Sam Oosterhoff’s office is definitely not a library

Enraged grannies invite a thrown book

Karena Walter @karena_standard

MPP Sam Oosterhoff’s office calls cops on library-loving seniors #onpoli @solslib

stcatharinesstandard.caMPP Sam Oosterhoff’s office calls cops on library-loving seniorsPolice were called to MPP Sam Oosterhoff’s riding office Tuesday after a group of older adults clutching books showed up to stage a “read in” over provincial library cuts.

The youngest MPP, who previously called police about his home address being shared on Twitter, had his constituency office visited by a retiree book club. Their “read-in” was a silent protest against cuts to the Southern Ontario Library Service. Oosterhoff, who wasn’t there, said that the cops were called to help clear the room for confidential constituent meetings.

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“John Liberal” has a terrible ring to it

Robert Benzie @robertbenzie

NEW: @TorontoStar poll by @johnVcorbett finds John Tory would be the front runner in an @OntLiberal leadership contest. #onpoli #topoli

thestar.comJohn Tory could be strongest leader for Ontario Liberals, poll suggests | The StarThe former Progressive Conservative leader would be the front-runner in the as-yet undeclared Ontario Liberal leadership race, the Corbett Communications survey found.

The slow race to replace Kathleen Wynne as Ontario Liberal leader has a theoretical new twist, if you can take this Corbett Communications poll seriously. Its conclusion is that John Tory would beat Doug Ford if a provincial election were held tomorrow, assuming Tory somehow became a Liberal. 

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The entire media is standing by to find out if Marcella Zoia’s urine is clean. “Chair Girl” lawyer Greg Leslie is publicizing the fact that his client took a drug test after her own Instagram video showed her in the presence of what she hastily described as “Coca-Cola.”

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Life after alt-weeklies is more monthly

Three years after leaving Now Magazine, which he co-founded in 1981, Michael Hollett is atop the masthead of BeatRoute, a nightlife freesheet that’s expanding to Toronto:

Michael Hollett @m_hollett

Very pleased and excited to announce I've taken the helm as editor/publisher of @BeatRouteBC magazines. We've been publishing two magazines in Alberta and BC for 15 years and we're launching an Ontario edition in September. Music and more. Still doing @nxne. Job postings soon.

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Leslie Roberts bounces back to breakfast television. After leaving his anchor job at Global, where he promoted his own PR clients on camera, Roberts got a job at Bell Media, on the radio at CJAD Montreal. And soon, he’ll be the Ottawa host of CTV Morning Live. 

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Daniel Dale will keep counting

After the leak of an internal memo about him quitting the Toronto Star, the Trump fact-checker was interviewed in public, and said that he’ll do similar work elsewhere:

Canadian Club Toronto @CdnClubTO

.@ddale8 admits maintaining the fact checking database can be exhausting, but he feels like he’s contributing to the discourse in a positive way. Going forward he will continue to update to his database. #CCTDale

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Torstar claimed a one-time gain of $18 million in digital media tax credits. That reduced the publisher’s quarterly loss to $7.4 million, leaving $52 million in cash or cash equivalents. (Paid digital news subscriptions rose from about 10,000 to 15,000.)

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Finally, a step away from Keanu

KeanuCon, the recent Keanu Reeves film festival in Glasgow, earned a write-up from GQ. Among its screenings: One Step Away, a 1985 NFB production, which the agency still promotes as relevant for understanding how families cope with crisis situations: