Jim Rankin
@jleerankin.bsky.social
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Jim Rankin
@jleerankin.bsky.social
· Nov 18
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We’ve got an all-star fan panel for you on today’s new episode of Deep Left Field!!!
@bitterasiandude.bsky.social @clareblackwood.bsky.social and Nick Dika of The Arkells join me to discuss #Bluejays run to the World Series.
The Fall Classic starts tomorrow!
@bitterasiandude.bsky.social @clareblackwood.bsky.social and Nick Dika of The Arkells join me to discuss #Bluejays run to the World Series.
The Fall Classic starts tomorrow!
All-Star fan panel Paul Sun-Hyung Lee, Nick Dika and Clare Blackwood are fired up about the American League Champion Blue Jays
Podcast Episode · Deep Left Field with Mike Wilner · 2025-10-23 · 55m
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October 23, 2025 at 4:19 PM
We’ve got an all-star fan panel for you on today’s new episode of Deep Left Field!!!
@bitterasiandude.bsky.social @clareblackwood.bsky.social and Nick Dika of The Arkells join me to discuss #Bluejays run to the World Series.
The Fall Classic starts tomorrow!
@bitterasiandude.bsky.social @clareblackwood.bsky.social and Nick Dika of The Arkells join me to discuss #Bluejays run to the World Series.
The Fall Classic starts tomorrow!
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Why misinformation and disinformation are bad for your health. Q+A w/ @picardonhealth.bsky.social by Adam Hunter on CBC Regina www.cbc.ca/listen/live-... via @cbcnews.ca
October 21, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Why misinformation and disinformation are bad for your health. Q+A w/ @picardonhealth.bsky.social by Adam Hunter on CBC Regina www.cbc.ca/listen/live-... via @cbcnews.ca
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We've extended the deadline for our mentorship program - apply by Oct. 14! Get one-on-one mentoring from some of Canada's top journalists.
Apply now: https://caj.ca/programs/mentorship/
Apply now: https://caj.ca/programs/mentorship/
October 8, 2025 at 4:58 PM
We've extended the deadline for our mentorship program - apply by Oct. 14! Get one-on-one mentoring from some of Canada's top journalists.
Apply now: https://caj.ca/programs/mentorship/
Apply now: https://caj.ca/programs/mentorship/
Hey Toronto and area media types, tickets for Newzapalooza 2025 live band karaoke edition with The Approximators now on sale. Show is November 22 at legendary The Duke on Queen St. E. As always, it's a benefit for the Children's Aid Foundation of Canada, and is Media Event of the Year!
Tixtree
By selling or buying tickets on Tixtree you are leading the way towards a sustainable future.
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October 1, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Hey Toronto and area media types, tickets for Newzapalooza 2025 live band karaoke edition with The Approximators now on sale. Show is November 22 at legendary The Duke on Queen St. E. As always, it's a benefit for the Children's Aid Foundation of Canada, and is Media Event of the Year!
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Jane Goodall, primate expert and conservationist, dies aged 91.
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Here’s a piece I wrote about her in 2014: Youth give Jane Goodall reason to hope
www.theglobeandmail.com/news/nationa... via @theglobeandmail.com
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Here’s a piece I wrote about her in 2014: Youth give Jane Goodall reason to hope
www.theglobeandmail.com/news/nationa... via @theglobeandmail.com
Youth give Jane Goodall reason to hope
Primatologist is inspired by young people’s desire to live in harmony with one another and nature
www.theglobeandmail.com
October 1, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Jane Goodall, primate expert and conservationist, dies aged 91.
www.theglobeandmail.com/world/articl...
Here’s a piece I wrote about her in 2014: Youth give Jane Goodall reason to hope
www.theglobeandmail.com/news/nationa... via @theglobeandmail.com
www.theglobeandmail.com/world/articl...
Here’s a piece I wrote about her in 2014: Youth give Jane Goodall reason to hope
www.theglobeandmail.com/news/nationa... via @theglobeandmail.com
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Our Fact Check campaign is now live at factcheckhere.ca! On this website you can...
