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Emma

@emmapaling.bsky.social
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Nick Hune-Brown @nickhunebrown.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
The Candidate Tracker team has been in the trenches reporting and fact-checking bios and platform summaries for EVERY SINGLE CANDIDATE in the 2026 Toronto election. No AI, no campaign talking points. Bookmark it, send it to a friend, we'll update until election day. thelocal.to/candidate-tr...
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Candidate Tracker: Toronto Election 2026 | The Local
The only place to find reported, fact-checked biographies and platform summaries for every candidate running in the 2026 Toronto municipal election.
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The Local Magazine @thelocal.to · 11/09/2026
When she was fifteen, Diana Chan McNally was homeless. Today, the frontline worker and activist is running for city council in Parkdale–High Park. New from @emmapaling.bsky.social: thelocal.to/diana-chan-m...
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Toronto’s Most Well-Known Defender of Homeless Encampments Runs for Council | The Local
As a teenager, Diana Chan McNally was briefly homeless. She’s since worked in drop-in centres and become a prominent advocate for homeless people. In the race for Parkdale-High Park, she’s going to ne...
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Nick Hune-Brown @nickhunebrown.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Helluva profile by @emmapaling.bsky.social
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Filipa Pajevic @filipouris.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Fantastic profile by @emmapaling.bsky.social in @thelocal.to
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Jay Cockburn @jaycockburn.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
Truly awesome reporting work by @emmapaling.bsky.social and @thelocal.to here, taking the reader inside a safe consumption site so you can see for yourself the effects of its coming closure. thelocal.to/moss-park-sa...
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The Long Last Days of Toronto’s First Safe Consumption Site | The Local
Nick says he’ll go back to Manitoulin. Texas can’t even think about the closure. Inside Moss Park in the final days of a nine-year era of safe consumption.
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Nick Hune-Brown @nickhunebrown.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
Bowled over by this piece by @emmapaling.bsky.social, who's been reporting from the Moss Park safe consumption site for 18 months and was there the day the closure was announced. Her story about the last days of a life-saving hub is the best thing I've read in a while. thelocal.to/moss-park-sa...
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The Long Last Days of Toronto’s First Safe Consumption Site | The Local
Nick says he’ll go back to Manitoulin. Texas can’t even think about the closure. Inside Moss Park in the final days of a nine-year era of safe consumption.
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Richie Assaly @rdassaly.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
On April 4, TPS entered the lobby of Comedy Bar moments before the start of a fundraising event for Gaza. That same night, cops entered a theatre at TIFF Lightbox midway through a screening of 'Palestine 36.' I dug into this concerning trend for @thegrindto.bsky.social.
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Cops keep showing up to arts events about Palestine. What can organizers do?
Toronto police showed up at a comedy fundraiser and at a film screening on the same night in April. Organizers describe how this fits into a broader pattern and what can be done to protect community…
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The Grind @thegrindto.bsky.social · 28/10/2025
After a furious outcry, the Ontario government reversed course on the most controversial part of Bill 60. But the policy makes six other changes to landlord-tenant law that overwhelmingly benefit landlords, @emmapaling.bsky.social reports. www.thegrindmag.ca/despite-reve...
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Despite Reversal on Rent Control, Ford Government Still Plans to Make Evictions Easier
After a wave of furious backlash, the Ontario government backtracked on the most controversial part of its proposed Bill 60. But the housing bill will still make it faster and easier for landlords to…
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Emma @emmapaling.bsky.social · 10/11/2025
Defeat Isn’t Enough For Andrew Cuomo And His Pack Of Lunatics - defector.com/defeat-isnt-...
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Defeat Isn't Enough For Andrew Cuomo And His Pack Of Lunatics | Defector
A New York City mayoral election is, definitionally, not anyone outside of the city’s business. That this year’s campaign, which ended in Zohran Mamdani’s victory on Tuesday night, became everybody’s ...
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The Local Magazine @thelocal.to · 18/09/2025
Scarborough–Rouge Park, Toronto’s easternmost ward, is having a local by-election on September 29. The Local is the only place to find researched, fact-checked bios and platform summaries for every candidate in the running. Check out our latest Candidate Tracker: thelocal.to/srp2025/ #TOpoli
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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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John Hatchard @johnhatchard.bsky.social · 08/06/2025
I can't believe I never even thought of the 'condo conundrum' before and its impact on grass roots politics globally let alone Canada. Social interactions are critical to finding ways to change the unenlightened and misinformed. Well stated Emma.
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Harbinger Media Network @harbingermedia.bsky.social · 27/07/2025
On 💕 Habibti Please💕 ep47 Nashwa Lina Khan speaks with independent journalist @emmapaling.bsky.social about how mainstream media in Canada, especially outlets like CBC, shape public understanding of Palestine and Israel. habibtiplease.substack.com/p/emma-palin... 🔶
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Emma Paling on When Silence Is Strategy
Unpacking Media Complicity, Censorship, and Palestine in Canadian Newsrooms
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Alex Cosh @alex.readthemaple.com · 03/06/2025
NEW: @emmapaling.bsky.social explores how the proliferation of condos presents new challenges for political organizers. Conflicting interests between owners and renters, and difficulties for organizers trying to canvass these buildings are 2 major challenges. www.readthemaple.com/how-canadas-...
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How Canada’s ‘Condo Class’ Has Disrupted Political Organizing
The rise of condos is making door-to-door political campaigning obsolete.
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Emma @emmapaling.bsky.social · 03/06/2025
The rise of a "condo class" in Canada has deeply disrupted political organizing. “Developers, slash landlords, slash the corporate class, have overcome the threat of community organizing for the collective good within these spaces.” @readthemaple.bsky.social www.readthemaple.com/how-canadas-...
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How Canada’s ‘Condo Class’ Has Disrupted Political Organizing
The rise of condos is making door-to-door political campaigning obsolete.
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Emma @emmapaling.bsky.social · 12/05/2025
Their MP Is Indigenous. Their MLA Mocked Residential School Survivors via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/News/2025/05...
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Their MP Is Indigenous. Their MLA Mocked Residential School Survivors | The Tyee
How did Vancouver’s west side elect Wade Grant and Dallas Brodie?
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West End Phoenix @westendphoenix.bsky.social · 04/05/2025
TORONTO’S NEW LANDLORDS: They’re ultra-rich, predominantly American, and over the next 8 years they’re bringing 21,000 units without rent control to a new building near you. ✍️: @emmapaling.bsky.social www.westendphoenix.com/stories/toro...
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Emma @emmapaling.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
Trump’s New Muslim Ban Poised to Sweep Up Immigrants Already in the U.S. theintercept.com/2025/03/12/t...
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Trump’s New Muslim Ban Poised to Sweep Up Immigrants Already in the U.S.
A revived and expanded Muslim ban is stoking fears that U.S. residents with “hostile attitudes” toward the country will be targeted.
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Emma @emmapaling.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
okay wow so this app is a carbon copy of twitter
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