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Mateusz Fafinski @calthalas.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

Half the planet is having a massive fight about how to correctly interpret an Ancient Greek poem but go ahead, close some more humanities departments.

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Anakana Schofield @anakanaschofield.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

In case you missed it: I hailed football goalies yesterday in my column in the Toronto Star www.thestar.com/gift-redeem?...

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Bruce Arthur @brucearthur.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

The World Cup is a few days away and we've seen players, referees, team officials, media and fans who have been denied access to the United States over visa issues. Almost every nation is sensitive to how the world views them. The US seems to be a malevolent exception www.thestar.com/sports/socce...

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Bruce Arthur: World Cup visa issues are mounting with likely more to come

It is almost a universal rule that no matter how despotic or corrupt or devilish a regime, hosting a World Cup or Olympics creates a sensitivity to the reputational damage

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Anakana Schofield @anakanaschofield.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

Come one, come all and help me open the Library of Brothel in Vancouver on June 13th at 3pm

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Liz Renzetti @lizrenzetti.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

This is a wild story, and everyone in Toronto should read it. A major American bank is behind the push to expand Billy Bishop airport. It has nothing to do with what people in the city want. This should be a HUGE election issue

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Liz Renzetti @lizrenzetti.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

Confessions of an accidental half-assed birder It was nice to write something fun for a change! www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...

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Elizabeth Renzetti: How I became an accidental half-assed bird watcher

One of the great things about midlife is that you no longer care if you’re a cliché.

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Anakana Schofield @anakanaschofield.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

Good morning Toronto - see you all tonight at 7pm TPL Reference Library in that beautiful room. Thanks to @michelledean.bsky.social for coming all this way to interview me and TPL for inviting us both.

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Anakana Schofield @anakanaschofield.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

It’s publication day for Library of Brothel in Canada (US/UK will be Jan 12, 2027 by @nyrb-imprints.bsky.social) This novel is REALLY going to need your support. If you “tip it off a cliff“ in literature not everyone will be willing to go with you. So come out for the proletariat and buy a copy.

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Anakana Schofield @anakanaschofield.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

❤️ “Schofield’s latest requires hard work, but it remunerates at time-and-a-half.” In fairness, these days in this economy and housing crisis and 4 x an hour global lunacy …my novels are a vacation 😂

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Liz Renzetti @lizrenzetti.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

Behind the latest circus at 10 Downing Street, there's a darker reality: the British far-right's alliance with tech and crypto billionaires. A warning for all of us, which I wrote about in @thestar.com www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...

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Elizabeth Renzetti: What does the U.K.‘s political turmoil have to do with us? Just follow the money

Far right parties have gained momentum and are endorsed by some of the richest people in the world

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Prison Adoptee @prisonadoptee.bsky.social · 10/04/2026

🥚She searches for herself in the "Today's Child" column on children for adoption: "I realized that some of the language sounded familiar because it was used during the 18th and 19th centuries in both slave auction ads and fugitive slave ads to describe Black people who were enslaved in Canada."

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Jeff Colgan @jeffcolgan.bsky.social · 02/04/2026

Brown University is home to George Orwell's original manuscript of 1984. Most of it is marked up heavily in Orwell's hand-writing but this untouched page caught my eye.

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Liz Renzetti @lizrenzetti.bsky.social · 02/04/2026

I wrote quite a ranty column about living in a carsick city after your child gets hit by a car www.thestar.com/gift-redeem?...

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Canadian History Ehx @cdnhistoryehx.bsky.social · 14/03/2026

Bonheur d'occasion (Secondhand Happiness), known as The Tin Flute in its English version, was one of the most important Canadian books of the 20th century. It helped lay the foundation of The Quiet Revolution and remains an important work to this day. This is the story. 🧵 1/8

Book cover for The Tin Flute: A Bitter Sweet Love Story by Gabrielle Roy. A large black rectangle sits in the centre with the title The Tin Flute and the author name Gabrielle Roy in white lettering. Around it are illustrated portraits of six characters arranged in pairs on the left and right sides. Their names appear beside them: Florentine, Jean, Emmanuel, Alphonse, Azarius, and Rose-Anna. The background shows stylized city scenes with buildings, streets, and a church tower. The colour palette is mainly muted reds, blues, and beige with a mid-century illustration style.

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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 24/02/2026

From @theathletic.com: "The U.S. men’s hockey team won Olympic gold for the first time since the 'Miracle on Ice' 46 years ago, and for a time, the joy belonged to everyone," our columnist writes. "By the next day, it didn’t." nyti.ms/4s1Csv8

Jerry Brewer, a senior columnist, on the U.S. men's Olympic hockey team: “Their triumph is now attached to Trump. His track record suggests it won’t be used to celebrate everyone. It is more likely to be framed as dominance than shared aspiration.”

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Anakana Schofield @anakanaschofield.bsky.social · 15/02/2026

I went all out for romantic love and the need to hear great love stories that endure …this week in the Toronto Star. Many thanks to my editor @debdundas.bsky.social www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...

