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Erin O’Toole starts a search for tomorrow

After six hours of waiting around

Aug 24, 2020
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Erin O'Toole has won the leadership for the Conservative Party, promising to present a vision to make Canada more prosperous and reaching out to broaden the party's base of supporters. cbc.ca/1.5695925
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A machinery malfunction meant that it was after 1 a.m. when Erin O’Toole learned he’d be the new federal Conservative leader, following a race extended due to the pandemic. Yet his familiarity to the wider electorate is arguably limited. Nonetheless, his strategy led to O’Toole beating Peter MacKay on the third round of ranked ballots.


Swiping right at the old media

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The media bias has never been more clear. The CBC spends all its time covering left-wing American politicians and then asks me why there isn’t more buzz around one of our candidates. Unbelievable.
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The outgoing Conservative leader used a CBC interview to complain about the network’s limited attention to Leslyn Lewis, whose formidable leadership vote finish makes her likely to be a future influencer. Andrew Scheer later praised right-leaning “objective organizations” Post Millennial and True North, but didn’t mention Rebel News.


“For love is more powerful than hate. Hope is more powerful than fear. And light is more powerful than dark.” Joe Biden’s final address to the Democratic National Convention raised Canadian eyebrows for words that paralleled Jack Layton’s last letter. Meanwhile, the Liberal MPs tweeting kudos to Kamala Harris were told to stop.


An extremely absentee CNE

Opening ceremonies for a virtual version of the Canadian National Exhibition were held on location at the Princes’ Gates, where Tiny Tom Donuts could be bought. But the efforts can’t replace summer sunset sensations of the Toronto fair, which has become another missing tradition to feel saudade about now:

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The CNE was supposed to open today but instead we’ll have to wait for our cotton candy and Ferris wheels and crown and anchor and Tiny Tom donuts. We wanted to share our video again incase you’re feeling nostalgic and #letsgototheex next year!
youtube.comMear - Perfect Mess (Official Video)“Perfect Mess” was written by Mear and produced by Greg Harrison at Monarch Studios in Toronto Directed by Frances Miller Filmed by Kerry Zentner Edited by F...
6:48 PM ∙ Aug 21, 2020
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Chair Girl seems to skirt quarantine after returning to Toronto from Tahiti. Not long after avoiding jail time, Marcella Zoia shared Instagram shots tagged from the St. Regis resort in Bora Bora. But when posting subsequent shots tagged at home, 14 days of self-isolation didn’t appear to be on Chair Girl’s brain.


Finally, a new wave Woodstock

Heatwave, the music festival held in Bowmanville, Ontario, on August 23, 1980, got an anniversary wave of nostalgia in this concert-deprived time. After the B-52’s, Talking Heads, the Pretenders, and Elvis Costello and the Attractions, the show was closed by Toronto band the Kings, whose professionally shot set is newly restored:

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