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Denise Balkissoon @balkissoon.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Hey Toronto, still figuring out who to vote for? @thelocal.to has once again published a Candidate Tracker for the municipal election, offering bios and platforms for *every single candidate* running. thelocal.to/candidate-tr... Yay non-profit service journalism! 🤓
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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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Rebecca Gao @rebeccaga0.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
There is an immeasurable amount of AI slop that these candidates are putting up that the candidate tracker team @thelocal.to is wading through. Read our human generated and fact-checked work here: thelocal.to/candidate-tr...
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The Local Magazine @thelocal.to · 25/09/2026
Today we launched Candidate Tracker—reported, fact-checked biographies and platform summaries of every candidate running in the Toronto election. Bookmark it now, send it to your friends. We’ll keep updating it right up 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
The Local will be at Word on the Street, Toronto's annual free book and magazine festival, all weekend! Drop by David Pecaut square, say hello, grab a tote bag! toronto.thewordonthestreet.ca/event-direct...
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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 · 25/09/2026
Municipal election season is upon us. If you're looking for meticulously researched, fact-checked information on every candidate running for local office in Toronto, look no further—Candidate Tracker is back. We'll be publishing and updating between now and 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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Shawn Micallef @shawnmicallef.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
One of the best things about Mississauga's evolution into a real city continues to be resisted. People will not stay in the car-based bedroom (community) forever if there are city aspirations, which Mississauga has. Something will have to give.
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The Local Magazine @thelocal.to · 23/09/2026
On the evening of August 14, Pakistan’s Independence Day, Mississauga’s Ridgeway Plaza was teeming with life. But just a year ago, a celebration like this one may not have been possible at Mississauga’s most embattled strip mall. thelocal.to/mississauga-...
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How a Suburban Strip Mall Became a Buzzing Community Hub, and a Political Flashpoint | The Local
Mississauga’s immigrant communities made Ridgeway Plaza one of the city’s most vibrant cultural spaces—and also one of its most contested. This municipal election could decide its future.
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The Local Magazine @thelocal.to · 23/09/2026
What happens when a strip mall takes on new, unexpected life as a gathering place for a community? How Ridgeway Plaza’s future will be shaped by the election in Mississauga: thelocal.to/mississauga-...
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How a Suburban Strip Mall Became a Buzzing Community Hub, and a Political Flashpoint | The Local
Mississauga’s immigrant communities made Ridgeway Plaza one of the city’s most vibrant cultural spaces—and also one of its most contested. This municipal election could decide its future.
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Alison Motluk @alisonmotluk.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Great piece! How a Suburban Strip Mall Became a Buzzing Community Hub, and a Political Flashpoint - thelocal.to/mississauga-...
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How a Suburban Strip Mall Became a Buzzing Community Hub, and a Political Flashpoint | The Local
Mississauga’s immigrant communities made Ridgeway Plaza one of the city’s most vibrant cultural spaces—and also one of its most contested. This municipal election could decide its future.
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The Local Magazine @thelocal.to · 23/09/2026
On the western edge of Mississauga sits Ridgeway Plaza, one of the city’s most vibrant & embattled cultural hubs. Zahra Khozema explores how the debate around the plaza is now shaping the election, raising questions about representation and the right to community spaces. thelocal.to/mississauga-...
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How a Suburban Strip Mall Became a Buzzing Community Hub, and a Political Flashpoint | The Local
Mississauga’s immigrant communities made Ridgeway Plaza one of the city’s most vibrant cultural spaces—and also one of its most contested. This municipal election could decide its future.
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The Local Magazine @thelocal.to · 20/09/2026
Catch up on the latest from our Vote 2026 issue! “I have always run as a candidate who is trans, not as a trans candidate.” Nicki Ward talks to Local journalism fellow Victoria Hincape Gomez about the challenges of running for councillor in Toronto Centre. #TOpoli 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
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 · 15/09/2026
"During their presentation at the town hall, Prologis representatives revealed the number of full-time jobs the facility was expected to create: Roughly 75, a number that elicited laughter and heckling from the crowd." 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 · 15/09/2026
How data centre politics is upturning the Mississauga 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
This week Mississauga councillors are expected to vote on a bylaw that will freeze data centre development in the city for a year. It’s a vote residents say they’re watching closely as they decide who to vote for this fall. 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
Mississauga politicians loved the idea of a new data centre. Then came the backlash. 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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The Local Magazine @thelocal.to · 13/09/2026
For years, Diana Chan McNally has cooked meals, reversed overdoses, and gotten pepper-sprayed defending unhoused people living in encampments. Now she wants a seat on council. thelocal.to/diana-chan-m...
