David Copeland
@copelanddavidw.bsky.social
dad x2 ~ architect ~ he/him
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Overthinking my first post....
My boy turned 10 this week. My girl's U17 soccer team crushed an opponent last night. My 14 year anniversary of leaving Ireland, returning home to TO and starting my current job is now.
And most importantly, today I'm 8 years sober.
I'm overflowing with gratitude.🙏
My boy turned 10 this week. My girl's U17 soccer team crushed an opponent last night. My 14 year anniversary of leaving Ireland, returning home to TO and starting my current job is now.
And most importantly, today I'm 8 years sober.
I'm overflowing with gratitude.🙏
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Tell this to Trump
Ukraine will win 🇺🇦
Ukraine will win 🇺🇦
August 17, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Tell this to Trump
Ukraine will win 🇺🇦
Ukraine will win 🇺🇦
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“Since the Ontario Place spa was approved, Therme Group RHTG has posted yearly net losses…”
Therme has also experienced significant delays in getting some of their European projects built.
Looks like Doug Ford’s dream of a casino in downtown Toronto is close to coming true.
Therme has also experienced significant delays in getting some of their European projects built.
Looks like Doug Ford’s dream of a casino in downtown Toronto is close to coming true.
The Ford government touted Therme as a ‘world-class’ partner for Ontario Place. In Europe, ‘significant’ concerns have emerged over finances, records obtained by the Star show.
From the front page of today's paper, by Ana Pereira
and me:
www.thestar.com/news/investi...
From the front page of today's paper, by Ana Pereira
and me:
www.thestar.com/news/investi...
The Ford government touted Therme as a ‘world-class’ partner for Ontario Place. In Europe, ‘significant’ concerns have emerged over finances
The warning is included in previously unreported audits. Therme says it doesn't reflect the strong financial footing of the global business.
www.thestar.com
August 16, 2025 at 4:05 PM
“Since the Ontario Place spa was approved, Therme Group RHTG has posted yearly net losses…”
Therme has also experienced significant delays in getting some of their European projects built.
Looks like Doug Ford’s dream of a casino in downtown Toronto is close to coming true.
Therme has also experienced significant delays in getting some of their European projects built.
Looks like Doug Ford’s dream of a casino in downtown Toronto is close to coming true.
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I wrote about that incredible finish in L.A. today.
Mason Fluharty deserves a lot more than a save. #Bluejays
Mason Fluharty deserves a lot more than a save. #Bluejays
Mike Wilner: Blue Jays dodge L.A. sweep after an unlikely closer rings up Shohei Ohtani with the game on the line
The Jays headed home Sunday evening with the best record in the American League and a four-game lead in the East.
www.thestar.com
August 11, 2025 at 3:42 AM
I wrote about that incredible finish in L.A. today.
Mason Fluharty deserves a lot more than a save. #Bluejays
Mason Fluharty deserves a lot more than a save. #Bluejays
Oh ya... Two and a half years in remission according to my wonderful radiation oncologist at Princess. Margaret.
Hell ya! 🙏
Hell ya! 🙏
August 8, 2025 at 1:25 AM
Oh ya... Two and a half years in remission according to my wonderful radiation oncologist at Princess. Margaret.
Hell ya! 🙏
Hell ya! 🙏
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Best news of the day for us people who bike! Ford government's attempt to remove Toronto bike lanes is unconstitutional, judge rules www.thestar.com/news/gta/for... #topoli #onpoli #bikeTO
Ford government’s attempt to remove Toronto bike lanes is unconstitutional, judge rules
The provincial government had argued that road space dedicated to cyclists was adding to congestion. A Superior Court judge said the government’s decision would risk the lives of cyclsits.
www.thestar.com
July 30, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Best news of the day for us people who bike! Ford government's attempt to remove Toronto bike lanes is unconstitutional, judge rules www.thestar.com/news/gta/for... #topoli #onpoli #bikeTO
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I was just reminded that Jill Dunlop - the fourth of five education ministers we’ve had to endure since the Cons took power - announced that teachers should keep politics out of the classroom.
I guess I need to rethink my Which Doug Are You Today? morning meeting check in.
I guess I need to rethink my Which Doug Are You Today? morning meeting check in.
July 30, 2025 at 11:51 PM
I was just reminded that Jill Dunlop - the fourth of five education ministers we’ve had to endure since the Cons took power - announced that teachers should keep politics out of the classroom.
