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Alyshah Hasham

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City Hall reporter at the Toronto Star

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Bruce @bpeter.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
OK, time to launch this thing. My first hockey blogging since 2014. Hope you enjoy and stick with it. solvinghockey.beehiiv.com/p/solving-ho...
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Solving Hockey: Where do we start
Welcome to yet another chapter in the exciting world of professional hockey analysis!
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Alyshah Hasham @alyshah.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Today the @thestar.com is launching Vote Compass, a tool to help you assess the platforms of people running in your local municipal election: votecompass.thestar.com?_gl=1*8rs92v....
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Vote Compass — Ontario Municipal Elections 2026 — Toronto Star
Use this interactive survey designed by political scientists to calculate your alignment with the candidate platforms.
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Alyshah Hasham @alyshah.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
In this portrait of the devastating grief that comes with suicide one mom says it took an hour for an ambulance to arrive while her son lay dying in her arms. I don’t know what municipality this was in but it is a horrific thing: www.thestar.com/news/gta/joi...
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Joined in tragedy, the victims of Ontario poison-seller Kenneth Law find comfort in each other
Sarabjit Rana and Kim Prosser have walked distinct paths to get where they are this week, but they now find themselves with an unbreakable bond.
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My IRL friends call me Chris @christyceeck.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
The Top 100 under $100 restaurant guide is a great resource. The Star is holding a food festival on October 20th at Wychwood Barns where you can sample food from several dozen restaurants that made the top 100. tickets.starstore.ca/e/top-100-un...
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Alyshah Hasham @alyshah.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
One fun thing about being on assignment in Peel Region a lot these days is the amazing lunch options. The Toronto Star is highlighting Mississauga gems in the 100 under $100 guide here, just so I can bookmark it easily: www.thestar.com/life/food-an...
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Mississauga’s Top 100 Under $100 standouts: sprawling, diverse and delicious
Discover the Mississauga restaurants that made our Top 100 Under $100 guide, from Pakistani karahi to Egyptian comfort food.
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Alyshah Hasham @alyshah.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Mississauga mayor Carolyn Parrish says Premier Doug Ford is going to fix a longstanding gripe for her city — that Mississauga pays a bigger share of the Peel police budget than Brampton. Brampton mayor Patrick Brown says he’s heard no such thing: www.thestar.com/news/gta/cit...
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Key takeaways from the Mississauga mayoral debate
Caroyln Parrish claims she has convinced Premier Doug Ford to change the Peel police funding formula.
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LizaYuzda @lizay.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
www.motherjones.com/media/2026/0...
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ChatGPT helped the Tumbler Ridge school shooter focus on guns, tactics, and terror, our investigation reveals
OpenAI’s chatbot fed the shooter’s violent fantasies and planning up to the massacre.
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Alyshah Hasham @alyshah.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Making my toddler listen to the Toronto mayoral debate (hosted by the Toronto Star) with me. Maybe she’ll go to bed in protest? www.thestar.com/news/gta/cit...
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The Star hosts Toronto mayoral debate tonight in advance of Oct. 26 election
The debate will be moderated by Editor-in-Chief Nicole MacIntyre from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m.
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Alyshah Hasham @alyshah.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
I wanted to know more about the election in Milton, where their 89-year-old mayor is running for another term, against the advice of a longtime friend who is backing another candidate. Some think this could be the first election he ever loses: www.thestar.com/news/gta/he-...
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He is Canada’s longest-serving mayor. Why this 89-year-old is running for office in Milton for the 22nd time
Milton Mayor Gord Krantz, 89, is Canada’s longest-serving mayor. He is running for the 22nd time as younger challengers push for change. Read more. (
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Alyshah Hasham @alyshah.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Someone there is that doesn't love a wall (in Rosedale). Fascinating deep dive into the battle over a brick wall, with neighbour pitted against neighbour, from Mahdis Habibinia: www.thestar.com/news/gta/how...
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How a red brick wall in Rosedale sparked a nasty neighbourhood feud — and a million-dollar legal battle
A brick wall dispute in Toronto’s North Rosedale has led to $1.05 million worth of defamation lawsuits against several neighbours and a local councillor.
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Alyshah Hasham @alyshah.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
If you have ever lived in a basement apartment (I have) you might have thought about what would happen if there was a fire -- and not known if your unit was up to code. This is a horrifying account of a fatal fire in Brampton and how it could have been prevented: www.thestar.com/news/gta/the...
