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The Liberals take the GTA, and the country, as the Conservatives improve on their 2021 performance. thelocal.to/gta-federal-...

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Tomorrow is election day in Canada! The Local has been reporting from all corners of the Greater Toronto Area on the issues that matter to voters, candidates, and the future of the country. Missed a story? Here’s a recap of the issue for your #WeekendRead. 🧵https://thelocal.to/spring-2025/

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This is the truth of reporting on the election: Conservatives aren't giving the press the time of day. It's a problem for the media, for our readers, and for democracy. ( For my story, I reached out to six Conservative candidates in Peel and not a single one responded directly.)

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It’s not just Poilievre. Our reporters found that local Conservative candidates across the board aren’t talking to the press either. thelocal.to/conservative...

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Lots written about Poilievre's restrictions on the press, but I'm not sure the public knows that local Conservative candidates across the board are refusing interviews. I wrote about why that's a problem. thelocal.to/conservative...

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Across ridings and across media outlets, local Conservative candidates aren’t talking to the press. Executive editor @nickhunebrown.bsky.social on why that’s a problem. thelocal.to/conservative...

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I spent some time following Toronto's Conservative youth trying to figure out what's behind young people's apparent shift to the right. Here, for @thelocal.to is my dispatch from the King Street parties and campaign launches with a new generation of Conservatives. thelocal.to/young-conser...

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With more young voters turning out for the Conservatives than ever before, we sent @rebeccaga0.bsky.social to find out what’s driving young Torontonians rightward this election. Dispatches from the Conservative mixers & campaign events where party loyalties are cemented: thelocal.to/young-conser...

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Incredible, nuanced story from @royinori.bsky.social. Absolutely vital election reading.

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"Historically, immigrants in the GTA, including South Asians, have been understood to be a reliably Liberal voting bloc. But it’s 2025, and we know that immigrants aren’t a monolith." Phenomenal story by @royinori.bsky.social thelocal.to/india-canada...

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For decades, Conservatives have coveted South Asian voters in the Greater Toronto Area. With India-Canada tensions alienating some Indo-Canadians from the Liberals, the Conservatives see a chance to win this rightward-shifting demographic, writes @royinori.bsky.social. thelocal.to/india-canada...

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There's been a lot of coverage on Chinese meddling, but @solarina.ca digs into an important, and oft-ignored effect that foreign interference—and the mere perception of it—has on Canadian democracy in this nuanced, diligently reported piece thelocal.to/don-valley-n...

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Great @solarina.ca story for @thelocal.to on how the cloud of foreign interference allegations hangs over any Chinese-Canadian candidate running for office. “Everybody is terrified of getting the label that you are either interfered with or involved in interfering.” thelocal.to/don-valley-n...

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“Everybody is terrified of getting the label.” Under the cloud of Chinese interference allegations, writes @solarina.ca, candidates in Don Valley North are laying low. thelocal.to/don-valley-n...

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Migrants in Canada are losing their ability to work and access health care while their applications languish: www.reuters.com/world/americ...

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What happens on Parliament Hill can feel far removed from people's daily lives. @thelocal.to is doing what it does best, covering this election from the neighbourhood level. Get to know your candidates; they're meant to represent you. thelocal.to/spring-2025/

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Less than a year after a by-election loss that signalled the beginning of the end of the Trudeau era, the Liberals try to retake a former stronghold in Toronto. thelocal.to/federal-elec...

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Settle in this weekend and check out the latest from @thelocal.to's federal election coverage. @nickhunebrown.bsky.social went to Bowmanville, and came back with this exquisitely written story. thelocal.to/federal-elec...

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For @thelocal.to's election issue, I went out to Durham to write about Conservative candidate Jamil Jivani, his best friend J.D. Vance, and the political possibilities, and limits, of a certain kind of culture war politics. thelocal.to/federal-elec...

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With anonymous letters flying and a union leader warning off voters, Conservative candidate Jamil Jivani’s close friendship with the American V.P. is suddenly a delicate problem in Durham, Ontario. @nickhunebrown.bsky.social on the race in Bowmanville-Oshawa North. thelocal.to/federal-elec...

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In a pivotal GTA riding, this 23-year-old university graduate is trying to keep Brampton Liberal Red. @wencyleung.bsky.social on the race in Brampton Centre, the latest in our Federal Election 2025 coverage. thelocal.to/brampton-cen...

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We were frustrated that there wasn't a straightforward map where you could see all the GTA candidates running in the federal election. So we built one. thelocal.to/federal-elec...

