Craig Saunders
@craigsaunders.bsky.social
Propagandist, dad, ski patroller and Torontonian
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Doug Ford to Ontario's beleaguered colleges: "The cheque is in the mail, folks." #education #students www.thestar.com/news/gta/ont...
Ontario colleges warn more cuts are inevitable without help. This is how bad they say it could get
“Severe financial strain” was worsened by international student cuts, Colleges Ontario says. The Ford government says a funding update is coming.
www.thestar.com
January 15, 2026 at 4:09 PM
Doug Ford to Ontario's beleaguered colleges: "The cheque is in the mail, folks." #education #students www.thestar.com/news/gta/ont...
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Legault resigns to spend more time privately hounding minorities
Legault resigns to spend more time privately hounding minorities
QUEBEC CITY - Quebec Premier François Legault announced his resignation today, explaining that he plans to bring his famed enthusiasm for attacking basic human rights to the private sector.
www.thebeaverton.com
January 14, 2026 at 9:05 PM
Legault resigns to spend more time privately hounding minorities
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New from me today for @nationalobserver.com. I submitted an FOI request, which revealed the province’s ad campaign budget for the Ring of Fire. One budget line lists nearly $60,000 for “additional costs as a result of eliminating shoe scene from TV spot.” WHAT IS A SHOE SCENE
Documents reveal Ontario's $7M Ring of Fire ad bill
These ads are pushing the controversial mega-project through a campaign it has dubbed “Protect Ontario,” which Canada’s National Observer has learned is earmarked with a budget of more than $7 million...
www.nationalobserver.com
January 14, 2026 at 4:43 PM
New from me today for @nationalobserver.com. I submitted an FOI request, which revealed the province’s ad campaign budget for the Ring of Fire. One budget line lists nearly $60,000 for “additional costs as a result of eliminating shoe scene from TV spot.” WHAT IS A SHOE SCENE
If you're in #PTBO, in addition to the indomitable @joellekovach.bsky.social, the @arthurnews.bsky.social also covers city council meetings here. As a student journalist, I always preached that city council *is* student news because it's day-to-day services. Love seeing Arthur living that truth!
We've just adjourned this mini-Council meeting, and are now returning to the regular meeting schedule, where we'll get to discuss the four Integrity Commissioner reports that came out last week
January 13, 2026 at 12:15 AM
If you're in #PTBO, in addition to the indomitable @joellekovach.bsky.social, the @arthurnews.bsky.social also covers city council meetings here. As a student journalist, I always preached that city council *is* student news because it's day-to-day services. Love seeing Arthur living that truth!
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Which Canadian workers could strike this year?
I combed through the government's database to put together a list of the biggest contracts that are expiring across sectors and across the country for @pressprogress.ca
I combed through the government's database to put together a list of the biggest contracts that are expiring across sectors and across the country for @pressprogress.ca
Who could strike in 2026?
We round up the biggest collective agreements set to expire this year:
pressprogress.ca/who-could-st...
We round up the biggest collective agreements set to expire this year:
pressprogress.ca/who-could-st...
Who Could Strike in 2026?
An overview of the biggest collective agreements set to expire this year
pressprogress.ca
January 12, 2026 at 11:56 PM
Which Canadian workers could strike this year?
I combed through the government's database to put together a list of the biggest contracts that are expiring across sectors and across the country for @pressprogress.ca
I combed through the government's database to put together a list of the biggest contracts that are expiring across sectors and across the country for @pressprogress.ca
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Your tax dollars at work: Ontario has spent nearly $270,000 in external legal fees (not including their own in-house lawyers or $200,000 awarded in costs) to attack your Charter rights and amplify a bad faith culture war contrary to the advice of their own experts.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Ontario government has spent $270K on outside lawyers in fight to remove bike lanes: FOI | CBC News
Information obtained through a freedom of information request and shared with CBC News shows how much money the province spent on external lawyer fees to fight a court challenge against a law to remov...
www.cbc.ca
January 13, 2026 at 12:06 AM
Your tax dollars at work: Ontario has spent nearly $270,000 in external legal fees (not including their own in-house lawyers or $200,000 awarded in costs) to attack your Charter rights and amplify a bad faith culture war contrary to the advice of their own experts.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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Ford gov't suing company given millions from its political slush fund (aka "Skills Development Fund"). Minister responsible had been going to Leafs games with company execs. This is the fund #Ford denies any problems with and supports "100%"
#onpoli
www.thetrillium.ca/news/politic...