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The inside story of how a deadly Brampton fire led to one family’s heartbreaking loss
A Brampton landlord was sentenced to 135 days in custody and $60,000 in fines after a basement fire killed Melissa John and her daughter Aria.
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Alyshah Hasham @alyshah.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Have you seen the giant bear statue near Eglinton and Don Mills that some people call Bearbraham Lincoln (or perhaps Abearham Lincoln). Well, it is now at the centre of a copyright lawsuit: www.thestar.com/gift-redeem?...
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Gift-redeem
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Alyshah Hasham @alyshah.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Ahhhh getting into the jays was a mistake, i am so sad
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Toronto Star @thestar.com · 25/07/2026
#Breaking: Federal government grounds Billy Bishop airport expansion
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Federal governent grounds Billy Bishop airport expansion
The just-concluded public survey suggested strong public opposition to the project, according to a federal government official.
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Toronto Star @thestar.com · 23/07/2026
An Etobicoke bar lost its liquor licence because it was buying and serving alcohol stolen by people living in a nearby homeless encampment, going so far as putting in orders for certain kinds of booze, according to an Alcohol and Gaming Commission of Ontario ruling. Read the story for free:
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Etobicoke bar busted for buying booze from LCBO thieves at homeless encampment. Owner claimed it was to ‘keep the peace’
The bar went so far as to put in orders for certain kinds of booze, according to an Alcohol and Gaming Commission of Ontario ruling.
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Toronto Star @thestar.com · 21/07/2026
A provision of the Ford government’s Bill 97 gives renters the legal right to use personal AC units. It also allows landlords to raise rents for tenants whose utilities are included in the rental agreement — and now, some being charged hundreds of dollars. #onpoli New @sheilawang.bsky.social:
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Can your landlord charge you hundreds of dollars more for using AC? Toronto tenants outraged by extra bills
The Ford government's Bill 97 has enabled some landlords to overcharge for air conditioner usage during the summer.
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Anna Mehler Paperny @mehlerpaperny.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
These hospitals don't have psychiatrists or psych nurses. They sure don't have psych wards. But people come to them in need of mental health care. How do harried hospital staff meet that need? Coercion. ijb.utoronto.ca/news/rural-m...
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When help means losing choice: The reality of rural mental health care - Investigative Journalism Bureau
Muskoka Algonquin Healthcare’s two cottage-country hospitals are not built for mental health care.  Yet hundreds of people come to them every year in need of it. And the hospitals’ emergency departmen...
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Toronto Star @thestar.com · 20/07/2026
The more than 190 wildfires now burning in northern Ontario are among an estimated 1,000 blazing from coast to coast. They have sent smoke spewing across a swath of North America, including Toronto, which at times last week experienced the worst air quality in the world.
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As wildfires rage around them in Northern Ontario, these elders are holding their ground: ‘This is our community’
Community members spoke to the Star at the largely deserted reserve, home to more than 300 residents in homes lined up on a two-street grid on the lakeshore.
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Alyshah Hasham @alyshah.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
Every word of this story will make you feel sick to your bones www.nytimes.com/2026/07/20/u...
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Faced With Piles of New Paperwork, People Are Losing Food Stamps
Arizona’s Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program rolls have plummeted, offering a possible preview of national trends as states try to avoid new federal penalties.
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Toronto Star @thestar.com · 14/07/2026
After registering her candidacy at the Mississauga elections office on Tuesday morning, Bonnie Crombie has officially joined the mayoral race against incumbent Carolyn Parrish.
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‘I’m back’: Why Bonnie Crombie is returning to Mississauga politics — and what it means for the race to be mayor
The former mayor is seeking her old job citing rising property taxes as one reason
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Alyshah Hasham @alyshah.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
Shocking that daycares are allowed to operate with no a/c (and that governments are not fixing the gaps)
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Toronto Star @thestar.com · 14/07/2026
Dr. Samantha Green, a Toronto family physician who researches heat, says mandated air conditioning in daycares is "urgently" needed. “We know extremely hot days are expected to triple in Toronto in the coming decades. We need to protect our most vulnerable. That includes children.” #onpoli
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She works in an air conditioned office while her kids struggle with the heat. Why aren’t we doing more to cool Toronto daycares?
As temperatures soar, children in daycares across the city are enduring temperatures far above what physicians say is healthy.
