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Frodo lives!
  • Just listened to that one myself. Believe it’s the Sumerian episode. #8

  • www.thestar.com Umar Zameer has been acquitted of all charges in death of Toronto police Const. Jeffrey Northrup

    On Sunday, after two days of deliberations, jurors found the 34-year-old accountant not guilty of all charges including first- and second-degree murder and manslaughter.

    Umar Zameer has been acquitted of all charges in death of Toronto police Const. Jeffrey Northrup
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    www.thestar.com Trudeau government will stop sending arms to Israel, Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly says

    Speaking to the Star on Tuesday, the foreign affairs minister said the change is significant and not merely symbolic.

    Trudeau government will stop sending arms to Israel, Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly says
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    Doug Ford defends ‘patronage’ appointments of ex-staffers, says he wants ‘like-minded’ Ontario judges
  • "Folks I appointed them for the exact reason you are mad at me for. So stop being mad at me. I did it on purpose not by mistake!"

    Rofl what a defence.

  • www.thestar.com Doug Ford defends ‘patronage’ appointments of ex-staffers, says he wants ‘like-minded’ Ontario judges

    “I’m appointing like-minded people that believe in what we believe in,” Ford said, responding to a Star report that his ex-staffers will be selecting Ontario judges. “I’m not going to

    Doug Ford defends ‘patronage’ appointments of ex-staffers, says he wants ‘like-minded’ Ontario judges
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    www.thestar.com In move called ‘blatant’ patronage, ex-Doug Ford staffers appointed to committee that selects Ontario judges

    “I’m not sure I’ve seen such blatant examples of patronage recently,” a University of Waterloo law professor told the Star.

    In move called ‘blatant’ patronage, ex-Doug Ford staffers appointed to committee that selects Ontario judges
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    ‘Untenable and appalling crisis’: Ottawa must fill judicial vacancies plaguing lower courts, Federal Court rules
  • Fundamentally do not understand why they wouldn't be appointing judges.

  • www.thestar.com ‘Untenable and appalling crisis’: Ottawa must fill judicial vacancies plaguing lower courts, Federal Court rules

    The decision comes as a number of serious criminal cases in Toronto have collapsed due to delay caused by the lack of judges in Superior Court.

    ‘Untenable and appalling crisis’: Ottawa must fill judicial vacancies plaguing lower courts, Federal Court rules
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    Staples Canada lays off head office staff in ServiceOntario deal
  • There are two Walmart locations that were announced after the original staples locations were. Iirc.

  • Supreme Court rules Doug Ford's mandate letters for cabinet ministers can be kept secret
  • Total bs. We should have the right to know what our governments goals are.

  • www.thestar.com Supreme Court rules Doug Ford's mandate letters for cabinet ministers can be kept secret

    The Supreme Court of Canada will rule Friday on whether the Ford government will have to release the 2018 documents that give ministers their marching orders.

    Supreme Court rules Doug Ford's mandate letters for cabinet ministers can be kept secret
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    Judge to decide if Ottawa locals can testify in ‘Freedom Convoy’ organizers’ trial
  • Exactly what I was thinking. This just sounds like it would be a victim impact statement which serves very standard.

    I also fail to see how it could possibly be considered irrelevant.

  • What is a popular book that everyone buys but nobody reads?
  • My Godfather tried to read that to me in it's entirety when I was 4 lol.

  • Ascendance of a Bookworm: Part 5 Volume 7 Part 6
  • Really cranked it up to 11 this week. Holy crap

  • Ascendance of a Bookworm: Part 5 Volume 7 Part 5
  • From the cover we saw Ferdinand in pain. I wonder if it will be from giving his name to myne; given that we now know she has his name stone.

  • www.thestar.com Riding a Hot Streak

    Many parts of the world saw heat records broken in 2023. But not Toronto. How did we dodge the scorching summer?

    Riding a Hot Streak
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    Ascendance of a Bookworm: Part 5 Volume 7 Part 3
  • Does make me worried about Ferdinand being in pain on the cover of this part.

  • Blast horns 'as long as possible' if police move in, convoy protesters told in video
  • You miss the part where they were blocking roads while honking? Hell there were splinter groups blocking the border crossings. lol

  • Ontario Housing Minister Steve Clark resigns

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    Ontario housing minister violated integrity act in Greenbelt land swap: commissioner

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    www.cp24.com Suspect in Eglinton subway stabbing arrested: police

    A suspect has been arrested in connection with a stabbing that left a man with life-threatening injuries on a moving subway train earlier this week.