#onpoli
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Ford government sues company central to skills fund scandal, claiming it defrauded province of $25.9M
Keel Digital Solutions says the lawsuit is ‘deeply flawed, built on misstatements and outright inaccuracies’
www.thetrillium.ca
January 9, 2026 at 10:57 PM
Ford gov't suing company given millions from its political slush fund (aka "Skills Development Fund"). Minister responsible had been going to Leafs games with company execs. This is the fund #Ford denies any problems with and supports "100%"
#onpoli
www.thetrillium.ca/news/politic...
#onpoli
www.thetrillium.ca/news/politic...
Ontario's decision on cargo e-bikes was supposed to be made this year, not it's being delayed to 2031. Somehow they didn't get enough data during their five-year pilot program? Sounds fishy.
www.thetrillium.ca/insider-news...
www.thetrillium.ca/insider-news...
Become a Trillium insider
www.thetrillium.ca
January 9, 2026 at 10:54 PM
Ontario's decision on cargo e-bikes was supposed to be made this year, not it's being delayed to 2031. Somehow they didn't get enough data during their five-year pilot program? Sounds fishy.
www.thetrillium.ca/insider-news...
www.thetrillium.ca/insider-news...
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The iconic Yukon Quest will not run in 2026, the sled dog race organizers confirmed this week. The Narwhal reported from last year’s race, covering how climate change has disrupted the beloved northern tradition. Revisit @trinamoyles.bsky.social's story here: thenarwhal.ca/yukon-sled-d...
Iconic Yukon sled dog races adapt to thin ice and a changing climate | The Narwhal
Can the Yukon Quest sled dog race survive in the face of climate change and rising costs?
thenarwhal.ca
January 9, 2026 at 6:19 PM
The iconic Yukon Quest will not run in 2026, the sled dog race organizers confirmed this week. The Narwhal reported from last year’s race, covering how climate change has disrupted the beloved northern tradition. Revisit @trinamoyles.bsky.social's story here: thenarwhal.ca/yukon-sled-d...
Conservatives call for defunding university after MP failed to apply properly to use space and says he didn't want to follow the building's policies.
Classic Conservative dog-whistle bullshit.
Conservative MP blamed Student Union and York University « for banning Conservative free speech ».
Then when told neither student union or University know anything about him or his alleged talk, he doubles down.
www.thestar.com/politics/fed...
Conservative MP blamed Student Union and York University « for banning Conservative free speech ».
Then when told neither student union or University know anything about him or his alleged talk, he doubles down.
www.thestar.com/politics/fed...
Conservative MP accuses students of free speech attack after campus event cancelled
Conservative MP Garnett Genuis said a York University event was cancelled due to the student union. But York's student centre says the event was not approved because of booking policies,
www.thestar.com
January 8, 2026 at 11:31 PM
Conservatives call for defunding university after MP failed to apply properly to use space and says he didn't want to follow the building's policies.
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Conservatives often seem unable to grasp the threat Donald Trump poses to Canada, and cheerleading the Venezuela affair fit with that. With Greenland, Mexico, Colombia and Cuba maybe next on the agenda, everyone needs to ask, why wouldn’t Canada be, too? www.thestar.com/politics/pol...
Bruce Arthur: Donald Trump runs a big red line through Canadian politics
The mercurial American president has divided us into those who see him as the monstrous danger he is and those who don't, Bruce Arthur writes.
www.thestar.com
January 6, 2026 at 11:36 PM
Conservatives often seem unable to grasp the threat Donald Trump poses to Canada, and cheerleading the Venezuela affair fit with that. With Greenland, Mexico, Colombia and Cuba maybe next on the agenda, everyone needs to ask, why wouldn’t Canada be, too? www.thestar.com/politics/pol...
U.S. invaded Venzuela and kidnapped president and his wife. This is horrifying.
www.thestar.com/news/world/a...
www.thestar.com/news/world/a...
U.S. strikes Venezuela and says its leader, Maduro, has been captured and flown out of the country
Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro has been captured and flown from the country, U.S. President Donald Trump announced early Saturday.
www.thestar.com
January 3, 2026 at 11:39 AM
U.S. invaded Venzuela and kidnapped president and his wife. This is horrifying.
www.thestar.com/news/world/a...
www.thestar.com/news/world/a...
The best #ski and #snowboard hill in #Toronto is scheduled to open on Wednesday!
www.toronto.ca/explore-enjo...
www.toronto.ca/explore-enjo...
Parks & Community Centre Locations
www.toronto.ca
January 3, 2026 at 12:13 AM
The best #ski and #snowboard hill in #Toronto is scheduled to open on Wednesday!
www.toronto.ca/explore-enjo...
www.toronto.ca/explore-enjo...
That is one intense headline.
Little Grand Rapids RCMP have charged a 33 year old man after community safety officers were threatened with a chainsaw early Monday.
www.aptnnews.ca?p=281831
www.aptnnews.ca?p=281831
Manitoba RCMP lay charges after threats made with chainsaw
RCMP said they “were notified of threats made against two Community Safety Officers at a residence on the Little Grand Rapids First Nation."
www.aptnnews.ca
January 2, 2026 at 7:32 PM
That is one intense headline.
