing as the inspiration, but says NOTHING about whether the new homes will be social housing (as Wartime units were) or private.
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So tired of this constant campaigning schtick. If it’s sunny, Brad takes credit. If it rains, Brad blames Chow. If Chow proposes umbrellas, Brad says Chow’s wasting money. When it rains again, Brad will ask why Chow didn’t buys umbrellas.
Enough, man.
Enough, man.
"Toronto cannot be ground to a halt, we cannot be seized and snowed in, and brought to our knees, because of a snow storm," says Councillor Brad Bradford. He calls it a "failure of leadership."
"I still have not seen the mayor take any accountability for this," he says.
"I still have not seen the mayor take any accountability for this," he says.
March 28, 2025 at 1:21 AM
So tired of this constant campaigning schtick. If it’s sunny, Brad takes credit. If it rains, Brad blames Chow. If Chow proposes umbrellas, Brad says Chow’s wasting money. When it rains again, Brad will ask why Chow didn’t buys umbrellas.
Enough, man.
Enough, man.
@ttchelps.bsky.social why is the 925 Don Mills like this
March 17, 2025 at 9:45 PM
@ttchelps.bsky.social why is the 925 Don Mills like this
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TORONTO’S NEW LANDLORDS: They’re ultra-rich, predominantly American, and over the next 8 years they’re bringing 21,000 units without rent control to a new building near you.
✍️: Emma Paling
www.westendphoenix.com/stories/toro...
✍️: Emma Paling
www.westendphoenix.com/stories/toro...
Toronto's new landlords — West End Phoenix
They’re ultra-rich, predominantly American, and over the next eight years they’re bringing 21,000 units without rent control to a new building near you. The West End Phoenix has identified 21,677 rent...
www.westendphoenix.com
March 11, 2025 at 1:06 PM
TORONTO’S NEW LANDLORDS: They’re ultra-rich, predominantly American, and over the next 8 years they’re bringing 21,000 units without rent control to a new building near you.
✍️: Emma Paling
www.westendphoenix.com/stories/toro...
✍️: Emma Paling
www.westendphoenix.com/stories/toro...
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Just imagine that after the last four weeks of campaigning, the only gain your party made was to defeat a Black woman who your party tried to destroy for supporting Palestine. Incredible stuff from the ONDP.
February 28, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Just imagine that after the last four weeks of campaigning, the only gain your party made was to defeat a Black woman who your party tried to destroy for supporting Palestine. Incredible stuff from the ONDP.
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ndp's catherine mckenney wins in ottawa-centre by nearly 20k votes!
i'm happy to see this specifically bc it means ontario will now have two nonbinary representatives elected to legislature ☺️ they join kristyn wong-tam (ndp) who has held on to toronto centre by over 3k votes.
yay, representation!
i'm happy to see this specifically bc it means ontario will now have two nonbinary representatives elected to legislature ☺️ they join kristyn wong-tam (ndp) who has held on to toronto centre by over 3k votes.
yay, representation!
February 28, 2025 at 3:12 AM
ndp's catherine mckenney wins in ottawa-centre by nearly 20k votes!
i'm happy to see this specifically bc it means ontario will now have two nonbinary representatives elected to legislature ☺️ they join kristyn wong-tam (ndp) who has held on to toronto centre by over 3k votes.
yay, representation!
i'm happy to see this specifically bc it means ontario will now have two nonbinary representatives elected to legislature ☺️ they join kristyn wong-tam (ndp) who has held on to toronto centre by over 3k votes.
yay, representation!
#Voted this morning in #torontodanforth at the Music Hall. Wasn’t registered, and was missing on the list because of my move since last election. Only took a few minutes and showing my drivers license with updated address to sort out
February 27, 2025 at 2:45 PM
#Voted this morning in #torontodanforth at the Music Hall. Wasn’t registered, and was missing on the list because of my move since last election. Only took a few minutes and showing my drivers license with updated address to sort out
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Mother nature says pedestrianize Church and Wellesley.
The Village (sink)hole had returned 😭😭
February 26, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Mother nature says pedestrianize Church and Wellesley.
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The Patriotic Divide: while 90% of Canadians may still believe that we're a sovereign country, the elites and their mouthpieces know better. That divide is why the "51st state" discussion is so weird. My latest.
The positives and negatives of US annexation
Or, how Canada's elites sold out Canada's sovereignty over four decades of neoliberal economic policies.
noraloreto.substack.com
February 25, 2025 at 2:20 PM
The Patriotic Divide: while 90% of Canadians may still believe that we're a sovereign country, the elites and their mouthpieces know better. That divide is why the "51st state" discussion is so weird. My latest.
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My column on the dinner theatre that is Toronto’s budget process. Nobody’s doing the real work of oversight or opposition.
www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/toron...
#topoli #toronto
www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/toron...
#topoli #toronto
Toronto’s budget debate was more about theatrics than tackling real challenges
A relatively peaceful budget discussion signalled a strong political consensus, and a lack of seriousness in how the city is governed
www.theglobeandmail.com
February 14, 2025 at 2:16 PM
My column on the dinner theatre that is Toronto’s budget process. Nobody’s doing the real work of oversight or opposition.
www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/toron...
#topoli #toronto
www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/toron...
#topoli #toronto
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Alex Hood, aka @hausofdecline.bsky.social talks playing The Brain on “Arthur,” queer surrealist art and why all political comics are bad
Meet the trans artist behind one of the internet’s favourite webcomics | Xtra Magazine
Haus of Decline marries irreverent humour and bodily autonomy for hundreds of thousands of fans
xtramagazine.com
February 5, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Alex Hood, aka @hausofdecline.bsky.social talks playing The Brain on “Arthur,” queer surrealist art and why all political comics are bad
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I've spent a decade now saying it: the social units progressives want to build and the market units developers want to build are both excluded by the same laws. If you want either - or as I do, both - you're going to need legal places to build them, no matter where the $ comes from.
January 27, 2025 at 4:50 PM
I've spent a decade now saying it: the social units progressives want to build and the market units developers want to build are both excluded by the same laws. If you want either - or as I do, both - you're going to need legal places to build them, no matter where the $ comes from.