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It seems like it’s all that we’ve got

Oct 7, 2019
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Twitter avatar for @WBrettWilson* W. Brett Wilson * @WBrettWilson
Anyone else find it odd there is NOTHING on @Google in respect of rumors of @JustinTrudeau & his departure & rumors of inappropriate actions when he was at #PointGrey? Yet you can find pages & pages on @AndrewScheer & "two passports". The silence is deafening. RT to ask why?

October 6th 2019

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The appetite for new Justin Trudeau revelations stoked a weekend of anticipation over a potential story about why he left his teaching job at West Point Grey Academy in mid-semester. But its former headmaster stated that Trudeau left on pleasant terms.


A sorry Liberal in Nova Scotia

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One 2012 tweet from Battiste said, "Why do I assume every skinny aboriginal girl is on crystal meth or pills?"
Trudeau won’t remove Liberal candidate for racist, sexist social media posts | CBC NewsLiberal Leader Justin Trudeau says comments made by a Liberal candidate in Nova Scotia in old social media posts are unacceptable, but that he is not removing him as a candidate.cbc.ca

October 6th 2019

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Jaime Battiste is the latest candidate to have social media history come back to haunt him, but the Liberals are still backing his run in a Cape Breton riding, after Battiste apologized. Meanwhile, the Conservatives dropped Burnaby, B.C., candidate Heather Leung over homophobic comments, but she’s still campaigning as an independent.


Media outlets blocked from debate will get their appeal heard. Rebel News and True North were told that their correspondents aren’t welcome at the federal leader face-off, on the grounds that they are political advocates rather than journalists. Claims filed by the outlets to let them in will be considered in court four hours before.


The face of newspaper futures

Two months after Canadaland probed how Postmedia was doubling down on a right-wing political slant, its CEO, Andrew MacLeod, lashed back at such coverage of the plans:

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Postmedia on a 'transformative journey' — A Q&A with CEO Andrew MacLeod
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October 5th 2019


National Newspaper Week is back hunting for hashtags. Claims of arming society against fake news remain useful for the lobby that’s hoping a bailout plan remains intact. CBC is curiously on board with support for publishers that its website competes with.


Nickelback bask in Resistance

Sales and streams of “Photograph” leaped after the song appeared in a Donald Trump tweet. Nickelback may not have requested its deletion—but the band can still be heroes:

Twitter avatar for @MarlowNYCMarlow Stern @MarlowNYC
John Oliver: “This is a case where, when the president does it, it has to be illegal—and for good reason, because unfortunately, not every foreign government will be as brave and willing to stand up to Trump as fucking Nickelback.”
John Oliver Praises ‘Brave’ Nickelback for Standing Up to TrumpThe “Last Week Tonight” host applauded the Canadian rock band for hitting Trump with a copyright violation claim on Twitter after he used their hit song “Photograph.”thedailybeast.com

October 7th 2019

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Royal Canadian Air Farce have been cancelled. CBC Television is giving the troupe one last New Year’s Eve, but it’ll be broadcast the night before. The special will be shot with a decreased budget and without a studio audience, ending a 46-year relationship.


Finally, an artistic burial ground

Nuit Blanche Toronto still draws enthusiasm amidst decreased discourse about the annual event, which shifted focus after Scotiabank dropped its sponsorship. But a lament of a disappearing downtown art scene stood out amongst the snapshots, as the “Eulogy for the Coffin Factory” marked the death of a creative loft space now destined for condos:

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#nbTO19 Re-gram via @paul_sherwood_ • Lake Effect Projects. Eulogy for the Coffin Factory #nuitblanchetoronto #nuitblanche #nuitblanche2019 #toronto #nbTO19 #nuitblancheTO #lakeeffectprojects #eulogyforthecoffinfactory #coffins #art
October 6, 2019

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