    Suspect in Eglinton subway stabbing arrested: police
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    Olivia chow says she will fight any provincial expropriation of Ontario Place land in the court

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    I think the average person just simply doesn't care about their privacy.
  • Im in basically the same position since realistically the change needs to be at an institutional level. I can't really change anything by myself without excluding myself from most modern services.

    We need laws and regulations. But like you I fear it's too late.

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  • It all began with a DEI course for TDSB administrators that started in April 2021. DEI trainer Kike Ojo-Thompson (the CEO of the KOJO Institute) led a series of sessions for TDSB higher-ups in which she made a number of familiar progressive arguments, according to Bilkszto’s court filing: Canada is a more racist place than the U.S., Canada is a “bastion of white supremacy and colonialism,”

    The rest aside, the NP saying that it's a common take that Canada is worse than the us for racism is crazy talk. That's a fringe view.

  • Bruce Power planning world’s biggest nuclear plant in Ontario
  • A bright spot in Ontario's otherwise dismal government actions. Hopefully we can continue this with more investment down the line.

  • More than a dozen King’s Counsel lawyers donated to Ontario Attorney General Doug Downey
  • Tbh I know nothing of the others. But how can they possibly justify Carolyn Mulroney? She's never served as a lawyer in Ontario and did nothing of note as the minister.

  • www.thestar.com More than a dozen King’s Counsel lawyers donated to Ontario Attorney General Doug Downey

    Attorney General Doug Downey’s office denied there is any connection between the donations and the decision to award the King’s Counsel honour.

    More than a dozen King’s Counsel lawyers donated to Ontario Attorney General Doug Downey
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    Expropriation an option for land needed for Ontario Place redevelopment, report says
  • Is there any way for the city to fight the expropriation? I would have thought government wouldn't be able to use that ability for a private enterprise.

  • Expropriation an option for land needed for Ontario Place redevelopment, report says

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    www.theglobeandmail.com Commercial agencies sought to reduce Canadian actors’ compensation as much as 89%, document shows

    Ad jobs and their residuals can be a vital lifeline for working actors, many of whom have been financially depleted during the 14-month-long standoff between ACTRA and the ICA

    Commercial agencies sought to reduce Canadian actors’ compensation as much as 89%, document shows
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    Private spa not included in environmental assessment of Ontario Place redevelopment

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    www.thestar.com Safest city in Canada is in Ontario, new report finds. Here’s where Toronto falls on the list

    A new study on the safest cities in Canada by Rentola looked at factors including the number of citizens per police officer and severity of violent and non-violent crimes.

    Safest city in Canada is in Ontario, new report finds. Here’s where Toronto falls on the list
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    www.thestar.com This farm introduced Toronto to gai lan and bok choy 70 years ago. Four generations on and the family keeps the tradition alive

    Charlie Chong Farm was one of the first farms in Toronto to grow Chinese produce, supplying Chinatown, as well as small-town restaurants across the province.

    This farm introduced Toronto to gai lan and bok choy 70 years ago. Four generations on and the family keeps the tradition alive
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    www.thestar.com Trudeau government halts advertising on Facebook and Instagram in clash over online news law

    In its first direct response to threats from big tech platforms promising to retaliate against the Liberals’ controversial online news law, the federal government announced Wednesday it would halt all advertising on Meta’s Facebook and Instagram.

    Trudeau government halts advertising on Facebook and Instagram in clash over online news law
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    www.thestar.com Doug Ford puts pressure on Justin Trudeau to help Toronto

    Toronto must get its “fiscal house in order” and Ottawa will have to step up to help the cash-starved city, says Ontario’s premier.

    https://web.archive.org/save/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.thestar.com%2Fpolitics%2Fprovincial%2F2023%2F06%2F29%2Fdoug-ford-putting-pressure-on-justin-trudeau-to-help-toronto.html

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    Toronto Star owner Nordstar discussing merger with Postmedia
  • Been a serious decline since they last changed ownership.

  • Olivia Chow elected mayor of Toronto, CP24 declares
  • when we vote for mayor its a direct vote. so doesn't matter if your ward goes "conservative" the vote will still count just as much as anyone else's. we don't use First past the post for mayoral elections thankfully.

    For counselors because we do not have party affiliation at a municipal level so having proportional representation would be impossible as there is no way to count a vote for say Matlow (if he lost st pauls) to Brown as proportional seat for progressives.

    on a provincial and federal level i 100% agree with you.

  • Toronto Star owner Nordstar discussing merger with Postmedia

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    Olivia Chow elected mayor of Toronto, CP24 declares
  • Do you mean instant run off ballots? I don't see how you would have proportional representation municipally. (For mayor or counsellors considering neither are party affiliated)