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Check your inbox: it's City Hall Watcher #364!
The year in charts! A look at the legends and plots that told Toronto City Hall's story in 2025.
Plus: a new chart looking at Toronto Council's longest debates of 2025.
🔓No paywall. Happy holidays!
toronto.cityhallwatcher.com/p/2025-the-y...
The year in charts! A look at the legends and plots that told Toronto City Hall's story in 2025.
Plus: a new chart looking at Toronto Council's longest debates of 2025.
🔓No paywall. Happy holidays!
toronto.cityhallwatcher.com/p/2025-the-y...
2025: the year in charts
City Hall Watcher #364: A look back at the legends and plots that moved Toronto City Hall in 2025.
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December 29, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Check your inbox: it's City Hall Watcher #364!
The year in charts! A look at the legends and plots that told Toronto City Hall's story in 2025.
Plus: a new chart looking at Toronto Council's longest debates of 2025.
🔓No paywall. Happy holidays!
toronto.cityhallwatcher.com/p/2025-the-y...
The year in charts! A look at the legends and plots that told Toronto City Hall's story in 2025.
Plus: a new chart looking at Toronto Council's longest debates of 2025.
🔓No paywall. Happy holidays!
toronto.cityhallwatcher.com/p/2025-the-y...
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Please enjoy my Christmas cartoon
December 26, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Please enjoy my Christmas cartoon
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Behold: the first-ever list of news outlets that have banned generative AI in their reporting. As of today, this is literally information that you cannot find on Google.
My goal is to fill the starter pack, so please send over suggestions with supporting evidence!
go.bsky.app/8cn1XfT
My goal is to fill the starter pack, so please send over suggestions with supporting evidence!
go.bsky.app/8cn1XfT
December 17, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Behold: the first-ever list of news outlets that have banned generative AI in their reporting. As of today, this is literally information that you cannot find on Google.
My goal is to fill the starter pack, so please send over suggestions with supporting evidence!
go.bsky.app/8cn1XfT
My goal is to fill the starter pack, so please send over suggestions with supporting evidence!
go.bsky.app/8cn1XfT
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For those who actually care about evidence-based city-making, there’s a ton of evidence that decongestion pricing has been a massive success in New York City, by every measure of success, and many ways that can’t be measured.
Year 1 data on congestion pricing in Manhattan…
* Vehicle traffic: -11%
* Foot traffic: +3.4%
* Storefront vacancy: -0.9%
* Pollution: -22%
* Revenue for mass transit: $548M
So YES this has been a huge success.
* Vehicle traffic: -11%
* Foot traffic: +3.4%
* Storefront vacancy: -0.9%
* Pollution: -22%
* Revenue for mass transit: $548M
So YES this has been a huge success.
December 23, 2025 at 10:45 PM
For those who actually care about evidence-based city-making, there’s a ton of evidence that decongestion pricing has been a massive success in New York City, by every measure of success, and many ways that can’t be measured.
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If one of your New Year’s resolutions is to get more involved in fighting creeping Christofascism, clear your schedule on January 10.
The last time these ding dongs tried to march at Christie Pits they were outnumbered 10-1.
I bet we can do better than that this time.
#Toronto
#CounterProtest
The last time these ding dongs tried to march at Christie Pits they were outnumbered 10-1.
I bet we can do better than that this time.
#Toronto
#CounterProtest
December 23, 2025 at 1:27 PM
If one of your New Year’s resolutions is to get more involved in fighting creeping Christofascism, clear your schedule on January 10.
The last time these ding dongs tried to march at Christie Pits they were outnumbered 10-1.
I bet we can do better than that this time.
#Toronto
#CounterProtest
The last time these ding dongs tried to march at Christie Pits they were outnumbered 10-1.
I bet we can do better than that this time.
#Toronto
#CounterProtest
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Revealed: How international student spots are being distributed — unevenly — across Ontario #StarExclusive
Revealed: How international student spots are being distributed — unevenly — across Ontario
Newly obtained data on provincial attestation letters, needed by international students, offers a window into enrolment at postsecondary institutions.
www.thestar.com
December 23, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Revealed: How international student spots are being distributed — unevenly — across Ontario #StarExclusive
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Canadian travel to U.S. continues to drop: StatCan
Canadian travel to U.S. continues to drop: StatCan
Travel sector is one of many casualties of the fallout between the once friendly countries, as the number of Canadians travelling south of the border continues to plummet.
www.thestar.com
December 23, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Canadian travel to U.S. continues to drop: StatCan