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Wency Leung
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Reporter at The Local @thelocal.to Pronounced "wen-see," she/her.
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Canadian Association of Journalists (CAJ) @cajournalists.bsky.social · 6d
How does an expert journalist find stories? Avoid lawsuits? Meet sources? If you're just starting your journalism career and want to learn from someone who has found some of answers the hard way, apply to the CAJ's mentorship program. Deadline to apply is Oct 8
Apply today: caj.ca/mentorship
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Wency Leung @wencyleung.bsky.social · 6d
In light of the encampment clearings at Dufferin Grove Park, it's worth revising this stellar piece by @brendoherty.bsky.social and Nick Kozak in @thelocal.to thelocal.to/toronto-enca...
Another Year, Another Encampment, Another Eviction | The Local
For years, unhoused people like Davit Sesisheili have gone from park to park, moving when the City evicts them. With new data, and reporting and photography that spans years, this is the most comprehe...
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Wency Leung @wencyleung.bsky.social · 6d
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I've been lucky enough to have incredible, generous journalism mentors who've shared their wisdom on how to practice this craft. Happy to carry on the tradition, along with all these amazing journalists! @cajournalists.bsky.social caj.ca/programs/men...
Mentorship - Fall 2025 - Canadian Association of Journalists
Fall 2025 Mentor Bios Below you will find an alphabetic list of mentors for the Fall 2025 round of the mentorship program. Each mentor has their bio, who they are looking to mentor, the languages they...
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T. Ryan Gregory 🇨🇦 @tryangregory.bsky.social · 6d
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Long Covid Risk for Children Doubles After a Second Infection, Study Finds
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Robert Jago @rjjago.bsky.social · 8d
In this OpEd, I talk about the residential schools still being built in China and Russia - and explain how that should change Canadians’ thinking about this country’s residential schools: www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
Residential schools still exist in our world today. This is the lesson Canadians can draw from that disturbing truth
Canadians think about residential schools as if they were a creature of the past, an ancient moral failing from which we have since evolved. But around the world new residential
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Michelle Cyca @michellecyca.com · 8d
It was very special to work with six brilliant, thoughtful Indigenous writers — Michelle Good, Julian Brave NoiseCat, Eva Jewell, Janelle Lapointe, Anna McKenzie and Riley Yesno — on this series about truth and reconciliation, in print & online for @thewalrus.ca. thewalrus.ca/truth-and-re...
The Truth of Reconciliation | The Walrus
The TRC report, released in 2015, laid out ninety-four clear Calls to Action. Ten years later, Indigenous writers reflect on what has and hasn’t been achieved
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Michelle Cyca @michellecyca.com · 9d
please read this story today from @moiradonovan.bsky.social, with incredible photos by Darren Calabrese, which considers the physical history of the residential school system and survivors' efforts to ensure this history is never forgotten
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The Narwhal @thenarwhal.ca · 9d
The last federally run residential school closed in 1997, but traces of the system are everywhere on the land. How to commemorate the dark, painful history of these places? Across Canada, survivors are taking the lead: thenarwhal.ca/truth-reconc...
What should happen to residential school sites? | The Narwhal
Across Canada, Indigenous communities are deciding how to commemorate these residential school histories on the land
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The Local Magazine @thelocal.to · 8d
TDSB chair and former councillor Neethan Shan wins by-election in Scarborough-Rouge Park. thelocal.to/neethan-shan...
Neethan Shan Wins Scarborough–Rouge Park By-Election | The Local
In a crowded field, the longtime local politician was elected back to city council on a call to put Scarborough first.
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The Local Magazine @thelocal.to · 8d
With all polls now reporting, TDSB chair and former councillor Neethan Shan has won the Scarborough-Rouge Park by-election with 26.86 percent of the vote. #TOpoli thelocal.to/live-results...
Live Results From the Scarborough–Rouge Park By-Election | The Local
Real-time results from election night, starting at 8 p.m. on September 29, 2025.
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The Local Magazine @thelocal.to · 8d
With 15 of 37 polls reporting, TDSB chair and former councillor Neethan Shan leads with 24% of the vote. Fellow trustee Anu Sriskandarajah is at 17% and businessman Shawn Allen is at 16%. #TOPoli thelocal.to/live-results...
Live Results From the Scarborough–Rouge Park By-Election | The Local
Real-time results from election night, starting at 8 p.m. on September 29, 2025.
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The Local Magazine @thelocal.to · 8d
Early results for the Scarborough–Rouge Park by-election are in. With 3 of 37 polls reporting Neethan Shan has 27% of the vote to Anu Sriskandarajah’s 18%. #TOpoli thelocal.to/live-results...
Live Results From the Scarborough–Rouge Park By-Election | The Local
Real-time results from election night, starting at 8 p.m. on September 29, 2025.
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Longreads @longreads.com · 9d
"Speight Rasees collapsed on Nov. 28. The next day, during the first race, two-year-old Mad Chatter had to be euthanized." @nickhunebrown.bsky.social 📸: @chloeellingson.bsky.social @thelocal.to

