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“When you use military hardware on children, it’s going to flay them open. And if they’re lucky enough to survive, they’re in for an awful life.”
In part one of a Q&A, Dr. Feroze Sidhwa detailed the catastrophic conditions he witnessed during a medical mission at the European Gaza Hospital.
In part one of a Q&A, Dr. Feroze Sidhwa detailed the catastrophic conditions he witnessed during a medical mission at the European Gaza Hospital.
Israel’s decimation of Gaza has made it ‘impossible’ for hospitals to function
In a Q&A with Prism, Dr. Feroze Sidhwa detailed the catastrophic conditions he witnessed during a medical mission at the European Gaza Hospital
prismreports.org
December 1, 2025 at 6:36 PM
“When you use military hardware on children, it’s going to flay them open. And if they’re lucky enough to survive, they’re in for an awful life.”
In part one of a Q&A, Dr. Feroze Sidhwa detailed the catastrophic conditions he witnessed during a medical mission at the European Gaza Hospital.
In part one of a Q&A, Dr. Feroze Sidhwa detailed the catastrophic conditions he witnessed during a medical mission at the European Gaza Hospital.
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Shopify reports that its platform was suffering from multiple service outages, as Cyber Monday sales kicked off.
Shopify suffers Cyber Monday outage, with checkout services down for some businesses
Some merchants that use Shopify's platform for online sales may experience an issue with checkouts, the company said.
nbcnews.to
December 1, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Shopify reports that its platform was suffering from multiple service outages, as Cyber Monday sales kicked off.
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After fatal fire, Brampton landlord pushes back against allegations he did not comply with safety inspections
After fatal fire, Brampton landlord pushes back against allegations he did not comply with safety inspections
Nitin Betrabet, owner of the home on Banas Way, said in a statement he is "devastated by the tragic incident that happened at (his) rental property," which he maintains adhered
www.thestar.com
November 26, 2025 at 2:22 PM
After fatal fire, Brampton landlord pushes back against allegations he did not comply with safety inspections
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Good morning to Brazilian reporter Manuela Borges, who’s been waiting eleven years for this petty moment. ❤️ 🇧🇷
November 26, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Good morning to Brazilian reporter Manuela Borges, who’s been waiting eleven years for this petty moment. ❤️ 🇧🇷
From Mahdis Habibinia: Athena Niggenaber, who last week drove a City of Toronto-contracted snowplow through a group of pro-Palestinian protesters, had posted Islamophobic and anti-protest content on social media before the incident www.thestar.com/news/gta/con...
Contractor who drove plow through Palestinian protesters posted Islamophobic, anti-protest content on social media
The company the driver works for said it issued a one-day suspension over the incident.
www.thestar.com
November 25, 2025 at 6:40 PM
From Mahdis Habibinia: Athena Niggenaber, who last week drove a City of Toronto-contracted snowplow through a group of pro-Palestinian protesters, had posted Islamophobic and anti-protest content on social media before the incident www.thestar.com/news/gta/con...
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A mixed martial arts fighter died after his bout in west suburban Cicero on Friday night. Isaac Johnson, 31, collapsed toward the end of his fight at Cicero Stadium, according to town officials, the Cook County medical examiner’s office and a fight promoter.
Chicago MMA fighter dies after competition in Cicero
chicago.suntimes.com
November 23, 2025 at 10:31 PM
A mixed martial arts fighter died after his bout in west suburban Cicero on Friday night. Isaac Johnson, 31, collapsed toward the end of his fight at Cicero Stadium, according to town officials, the Cook County medical examiner’s office and a fight promoter.
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FBI concludes Trump's would-be assassin acted alone during rally shooting
FBI concludes Trump’s would-be assassin acted alone during rally shooting
(The Hill) — The FBI this week concluded its probe into the first assassination attempt against President Trump during a Pennsylvania campaign rally last year, finding that the deceased suspe…
myfox8.com
November 22, 2025 at 8:48 PM
FBI concludes Trump's would-be assassin acted alone during rally shooting
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Texas A&M committee rules professor's firing over gender identity lesson was unjustified
Texas A&M committee rules professor's firing over gender identity lesson was unjustified
Texas A&M committee rules professor's firing over gender identity lesson was unjustified
www.independent.co.uk
November 22, 2025 at 8:51 PM
Texas A&M committee rules professor's firing over gender identity lesson was unjustified
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For two years, Cook County residents who participated in its basic income piot received $500 no-strings-attached monthly payments.
Cook County, which includes Chicago, has made its basic income program permanent
For two years, Cook County residents who participated in its basic income piot received $500 no-strings-attached monthly payments.
www.businessinsider.com
November 22, 2025 at 8:48 PM
For two years, Cook County residents who participated in its basic income piot received $500 no-strings-attached monthly payments.