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Toronto’s Most Well-Known Defender of the Unhoused 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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The Local Magazine @thelocal.to · 13/09/2026
In case you missed it: Luc Rinaldi on ABC vs Progress Toronto, the rival non-profits that are reshaping municipal politics, and what it means for the city if they succeed. thelocal.to/abc-toronto-...
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The ‘Shadow Parties’ That Could Swing the Toronto Election | The Local
The rise of ABC Toronto and Progress Toronto marks a new era of behind-the-scenes political organizing at City Hall—and this October's election is their first real test.
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Nick Hune-Brown @nickhunebrown.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Here's the great @alisonmotluk.bsky.social's impassioned and depressing take on life in a huge, rich, weirdly powerless city. "We are the grown child helping to support the family, who is not allowed out past curfew or even to decorate their own room." thelocal.to/toronto-city...
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Doug Ford vs. Toronto | The Local
Good news: your community elected a councillor and even a mayor who share your vision for the city. Then the province steps in.
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The Local Magazine @thelocal.to · 12/09/2026
“Some of us just happen to love urban life,” writes @alisonmotluk.bsky.social. “And to make this large, disparate, teeming place livable, functional, safe, and fun, we sometimes need to do things that less urban communities do not.” thelocal.to/toronto-city...
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Doug Ford vs. Toronto | The Local
Good news: your community elected a councillor and even a mayor who share your vision for the city. Then the province steps in.
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Richie Assaly @rdassaly.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Excellent, in-depth profile on @dianachanmcnally.bsky.social by @emmapaling.bsky.social. In the @thelocal.to
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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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Filipa Pajevic @filipouris.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Fantastic profile by @emmapaling.bsky.social in @thelocal.to
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The Local Magazine @thelocal.to · 11/09/2026
Imagine electing a councillor and a mayor who actually represents your views. And then, @alisonmotluk.bsky.social writes, imagine all those decisions are undone by a provincial politician who “didn't run for any city position at all.” thelocal.to/toronto-city...
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Doug Ford vs. Toronto | The Local
Good news: your community elected a councillor and even a mayor who share your vision for the city. Then the province steps in.
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The Local Magazine @thelocal.to · 11/09/2026
"The only difference between me and somebody who would still be out on the street is that a lot of people took care of me." Frontline worker and activist Diana Chan McNally on her history with homelessness, and why she's running for council in Parkdale–High Park. 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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The Local Magazine @thelocal.to · 11/09/2026
This fall, as candidates fan out across Parkdale-High Park, Diana Chan McNally has the tricky task of convincing voters in Runnymede, High Park, and Swansea that she’ll be able to represent them as well as she’s represented people without homes for more than a decade. 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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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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Chris Garbutt 🇨🇦 🐢 🏝 @cgarbutt.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Great piece from @thelocal.to. I have two things to add to this: thelocal.to/toronto-city...
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Doug Ford vs. Toronto | The Local
Good news: your community elected a councillor and even a mayor who share your vision for the city. Then the province steps in.
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The Local Magazine @thelocal.to · 10/09/2026
“Just as Torontonians may not understand the needs of a small city like Brockville, or a northern city like Sault Ste. Marie, people living elsewhere in the province, even on the fringes of the city, can't always understand ours.” thelocal.to/toronto-city...
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Doug Ford vs. Toronto | The Local
Good news: your community elected a councillor and even a mayor who share your vision for the city. Then the province steps in.
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The Local Magazine @thelocal.to · 10/09/2026
Two rival non-profits—one progressive, one conservative—are raising money, running ads, and mobilizing volunteers ahead of October's municipal election. Neither is a political party. Both are acting like one. thelocal.to/abc-toronto-...
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The ‘Shadow Parties’ That Could Swing the Toronto Election | The Local
The rise of ABC Toronto and Progress Toronto marks a new era of behind-the-scenes political organizing at City Hall—and this October's election is their first real test.
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The Local Magazine @thelocal.to · 10/09/2026
“We are the grown child helping to support the family, who is not allowed out past curfew or even to decorate their own room.” @alisonmotluk.bsky.social wants to know why Toronto voters are so powerless. thelocal.to/toronto-city...
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Doug Ford vs. Toronto | The Local
Good news: your community elected a councillor and even a mayor who share your vision for the city. Then the province steps in.
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Alison Motluk @alisonmotluk.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Thoughts going into the municipal elections… My latest for The Local Doug Ford vs. Toronto - thelocal.to/toronto-city...
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Doug Ford vs. Toronto | The Local
Good news: your community elected a councillor and even a mayor who share your vision for the city. Then the province steps in.