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Deborah Dundas @debdundas.bsky.social · 12/02/2026

Lansdowne and Dundas right now. Two out of service vehicles stopped and blocking traffic. What gives @ttcriders.bsky.social

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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 31/01/2026

I am accepting applications for a postdoc to work with me at the University of Toronto Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy. Area of Research: Democratic Institutions, Public Engagement, American History Due by February 23rd munkschool.utoronto.ca/current-oppo...

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Bruce Springsteen @brucespringsteen.net · 28/01/2026

I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good. Stay free

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Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Audio)

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Writers' Trust of Canada @writerstrust.bsky.social · 28/01/2026

Introducing the $25K #NancyFlight Writers’ Trust Prize for Nonfiction Editing. The award celebrates editorial excellence & highlights the vital role editors play in shaping a manuscript. The inaugural winner will be named at the #WTAwards in November 2026. writerstrust.com/NancyFlight

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Deborah Dundas @debdundas.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

@karenho.bsky.social Karen - would you drop me a line I would like to speak with you. Thanks!

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David Coletto @davidcoletto.bsky.social · 31/12/2025

Quebec sovereignty is rooted in identity. Alberta separatism is rooted in grievance. Different stories. Same constraint. In both provinces, the median voter is not asking if independence is justified, but if it is safe. My latest: open.substack.com/pub/davidco...

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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 22/12/2025

I just uploaded @jasonparis.bsky.social 's recording of the segment CBS News pulled from "60 Minutes" to YouTube:

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WATCH: Segment CBS News Pulled From "60 Minutes"

YouTube video by Phil Lewis

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David Coletto @davidcoletto.bsky.social · 07/12/2025

“In short, the package looks like a compromise that many Canadians can live with.” Even contentious elements generate ambivalence rather than outrage. open.substack.com/pub/davidco...

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Liz Renzetti @lizrenzetti.bsky.social · 03/12/2025

"There isn’t much race-based data for us to rely on. Canadian researchers extrapolate data about Black people from American reports — but that doesn’t always give the full story of the experience of Black Canadians." www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...

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David Coletto @davidcoletto.bsky.social · 03/12/2025

Mark Carney’s first major test? Most Canadians see the Canada–Alberta MOU as a pragmatic compromise, not a sellout. But risks remain — especially among younger and progressive voters. Dive into the data: davidcoletto.substack.com/p/canadians...

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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 03/12/2025

Hey all, The Onion is accepting applicants for our writing, video and graphics fellowships. Fellowships last six months, pay well, and provide full benefits. You can apply at theonion.com/fellowship.

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Fellowship

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Anakana Schofield @anakanaschofield.bsky.social · 28/11/2025

I wrote about the need for us to summon "cosy times" and my contrasting approaches to do so, which involve reading, knitting and deep immersion in Samurai films on @criterionchannl.bsky.social Just in time for that Toronto weather warning lads. www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...

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Four ways to summon cosy times for the long Canadian winter ahead

Most of us are struggling with the cost-of-living crisis and forced, economically, to be parsimonious with the baseboard heaters, so we need to psych ourselves up to power through as

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Robert Jago @rjjago.bsky.social · 27/11/2025

I’ve got an article out in the Star today about the Thomas King issue:

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Deborah Dundas @debdundas.bsky.social · 22/11/2025

@navneetalang.com Hearing you on CBC radios Day Six right now talking about nostalgia for those 6-second Vines - comparing them to the haiku ...

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Navneet Alang @navneetalang.com · 21/11/2025

For the Star, I make the case for the condo/apartment as aspirational -- that the Canadian dream can also be an apartment in a dense neighbourhood and not, as is so often the case in this country, be taken to only ever mean a detached house. www.thestar.com/opinion/star...

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Navneet Alang: Condos get a bad rap. Here’s why they should be part of the Canadian dream

My parents bought their first home for 11,000 pounds (approximately $20,000) in 1974. It was an ordinary small row house on a dour street in East London. Now, more than

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Karen Tumulty @ktumulty.bsky.social · 18/11/2025

The @washingtonpost op-ed page on Friday, October 5, 2018

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Biblioasis @biblioasis.bsky.social · 18/11/2025

Happy pub day to our BEST CANADIAN 2026 anthologies! We have an exciting lineup of upcoming events, starting with tonight's launch of BEST CANADIAN STORIES in Vancouver at Upstart & Crow!

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Liz Renzetti @lizrenzetti.bsky.social · 17/11/2025

I'm very happy to say that I'll I soon start writing a weekly column for @thestar.com, where I began my journalism career [redacted] years ago as a winter intern. I was on the copy desk, and my first headline was "Christmas trees find new life as wood chips."

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Deborah Dundas @debdundas.bsky.social · 02/11/2025

Thank you Blue Jays! You united us with your positivity and your resilience just when we needed it most. Thank you! We'll be there for you next year! ⚾️⚾️⚾️

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Deborah Dundas @debdundas.bsky.social · 02/11/2025

Oh, please please please Kirk! ⚾️⚾️⚾️

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