From me and Mahdis Habibinia: The Ford goverment says its unusual legislative move to take control of Exhibition Place is only about accessing underground wires and pipes during Ontario Place redevelopment. Opposition and City of Toronto politicians aren't so sure www.thestar.com/news/gta/dou...
Doug Ford government offers reason for its unusual move to control Exhibition Place land
A spokesperson for the provincial government confirmed the reason Bill 68 included clauses about the ownership of Exhibition Place land.
www.thestar.com
November 20, 2025 at 1:26 PM
From me and Mahdis Habibinia: The Ford goverment says its unusual legislative move to take control of Exhibition Place is only about accessing underground wires and pipes during Ontario Place redevelopment. Opposition and City of Toronto politicians aren't so sure www.thestar.com/news/gta/dou...
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#Breaking: Souvankham Thammavongsa wins the 2025 Giller Prize for 'Pick a Colour,' joining small club of two-time winners
Souvankham Thammavongsa wins the 2025 Giller Prize for ‘Pick a Colour,’ joining small club of two-time winners
The Canadian author received the $100,000 award for “Pick a Colour” at a ceremony in downtown Toronto that was hosted by Rick Mercer.
www.thestar.com
November 18, 2025 at 3:06 AM
#Breaking: Souvankham Thammavongsa wins the 2025 Giller Prize for 'Pick a Colour,' joining small club of two-time winners
A great thing about working for a bigger news org like
Toronto Star is variety. I usually cover politics but got to write one of our Santa Fund stories. I met a 10-year-old superfan of the fund who receives one of the gift boxes that go to 50K financially vulnerable kids...
Toronto Star is variety. I usually cover politics but got to write one of our Santa Fund stories. I met a 10-year-old superfan of the fund who receives one of the gift boxes that go to 50K financially vulnerable kids...
November 17, 2025 at 3:34 PM
A great thing about working for a bigger news org like
Toronto Star is variety. I usually cover politics but got to write one of our Santa Fund stories. I met a 10-year-old superfan of the fund who receives one of the gift boxes that go to 50K financially vulnerable kids...
Toronto Star is variety. I usually cover politics but got to write one of our Santa Fund stories. I met a 10-year-old superfan of the fund who receives one of the gift boxes that go to 50K financially vulnerable kids...
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White South Africans hit back at Trump claims they are being ‘killed and slaughtered’
White South Africans hit back at Trump claims they are being ‘killed and slaughtered’
White South Africans hit back at Trump claims they are being ‘killed and slaughtered’
www.independent.co.uk
November 11, 2025 at 8:51 PM
White South Africans hit back at Trump claims they are being ‘killed and slaughtered’
An ode to B.C. public transit: from downtown Victoria to YVR Vancouver airport (bus to ferry to bus to SkyTrain) seamlessly in just over 4 hours for about $25. Buses never got gridlocked. Bonus you won’t get on GO transit: a view of two humpback whales out the starboard window
November 11, 2025 at 8:30 PM
An ode to B.C. public transit: from downtown Victoria to YVR Vancouver airport (bus to ferry to bus to SkyTrain) seamlessly in just over 4 hours for about $25. Buses never got gridlocked. Bonus you won’t get on GO transit: a view of two humpback whales out the starboard window
Supporters of Netanyahu and his punishing war on Gaza are condeming Toronto's mayor for calling it a "genocide" - Olivia Chow isn't backing down, saying she's following the lead of the International Association of Genocide Scholars www.thestar.com/news/gta/cit...
Mayor Olivia Chow defends calling Gaza war a genocide
Chow's comments have sparked complaints to both the provincial human rights tribunal and the city's integrity commissioner.
www.thestar.com
November 6, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Supporters of Netanyahu and his punishing war on Gaza are condeming Toronto's mayor for calling it a "genocide" - Olivia Chow isn't backing down, saying she's following the lead of the International Association of Genocide Scholars www.thestar.com/news/gta/cit...
From @mahdishabibinia: Firms contracted to clear Toronto snow were fined last winter for performance failures - but didn’t pay a penny for the biggest failure of all after February’s massive snowfall www.thestar.com/news/gta/tor...
Toronto’s snow-removal contractors were fined thousands of dollars. But for the city’s worst mess of the year? Not a penny
Penalties for snow clearing problems are designed for the city’s typical snowfall of five to 15 centimetres.
www.thestar.com
November 6, 2025 at 12:49 PM
From @mahdishabibinia: Firms contracted to clear Toronto snow were fined last winter for performance failures - but didn’t pay a penny for the biggest failure of all after February’s massive snowfall www.thestar.com/news/gta/tor...
From Marco Chown Oved and me: The Ford government has quietly killed Toronto’s green roof bylaw, a policy that propelled the city to become a world leader in environmental construction www.thestar.com/news/gta/dou...
Doug Ford quietly kills Toronto’s green roof bylaw
Since the bylaw came into force in 2009, more than 1,200 green roofs have been installed across the city.
www.thestar.com
November 4, 2025 at 12:43 PM
From Marco Chown Oved and me: The Ford government has quietly killed Toronto’s green roof bylaw, a policy that propelled the city to become a world leader in environmental construction www.thestar.com/news/gta/dou...
