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LET’S MAKE SOME NOISE!! 🥁🎺🎷 Join us at WEP Central this Thursday at 4:30 and march to the polls lead by the Marching Disorder brass band! Dress warm, bring your voting card or an ID with your address. Stand up for democracy and a better future for Ontario!

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Advance voting at polling stations has ended, but you can still vote until Thursday at the elections office near the food court at the Dufferin Mall. So if you happen to be there doing some shopping, why not vote as well, all you need is an ID that has your address.

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We tracked the Ford government’s spending and highlighted 12 ways $16 billion of taxpayer money has been misspent, and where that money could have gone instead. DOUG FORD’S DORTY DOZEN by Rebecca Gao from the latest issue of WEP www.westendphoenix.com/stories/doug...

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MARCH TO THE POLLS WITH US! This Thursday at 4:30 we’re having a Voting March from WEP Central at 3 Bartlett to the polls backed by the sound of the Marching Disorder brass band. Dress warm, and bring your voting card, or one piece of ID showing both your name and home address.

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Feb 23rd is Patty Day! What’s your go to patty stop? We are partial to Fahmee next to the No Frills at Dundas & Lansdowne.

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DOUG FORD’S DIRTY DOZEN: How Ford spent Ontarians’ money and what he could have paid for instead, by Rebecca Gao, from the latest issue of West End Phoenix. A $15.98 BILLION MEGA THREAD 🧵 www.westendphoenix.com/subscription...

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🗞️🔜➡️📭 A small reminder that if you live outside of our delivery catchment, or in an apartment building, your new issue of WEP will be coming through the mail next week. Happy reading!

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Once again the public steps in where the city (and bonehead drivers) fail. www.reddit.com/r/toronto/co...

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LAST DAY FOR ADVANCE VOTING! You don’t need a voter card, just bring ID and a piece of mail with your address. If you live in Davenport you can vote at: Dufferin Mall (Food Court entrance) JJP Community Centre Mary McCormick Community Centre Wallace-Emerson Community Centre

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If you’ve read the music cover story on the Humphrey brothers in the latest WEP, you can check out Cola playing drums in The OBGM’s next Thursday at @wavelengthmusic Winter Fest at St Ann’s, (which coincidentally is where this photo was taken) www.wavelengthmusic.ca/festival-eve...

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A thunderclap of local news. 🌩️ Thank you to all of the volunteers who stepped up this weekend to deliver the newspaper in less than favourable conditions. You are the backbone of what we do.

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VENUE CHANGE! This was full in an hour, so due to overwhelming demand, our event with @CharlieAngusNDP has been moved to Henderson Brewing on Sterling. Spaces are still available, reserve a seat with an email to [email protected] www.westendphoenix.com/events/dange...

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In case you missed it, WEP Executive Editor Melanie Morassutti was a guest on the inaugural episode of @ambermac.bsky.social new podcast talking all things local print media, great convo on the who, what and why of WEP.

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Our first issue of 2025 is a double whammy of West End sports AND music stories including brass band bangers, Mexican boxers, jukebox heroes, wheelchair curling, queer arm wrestling and more! SPORTS/MUSIC ISSUE OUT NOW! www.westendphoenix.com/subscription...

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SPORTS/MUSIC ISSUE OUT THIS WEEKEND! Featuring a gorgeous flip cover with portraits of Colanthony & Clairmont Humphrey (MUSIC) and Jacob Guerra and Brandon Palacios (SPORTS) taken by WEP Photo Director @jalanimorgan. Hitting this streets this weekend! www.westendphoenix.com/subscription...

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No streetcar service in either direction at College & Ossington due to parked cars and uncleared snowbanks. You can’t have one or the other.

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This is what Doug Ford did to Ontario in the first five years of government, it’s now been 7 and we’re worse off. We tracked the wasted money and what it could’ve been spend on in our next issue coming this weekend. www.westendphoenix.com/stories/devi...

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Thank you to all who reached out to help deliver the paper this weekend, all routes have now been covered. The overwhelming show of support is truly heartwarming, this is what community is all about.