I guess I need to rethink my Which Doug Are You Today? morning meeting check in.
I guess I need to rethink my Which Doug Are You Today? morning meeting check in.
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One of my sisters is hiking through the French/Swiss/Italian Alps right now so I’m stealing her pictures as reminders of this beautiful world we get to live in that is worth fighting for.
❤️
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July 17, 2025 at 10:14 PM
One of my sisters is hiking through the French/Swiss/Italian Alps right now so I’m stealing her pictures as reminders of this beautiful world we get to live in that is worth fighting for.
❤️
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Will that shade move a touch quicker please. ... 🥵
June 29, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Will that shade move a touch quicker please. ... 🥵
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Happy summer, loves.
June 27, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Happy summer, loves.
17yo is off to her first job as a camp counselor up in Muskoka. It's also a whole summer away. So here, there's lots of feels... happy and some sad.... But mostly happy... And sad.... 🥲😅
June 26, 2025 at 4:49 PM
17yo is off to her first job as a camp counselor up in Muskoka. It's also a whole summer away. So here, there's lots of feels... happy and some sad.... But mostly happy... And sad.... 🥲😅
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How complicated would it be to run a poll and find market tolerance for $50 a day in parking fees and if that’s tenable. My guess is that the uptake on this would be so low that they couldn’t make this work financially. This whole deal from top to bottom, including the science center, stinks.
This ~3,500-space waterfront parking garage is baffling for many reasons, but let’s focus on the accounting. Prov says it’ll generate $60m a year. That’s about $47 per space per day. For comparison, the garage under City Hall does $14 per space per day. St. Mike’s does $24. Sankofa Square does $30.
June 24, 2025 at 9:56 PM
How complicated would it be to run a poll and find market tolerance for $50 a day in parking fees and if that’s tenable. My guess is that the uptake on this would be so low that they couldn’t make this work financially. This whole deal from top to bottom, including the science center, stinks.
Stay cool friends!
June 24, 2025 at 11:13 PM
Stay cool friends!
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I wrote about what's sometimes called Toronto's ugliest intersection & things that might fix it. Bloor and Dundas, next to one of the biggest transit hubs in the GTA, much opportunity.
Shawn Micallef: Let’s fix it: Toronto’s ‘ugliest intersection’ hides a unique strength under its shabby looks
One of a series of columns that highlights places in Toronto that could do with fixing up — and how they could be improved
www.thestar.com
June 22, 2025 at 4:50 PM
I wrote about what's sometimes called Toronto's ugliest intersection & things that might fix it. Bloor and Dundas, next to one of the biggest transit hubs in the GTA, much opportunity.
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Welcome, summer.
June 21, 2025 at 12:12 PM
Welcome, summer.
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We restrict multi-res to busy streets and insist on balconies and roof terraces, sculpted building forms to make sure the sidewalk doesn’t get any shadow; we force road widenings on road that don’t need to wider, desiring patios so ppl can sit in the grime/noise of racing traffic & then restrict 1/
Tire particles, perfumes, metals? Extensive study of #Toronto air looks at what we're breathing in
Winter air study involved more than 100 scientists and 11 universities
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Winter air study involved more than 100 scientists and 11 universities
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Tire particles, perfumes, metals? Extensive study of Toronto air looks at what we're breathing in | CBC News
Researchers say air pollution in Toronto is a complex problem that goes way beyond car exhaust fumes. A new study could make it clear what we’re breathing in - and where it's coming from.
www.cbc.ca
June 20, 2025 at 11:59 AM
We restrict multi-res to busy streets and insist on balconies and roof terraces, sculpted building forms to make sure the sidewalk doesn’t get any shadow; we force road widenings on road that don’t need to wider, desiring patios so ppl can sit in the grime/noise of racing traffic & then restrict 1/
Beautiful June weather and Die Hard is playing on some channel. I mean Christmas movies seem to come earlier each year, but this is a bit much.
June 4, 2025 at 12:56 AM
Beautiful June weather and Die Hard is playing on some channel. I mean Christmas movies seem to come earlier each year, but this is a bit much.
Cares more about building than the vehicle. But what a work horse.
And guy just randomly popped out of his house. Over 700k on that.
Legend.
And guy just randomly popped out of his house. Over 700k on that.
Legend.