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Alyshah Hasham @alyshah.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
Thank you to the man who made a compilation of GO trains on YouTube that my toddler is obsessed with
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Alyshah Hasham @alyshah.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
My World Cup hot take is that countries should only be allowed to wear colours on their flag (goalkeepers continue to be excepted of course)
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Toronto Star @thestar.com · 06/07/2026
Toby Heaps and his wife, Sarah, say they are ready to pack their three kids and two dogs to move away from Toronto’s waterfront if jets start flying in and out of Billy Bishop airport every few minutes. The Star's Mahdis Habibinia from City Hall Bureau has the story.
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Why ‘an invisible danger’ from a Billy Bishop airport expansion has this family ready to move from their Toronto waterfront home
Concerns of residents over air quality along the Harbourfront have been heightened by the proposed expansion of Billy Bishop airport.
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Alyshah Hasham @alyshah.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
lol to the commentators who called the game done at 60 mins
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Toronto Star @thestar.com · 05/07/2026
Mohsin Bhuiyan and his family moved to Bowmanville last summer expecting a quiet, more rural life. Now, they're afraid for their safety after an online conspiracy theory turned into real-world threats. New from @alyshah.bsky.social:
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This Muslim family in rural Ontario fears for their safety, as an online conspiracy theory turns into real-world threats: ‘We are terrified’
A hobby farming family say they have been caught up in an Islamophobic lie and now fear for their safety
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Francine Kopun @kopunf.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
Is this really such a terrible idea? Could gondolas be the answer to traffic congestion in Oshawa? @thestar.com www.thestar.com/news/gta/osh...
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Oshawa has a lofty plan to ease its traffic congestion. Why one councillor is trying to ground what he calls the ‘dumbest suggestion’ he’s ever heard
The extraordinary traffic jams that snarl Simcoe Street has led to some extraordinary proposed solutions.
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Nicholas Keung @nicholaskeung.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
“Citizenship, then and now, was the right to have rights—to freely participate in our political community. The Framers of the Fourteenth Amendment extended that promise to 'every free-born person in this land,' We keep that promise today.” www.thestar.com/news/world/u...
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Supreme Court upholds birthright citizenship, rejecting Trump’s proposed limits
WASHINGTON (AP) — A divided Supreme Court on Tuesday upheld a broad conception of birthright citizenship, rejecting President Donald Trump’s executive order declaring that children born to people who ...
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Toronto Star @thestar.com · 30/06/2026
New from @alyshah.bsky.social: A gondola route in Oshawa would take up less space than a dedicated bus lane and could be built much faster. While it would be more expensive to install — $1.1B vs. $800M — annual costs would be lower. So why did one councillor call the idea "dead on arrival"?
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Oshawa has a lofty plan to ease its traffic congestion. Why one councillor is trying to ground what he calls the ‘dumbest suggestion’ he’s ever heard
The extraordinary traffic jams that snarl Simcoe Street has led to some extraordinary proposed solutions.
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Alyshah Hasham @alyshah.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
Incredible moment to have turned on the game
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Toronto Star @thestar.com · 27/06/2026
These Toronto doctors and advocates were branded as "pariahs" for helping AIDS patients. 40 years later, they’re sharing their darkest — and brightest — moments from the crisis with the Star's Megan Ogilvie.
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These Toronto doctors were branded as ‘pariahs’ for helping AIDS patients. 40 years later, they’re revealing their ‘darkest and brightest’ moments
Toronto HIV Primary Care Physicians Group looked after their gay patients when others had turned them away.
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Toronto Star @thestar.com · 29/06/2026
In the summer of 1971, Canada’s first Pride event — also known as the “Big Giggle” — took place in Toronto. Fifty five years later, it’s grown into one of the largest gatherings in the world. New from McKenna Hart, the Star's Digital Designer
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Toronto Pride 2026 in photos: A city marches with purpose, defiance, joy
60 photos from the Trans March, the Dyke March and Sunday’s big Parade.
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Alyshah Hasham @alyshah.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
This story is a masterpiece in feature writing:
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Toronto Star @thestar.com · 24/06/2026
In the wake of a deadly shooting in Montreal — one in which the shooter left behind a violent, raving manifesto — the question remains: Are we ever going to take the threat of violence inspired by misogyny seriously? New in #opinion from Elizabeth Renzetti:
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Elizabeth Renzetti: When will these horrible attacks like the one in Montreal end? When we admit that misogyny is an ideology
Violent attacks can be stopped if government, tech giants, take action against tide of hatred
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Steve Russell @steverussell.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
OMG! A Toronto team won the Cup! It was the Toronto Marlies and they won the Calder Cup. They last won in 2018! The Marlies are the @MapleLeafs farm team. #TorontoMarlies #CalderCup @TheAHL #MapleLeafs
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Jason Thorne @jasonthorne.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
New public art installation “Unfinished Arch” by artist Rafael Lozano-Hemmer at Sherbourne Common in Toronto.
