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Cross-country culture war checkup

Jul 16, 2019
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An Ontario judge is giving the editor of Your Ward News a chance to show why his case should be reopened or declared a mistrial
Editor Convicted Of Promoting Hatred Wants 2nd Chance To Defend HimselfJames Sears was convicted of promoting hatred against women.huffp.st

July 15th 2019

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Your Ward News won’t publish again, but the infamous newspaper isn’t done making news. A judge gave the paper’s erstwhile editor, James Sears, a chance to argue why his hate speech trial should be reopened.


Twitter cancelled Lindsay Shepherd

A heated exchange with a transgender woman resulted in a permanent Twitter ban for the teaching assistant turned activist. Shepherd’s video about the incident has a plug for Thinkspot, a social media outlet overseen by Jordan Peterson, which is launching soon.


“That is not how we do things in Canada.” Justin Trudeau’s comments on recent tweets from Donald Trump stopped short of calling the president racist. (The PM’s reaction fell in line with what Liberal opponents see as selective election campaign outrage.)


Unplanned had a decent gross

The anti-abortion movie opened across Canada to weekend ticket sales averaging $7,214 U.S. per screen, amidst a few protests and some harshly critical reviews:

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Anne Kingston: Watching an American evangelical movie is now part of covering Canadian politics. Let that sink in.
I watched Unplanned so you don’t have to - Macleans.caAnne Kingston: Watching an American evangelical movie is now part of covering Canadian politics. Let that sink in.macleans.ca

July 15th 2019

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Byron Ayanoglu dead at 73. The food writer, who once worked as a personal chef to celebrities, served as Now Magazine’s acerbic restaurant reviewer from 1985 to 1991.


Finally, the double double draft latte

Tim Hortons announced a July 25 opening for its first “innovation café,” promising seven different coffee-serving methods. The shop will be located under Tims’ new corporate headquarters in the Exchange Tower, and will feature $1.99 doughnuts that weren’t frozen:

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Is this the latest hipster coffee house? The tail end of a meal at a four-star restaurant? Er, Tim Hortons, actually.
Toronto’s newest Tim Hortons will offer pour-overs, crème brûlée doughnuts and oat milkThose new offerings won’t come cheap — while standard Tim Hortons doughnuts go for 89 cents to $1.59, the new ones will set you back $1.99 each.torstar.co

July 15th 2019

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