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A six-pack of weekend storylines

Aug 21, 2020
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This tiny Toronto house just sold for $1.8 million
ctv.newsThis tiny Toronto house just sold for $800K over askingA tiny Toronto house that hit the market for $1 million has just sold for $800,000 over its asking price.
4:31 PM ∙ Aug 20, 2020
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The tale of the tiny house that sold for $1.8 million felt like pre-pandemic times for downtown Toronto real estate clickbait. But it was balanced by the Toronto Star update on how the couple who transformed a $50,000 shed into a five-storey live-work “tower” can’t find a $2.2 million buyer. But no one knows where the market is going this fall.


The uncertainties of autumn

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Former Premier and teacher Mike Harris gives 'back to school' plan a passing grade dlvr.it/Rf0ps7
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11:51 AM ∙ Aug 20, 2020
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Doug Ford’s back-to-school plan has a fan in one premier from yesteryear, but a return to classrooms the day after Labour Day sounds less likely in Toronto, where public school parents will be asked next week about whether they’ll opt for remote learning.


COVID-19 inspiration won’t be seen on Ontario licence plates. Letter combinations that address the pandemic were prominent among the applications rejected by the province in recent months, including one for “MOISTLY.” CBC News reporter Haydn Watters also discovered that “OKBOOMER” was rejected for being discriminatory.


Popcorn pictures get the deal

Tenet, the Christopher Nolan movie that spent the summer in suspended animation, will get its wide Canadian release next week—including at the Ontario Place Cinesphere. The socially distant movie-going experience is now established at every Cineplex location, another step into this strange new world of out-of-home entertainment rituals:

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Join me as I dive into the topsy-turvy world of Canadian moviegoing, where hope is abundant, even if the number of new releases is not.
theglobeandmail.comInside the topsy-turvy state of Canadian moviegoingA few weeks after it seemed all hope was lost, the country’s moviegoing landscape has turned upside down and promises to only get weirder as the year stretches on
5:19 PM ∙ Aug 20, 2020
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“This is a fucking abomination and I will not submit to yet another level of interference in an insanely over-micro-managed newsroom.” Rosie DiManno fired off a reply-all at the Toronto Star, in response to the news that fellow columnist Shree Paradkar was appointed its “first internal ombud” to help navigate editorial-related concerns.


Finally, the Québécois cop-out

Escouade 99 began production last summer as an official French-Canadian adaptation of Brooklyn Nine-Nine, the American sitcom that’s since realigned its scripts to better address issues like police brutality. But a preview of this remake looks less concerned with American standards—time will tell if it has more staying power than SNL Québec:

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Découvrez les premières images de la nouvelle série originale Escouade 99, une adaptation québécoise de la série à succès Brooklyn Nine-Nine réalisée par Patrick Huard. Offert en exclusivité sur Club illico dès le 17 septembre! Abonnez-vous 👉 bit.ly/31cS1Xq #clubillico
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11:01 PM ∙ Aug 19, 2020
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