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The night the Raptors won got nobody arrested

But still some calls to rein in Drake

May 27, 2019
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Zero arrests were made in Toronto last night!
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May 26th 2019

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The fans running through traffic and dancing atop streetcars avoided getting handcuffed on Saturday night, after the Raptors beat the Milwaukee Bucks to reach the NBA Finals.


Grouchy views beyond the 401

Twitter avatar for @jacktodd46Jack Todd @jacktodd46
But I stand by what I said: the moron is the clown who thinks he’s bigger than the game.
Jack Todd: Drake disrespects Toronto, the Raptors and basketball itselfWith his clownish antics, Drake has made the NBA playoffs all about Drake, deflecting attention from a very good Toronto team and star player Kawhi Leonard.montrealgazette.com

May 26th 2019

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A sports column scolding from the Montreal Gazette could pass for trolling—and yet, Drake’s enthusiasm can’t compare to 24 seasons of devotion from superfan Nav Bhatia.


Sugar sweetened beverages may join the Liberal hit list. Some MPs want to add a soda tax to the election campaign. The concept led to fewer sugary drink purchases in Philadelphia, although pop sales in neighbouring municipalities strangely shot up.


Who wants to rescue the news?

Facebook Canada announced 11 participants in its Local News Accelerator program. Meanwhile, the debate over the bailout that FB is often blamed for continues in print:

Twitter avatar for @JesseBrownJesse Brown @JesseBrown
Everything about this, including the fact that it was published by a beneficiary newspaper, is terrible.
DIAS: Scheer should know shrinking media hurts democracyJERRY DIASI read the tweet, and did a double take.Here was Conservative leader Andrew Scheer, Canada’s anti-progressive, media-bashing “Trump in the North,” railing against Unifor…torontosun.com

May 27th 2019

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Doug Ford called off retroactive municipal funding cuts. A resistance movement led by John Tory pushed the Ontario PCs to decide that cuts will be focused on the future instead.


Throwing off stones at CAMH

Despite heritage status of the wall built by patients at what was formerly the Ontario Lunatic Asylum, redevelopment led to some of its removal, even though a plaque remains.

Twitter avatar for @CBCTorontoCBC Toronto @CBCToronto
CAMH getting rid of piece of Toronto history by tearing down portion of wall, critics say
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May 25th 2019

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Retrontario is getting a newsletter. Ed Conroy’s pop culture preservation, based in Toronto, will now have an email dispatch, shipped later on Monday afternoons. (It’s the first of four new newsletters that 12:36 is suggesting that you subscribe to this week.)


Finally, on the timeline with J.D.

John Roberts, the MuchMusic VJ turned Fox News correspondent, had back-to-back tweets showing the difference that 40 years can make—or maybe it’s not much of a difference at all:

Twitter avatar for @johnrobertsFoxJohn Roberts @johnrobertsFox
What a kick! Was watching the @joanjett documentary “Bad Reputation” on my way to Tokyo. It features a snippet of an interview I did with her at the El Mocambo in Toronto in about 1980. She rocked back then and she is still rocking now #bada**

May 24th 2019

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Twitter avatar for @johnrobertsFoxJohn Roberts @johnrobertsFox
.@realDonaldTrump phoned me this morning in Tokyo. He says while he and PM Abe will talk trade today and tomorrow, POTUS will wait until after the July elections in the House of Councillors (Japanese equivalent of the Senate) before really pushing for a deal.

May 25th 2019

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