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There is a story on the rise of the corporate landlord in the next issue of WEP, coming in this weekend!

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This event hit capacity within a hour of being announced, we are working on moving it a bigger venue, hold tight. Great to see the community so enthusiastic and engaged. www.westendphoenix.com/events/dange...

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WEP Executive Director Melanie Morassutti talking about how our strong ties to the community supports the work we do at WEP on the first episode of @ambermac.bsky.social new podcast. Watch the full interview here and be sure to catch The Amber Mac Show on #SiriusXm167 youtu.be/ZkaGRN9DSYs?...

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ADVANCE VOTING OPENS TOMORROW! ✅ If you live in Davenport you can vote at: Dufferin Mall JJP Community Centre Mary McCormick Community Centre Wallace-Emerson Community Centre voterinformationservice.elections.on.ca/en/election/...

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Fans of West End gossip have two things to get excited about, first @smkasman.bsky.social column West End Whispers is returning in our Sports/Music Issue out this weekend, & Bloordale Gossip Bingo is back at on Mar 6th! SUBSCRIBE NOW FOR ALL THE HOT GOSS www.westendphoenix.com/subscription...

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In our first episode of The AmberMac Show, we are excited to launch a regular segment called News Matters. Here's a sneak peek of today's chat about "slow print for fast times" with @westendphoenix.bsky.social Full show SiriusXM Ch 167 @ 2pm / podcast on Wednesday: ambermac.com/theambermacs...

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Did you know that you can read digital newspapers that are usually paywalled like The Star and The New York Times at the Toronto Public Library? You might even find a copy of WEP there too. www.torontopubliclibrary.ca/books-video-...

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WESTENDERS! We are looking for a few delivery volunteers to help us get our next issue out this weekend, small routes, easily done on foot. Please reach out if available.

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🔜🗞️➡️📭 SPORTS / MUSIC ISSUE COMING THIS WEEKEND!

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Have you moved recently? Make sure your voting information up to date, the deadline to change your address on the electoral roll is tomorrow. vreg.registertovoteon.ca/en/home

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“I couldn’t do this if I was a capitalist. People ask me why I do it, and I say, ‘Because it needs to be done.’ I DON’T WANT TO LIVE IN A WORLD WITHOUT VIDEO STORES @AbrahaNathan checks out Bloordale’s @eyesorecinema in the latest WEP 📷: Janice Reid www.westendphoenix.com/stories/i-do...

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Thrilled to announce that TRUE STORIES, our series of panels and conversations focusing on misinformation, disinformation and combating their negative effects will be retuning for its second year this April. Watch last years conversations here: youtube.com/playlist?lis...

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“The moment I got some work, I got my phone stolen. And that was it,” he says. “I lost the job.” SLEEPING IN CARS, THE RAVINE, ON A JOB SITE @meganysta talks to construction workers dealing with homelessness while trying to hold down a job. www.westendphoenix.com/stories/slee...

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This week’s garage moods: inaccessible #garagemoods

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Running out of room! My @westendphoenix.bsky.social sign is holding it in place.

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“I soon discovered that when you trap a group of live city mice together, they will cannibalize each other.” 9 West End writers share stories of their first Toronto apartments. APARTMENT STORIES - from the HOME ISSUE www.westendphoenix.com/stories/apar...

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“When I sit down to a hot container of their noodles, I feel a connection to my childhood, and a connection to my parents and grandparents.” Luciano Cesta goes behind the counter at Dovercourt’s South Pacific, who’ve been serving the community since 1952 www.westendphoenix.com/stories/toda...

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Coming in the pages of our next issue, a look at Toronto’s only queer arm wrestling club, where everyone, from noodles to muscle marys, gets a seat at the table. SPORTS / MUSIC ISSUE COMING NEXT WEEKEND! www.westendphoenix.com/subscription...

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Happy 60th birthday to the Maple Leaf flag🇨🇦 If you find yourself in Joseph J. Piccininni Community Centre at St Clair & Lansdowne, you can find this framed picture celebrating Salvatore Cristello, the Corso Italia resident who printed the first copy of the Maple Leaf flag in 1965.

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