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The Local Magazine @thelocal.to · 26/09/2026
It's a busy day at Word On The Street! Come check us out at Toronto's best literary festival—we'll be at David Pecaut Square all day today and tomorrow 📖
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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 · 25/09/2026
📢 Introducing Candidate Tracker 2026: The only place to find reported, fact-checked information about every single candidate running in the 2026 Toronto municipal election. No AI, no campaign talking points, just good journalism. 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 · 18/09/2026
For a woman to run for Toronto city councillor, one must be four times as good as a man, Toronto Centre candidate Nicki Ward told Local journalism fellow Victoria Hincape Gomez. “And a trans woman has to be twice as good as any 'real woman.’” thelocal.to/toronto-cent...
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Is Toronto Ready for Its First Openly Trans Councillor? | The Local
Toronto has a history of dismissing trans politicians as fringe candidates. In Toronto Centre, Nicki Ward is fighting for a fair shot.
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The Local Magazine @thelocal.to · 18/09/2026
Nicki Ward wants to be Toronto’s first openly trans councillor. But even in Toronto Centre, the most LGBTQ2S+ friendly area of the city, municipal politics can be ruthless, writes Local fellow Victoria Hincapie Gomez. thelocal.to/toronto-cent...
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Is Toronto Ready for Its First Openly Trans Councillor? | The Local
Toronto has a history of dismissing trans politicians as fringe candidates. In Toronto Centre, Nicki Ward is fighting for a fair shot.
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The Local Magazine @thelocal.to · 16/09/2026
Today Mississauga city council unanimously passed a bylaw pausing data centre development for a year. Read about how the anti-data centre backlash caught local politicians by surprise, and how the issue now threatens to swallow the upcoming municipal election. thelocal.to/mississauga-...
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The Data Centre Backlash Has Come to Mississauga—and It’s Swallowing the Municipal Election | The Local
Ahead of this week’s vote on whether to freeze data-centre development for a year, city councillors seeking re-election are suddenly taking a firm stance in response to public outcry
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The Local Magazine @thelocal.to · 14/09/2026
The data centre backlash comes to Mississauga. Ahead of this week’s vote on whether to freeze data-centre development for a year city, councillors seeking re-election are suddenly taking a firm stance in response to public outcry. By @prarthanapathak.bsky.social. thelocal.to/mississauga-...
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The Data Centre Backlash Has Come to Mississauga—and It’s Swallowing the Municipal Election | The Local
Ahead of this week’s vote on whether to freeze data-centre development for a year, city councillors seeking re-election are suddenly taking a firm stance in response to public outcry
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Prarthana Pathak (she/her) @prarthanapathak.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Thrilled to have my first feature with The Local republished at The Narwhal! The story examines the questions of public consultation, transparency, and the impacts on public-health and environment. Glad this story is reaching a wider audience, as the issue of environmental racism is nationwide.
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The Local Magazine @thelocal.to · 01/09/2026
Great to see @prarthanapathak.bsky.social's story on the Brampton incinerator republished by our friends @thenarwhal.ca.
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The Local Magazine @thelocal.to · 20/08/2026
“There’s a misconception that Bramptonians don’t care about the environment,” writes @prarthanapathak.bsky.social. The Local’s new Peel reporter talks to the community members fighting to make sure Brampton isn’t seen as a “garbage city.” thelocal.to/brampton-eme...
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The Biggest Incinerator in Canada | The Local
As the Emerald Energy from Waste incinerator moves towards a major expansion, locals are worried about their health, and asking if their working-class, immigrant community is seen as a “sacrifice zone...
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The Local Magazine @thelocal.to · 19/08/2026
“For locals, the placement of the largest incinerator in Canada right in their community sends a message: that somewhere like Brampton won’t, or can’t, object to housing the region’s industry and waste.” thelocal.to/brampton-eme...
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The Biggest Incinerator in Canada | The Local
As the Emerald Energy from Waste incinerator moves towards a major expansion, locals are worried about their health, and asking if their working-class, immigrant community is seen as a “sacrifice zone...
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The Local Magazine @thelocal.to · 19/08/2026
Canada’s largest waste incinerator is coming to Brampton. The Local’s new Peel Reporter, @prarthanapathak.bsky.social, talks to locals concerned about emissions, the approval process, and whether their working-class community of immigrants is being left behind. thelocal.to/brampton-eme...
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The Biggest Incinerator in Canada | The Local
As the Emerald Energy from Waste incinerator moves towards a major expansion, locals are worried about their health, and asking if their working-class, immigrant community is seen as a “sacrifice zone...
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Prarthana Pathak (she/her) @prarthanapathak.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
My first feature for The Local looks at the proposed expansion of Emerald EFW in Brampton, a project that has environmental groups, public health officials, and residents asking: Why here? This story examines what happens when a project with lasting consequences unfolds largely outside public view
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The Local Magazine @thelocal.to · 10/06/2026
Wait, how much are we spending on reusable cups? @michaeldeforge.bsky.social and @wencyleung.bsky.social make sense of the costs and payoffs of hosting the World Cup in seven illustrations. thelocal.to/fifa-world-c...
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An Illustrated Guide to the FIFA World Cup in Toronto | The Local
How many private jets could this pay for? Seven illustrations to make sense of the costs and payoffs of hosting the World Cup.
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The Local Magazine @thelocal.to · 28/05/2026
Every year, the province performs thousands of inspections in long-term care, but no one has ever tried to quantify or organize the results—until now. @royinori.bsky.social on how The Local analyzed 17,500 inspection reports. thelocal.to/long-term-ca...
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How The Local Analyzed 17,500 Long-Term Care Reports to Understand the State of Provincial Inspections | The Local
Every year, thousands of inspections capture failures to meet provincial standards in long-term care. No one has ever tried to quantify the results of those inspections—until now.
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Erin 🍍 @maclebass.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
The Local does this thing where they'll publish an investigation and I'll be like "is this the most crucial work I've read this year?", and then they'll publish another and I'm like "is THIS the most crucial work I've read this year?" and so on until the sun explodes. LOOK at the work they did here!
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Nick Hune-Brown @nickhunebrown.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
We've been dying to do more reporting from Brampton and Mississauga for years. So excited to announce our first Peel Reporter, and to bring @prarthanapathak.bsky.social onto the team. Send her your Peel tips!
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The Local Magazine @thelocal.to · 14/05/2026
The Local is expanding! After seven years focusing on hyper-local reporting from Toronto, we're going (very slightly) west. We're thrilled to introduce our first Peel Reporter, @prarthanapathak.bsky.social! thelocal.to/the-local-ex...
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The Local Expands Into Peel | The Local
Introducing Prarthana Pathak, our new Peel Reporter
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