Alyshah Hasham
@alyshah.bsky.social
City Hall reporter at the Toronto Star
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I saw this last week and it is COOL AS HELL
If you’ve been along Eglinton in the last few months you might have noticed something large and hairy developing in the distance. It’s turned out to be a massive Lincoln monument-style statue.. with a female grizzly bear on the seat instead. I spoke to the sculptor:
www.thestar.com/news/gta/a-g...
www.thestar.com/news/gta/a-g...
A giant bear sitting on a throne looms over this Toronto neighbourhood. What’s the story behind ‘Bearbraham Lincoln’?
The 10-metre tall female grizzly in a North York park is the mirror image of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington D.C.
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November 10, 2025 at 4:28 PM
I saw this last week and it is COOL AS HELL
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Thought this was a lovely, poignant bit of writing by my colleague @gbayliss.bsky.social www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
Graeme Bayliss: Procrastination has served me well, but it stopped me from seeing the world. Then something changed
The longer you make yourself wait, the easier the waiting gets — until missing out is a matter of inertia.
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November 10, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Thought this was a lovely, poignant bit of writing by my colleague @gbayliss.bsky.social www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
If you’ve been along Eglinton in the last few months you might have noticed something large and hairy developing in the distance. It’s turned out to be a massive Lincoln monument-style statue.. with a female grizzly bear on the seat instead. I spoke to the sculptor:
www.thestar.com/news/gta/a-g...
www.thestar.com/news/gta/a-g...
A giant bear sitting on a throne looms over this Toronto neighbourhood. What’s the story behind ‘Bearbraham Lincoln’?
The 10-metre tall female grizzly in a North York park is the mirror image of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington D.C.
www.thestar.com
November 10, 2025 at 2:36 PM
If you’ve been along Eglinton in the last few months you might have noticed something large and hairy developing in the distance. It’s turned out to be a massive Lincoln monument-style statue.. with a female grizzly bear on the seat instead. I spoke to the sculptor:
www.thestar.com/news/gta/a-g...
www.thestar.com/news/gta/a-g...
THE JOURNALISM I HAVE BEEN WAITNG FOR
MAJOR UPDATE: apnews.com/article/louv...
November 9, 2025 at 3:02 PM
THE JOURNALISM I HAVE BEEN WAITNG FOR
This is unlike any Toronto police undercover work to get a murder confession I think I've ever seen. Story from the Star's Jacques Gallant: www.thestar.com/news/gta/how...
How an undercover Toronto cop secured a murder confession from an 18-year-old — over ‘chit chat’ about makeup, nails and boys
“It was so quick,” a giggling Brianna Warner said on the undercover officer’s recording. “It was one bullet ... I didn’t want to waste any.”
www.thestar.com
November 9, 2025 at 2:36 PM
This is unlike any Toronto police undercover work to get a murder confession I think I've ever seen. Story from the Star's Jacques Gallant: www.thestar.com/news/gta/how...
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Today @TheNewYorker released our short documentary “Rovina’s Choice” online.
It traces the ongoing effects of the sudden shutdown of US foreign aid through the story of one mother in Kenya as she seeks to save her daughter from sickness and starvation. 🎥 1/ www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
It traces the ongoing effects of the sudden shutdown of US foreign aid through the story of one mother in Kenya as she seeks to save her daughter from sickness and starvation. 🎥 1/ www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
The Shutdown of U.S.A.I.D. Has Already Killed Hundreds of Thousands
The short documentary “Rovina’s Choice” tells the story of what goes when aid goes.
www.newyorker.com
November 6, 2025 at 12:41 PM
Today @TheNewYorker released our short documentary “Rovina’s Choice” online.
It traces the ongoing effects of the sudden shutdown of US foreign aid through the story of one mother in Kenya as she seeks to save her daughter from sickness and starvation. 🎥 1/ www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
It traces the ongoing effects of the sudden shutdown of US foreign aid through the story of one mother in Kenya as she seeks to save her daughter from sickness and starvation. 🎥 1/ www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
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The new British competitive knitting show hosted by Olympic diver Tom Daley has been denounced by the knitting community of the Shetland islands for its imprecise portrayal of fair isle knitting and negative attitude toward a technique known as steeking
Shetland knitting group ‘shocked and saddened’ by representation in Channel 4 show
A GROUP protecting Shetland’s knitting heritage has criticised a new Channel 4 show for spreading “negative misconceptions about Fair Isle knitting...
www.shetnews.co.uk
November 6, 2025 at 1:37 AM
The new British competitive knitting show hosted by Olympic diver Tom Daley has been denounced by the knitting community of the Shetland islands for its imprecise portrayal of fair isle knitting and negative attitude toward a technique known as steeking
First there was the ballooning price tag for Toronto’s new electric ferries. Then the city forgot they’d need charging stations. Now, Kate Allen discovers the Dutch company making the ferries is facing corruption charges: www.thestar.com/news/gta/com...
