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Kris Rushowy

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Queen’s Park reporter for the Toronto Star.

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Toronto Star @thestar.com · 07/04/2025
‘I don’t know where to hide’: Noise from round-the-clock work on the Ontario Line leaves nearby residents sleepless and afraid — and there’s no end in sight. People living near the site of a new Ontario Line station at Queen and Spadina are at their wits’ end.
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‘I don’t know where to hide’: Noise from round-the-clock work on the Ontario Line leaves nearby residents sleepless and afraid — and there’s no end in sight
People living near the site of a new Ontario Line station at Queen and Spadina have complained to Metrolinx about the disruption caused by construction.
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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 04/04/2025
The @financialtimes.com is not mincing words "America’s astonishing act of self-harm" on.ft.com/3YjtOLV
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George Pearkes @peark.es · 27/03/2025
Canadian travel to the US is absolutely cratering.
Forward Booking Snapshot: Canada - US Market March 2024 vs March 2025 Summer Season Bookings
Month of Booking Snapshot
April
May
June
July
August
March 2024
March 2025
1,218,570 817,912 649,878 516,344 370,228
295,982
226,980 184,720 147,679 103,914
% Change
-75.7%
-72.2%
-71.6%
-71.4%
-71.9%
Source: OAG
September
233,160
65,680
-71.8%
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Reuters @reuters.com · 27/03/2025
Shares of global automakers took a dive after President Donald Trump put a wall of tariffs around the US automotive sector, exacerbating worries over the impact on global trade and potential hits to industry profits reut.rs/4hLt6y0
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Auto stocks slide as US tariffs send 'fatal signal' for trade
Shares of global automakers took a dive on Thursday after President Donald Trump put a wall of tariffs around the U.S. automotive sector, exacerbating worries over the impact on global trade and potential hits to industry profits.
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Robert Benzie @robertbenzie.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
NEW: President Donald Trump has been jolted by Ontario Premier Doug Ford's 25% tariff surcharge on electricity exports stateside. #onpoli www.thestar.com/politics/pro...
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Donald Trump rails against Doug Ford’s electricity retaliation move. ‘We don’t need your energy’
Twelve hours after Ford imposed what he dubbed "tariff response charge" to be paid by utilities in New York, Michigan and Minnesota that import Ontario power, Trump took to social
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Robert Benzie @robertbenzie.bsky.social · 08/03/2025
The ⁦‪@TorontoStar‬⁩’s ⁦‪@susandelacourt‬⁩ with today’s most-read column. #cdnpoli www.thestar.com/politics/pol...
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Susan Delacourt: I covered Justin Trudeau’s rise and fall. This is what stands out to me most
Justin Trudeau is a stubborn, persistent politician who leaves office the same way he entered it, believing he does his best work when the odds are stacked against him.
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Toronto Star @thestar.com · 06/03/2025
#BREAKING: U.S. to pause tariffs on Canada until April 2
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U.S. to pause tariffs on Canada until April 2
Follow the Star’s live updates on Thursday.
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Mark Ramzy @markramzy.bsky.social · 08/02/2025
From Tonda MacCharles... a good reminder @thestar.com subscriptions are $1 for 6 months. Journalism costs money: www.thestar.com/politics/the...
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The inside story of a high-stakes call between Justin Trudeau and Donald Trump as the tariff deadline loomed
The American president said the Canada-U.S. boundary could disappear when he spoke with the prime minister Monday, according to details Trudeau revealed behind closed doors on Friday.
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Robert Benzie @robertbenzie.bsky.social · 08/02/2025
NEW: Doug Ford’s campaign fumble is getting the Super Bowl spotlight Sunday in Liberal election ads. #onpoli www.thestar.com/politics/pro...
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Doug Ford under attack in Super Bowl ads
Liberal Leader Bonnie Crombie will be airing two different 30-second commercials during the NFL championship game Sunday night between the Kansas City Chiefs and the Philadelphia Eagles.
