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The second and final newsletter of this week

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Apr 21, 2022
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Make that a 12-game streak for our Canadian friend!
jeopardy.comMattea Roach Solidifies Super-Champ Status With 12 Consecutive Wins | J!Buzz | Jeopardy.com, Canadian 12-day champion Mattea Roach is making her own unique mark in the Jeopardy! history books. Over the course of 12 games, the Toronto-based tutor has secured a spot in the upcoming Tournament of Champions, found herself tied for 9th on the consecutive games won list, and amassed $271,282 in…
3:00 AM ∙ Apr 21, 2022
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Being left as the only contestant in a final round of Jeopardy was the latest milestone in Mattea Roach’s road to 12 consecutive wins. Currently, the Halifax-born tutor is tied for the ninth-longest winning streak in the history of the show, although the $32,000 take from her first game paid off her University of Toronto student loan two years after graduation.


Promises engulfing a province

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Horwath promises universal access to contraception From @AndreaHorwath
ontariondp.caHorwath promises universal access to contraceptionNDP Leader Andrea Horwath will fully cover prescription contraception under OHIP if elected on June 2.
1:04 PM ∙ Apr 21, 2022

Free prescription birth control is the Ontario NDP’s latest promise amid Ipsos polling that has the party falling behind the Liberals—whose latest platform plank is a ban on handguns. But these promises are up against more than $10 billion in spending announcements from Ontario PCs, concurrent with licence plate sticker refunds.


The newspaper lobby applauds Ontario for exempting it from payments for collection and recycling. A recent amendment of provincial legislation was noted in a story from the Toronto Star. The overhaul of the Blue Box program to a producer responsibility model won’t apply to those companies whose primary recycled products aren’t packaging.


The paper trials of Quebec

Starting next May, store flyer packages will likely only be delivered to homes that request them in Montreal. The suburb of Mirabel led the way with the policy, and so Ottawa is looking into whether Canada Post can take over distributing local weeklies in Quebec. Meanwhile, the province’s primary anglo broadsheet newsroom brought on a new boss:

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Bert Archer named editor in chief of the Montreal Gazette
montrealgazette.comBert Archer named editor in chief of the Montreal GazetteMontreal native has worked as a journalist, author, editor and literary critic.
12:57 AM ∙ Apr 20, 2022
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Steven Heighton dead at 60. The novelist, poet and musician from Kingston, Ontario, won the 2016 Governor General’s Literary Award for The Waking Comes Late, which was followed by a compilation of his decades of verse. Last year, Heighton revived his singer-songwriter side by releasing an album, The Devil’s Share.


Finally, no linking for Nickelback

Hearts on Fire: Six Years that Changed Canadian Music 2000–2005 is writer Michael Barclay’s second big volume along these lines: Have Not Been the Same had two co-authors when published in 2001. Subsequently, he wrote The Never-Ending Present about the Tragically Hip. But this time, sonic footnotes are more elaborate, minus one digression:

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Michael Barclay @mmmbarclay
My book is alive with the sound of music: playlists for #HeartsOnFire are now available for Tidal, Apple and Spotify. Playlists for each chapter as well as a top 40. Book is officially out Tues April 26. michaelbarclay.ca/playlists
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