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Aug 13, 2019
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A woman was just caught on camera screaming racial slurs outside #Toronto City Hall - 📹 u/farhanrana bit.ly/2ZSUiUmy
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8:37 PM ∙ Aug 12, 2019
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Talya Davidson was charged with assault after this incident, on top of three more counts for allegedly assaulting police officers. So far, any guesses about what inspired her display have to grapple with Davidson’s online trail of what looks like contradictory political views.


Life after getting yelled at

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Montreal actress faces barrage of hate after being falsely ID'd as woman in Andrew Scheer video cbc.ca/1.5244313
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9:58 PM ∙ Aug 12, 2019
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Attempts to shame a woman who identified herself as a cancer survivor in a video with Andrew Scheer are still stinging Adina Katz, an actress who was falsely accused by conspiracy-minded Twitter users of playing the role. Katz feels that the apologies she received from partisan Liberal tweeters ring hollow.


“The Inside Story of Postmedia’s Right Turn.” Canadaland details apparent efforts to centrally organize a rightward slant for political coverage across the newspaper chain. Meanwhile, debt restructuring gives Postmedia four more years to grow digital revenue.


Doug Ford is shading Sidewalk

Expanded ambitions for the Sidewalk Toronto site have found an opponent in the premier, who believes that Sidewalk should be held to its originally modest proposal:

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“Ford said he is “confident” Waterfront Toronto, which has oversight, will rein in the tech giant that’s seeking an additional 178 acres of public land for a living laboratory of a futuristic sustainable neighbourhood.” #topoli #onpoli #blocksidewalk
thestar.comFord warns an expanded Sidewalk Labs community is ‘a terrible deal for taxpayers’ | The StarWarning that Sidewalk Labs’ dream of expanding its east waterfront development is “a terrible deal for the taxpayers,” Premier Doug Ford wants the Google affiliate to stick to the original 12-acre plan.
10:09 PM ∙ Aug 12, 2019
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Student Choice Initiative is about to face reality. Ontario’s new rules allowing post-secondary students to opt out of certain “non-essential” campus-life fees are coming into force for this academic year. That means the campaigns to retain those fees have begun—including at campus media outlets.


Finally, a weighty new tattoo

Drake has now scored 35 Top 10 hits on the Billboard Hot 100, which is one more than the Beatles ever got—although the methodology has changed. Nonetheless, he marked 50 years since the crossing of Abbey Road by waving goodbye to them on his new ink:

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Drake gets controversial tattoo of the Beatles after breaking their chart records rol.st/2yUEKUi
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