Company building Toronto’s new electric ferries faces criminal corruption charges overseas
Netherlands-based shipbuilder Damen said the charges, which include bribery, forgery and money laundering would not affect the delivery of the city’s new vessels.
www.thestar.com
November 6, 2025 at 1:21 AM
First there was the ballooning price tag for Toronto’s new electric ferries. Then the city forgot they’d need charging stations. Now, Kate Allen discovers the Dutch company making the ferries is facing corruption charges: www.thestar.com/news/gta/com...
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Well there’s still a chance I’ll win the 50-50
November 2, 2025 at 4:28 AM
Well there’s still a chance I’ll win the 50-50
God do I have to watch baseball now?
November 2, 2025 at 4:21 AM
God do I have to watch baseball now?
Devastating but glad I watched it. What an iconic group. What a thing to have witnessed.
November 2, 2025 at 4:20 AM
Devastating but glad I watched it. What an iconic group. What a thing to have witnessed.
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what if instead of sports we chose happiness
November 2, 2025 at 3:41 AM
what if instead of sports we chose happiness
I am a bad bitch, I’m Trey Yesavage (sorry this is what is in my head rn)
November 2, 2025 at 2:46 AM
I am a bad bitch, I’m Trey Yesavage (sorry this is what is in my head rn)
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HANG IT IN THE LOUVRE
November 2, 2025 at 2:27 AM
HANG IT IN THE LOUVRE
Love Ernie Clement so much man, that was some league of their own posing there
November 2, 2025 at 2:25 AM
Love Ernie Clement so much man, that was some league of their own posing there
Now I know why they chew all that damn gum all the time
November 2, 2025 at 1:47 AM
Now I know why they chew all that damn gum all the time
Still giggling at the bullpen guys jogging alllllll across the field to join the fracas
November 2, 2025 at 1:39 AM
Still giggling at the bullpen guys jogging alllllll across the field to join the fracas
I am enjoying the bits and pieces of max scherzer lore that I have gathered but is there a very good, deep dive profile that anyone can recommend?
November 1, 2025 at 4:51 PM
I am enjoying the bits and pieces of max scherzer lore that I have gathered but is there a very good, deep dive profile that anyone can recommend?
Everyone who talks about bail reform should also have to read Brendan Kennedy’s investigation of the abuse “akin to torture” of people awaiting trial, and the cover-up at Maplehurst jail.
www.thestar.com/news/investi...
www.thestar.com/news/investi...
Inside the many lies told by Maplehurst jail officials trying to cover up the ‘torture’ of inmates
The deceit ranged from serious attempts to conceal what happened, to absurd, easily disprovable lies that left an Ontario judge stunned.
www.thestar.com
November 1, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Everyone who talks about bail reform should also have to read Brendan Kennedy’s investigation of the abuse “akin to torture” of people awaiting trial, and the cover-up at Maplehurst jail.
www.thestar.com/news/investi...
www.thestar.com/news/investi...
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I got experimental brain surgery. www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...
Opinion: Could a device implanted in my brain cure my depression? I was ready to find out
Over the past 14 years, I’ve often fantasized about some scan revealing the locus of my mood disorder. Now, we were as close as we’d likely ever get
www.theglobeandmail.com
November 1, 2025 at 2:46 PM
I got experimental brain surgery. www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...
Game 7s aren’t triggering at all, I will be very normal and relaxed
November 1, 2025 at 3:14 AM
Game 7s aren’t triggering at all, I will be very normal and relaxed
I appreciate the effort on other Gausman signs but you really can’t beat Wizard of Gaus
October 31, 2025 at 11:45 PM
I appreciate the effort on other Gausman signs but you really can’t beat Wizard of Gaus
The story behind the “born ready” t-shirt: www.thestar.com/sports/blue-...
How a chance encounter with Blue Jays manager John Schneider’s brother sparked the “born ready” shirt craze
Toronto artist Kit Weyman showed the shirt to Toronto manager John Schneider’s brother at a New York airport following a chance encounter.
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October 31, 2025 at 3:51 PM
The story behind the “born ready” t-shirt: www.thestar.com/sports/blue-...