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There's so much to keep up with this election season. If you want in-depth coverage of under-reported issues from Toronto and the GTA, subscribe to @thelocal.to's newsletter! We're kicking off our Federal Election issue today and we have incredible work on the way. thelocal.to/subscribe/

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Want more? At @spacingstore.bsky.social , @johnlorinc.bsky.social has been investigating Therme for years (harassed by their hench-comms). Go back thru his archive. Maybe the NYT will wake more up in Ontario who shrug at Cdn reporting. spacing.ca/toronto/2024...

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Just made this map of every federal election candidate running in every single riding in the GTA for @thelocal.to. Check it out. thelocal.to/federal-elec...

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With her party dropping in the polls, the NDP's Bhutila Karpoche is trying to swim against the current in Toronto’s west end. Dhriti Gupta on the race in Taiaiako'n–Parkdale–High Park. thelocal.to/taiaiakon-pa...

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What does this phrase mean, to get yippy?

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When journalism chases clicks, depth disappears. In his latest for The Walrus, @jokinen.bsky.social advocates for journalism rooted in relevance, truth, and service to communities: thewalrus.ca/canadian-journal...

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I'd be more willing to give up K95s if we had adequate health and social safety net for those w chronic illness. As @engber.bsky.social reports, it's not about fearing death, but wanting to avoid living thru hardships you could potentially prevent. www.theatlantic.com/health/archi...

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“We now expect a 3°C world,” Morgan Stanley analysts wrote earlier this month. They predicted this would be good for air conditioning stocks. Something it would not be good for? Life on Earth. www.eenews.net/articles/big...

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Private equity will protect the private equity class

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Beyond #LongCOVID — how reinfections could be causing silent long-term organ damage. Even if you think you're done with COVID, COVID might not be done with you, by Sonya Buyting www.cbc.ca/radio/quirks... via @cbcnews.ca @thecovidinfoguy.bsky.social #COVID19

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Second set of remains in Winnipeg-area landfill search identified as Marcedes Myran, one of four women murdered by Jeremy Skibicki in 2022, @temurdur.bsky.social reports. Manitoba found remains of Morgan Harris, another one of the victims, in late February www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...

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Five years after a life-changing #transplant, this Toronto reporter needs a new kidney to live. Cristina Howorun received a kidney from her cousin but now it's failing. Doctors tell her a bout of #COVID19 might be to blame, by Raju Mudhar www.thestar.com/news/gta/fiv... via @thestar.com

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Another important by-election for one corner of the city. Don Valley West is headed to the polls on Monday to pick their next TDSB trustee, choosing between candidates running on platforms of infrastructure improvement, overcrowding, and crucially, rolling back equity policies.

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The leak is the latest development in the Eagle Gold mine.

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Ontario has one of the highest participation rates in publicly funded education globally. Despite funding cuts and system strain, writer @wencyleung.bsky.social asserts, it’s a system worth protecting and investing in for the future. thewalrus.ca/cuts-to-toronto-...

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Like @thekeenanwire.bsky.social here, I've always appreciated the communal aspect of voting. It really IS a pleasure. I even met a new neighbour at the polling station this morning. 🥰 www.thestar.com/opinion/star...

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It’s a snowy day in Ontario in time for today’s snap election. If you haven’t received your VIC or voter information card, don’t worry, you don’t need it. You do need ID & @ElectionsON website has a list. You can vote until 9pm tonight. Tune into @tvotoday.bsky.social at 8pm for election coverage 🗳️

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You may assume a story about a Toronto school trustee by-election is yawnsville. But I assure you, this piece by Dhriti Gupta is as interesting as it is informative--even if you don't live in Don Valley West. thelocal.to/don-valley-w...

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Reminder for people in Ontario that if you’re planning to cast your vote tomorrow morning before heading in to work, polls open bright and early at … squints … uh, 9 AM www.elections.on.ca/en/voting-in...

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Got a question for the Liberal leadership candidates? Email us at [email protected]

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Ford’s impatience with the workings of the city “shouldn’t be dismissed out of hand,” writes @johnlorinc.bsky.social. “There's plenty of evidence that it's become bewilderingly difficult to carry out routine city-building tasks.” thelocal.to/doug-ford-ur...

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Experts expected Ontario’s online gambling market to grow slowly. Instead, it exploded. “Those economic impacts are touted by the Ontario government as a win,” writes Rob Csernyik. “But politicians aren’t as quick to discuss what Ontarians have lost.” thelocal.to/igaming-onta...

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