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Teenage riots tuned to new station

Jan 6, 2020
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Toronto Police Operations @TPSOperations
CROWD CONTROL: Eaton Centre - reports of large crowds gathering in the mall - crowds are formed at the bottom 2 levels by the fountain - officers o/s assisting security w/ crowd control - expect delays inside the mall, and surrounding areas #GO9851 ^al
7:02 PM ∙ Jan 2, 2020
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The ability of TikTok stars to mobilize enough fans to require a police alert, followed by news stories grasping to decode the app’s ascent, provided 2020’s first evidence of where media is headed. But law enforcement has also taken to TikTok, like Toronto’s Officer Arsenault, along with newbies Justin Bieber, Tim Hortons and National Post.


The mother of political chaos

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Toronto Sun @TheTorontoSun
Diane Ford was a 'larger-than-life' public servant bit.ly/2MWhBbq Via @joe_warmington. #onpoli #topoli
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12:48 PM ∙ Jan 6, 2020
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Word of Diane Ford’s death at age 85, after a battle with cancer, required a detour from discussion about her son Doug filming greetings in front of a green screen upon which Queen’s Park enemy terrain was transposed. His mother’s influence was enshrined when the premier entered the Ontario political arena from her basement.


Marilyn Lastman dead at 84. The passing of Mel Lastman’s wife roused memories of when she was married to a mayor, in North York and Toronto, between 1973 and 2004. During his first month in office, Marilyn was involved in a kidnapping plot, which was never solved; 26 years later, she was arrested for shoplifting, but wasn’t charged.


Alt-weekly roll-up continues

The Georgia Straight, published in Vancouver since 1967, has joined Toronto’s Now Magazine in being sold to Media Central Corporation—whose plan involves linking “creative class” weeklies to more cannabis content. Dan McLeod, the publisher who said the paper was “not worth anything” when it turned 50, is pleased with the deal:

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Charlie Smith @charliesmithvcr
Dan McLeod: The Georgia Straight's independent spirit will continue under new owner straight.com/news/1343141/d… via @georgiastraight (I believe Dan is the longest lasting publisher in Canadian history. He outlasted Joseph Atkinson & Pierre Peladeau. It's been a joy to work with Dan.)
straight.comDan McLeod: The Georgia Straight’s independent spirit will continue under new ownerThe publisher says he’s received several offers to buy the paper over the years, but none of those offers made sense to him until me met the CEO of MediaCentral.
1:16 PM ∙ Jan 6, 2020
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Torstar is officially slimming the mothership down. Monday and Tuesday print editions of the Toronto Star are incorporating GTA, Entertainment, and Life pages into the A section, with Sports and Business in the B. (Craig Macinnis, a former entertainment writer for the Star, recently contemplated the shrinkage of that section.)


“Train Daddy” can’t sit down

Andy Byford’s move to Manhattan from Toronto has finally been validated through Brooklyn street stickers that gave him a nickname. “Train Daddy” was also asked about where he stands on a meme asking which was the best subway seat out of five—he’d only say that each one is special. But it’s a debate that any passenger can get behind:

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Mike Beauvais @MikeBeauvais
People of Toronto, which is the best seat in which to learn that the #TTC is currently experiencing a delay both ways at St. George due to a mechanical issue?
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2:22 PM ∙ Jan 2, 2020
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“Rupi Kaur is the Writer of the Decade.” The declaration concerning the Instagram poet was surely the most viral thing ever published by The New Republic. Less likely to rouse dissent, in the category of coverage of Punjabi-Canadians in American political magazines, is a story from Reason: “Indian Immigrants are Saving Canadian Hockey.”


Finally, what you were born for

Chani Nicholas has gained enough attention as an online astrologer to write a book, You Were Born For This, and get profiled in the New York Times. Born amidst the hippies of Nelson, B.C., Nicholas attended what she calls “lesbian finishing school” in Toronto before moving to L.A. in search of the stardom that she found in horoscopes:

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HELLO 2020 I AM ON THE COVER OF TOMORROW’S NYT STYLE SECTION TALKING ABOUT MY BOOK AND MY WIFE @PassiSonya WITH @jazzedloon AND THIS IS THE FIRST OF MANY A CRY
nytimes.comYour Favorite Internet Astrologer Wrote a BookChani Nicholas doesn’t want to tell you who you are, but who you can be.
6:03 PM ∙ Jan 4, 2020
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