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Robert Benzie @robertbenzie.bsky.social · 08/02/2025
From the front page of the ⁦‪⁦‪@TorontoStar‬⁩, a heartbreaking must-read from ⁦‪@powellbetsy‬⁩. www.thestar.com/news/ontario...
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Inside the life and murder of Ashley Milnes Schwalm
If she knew the danger that lurked inside her beautiful Collingwood home, Ashley Milnes Schwalm never told anyone. And so, her friends and family are left looking back — to
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Toronto Star @thestar.com · 07/02/2025
#Breaking: Donald Trump is not joking about making Canada the 51st state, Justin Trudeau warns
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Donald Trump is not joking about making Canada the 51st state, Justin Trudeau warns
Donald Trump has securing Canada's resource wealth on his mind, and "one of the easiest ways of doing that is absorbing our country. And it is a real thing.”
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Toronto Star @thestar.com · 06/02/2025
Bonnie Crombie slams Doug Ford for not curing the province’s health-care woes. Blasting the PC Leader, Crombie noted that treatment of patients in hospital corridors has doubled since Ford took office in 2018.
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Ontario election: Bonnie Crombie slams Doug Ford for not curing the province’s health-care woes
Blasting the PC Leader, Liberal leader Bonnie Crombie noted that treatment of patients in hospital corridors has doubled since Doug Ford took office in 2018.
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Steve Russell @steverussell.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
The Aga Khan Museum in Toronto on the day that was built by His Highness Prince Karim Al-Hussaini, Aga Khan IV, who passed away peacefully in Lisbon on February 4rth, 2025, aged 88. #AgaKhan
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Mark Ramzy @markramzy.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
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Canada has less than 30 days to satisfy Donald Trump’s border demands. Here’s what it plans to do
Canada now has less than 30 days to crack down on border security and convince U.S. President Donald Trump not to trigger devastating tariffs on imports.
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Richard Zussman @richardzussman.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
NEW - BC Premier David Eby says British Columbia was looking at Starlink to deliver ‘last mile’ connectivity and is no longer considering the company for a government contract. #bcpoli
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Toronto Star @thestar.com · 03/02/2025
A Toronto public school in the east end will be relocated for two years because construction of the new subway line is expected to bring significant disruptions, including noise, dust and vibrations.
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Not ‘where anyone wanted to end up’: Ontario Line construction pushes TDSB to relocate school for two years
A Toronto public school in the east end will move for two years out of an “abundance of caution” as the Metrolinx project is expected to bring disruption.
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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 03/02/2025
Breaking news: The Trump administration has agreed to pause sweeping tariffs on Mexico for a month while the two sides hammer out an agreement, Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum announced Monday. The tariffs had been set to take effect early Tuesday.
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Live updates: Trump pauses tariffs on Mexico, Mexican president says
Get the latest news on President Donald Trump’s return to the White House and the new Congress.
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Alan Carter @alan-carter.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
Toronto Mayor @oliviachowtoronto.bsky.social to respond to US tariffs. City is promising to work the feds & province and to build and “Buy Canadian” initiative.
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John Michael McGrath @jm-mcgrath.bsky.social · 01/02/2025
At Queens Park today, the Ontario Liberal campaign bus is revealed. Bonnie Crombie says Doug Ford has been "caught with his pants down" on tariffs
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Kris Rushowy @krushowy.bsky.social · 29/01/2025
Ndp leader @maritstilesndp.bsky.social promises income protection program for Ont workers if jobs impacted by any US tariffs #onpoli
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Kris Rushowy @krushowy.bsky.social · 29/01/2025
Spotted at @maritstilesndp.bsky.social campaign launch today in Toronto - #onpoli
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Robert Benzie @robertbenzie.bsky.social · 18/01/2025
From the front page of the ⁦‪⁦‪@TorontoStar‬⁩, ⁦‪@Megan_Ogilvie‬⁩ on an issue that will be front and centre in the coming provincial election: Ontario’s chronic doctors’ shortage. #onpoli www.thestar.com/news/canada/...
