There are exceptions, obviously, but in most cases “people wouldn’t take to me” says more about the journalist than it does about the subjects.

Side research find: that time Garfield Weston (grandfather of Galen Jr) had some...interesting things to say about apartheid-era South Africa.

My head is still processing this one.

Toronto Star, January 31, 1966 #TOHistory

Police make arrests in killing of B.C. Sikh activist Hardeep Singh Nijjar | CBC News cbc.ca/news/politics/…

The mayor of NYC sent hundreds of NYPD officers to Columbia University to break up a student protest against the war in Gaza.

Then he smeared my 63-year-old mother, who lost dozens of family members in Gaza, to justify it.

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My latest for TVO Today | The Agenda: Uber is facing a massive class action lawsuit in Ontario as drivers push to be recognized as employees of the tech giant. I break down the case and why it matters for gig workers everywhere.
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A necessary corrective. How right wing influencers, online disinformation, and plain old Canadian racism fuelled a moral panic about international students using food banks. 👇

I asked the provinces if they think housing is a human right, and plan to make rules protecting that right. Quebec sent this:

'Do I ghost her again? Otherwise, a general response that doesn't answer, to say housing is a priority for our government?'

thestar.com/news/canada/ca…

Our coverage of the 2023 mayoral election—with research on all 102 candidates & deep-dives on frontrunners—is named under Best News Coverage (Community Publication). Thanks to the massive team of contributors that made this possible!thelocal.to/issue-19/ twitter.com/DPAwards/statu…

Great to see these nominations, and love that most of them are for big ambitious projects like our Finch West issue and election coverage, which took the whole team plus an army of genius freelancers. Congrats and thanks to the dozens of Local contributors recognized here!

It is worth watching this CNN video from the moment Emory Econ Professor Caroline Fohlin came across the violent arrest of a protester on campus and asked the police, with shock, 'What are you doing?' That's all that prompted an officer to hurl her to the ground and handcuff her.

Amazing news, very proud of this team!

'It’s so very Canadian to be suddenly interested in covering the arts now that it is in crisis—a crisis that stems, in part, from the media’s historic unwillingness to take it seriously.'

'More than unacceptable, it’s racist and wrong. Until the ban is lifted, opposition MPPs — and, hell, PC MPPs, if they’ve got the guts — ought to show up wearing a keffiyeh in solidarity with those who’ve been banned from doing so.'

David Moscrop

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Just found out some incredible news that our Surviving Hate series Humber College StoryLab is a finalist for the CJF Jackman Award for Excellence in Journalism. Congrats team and all who were nominated! David Weisz Martha Troian Kunal Chaudhary Janice Saji

Here’s the GoFundMe for Umar Zameer’s legal funds. He and his family face massive legal costs after the crown recklessly prosecuted him and he was smeared by politicians and folks in the media.

Please give what you can and/or share.

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I am honoured to have been featured in the Spring edition of “Art + Money” with The Local Magazine

Nia:wen 🪶🙏🏽

Not ‘Indigenous’ Enough thelocal.to/indigenous-art…

@yrdsb UIEC_TDSB

Hitting mailboxes this weekend!

Lego art, video stores, show ponies! Oh my!

Thank you to all who contributed to another banger of an issue.

Thank you so much for this honour! Such a great team effort Nick Hune-Brown Wency Leung Tai Huynh And shout-out to The Local Magazine for providing space for this story. Appreciated this opportunity to dive into the music and lives of #punjabi #canadian artists, international students

'Since FOCUS’s creation in 2013, its model has been replicated in more than 100 other communities across Ontario, because it addresses the realization that you can’t just arrest everyone who’s facing a crisis.'

'I tried to bring in change and challenge the biased status quo. But after posting on social media in solidarity with Palestinians in October 2023, I was fired.'

Zahraa Al-Akhrass , former video journalist with Globalnews.ca can finally speak freely

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