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Maybe the sunglasses will stay on

Jun 20, 2019
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Bob McCown @FadooBobcat
@Den_Allard @FAN590 @richarddeitsch @JSportsnet @SNCarlyAgro @amsterdambeer @OverDrive1050 GOODBYE!
9:34 PM ∙ Jun 14, 2019
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Reliable word that Bob McCown is leaving Prime Time Sports, his main job for 30 years with Sportsnet 590 the Fan (the station where he started in radio in 1974) probably won’t be trumpeted in advance. McCown once promised that his sign-off would be without ceremony.


What the celebrity jeweller saw

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Robyn Doolittle @robyndoolittle
Masai Ujiri update: I spoke with three witnesses who tell a different version than police.
theglobeandmail.comRaptors president Masai Ujiri produced ID before altercation with sheriff, police say, but not proper credentialsThe Alameda County Sheriff’s Office says Ujiri didn’t have the specific credentials that would have allowed him to enter the court
2:14 AM ∙ Jun 20, 2019
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Celebrity jeweller Ben Baller says he’s ready to defend Masai Ujiri in court should Alameda County cops press charges for Ujiri’s alleged assault, which the police claim wasn’t captured on the officer’s body camera because it switched off the instant he was struck.


Doug Ford’s cabinet has been shuffled. Vic Fedeli, Lisa MacLeod and Lisa Thompson have ended up with less prominent roles. Rod Phillips is the new finance minister, apparently because the premier felt rankled by Fedeli.


That final days of work feeling

MP Celina Caesar-Chavannes had a friendly chat with Justin Trudeau as she prepares to leave Ottawa after quitting the Liberals. Later, she laughed in the face of a tenacious reporter:

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The Rebel @TheRebelTV
Good morning @MPCelina! Did you really call @TheRealKeean a bad word? 😱 FULL STORY: bit.ly/2WRuaad https://t.co/vavsY1w0Nf
bit.lyMP Celina Caesar-Chavannes calls Rebel reporter a pussyCelina-Caesar-Chavannes-Liberal-Keean-Bexte-Canada-Pussy-MP-Ottawa-Politics-Trudeau-Happening-Real-Watch-Truth-Honest-Today-Truth-
2:27 PM ∙ Jun 20, 2019
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HBC’s CEO could get a $29.5-million pay package. Helena Foulkes, a former CVS drugstore executive recently hired by Hudson’s Bay, will get the bucks depending on the outcome of a bid to take the company private.


Hipster park flirts with overcapacity

The popularity of Trinity Bellwoods Park has been duly noted by locals who remember its desolate era. But free-sample marketers won’t complain about all of those hacky sacks:

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blogTO @blogTO
Trinity Bellwoods is getting way too crowded bit.ly/2MXKXsA #Toronto
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12:25 AM ∙ Jun 20, 2019
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Adam Litovitz dead at 36. The artist worked with Sook-Yin Lee in a musical duo called Jooj, and his soundtracks to her movies were nominated for screen awards. Litovitz’s creative pursuits also included illustrating details from his life on Instagram.


Finally, the short end of these sticks

Carrot Rewards was a wellness app whose (at least) $7.5 million in Canadian government funding helped it to earn promotional boosts from public health agencies and non-profits. But trying to combine a step counter with surveillance capitalism put Carrot in the red. The inability to find a buyer led to its end:

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carrot rewards @carrot_rewards
2/2 We’ll be gone from your phone but we hope the inspiration and motivation will stay with you. You’ve GOT THIS! For our full message, please visit: carrotapp.com.
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8:25 PM ∙ Jun 19, 2019
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SHuSH comes out on Thursday afternoons. The roots of online mobs, the economics of rock, and the business of books—all discussed in the next newsletter from Kenneth Whyte:

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