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Desperately seeking a family doctor. What a striking scene in one small Ontario town says about a brewing crisis
A striking queue for 500 openings for a new family doctor in Walkerton leads to elation and disappointment. Experts say it’s a warning for the province.
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Toronto Star @thestar.com · 16/01/2025
Are car thieves getting harsh enough sentences? Referring to an “ongoing epidemic” of car theft in Ontario, two judges have signalled that the courts want to hand down tougher sentences — beyond what’s being proposed by the prosecution and defence.
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Are car thieves getting harsh enough sentences? Two judges raise the question in recent cases
The judges, sitting in Milton and Toronto, recently expressed concern that the joint proposals for sentencing in auto theft cases were too lenient.
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Kris Rushowy @krushowy.bsky.social · 06/01/2025
Prorogation doesn’t mean vacation says Premier Doug Ford in urging Trudeau, fed govt to focus on fighting threat of tariffs by US president-elect Donald Trump - in light of Trudeau resignation, upcoming Liberal leadership race #onpoli #cdnpoli Ford now speaking at Queen’s Park
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Kris Rushowy @krushowy.bsky.social · 26/12/2024
www.thestar.com/news/gta/i-m... #scarbTO #topoli #onpoli
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‘I may end up in tears telling my story’: How a former MPP and Toronto city councillor found himself living in a homeless shelter
Lorenzo Berardinetti, a former Scarborough councillor and three times elected MPP, shares his cautionary tale.
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Toronto Star @thestar.com · 19/12/2024
#Breaking: Trudeau to shuffle cabinet Friday as pressure for him to resign remains
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Trudeau to shuffle cabinet Friday as pressure for him to resign remains
The shuffle comes at the end of a tumultuous week that saw Trudeau lose his finance minister and face a new swell of pressure to resign.
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My IRL friends call me Chris @christyceeck.bsky.social · 18/12/2024
Welcome to the world, Olivia (1), Charlotte (2), Amelia (3), Emma (4), Sophia (5), Noah (1), Liam (2), Theodore (3), Oliver (4), and Jack (5)!
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David Rider @dmrider.bsky.social · 18/12/2024
Applause to whomever wrote this headline
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Kris Rushowy @krushowy.bsky.social · 18/12/2024
Olivia and Noah are the top baby names in Ontario, again. And the rest of the names parents are choosing are more traditional, without the creative spellings. Story @thestar.com www.thestar.com/politics/pro...
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Did you choose one of Ontario’s top 10 names for your baby?
After years of conceiving their own unique names, many parents are now looking to the past, making more traditional choices minus the creative spellings that were a hot trend not
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Mark Ramzy @markramzy.bsky.social · 18/12/2024
From @thestar.com today: www.thestar.com/politics/fed...
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Justin Trudeau reflecting on his future after Chrystia Freeland’s shocking resignation from cabinet
In a social media post that once again referred to Canada as a “State” and Justin Trudeau as its “Governor,” Trump said Canada was “stunned” by Freeland’s departure.
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Jon Passantino @passantino.bsky.social · 17/12/2024
L.A. Times opinion staffers notify the executive editor that Soon-Shiong has banned criticism of Donald Trump unless its "presented side-by-side with another opinion piece representing the 'opposing view,’" via @oliverdarcy.bsky.social www.status.news/p/patrick-so...
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Meddling for MAGA
Patrick Soon-Shiong, the owner of the Los Angeles Times, has dismayed staffers as he curtails critical coverage of Donald Trump.
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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 17/12/2024
A filing in an antitrust lawsuit against some of the nation’s top universities alleges the schools overcharged students by $685 million in a “price-fixing” scheme, raising serious questions about their past admission and financial aid policies.
