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Former chief spox, journalist, and a variety of other careers. Had some books published & love to write. Now my own boss at AMA Communications. Toronto is home. Friends call me AMA
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Doug Ford has fallen short. Vote for change. As comforting as continuity may seem, what Ontario needs is change. Liberals, NDP, Greens: take your pick. A vote for any is a vote for a better Ontario. #StarEditorial

submitted 8 hours ago • 9 comments

Last open house at keepSix before it closes March 21. Lots of tears & love from people who work here & others whose lives were saved

submitted 7 hours ago • 1 comment

This is outrageous & I sure hope the snow is now cleared. It’s a matter of safety & freedom.

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“”Right here in Ontario, we have 250,000 people waiting on a surgery list. Now, can you imagine if you’ve been waiting for surgery, and the list just continues to grow?” said Sharon Richer from the Ontario Council of Hospital Unions.” www.ctvnews.ca/london/artic...

submitted 1 day ago • 2 comments

Buck-a-beer went over so well so let’s try buck-a-shot…

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the amount of lies being told at the door by PC cabinet minister Todd McCarthy - holy crap globalnews.ca/news/1103434...

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If you wonder why it’s so hard to get shelters or affordable housing built in Toronto…

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FWIW, this is discussed in painful detail when Ed Keenan visits me every quarter

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This train is driving through snow mounds! Glad somebody else is driving cause Barrie has a lot of snow!

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Dear ONTARIO This 🔽 is what you are voting on 🔽🔽🔽 GOT IT? Thank you, the R.O.C.

submitted 6 days ago • 2 comments

What Ed says… www.thestar.com/opinion/star...

submitted 6 days ago • 0 comments

Set aside the outrageous decision & megacost - are we being asked to accept that as long as you pay for the ads with taxpayer’s cash just before you decide to call an election it’s a-ok for the ads to run during an election!?

submitted 6 days ago • 0 comments

I’m feeling very hopeful for the first time about high speed rail (there are really smart former colleagues now working on it). Just hope the train keeps moving post election

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Attention ON voters. Here's another Ford failure - housing. Ford even counted LTC beds as homes to try to close the gap to the yearly target but it didn't work! So, how is failing at housing HELPING THE ECONOMY? Rhetorical cry...

submitted 7 days ago • 2 comments

A three week snow removal plan sounds like they’re waiting for Spring to melt it…

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For the “Canada is broken” people this isn’t good news

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Great column www.thestar.com/news/doug-fo...

submitted 8 days ago • 0 comments

Failed indeed. Such a tragic story. This little girl would be alive if left safely with the foster family www.thestar.com/news/gta/nev...

submitted 11 days ago • 0 comments

Donald Trump is waging war on the media — here’s why the media can’t bow down. Trump hates journalists more than he hates dogs because we bark louder. He wants to glance out at a press conference and see nodding apparatchiks and bootlickers. #Opinion

submitted 14 days ago • 14 comments

Feds extended charitable donation deadline until Feb 28 so if you’re in Ont & don’t need the $200 slipped to you with a wink there are many people & orgs that are in real need. I’m going to give my cheque to organizations that helped my late sisters as they tried to survive on ODSP.

submitted 13 days ago • 1 comment

Cambridge Dictionary says: to annex means “to take possession of an area of land or a country, usually by force or without permission.”

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For the sake of democracy. On The Ledge with @davetrafford.bsky.social rating campaign trail comms. We also bid farewell to one of the best in the business @bobreidtoronto.bsky.social @lcbroadhead.bsky.social @bradrosscomms.bsky.social open.spotify.com/episode/4dOA...

submitted 14 days ago • 1 comment

Full admission that communications with the public are politicized. I expect this to spread federally & to more provinces www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

submitted 15 days ago • 0 comments

It’s nice to see the ‘Canada is broken’ BS & venomous hate for the PM done, at least for now

submitted 19 days ago • 0 comments

Wow. Good work Trillium. @thestar.com www.thestar.com/news/the-for...

submitted 21 days ago • 0 comments

Good opportunity to discuss strengthening local economies in the face of tariff threats with Canadian Urban Institute & panel of experts today at Noon. Registration is free us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

submitted 21 days ago • 0 comments

“Don’t believe him” the theory of “muzzle velocity” and how Trump uses it (I can think of a few politicians at home that use the theory too) from Ezra Klein open.spotify.com/episode/2SIS...

submitted 21 days ago • 0 comments

His appointment makes me hopeful for the city. Huge task on his hands for sure but I have hope @jasonthorne.bsky.social

submitted 22 days ago • 0 comments

C’est bon

submitted 23 days ago • 0 comments

Typical bully/abuser behaviour - the threat of the next beating remains, the fear and anxiety remain, the constant hyper-vigilance remain. #Trumptariffs

submitted 23 days ago • 0 comments

If you missed it, here’s Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s, quite sincerely, historic speech. It’s for, and is galvanizing, Canadians but he also speaks very directly to our allies in the US. Please hear us out. I do find myself thinking how much I’d give up, and do, for this imperfect country.

submitted 24 days ago • 13 comments

What does Trump do while he’s devastating free trade? He’s golfing

submitted 25 days ago • 1 comment

Pledge for Canada actionnetwork.org/petitions/pl...

submitted 25 days ago • 0 comments

I’ve never purposely set out to do dry January mostly because I average 1-4 glasses of wine a week depending on events booked - glasses that I really enjoy. But the older I get, the more of an impact it has on my sleep. So I gave it a try. A couple of reflections now that it’s coming to an end…

submitted 26 days ago • 1 comment

Guns & drugs are coming to Canada across the US border - more than what slips thru into the US from Canada, I understand - so I hope we’re pushing for more US border security in this tariff cock fight

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This was an incredible event celebrating the life of Claude Cormier. The video of clips before his death held many lessons for city builders. Two that resonated - don’t make landscape architects invisible during openings & investing in new placemaking must include investing in maintenance

submitted 27 days ago • 1 comment