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Allison Smith
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Editor of @torontotoday.ca, former publisher of Queen’s Park Today, Politics Today
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Allison Smith @allisonsmith52.bsky.social · Dec 10
I created a Starter Pack of Toronto city journos. Follow for all your downtown news needs — and hit me up if you're not in here and want to be!
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Tenants of Chinatown rooming house protest landlord, citing bedbugs, rats
Tenants of the rooming house at 564 Dundas Street West protested their landlord after a previous rent strike did not lead to a resolution to their concerns
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December 23, 2025 at 9:51 PM
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TorontoToday spoke to clients entering the Grifols paid plasma clinic in North York this week, where they would receive up to $100 for their plasma. All of them said they were there because they needed money.

One man from Scarborough, who appeared to be in his 40s, said he was “f—ing broke.”
December 18, 2025 at 3:53 PM
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Some Torontonians are selling their blood plasma to make ends meet
Paying for blood is illegal in Ontario, but a for-profit company recently opened two new paid locations in Toronto thanks to a Canadian Blood Services exemption
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December 17, 2025 at 8:23 PM
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A Toronto tattoo studio is offering ‘painless’ tattoos under anesthesia
Heartless Ink sets up high-paying clients with daylong tattooing sessions at a plastic surgery centre. Traditional tattoo artists call the service a ‘cop out’ and a ‘slap in the face’ to the industry
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December 15, 2025 at 9:04 PM
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Having trouble parsing this one. Is Godzilla supposed to be a NIMBY or a YIMBY? (via www.torontotoday.ca/local/real-e...)
A poster image from a group called the “High Park North Coalition” opposing a development. Godzilla is pictured breathing fire at two proposed towers.
December 9, 2025 at 6:52 PM
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High-speed rail may not connect to Toronto’s Union Station: Alto CEO
‘The objective would be to have a station in the vicinity of Union Station,’ said Martin Imbleau, CEO of the crown corporation tasked with delivering high-speed rail between Toronto and Québec City
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December 9, 2025 at 10:01 PM
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The City of Toronto plans to skirt the Ford government’s bike lane ban by narrowing the width of roads to squeeze in 20km of new bike lanes, rather than removing car lanes
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Toronto proposes over 20 km of new bike lanes, bypassing provincial veto
The city plans to skirt the Ford government’s bike lane ban by narrowing the width of roads to squeeze in bike lanes, rather than removing car lanes
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November 28, 2025 at 6:45 PM
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torontotoday.ca
Two Toronto councillors travel to Israel for briefing with deputy foreign minister
James Pasternak and Mike Colle’s offices did not respond to questions about how the trip was paid for
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November 26, 2025 at 9:59 PM
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Arson suspected in St. Anne’s fire: church
The Diocese of Toronto and St. Anne's said a Toronto police official told the congregation Sunday that the devastating 2024 fire is now being treated as a suspected arson
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November 24, 2025 at 3:13 PM
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Wow, big crowd out here in Guelph for the first weekend train. Lots of happy commuters and families going to Toronto for the day.

Thanks to everyone who pushed to convince Metrolinx that there is demand for weekend service.
Mike posing with 6 adults and two children on the GO train platform in Guelph. Behind them crowds of people are waiting for their train. Line ups of people waiting to get in the green GO train. A crowd of people entering the open doors of a GO train
November 23, 2025 at 2:06 PM
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Today in raccoon evolution news:
November 21, 2025 at 5:57 PM
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‘Down with Santa!’: The story of Richard Dildy, the Toronto man arrested for protesting Santa Claus

A very funny tale of 1970s/80s Toronto from new @torontotoday.ca contributor @jbcurio.bsky.social