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Students overpaid elite colleges $685 million, ‘price-fixing’ suit says
Details released in an antitrust case against 17 top universities allege family wealth influenced some admissions decisions.
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Robert Benzie @robertbenzie.bsky.social · 17/12/2024
NEW: While Doug Ford has lost his best friend in Justin Trudeau’s cabinet, he’s also tight with Chrystia Freeland’s replacement, Dominic LeBlanc. When LeBlanc told him he used to babysit Trudeau as kids in Ottawa, Ford said: “Dom, you still do.” www.thestar.com/politics/pro...
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Dominic LeBlanc is Doug Ford’s new ally in Justin Trudeau’s cabinet
The treasurer has worked closely with the premier in recent years.
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Toronto Star @thestar.com · 17/12/2024
Canada’s population grew by 0.4 per cent from July, marking the slowest quarterly growth since the first quarter of 2022 — a sign that Ottawa’s recent immigration reduction policies are yielding results.
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Canada’s population growth hits two-year low following immigration reduction measures
The country added 176,699 people in the third quarter and reached a population of 41,465,298 on Oct. 1, according to Statistics Canada.
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Robert Benzie @robertbenzie.bsky.social · 14/12/2024
From the front page of the ⁦‪⁦‪@TorontoStar‬⁩, ⁦‪@krushowy‬⁩ and ⁦‪@Izzy74‬⁩ on how cash-strapped school boards are hiring private eyes to nab teachers suspected of misusing sick leave. #onted #onpoli www.thestar.com/news/gta/tor...
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Toronto school boards are firing teachers who lie about sick days — and using private investigators to catch them
With soaring costs of absenteeism, some boards are cracking down. One union local in Toronto recently warned members they could be under surveillance.
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Robert Benzie @robertbenzie.bsky.social · 16/12/2024
This is a good day to reread @susandelacourt's 2020 piece on the Chrystia Freeland-Doug Ford friendship. It's the second most-read story in the 132-year history of the @TorontoStar. #onpoli #cdnpoli www.thestar.com/news/insight...
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‘He’s my therapist’: How Chrystia Freeland and Doug Ford forged an unlikely friendship in the fight against COVID-19
Ottawa’s point person on the pandemic response is getting support from a premier who used to be one of her government’s fiercest critics, Susan Delacourt writes.
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Robert Benzie @robertbenzie.bsky.social · 16/12/2024
NEW: Amid disarray in Ottawa, the premiers, striving to project stability, are considering retaining their own emissary in Washington as the Trump trade threat looms. #onpoli #cdnpoli www.thestar.com/politics/pro...
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Premiers express alarm at political ‘chaos’ in Ottawa amid looming Trump trade threat
Ford, chair of the Council of the Federation, said it’s “critical the premiers take a bigger role” in dealing with the trade standoff.
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Mark Ramzy @markramzy.bsky.social · 14/12/2024
@krushowy.bsky.social and Isabel Teotonio on Toronto school boards crack down on alleged sick day abuse: www.thestar.com/news/gta/tor...
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Toronto school boards are firing teachers who lie about sick days — and using private investigators to catch them
With soaring costs of absenteeism, some boards are cracking down. One union local in Toronto recently warned members they could be under surveillance.
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Shawn Jeffords @shawnjeffords.bsky.social · 16/12/2024
Could Donald Trump's tariff threats could spark an early Ontario election? Sharing some political analysis on an wild day in Canadian politics as my first post on this site. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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ANALYSIS | Trump's tariff threat might lead Doug Ford to trigger a snap Ontario election | CBC News
A looming tariff battle between the United States and Canada could be a factor in a long-rumoured early Ontario election, some political experts say, suggesting the fight may give Premier Doug Ford a ...
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Mark Ramzy @markramzy.bsky.social · 14/12/2024
Column from @althiaraj.bsky.social on Pierre Poilievre’s reaction to Canada Post strike: www.thestar.com/politics/pol...