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Breakdown at the Racetrack | The Local
Once a lucrative gambling business, Ontario's horse racing industry is now heavily subsidized by the government. As gamblers turn to online gaming, and ideas about animal welfare shift, a cluster of f...
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The Local Magazine @thelocal.to · 9d
Scarborough-Rouge Park residents, you may have seen our flyers for The Local's by-election candidate tracker at your local library! Stay tuned for tonight's live coverage of the election results in just a few hours. thelocal.to/live-results...
Live Results From the Scarborough–Rouge Park By-Election | The Local
Real-time results from election night, starting at 8 p.m. on September 29, 2025.
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The Local Magazine @thelocal.to · 9d
It's election day in Scarborough-Rouge Park. Our Candidate Tracker is the only place for fact-checked bios and platform summaries of every candidate. #TOpoli 🗳️ thelocal.to/srp2025/
Here Are the Scarborough–Rouge Park By-Election Candidates | The Local
The only place to find fact-checked biographies and election platform summaries for every candidate running for Ward 25—Scarborough–Rouge Park in the September 29, 2025 by-election.
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Wency Leung @wencyleung.bsky.social · 10d
It's a beautiful day to come find books, magazines, and meet the team at @thelocal.to!
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Tai Huynh @taimhuynh.bsky.social · 11d
Come say hi to @thelocal.to at Word on the Street this weekend. We have tote bags, stickers and much more. #WOTS2025
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Tai Huynh @taimhuynh.bsky.social · 11d
Come say hi to @thelocal.to at Word on the Street this weekend. We have tote bags, stickers and much more. #WOTS2025
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Nick Hune-Brown @nickhunebrown.bsky.social · 11d
Come say hi!
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The Local Magazine @thelocal.to · 11d
The Local is tabling at Word On the Street festival at David Pecaut square this weekend! Come find us at booth A2 to say hi and grab a pin or buy a tote!
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The Local Magazine @thelocal.to · 11d
The Local is tabling at Word On the Street festival at David Pecaut square this weekend! Come find us at booth A2 to say hi and grab a pin or buy a tote!
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Wency Leung @wencyleung.bsky.social · 11d
HOW??????? 😭😭😭
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Toronto Star @thestar.com · 11d
‘That was her source of income’: Co-worker recalls woman said money was why she kept boys at centre of horrific Ontario murder trial
‘That was her source of income’: Co-worker recalls woman said money was why she kept boys at centre of horrific Ontario murder trial
“That was her source of income, she couldn’t give them back.”
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Nick Hune-Brown @nickhunebrown.bsky.social · 12d
I spent the summer going back to Woodbine over and over again, often with photographer @chloeellingson.bsky.social, who gorgeously captured life on the backstretch and in the grandstands. Give the piece a read, then read the rest of @thelocal.to's Wild Wild City issue! thelocal.to/breakdown-at...
Breakdown at the Racetrack | The Local
Once a lucrative gambling business, Ontario's horse racing industry is now heavily subsidized by the government. As gamblers turn to online gaming, and ideas about animal welfare shift, a cluster of f...
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Nick Hune-Brown @nickhunebrown.bsky.social · 12d
A quick 🧵 on my @thelocal.to feature on Woodbine Racetrack, the economics of horse racing, and how to think about racehorses as ideas about animal-human relations shift. #longreads 1/ thelocal.to/breakdown-at...
Breakdown at the Racetrack | The Local
Once a lucrative gambling business, Ontario's horse racing industry is now heavily subsidized by the government. As gamblers turn to online gaming, and ideas about animal welfare shift, a cluster of f...
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Nick Hune-Brown @nickhunebrown.bsky.social · 13d
Call for pitches: we're assigning for @thelocal.to's winter issue. Going back to our roots with a healthcare issue, and specifically interested in stories about privatization and places where money and health collide. Features, essays, first-person, etc, starting at 0.75 cents/word. [email protected]
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Martha Troian @ozhibiiige.bsky.social · 13d
For those interested in Access-to-Information, including journalists, writers, dissertation writers, individuals, student journalists, and others, I am beginning to upload my ATIP documents to my site.

The first set of documents is about the 60s Scoop.

You can find here:
www.marthatroian.com
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Wency Leung @wencyleung.bsky.social · 13d
When @nickhunebrown.bsky.social writes, he doesn't give you a story. He takes you on a JOURNEY.

Brilliant piece and photos by @chloeellingson.bsky.social from @thelocal.to
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Breakdown at the Racetrack | The Local
Once a lucrative gambling business, Ontario's horse racing industry is now heavily subsidized by the government. As gamblers turn to online gaming, and ideas about animal welfare shift, a cluster of f...
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Wency Leung @wencyleung.bsky.social · 13d
Psst!! Over here! Everyone needs to pay attention to Betsey Powell's coverage in @thestar.com and how this horror could've possibly been allowed to happen

Murder trial hears CAS told teacher it’s ‘too political’ share.google/MJHTysxKGWQ1...
‘Terrified’ teacher called Children’s Aid over family at centre of horrific Ontario murder trial. She was told ‘it’s too political’
Teacher says she called Children’s Aid after her Grade 2 student tried to strangle himself.
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