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First day of the new lockdown lifestyle

A new season of dealing with it

Nov 23, 2020
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CFIB questions how shuttering small businesses and sending crowds to Walmart and Costco reduces COVID-19 | CFIB
CFIB questions how shuttering small businesses and sending crowds to Walmart and Costco reduces COVID-19 | CFIBSmall firms call on Ontario Government to save the holiday season for small retailers Toronto, November 23, 2020 – In the wake of the lockdown restrictions...cfib-fcei.ca

November 23rd 2020

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Small businesses are raging against the lockdown imposed by Ontario, which limits non-big-box retailers to delivery and curbside pickup in Peel and Toronto until at least December 21. The book industry is also mounting its own argument against closures.


Toronto street scenes get tense

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Khaleel Seivwright, 28, a Scarborough resident, said he is determined to keep building the insulated structures, known as Toronto Tiny Shelters.
City issues warning letter to Toronto carpenter building shelters for unhoused people | CBC NewsThe City of Toronto has sent a warning letter to a Toronto carpenter who is building tiny mobile shelters for unhoused people ahead of winter and it says it could take legal action if the structures remain on city property.bit.ly

November 22nd 2020

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Toronto municipal property won’t allow tiny shelters, so carpenter Khaleel Seivwright plans to find private spaces willing to host his initiative, as concern over a winter pandemic housing crisis inspired “foam domes” to be built outside the mayor’s condo. But some glowing green liquid in a city sinkhole made for international news.


“How a Pal of Crack-Smoking Toronto Mayor Fueled the Latest Trump Conspiracy.” Sean Craig’s piece for The Daily Beast probes Joe Warmington’s role in stoking claims that Dominion Voting Systems meddled in the U.S. election. Someone from the Toronto-founded company finally went on Fox News to deny conspiracy theories.


Mulroneys on the royal record

Jessica Mulroney spoke to the New York Post about coming back from a career crash and disputed a source claiming she was on the outs with Meghan Markle. And after seconds of attention for Canada in The Crown, a call to Brian Mulroney sought to clarify the truth about the Commonwealth sanctions against South Africa:

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From @chrizblizz: We can’t let Netflix photoshop this country out of our own history
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November 23rd 2020

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Joaquin Phoenix wears different masks around Toronto. The Joker star attended a vigil for animal rights activist Regan Russell, just one sighting as his wife Rooney Mara shoots Nightmare Alley. And as The Man from Toronto continues filming around town, a billboard from a fitness trainer seeking a selfie with Kevin Hart met with success.


Finally, heartthrobs of lockdown

“Monster” is the new single by Justin Bieber and Shawn Mendes and also a big break for Toronto songwriter Mustafa. The duo performed it on a socially distant American Music Awards that also featured the Weeknd looking extra Jokerfied. But his fellow provincial compatriots are formidable rivals in the growing genre of self-isolated pop:

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