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‘Down with Santa!’: The story of Richard Dildy, the Toronto man arrested for protesting Santa Claus
Vietnam veteran Richard Dildy was arrested for shouting “There is no Santa Claus!” during Toronto’s 1980 Santa Claus Parade. He was on a crusade against lying to children.
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December 22, 2024 at 9:19 PM
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"Since 2023, expenses have grown and vastly outpaced revenues, leading to losses of more than $1.2 million over three short seasons." exclaim.ca/music/articl...
Riverfest Elora Shutters Operations After 15 Years │ Exclaim!
"The gap between what it costs to deliver a world-class festival experience and what is financially viable has grown unbridgeably wide"
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November 18, 2025 at 4:49 PM
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Prominent polling firm Campaign Research is surveying Toronto voters on what they think about John Tory entering the mayor's race — and whether they still care about his affair with a staffer.
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Too old? Too adulterous? Prominent pollster wants Torontonians’ thoughts about John Tory entering mayor’s race
Nick Kouvalis of Campaign Research previously worked for John Tory. His firm wants to know whether Toronto voters think the ex-mayor was wrong to resign
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November 12, 2025 at 10:01 PM
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Prominent polling firm Campaign Research is surveying Toronto voters on what they think about John Tory entering the mayor's race — and whether they still care about his affair with a staffer.
www.torontotoday.ca/local/city-h...
Too old? Too adulterous? Prominent pollster wants Torontonians’ thoughts about John Tory entering mayor’s race
Nick Kouvalis of Campaign Research previously worked for John Tory. His firm wants to know whether Toronto voters think the ex-mayor was wrong to resign
www.torontotoday.ca
November 12, 2025 at 10:01 PM
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torontotoday.ca
Too old? Too adulterous? Prominent pollster wants Torontonians’ thoughts about John Tory entering mayor’s race
Nick Kouvalis of Campaign Research previously worked for John Tory. His firm wants to know whether Toronto voters think the ex-mayor was wrong to resign
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November 12, 2025 at 9:48 PM
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The 27 dog sculptures — and one cat — that stand guard at Berczy Park are headed to the groomers
November 11, 2025 at 9:04 PM
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Toronto housing advocates warn Ford government’s Bill 60 will expedite homelessness
Tenant and housing advocates say changes to the Residential Tenancies Act in Bill 60 will fuel evictions and ‘create encampments faster’
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November 10, 2025 at 3:39 PM
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Massive new mural transforms drab stretch of Gardiner Expressway
The new mural was created through a collaboration between The Bentway and Exhibition Place
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November 10, 2025 at 9:52 PM
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torontotoday.ca
Residents’ associations rally ahead of neighbourhood retail vote
As the issue of corner stores on residential streets heads to Toronto city council this week, Mayor Olivia Chow says she wants to cut 'red tape' for those businesses
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November 9, 2025 at 5:40 PM
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NEW! For Toronto Today @torontotoday.ca I switch from baseball to hockey history to look at the defection of Vaclav Nedomansky from Czechoslavakia, who chose the Toronto Toros of the WHA to start his North American career.

#TOHistory #hockey

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How a Soviet bloc hockey player defected to Toronto during the Cold War
In 1974, Vaclav Nedomansky, captain of Czechoslovakia’s national hockey team, made his escape to the WHL’s Toronto Toros
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November 8, 2025 at 9:44 PM
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CARTOON OF THE DAY: Zohran
Cartoonist Steve Nease provides a humorous take on current events
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November 7, 2025 at 2:36 PM
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Century nightclub has terminated its involvement with promoter Mark Holland following TorontoToday’s exposé into the VIP host's criminal history and the sexual assault charges he has been facing since August.

Holland was still working at Century as recently as last weekend.
November 6, 2025 at 6:06 PM
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torontotoday.ca
500,000 free condoms to be distributed during FIFA as part of city’s public health efforts
The initiative will reduce downstream healthcare costs related to sexually transmitted infections, health experts say
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November 5, 2025 at 8:36 PM
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How new west end play places are marketing to millennial parents
Adventure Alley and The Willow Play Cafe, new indoor playgrounds on Dupont, aren’t just catering to kids
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November 5, 2025 at 9:48 PM