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Althia Raj: Pierre Poilievre’s love affair with labour hits a fork in the road
This week, the Conservatives appeared to mark the end of their courtship of organized labour, Althia Raj writes.
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Mark Ramzy @markramzy.bsky.social · 28/11/2024
I've created a list of all @torontostar.bsky.social reporters (just reporters) on this site. Follow here: go.bsky.app/Uo8mniV
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Kris Rushowy @krushowy.bsky.social · 14/12/2024
School boards are hiring private investigators to uncover sick-leave abuse, and educators have been fired. Story at @thestar.com #onted www.thestar.com/news/gta/tor...
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Navneet Alang @navneetalang.com · 14/12/2024
~ @thestar.com reporter @ghadaa.bsky.social went undercover as an Uber Eats courier and made $1.74 and hour. (I believe this is paywalled, but: It's $1 to subscribe for six months.) www.thestar.com/business/i-w...
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I went undercover as an Uber Eats courier and made just $1.74 per hour online. Here’s what I learned about the troubling cost of convenience
For six weeks, I hustled for orders and made a shockingly low wage. Uber says my experience was 'atypical' — but workers I spoke to say differently.
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Robert Benzie @robertbenzie.bsky.social · 06/12/2024
Geneviève Bergeron Hélène Colgan Nathalie Croteau Barbara Daigneault Anne-Marie Edward Maud Haviernick Maryse Laganière Maryse Leclair Anne-Marie Lemay Sonia Pelletier Michèle Richard Annie St-Arneault Annie Turcotte Barbara Klucznik-Widajewicz
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Sewell Chan @sewell.bsky.social · 05/12/2024
Why is Stanford pressing criminal charges against a student journalist who embedded with protesters? Story by @bgrueskin.bsky.social for @columjournreview.bsky.social: www.cjr.org/getting-the-...
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Should a Student Reporter Face Prosecution for Embedding with Protesters?
Dilan Gohill won an award for his work at the Stanford Daily, but his coverage of campus protests has set university officials against him.
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Toronto Star @thestar.com · 04/12/2024
Canada has long faced calls to join the U.S.: A short history of saying nope to the American dream. Donald Trump joked that Canada could become America’s 51st state. But for much of Canadian history, the sentiment has been no laughing matter.
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Canada has long faced calls to join the U.S.: A short history of saying nope to the American dream
Donald Trump joked that Canada could become America’s 51st state. But for much of Canadian history, the sentiment has been no laughing matter.
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Toronto Star @thestar.com · 04/12/2024
TTC fare inspectors are going undercover. The transit agency announced that it has started to deploy plainclothes inspectors in its fight against fare evasion. "We have to let people know we’re serious."
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TTC deploys plainclothes inspectors to fight fare evasion: ‘We have to let people know we’re serious’
Beginning Wednesday, plain-clothes inspectors will start issuing tickets for fare evasion, ranging from 235 to $425.
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Toronto Star @thestar.com · 05/12/2024
The City of Toronto is proposing to loosen its affordable home ownership rules to offer assistance to higher-income households — as city hall has repeatedly fallen short of its own targets for getting families into lower-cost homes.
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Toronto considers giving down payment help to higher earners
Residents in the 80th percentile of incomes would qualify for "attainable" owned homes, if the changes are approved.
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Toronto Star @thestar.com · 02/12/2024
We're officially on Bluesky! Follow us for breaking news, coverage on the biggest stories across the city and exclusive stories 🗞️
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Robert Benzie @robertbenzie.bsky.social · 02/12/2024
BREAKING: Phil Verster is leaving as @Metrolinx president and CEO, the @TorontoStar has learned. #onpoli #topoli www.thestar.com/politics/pro...
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Metrolinx CEO Phil Verster resigning after seven years: sources
Sources, speaking confidentially in order to discuss internal deliberations, confirmed Verster is stepping down from the organization he has lead for more than seven years.
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