.@politico interviewed Toronto Mayor @MayorOliviaChow about @ZohranKMamdani - she advised NYC’s likely next mayor to focus on affordable housing - and her relationship with @MarkJCarney - better, certainly, than Mamani’s with Trump www.politico.com/news/magazin...
Why Zohran Mamdani May Want to Look to Toronto
Canada’s most prominent mayor is a fan — and she has some advice for the potential next mayor of New York.
www.politico.com
November 3, 2025 at 10:54 PM
.@politico interviewed Toronto Mayor @MayorOliviaChow about @ZohranKMamdani - she advised NYC’s likely next mayor to focus on affordable housing - and her relationship with @MarkJCarney - better, certainly, than Mamani’s with Trump www.politico.com/news/magazin...
Man there are a lot of people in Toronto severely bummed that Halloween is almost over
November 1, 2025 at 3:31 AM
Man there are a lot of people in Toronto severely bummed that Halloween is almost over
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Breaking news: Ohio officials approved a new congressional map that gives Republicans a leg up in two more House seats, which could help the party retain power in Washington in next year’s congressional elections.
Ohio approves new map giving Republicans a leg up in two more House seats
The new map received rare bipartisan agreement because Republicans who control the state legislature did not want to risk an election challenge from Democrats.
www.washingtonpost.com
October 31, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Breaking news: Ohio officials approved a new congressional map that gives Republicans a leg up in two more House seats, which could help the party retain power in Washington in next year’s congressional elections.
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As investigators followed Jeffrey Epstein’s money in 2007, his elite team of attorneys waged an aggressive battle to stop them. A cache of private emails obtained by Bloomberg News reveals details of the fight
Jeffrey Epstein Went to War Over Money Laundering Probe in 2007 Sex Case
Federal prosecutors opened a financial-crimes investigation into Jeffrey Epstein in 2007 amid their larger sex-trafficking probe. The financier and his legal team waged a war against them, his emails show.
bloom.bg
October 31, 2025 at 3:30 PM
As investigators followed Jeffrey Epstein’s money in 2007, his elite team of attorneys waged an aggressive battle to stop them. A cache of private emails obtained by Bloomberg News reveals details of the fight
.@fordnation says speed camera ban is fine because speed bumps, roundabouts will make streets safe. @mahdishabibinia has the reality check - some measures will take years, others will never materialize, leaving pedestrians, cyclists & motorists at risk www.thestar.com/news/gta/dou...
Doug Ford’s speed camera ban could leave spots in Toronto without anti-speeding measures for years, city says
School and other safety zones in Toronto that are about to lose their speed cameras could be left without provincially funded traffic-calming infrastructure for months — or even years.
www.thestar.com
October 31, 2025 at 12:31 PM
.@fordnation says speed camera ban is fine because speed bumps, roundabouts will make streets safe. @mahdishabibinia has the reality check - some measures will take years, others will never materialize, leaving pedestrians, cyclists & motorists at risk www.thestar.com/news/gta/dou...
Enjoyed this. Only wish is that when Bernie started saying “the media” this and “the media” that, Swisher had said: “Let’s make a deal - you don’t paint all media with the same brush and I won’t say ‘the politicians…’ and lump together you and Trump.”
youtube.com/watch?v=BKWv.... Swisher and Sanders. Great stuff.
Bernie Sanders on Trump, Big Tech, and AOC
YouTube video by On with Kara Swisher
youtube.com
October 31, 2025 at 2:41 AM
Enjoyed this. Only wish is that when Bernie started saying “the media” this and “the media” that, Swisher had said: “Let’s make a deal - you don’t paint all media with the same brush and I won’t say ‘the politicians…’ and lump together you and Trump.”
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My appreciation for KPop Demon Hunters increased by 1,000 percent after reading this smart, thoughtful @manishakrishnan.bsky.social interview with EJAE:
How ‘KPop Demon Hunters’ Star EJAE Topped the Charts
Kids everywhere know her voice—if not her name. WIRED talks to the former SM trainee about her rise to global superstardom with her hit song “Golden.”
www.wired.com
October 30, 2025 at 4:07 PM
My appreciation for KPop Demon Hunters increased by 1,000 percent after reading this smart, thoughtful @manishakrishnan.bsky.social interview with EJAE:
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I’ve been thinking a lot about a new kind of polling I’d like to see. We have polling that measures public opinion, which is obviously important, but I’d love to see a little more empirical work on public knowledge: what do voters know about politics and policy?
October 29, 2025 at 5:45 PM
I’ve been thinking a lot about a new kind of polling I’d like to see. We have polling that measures public opinion, which is obviously important, but I’d love to see a little more empirical work on public knowledge: what do voters know about politics and policy?