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The Local Magazine @thelocal.to · 10/09/2026
Your vote in this Toronto election matters. But with so many local decisions undone by Doug Ford, @alisonmotluk.bsky.social writes, it doesn’t matter as much as it should. thelocal.to/toronto-city...
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Doug Ford vs. Toronto | The Local
Good news: your community elected a councillor and even a mayor who share your vision for the city. Then the province steps in.
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Nick Hune-Brown @nickhunebrown.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
This Luc Rinaldi story is so good. The night Olivia Chow was elected, a bunch of conservatives (including Brad Bradford) found themselves at the bar, commiserating and strategizing. The group that emerged, ABC Toronto, is now trying to reshape Toronto politics. thelocal.to/abc-toronto-...
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The ‘Shadow Parties’ That Could Swing the Toronto Election | The Local
The rise of ABC Toronto and Progress Toronto marks a new era of behind-the-scenes political organizing at City Hall—and this October's election is their first real test.
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The Local Magazine @thelocal.to · 09/09/2026
After Olivia Chow won, a Conservative lawyer went to the bar and had an idea. Now he's trying to reshape Toronto politics. thelocal.to/abc-toronto-...
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The ‘Shadow Parties’ That Could Swing the Toronto Election | The Local
The rise of ABC Toronto and Progress Toronto marks a new era of behind-the-scenes political organizing at City Hall—and this October's election is their first real test.
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Alison Motluk @alisonmotluk.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Terrific piece! The ‘Shadow Parties’ That Could Swing The Toronto Election - thelocal.to/abc-toronto-...
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The ‘Shadow Parties’ That Could Swing the Toronto Election | The Local
The rise of ABC Toronto and Progress Toronto marks a new era of behind-the-scenes political organizing at City Hall—and this October's election is their first real test.
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The Local Magazine @thelocal.to · 09/09/2026
Two warring “shadow parties” could determine this Toronto election. Luc Rinaldi has the behind-the-scenes story of how ABC Toronto and Progress Toronto are reshaping political organizing at City Hall. #topoli thelocal.to/abc-toronto-...
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The ‘Shadow Parties’ That Could Swing the Toronto Election | The Local
The rise of ABC Toronto and Progress Toronto marks a new era of behind-the-scenes political organizing at City Hall—and this October's election is their first real test.
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The Local Magazine @thelocal.to · 09/09/2026
And we’re off! Municipal elections across the GTA are on October 26, and our (growing) team here at The Local is working to bring you the most comprehensive, intelligent coverage of the races and issues that matter. #topoli
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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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TTCriders @ttcriders.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Fascinating first-person insight in the TTC’s public consultation process from @alisonmotluk.bsky.social The piece brings up important questions about what do we do after consultations take place but a project is stalled/delayed/quietly killed.
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Wency Leung @wencyleung.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
You'd think a story about public consultation on a subway station exit would be dullsville. But no, friends, no. This is @alisonmotluk.bsky.social. 🔥
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The Local Magazine @thelocal.to · 26/08/2026
A seminal 1969 paper provocatively describes an eight-run ladder of citizen participation. Was @alisonmotluk.bsky.social's TTC consultation “manipulation”? Or did it reach the “placation” rung? thelocal.to/second-exit-...
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What the Unfinished Saga of a Still-Not-Built Subway Exit Taught Me About Public Consultation | The Local
One community volunteer traces 20 years of botched communication, unanswered questions, and delays—and asks what public consultation is actually worth.
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The Local Magazine @thelocal.to · 26/08/2026
Community volunteers spent a year helping the TTC plan a second exit at Greenwood station. That was seven years ago. thelocal.to/second-exit-...
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What the Unfinished Saga of a Still-Not-Built Subway Exit Taught Me About Public Consultation | The Local
One community volunteer traces 20 years of botched communication, unanswered questions, and delays—and asks what public consultation is actually worth.
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The Local Magazine @thelocal.to · 26/08/2026
One community volunteer traces 20 years of botched communication, unanswered questions, and delays—and asks what public consultation is actually worth. thelocal.to/second-exit-...
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What the Unfinished Saga of a Still-Not-Built Subway Exit Taught Me About Public Consultation | The Local
One community volunteer traces 20 years of botched communication, unanswered questions, and delays—and asks what public consultation is actually worth.
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The Local Magazine @thelocal.to · 26/08/2026
@alisonmotluk.bsky.social spent a year helping the TTC rethink a subway exit. That was seven years ago. What the hyper-local story of an unfinished TTC exit tells us about the purpose of public consultation. thelocal.to/second-exit-...
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What the Unfinished Saga of a Still-Not-Built Subway Exit Taught Me About Public Consultation | The Local
One community volunteer traces 20 years of botched communication, unanswered questions, and delays—and asks what public consultation is actually worth.
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