June 3, 2025 at 12:03 AM
Cares more about building than the vehicle. But what a work horse.
And guy just randomly popped out of his house. Over 700k on that.
Legend.
And guy just randomly popped out of his house. Over 700k on that.
Legend.
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Send an email urging the government to Scrap Bill 5.
We launched an online campaign that lets you send an email urging the government to Scrap Bill 5. With over 6,000 emails sent, we're on the right track. Let's keep going: ontariondp.ca/scrap-bill5
New/Mode | Make your voice impossible to ignore
OntarioNDP.ca
May 29, 2025 at 11:22 AM
Send an email urging the government to Scrap Bill 5.
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Nation to Nation work cannot go unnoticed.
Acknowledging our Treaties by King Charles III was pinnacle in cementing what my people have always known and stood for-Canada’s sovereignty.
Stronger together. Period. A’ho! 🪶🙌🏽🇨🇦🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ #TreatyRights
Acknowledging our Treaties by King Charles III was pinnacle in cementing what my people have always known and stood for-Canada’s sovereignty.
Stronger together. Period. A’ho! 🪶🙌🏽🇨🇦🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ #TreatyRights
This moment of change is also a moment of opportunity — to think big and act bigger.
An opportunity for Canada to embark on the largest transformation of its economy in generations.
An opportunity for Canada to embark on the largest transformation of its economy in generations.
May 27, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Nation to Nation work cannot go unnoticed.
Acknowledging our Treaties by King Charles III was pinnacle in cementing what my people have always known and stood for-Canada’s sovereignty.
Stronger together. Period. A’ho! 🪶🙌🏽🇨🇦🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ #TreatyRights
Acknowledging our Treaties by King Charles III was pinnacle in cementing what my people have always known and stood for-Canada’s sovereignty.
Stronger together. Period. A’ho! 🪶🙌🏽🇨🇦🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ #TreatyRights
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BREAKING: King Charles III of the United Kingdom enrages MAGA world by proclaiming that Canada will remain "strong and free" amidst Donald Trump's efforts to turn it into the "51st state."
And it gets even better...
"The ‘True North’ is indeed strong and free,"
And it gets even better...
"The ‘True North’ is indeed strong and free,"
May 27, 2025 at 11:23 PM
BREAKING: King Charles III of the United Kingdom enrages MAGA world by proclaiming that Canada will remain "strong and free" amidst Donald Trump's efforts to turn it into the "51st state."
And it gets even better...
"The ‘True North’ is indeed strong and free,"
And it gets even better...
"The ‘True North’ is indeed strong and free,"
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Today, I had the honour of attending the Speech from the Throne, delivered by His Majesty King Charles III to open the 45th session of Parliament! It was the first time a reigning monarch has delivered this speech in Canada since Her late Majesty Queen Elizabeth II in 1977, the year I was born!
May 28, 2025 at 1:05 AM
Today, I had the honour of attending the Speech from the Throne, delivered by His Majesty King Charles III to open the 45th session of Parliament! It was the first time a reigning monarch has delivered this speech in Canada since Her late Majesty Queen Elizabeth II in 1977, the year I was born!
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it's because nobody listened to my suggestion of changing the word "houses" to "breweries" so that Doug would prioritize building them www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
In new Ontario budget, Doug Ford's housing target looks increasingly out of reach | CBC News
The new Ontario budget forecasts a slow pace for housing construction over the next three years, making the likelihood of hitting Premier Doug Ford's target of 1.5 million new homes by 2031 seem incre...
www.cbc.ca
May 19, 2025 at 8:40 PM
it's because nobody listened to my suggestion of changing the word "houses" to "breweries" so that Doug would prioritize building them www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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The Dufferin & Bathurst bus priority lanes are the only way to break the transit death spiral in Toronto. They must happen & the mayor needs to make sure they’re a raging success. Mission critical as future fixes rely on their success. My column this week. Pls read n share.
Shawn Micallef: How this transit plan could finally make ‘Sufferin’ Dufferin’ a thing of the past
There are 'RapidTO' plans to create transit priority lanes on Dufferin as well as Bathurst streets.
www.thestar.com
May 19, 2025 at 1:32 PM
The Dufferin & Bathurst bus priority lanes are the only way to break the transit death spiral in Toronto. They must happen & the mayor needs to make sure they’re a raging success. Mission critical as future fixes rely on their success. My column this week. Pls read n share.