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Alyshah Hasham @alyshah.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
The most dangerous thing about parenting is developing Opinions About Parenting and Becoming A Parent
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Emma McIntosh @emmamci.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
My latest. This story is based on FOI documents released before the Ford government changed the law. Under the new rules, the province will now be able to keep records like this secret.
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Bríd 🇮🇪🇵🇸🇺🇦 @brid.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
Obsessed with this 1735 illustration of hammerhead sharks from Japan
As per Wikipedia: Hammerhead shark illustration from 1735, Japan, from the Illustrated Guide to the Products of Oki Province
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Liz Renzetti @lizrenzetti.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
“I feel like I’m going blind,” Farid said, and he worried that A.I. was obscuring the truth, distorting reality, fracturing democracies and slowly breaking him, too. A gift link to an extraordinary story because if he has to see we should too www.nytimes.com/2026/06/14/u...
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The World’s Leading Deepfake Expert No Longer Trusts His Own Eyes
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Alyshah Hasham @alyshah.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
When I was an intern I was assigned to do a story about Bathurst station being voted the most romantic in Toronto and I guess that study was right: www.thestar.com/life/relatio...
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This Toronto couple had a perfect met-at-Bathurst-station wedding — complete with the smell of patties
What started as stolen glances during the morning rush hour turned into a full wedding ceremony — right next to the station patty stand.
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Alyshah Hasham @alyshah.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
The language in the federal consultation on the Billy Bishop airport expansion is interesting, especially since as the Toronto city staff noted last week, there is no public plan or business case. Consultation details here: www.thestar.com/news/canada/...
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Ottawa launches public consultation on future of Billy Bishop airport
Transport Minister Steven MacKinnon said the consultation feedback will play a “key role in guiding any future decisions.”
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The Local Magazine @thelocal.to · 02/06/2026
When Alex Grieco and Donna Bardy complained about the care his mother was receiving at her long-term care home, the home restricted them from seeing her—first for days, then for months, with little explanation. Read the latest from our “Inspecting Long-Term Care” issue. thelocal.to/ontario-long...
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He Complained About His Mother’s Care. The Home Restricted Him From Seeing Her | The Local
Five years after Queen’s Park unanimously voted to end the practice, families say they’re still being kept from their loved ones as punishment for complaining about care—with no clear legal recourse.
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Shawn Micallef @shawnmicallef.bsky.social · 30/05/2026
I have taken my life in my hands and written a column about off leash dog owners (and maybe on what “danger” is & how its perception can be manipulated by politics).
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Shawn Micallef: Doug Ford wants to ‘Protect Ontario’ parks? Then he should rein in off-leash dogs
One of the real clear and present dangers in Toronto parks is off-leash dogs, no matter what the province’s ads say.
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Richard Warnica @rwarnica.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
I spent some time looking at the company behind a massive lobbying push to have Toronto's island airport expanded. What I found was a deep tangle of corporate and PR webs that all obscured a relatively simple truth. www.thestar.com/opinion/star...
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Richard Warnica: Who’s behind the massive lobbying campaign to expand the island airport? What I discovered should worry us all
One key player? A large American bank.
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Haus of Decline @hausofdecline.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
Godzilla stomps through a city and thinks to himself "For Godzilla all cities are walkable."
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Alyshah Hasham @alyshah.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
Respectfully, Toronto’s Lego World Cup thing should have been a raccoon.
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Pete @pfriesen.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
Everyone imagines they would be a benevolent dictator if granted the power
“I was kind of shocked at the amount of power,” said George Finch, the mayor of South Huron, which received the powers last year.

“In the wrong hands, it would be devastating to a community. But in the right hands it will be beneficial.”
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Alyshah Hasham @alyshah.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
You can ask Dave and Kate questions about this at noon today!
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Doug Ford gave mayors powers to build homes. Join us at noon to discuss what they actually did
The Star reveals mayors rarely use their new powers for housing. Ask David Rider and Kate Allen about it May 27 at noon.
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