-Find credible news sources
-Read about the importance of fact-checking
-Share our Fact Check campaign content like this ⬇️
-Find credible news sources
-Read about the importance of fact-checking
-Share our Fact Check campaign content like this ⬇️
September 17, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Our Fact Check campaign is now live at factcheckhere.ca! On this website you can...
-Find credible news sources
-Read about the importance of fact-checking
-Share our Fact Check campaign content like this ⬇️
-Find credible news sources
-Read about the importance of fact-checking
-Share our Fact Check campaign content like this ⬇️
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Unifor’s Media Action Plan launched its hard-hitting Fact Checked campaign today with social media, TV and newspaper spots to bring attention to the fight against misinformation.
#canlab #savelocalnews
#canlab #savelocalnews
Unifor’s Fact Checked campaign fights misinformation by boosting Canadian journalism
TORONTO—Unifor’s Media Action Plan launched its hard-hitting Fact Checked campaign today with social media, TV and newspaper spots to bring attention to the fight against misinformation.“The Canadian…
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September 17, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Unifor’s Media Action Plan launched its hard-hitting Fact Checked campaign today with social media, TV and newspaper spots to bring attention to the fight against misinformation.
#canlab #savelocalnews
#canlab #savelocalnews
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This campaign is now live. Check it out! www.factcheckhere.ca
September 17, 2025 at 3:34 PM
This campaign is now live. Check it out! www.factcheckhere.ca
With TIFF on in Toronto, here's a snap of Mike Myers from 35 years ago, for @thestar.com story in which Myers expressed his comfort with being a Toronto guy:
September 4, 2025 at 6:37 PM
With TIFF on in Toronto, here's a snap of Mike Myers from 35 years ago, for @thestar.com story in which Myers expressed his comfort with being a Toronto guy:
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Female pilots may be more consistent and accurate when flying in high-pressure scenarios, according to a small study out of the University of Waterloo.
Female pilots may perform better in high-pressure scenarios, University of Waterloo study finds
In simulated scenarios, female pilots were faster at identifying an emergency and landing the plane safely.
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August 8, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Female pilots may be more consistent and accurate when flying in high-pressure scenarios, according to a small study out of the University of Waterloo.
ICYMI, great story!
Mary-Sophie Harvey has slept in her car so he can train; she has finished fourth so many times at big events she has 4s tattooed on her arm. But she has always felt like she was swimming towards something, and in Singapore, she got her moment. www.thestar.com/sports/amate...
Mary-Sophie Harvey breaks the fourth wall to win bronze at world aquatics championships
Canadian has fours tattooed on her arm for all her fourth-place finishes: 2 individual Paris Olympic events and several at short-course championships.
www.thestar.com
August 1, 2025 at 4:54 PM
ICYMI, great story!
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In June 2023, the Canadian government passed Bill C-18, the Online News Act, mandating that big tech pay media organizations fees to distribute content. Google complied, but Meta refused to pay up. Mostafa Al A’sar examines the fallout: thewalrus.ca/if-you-think-we-...
July 23, 2025 at 2:01 PM
In June 2023, the Canadian government passed Bill C-18, the Online News Act, mandating that big tech pay media organizations fees to distribute content. Google complied, but Meta refused to pay up. Mostafa Al A’sar examines the fallout: thewalrus.ca/if-you-think-we-...
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Really grateful to Phil Rickaby for having me on @stageworthy.ca, where we had a wide-ranging conversation about slime tutorials, my strange journey from theatre school to my job at The Globe and, of course, Taylor Swift.
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#421 – Aisling Murphy
Stageworthy · Episode
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July 22, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Really grateful to Phil Rickaby for having me on @stageworthy.ca, where we had a wide-ranging conversation about slime tutorials, my strange journey from theatre school to my job at The Globe and, of course, Taylor Swift.
open.spotify.com/episode/3FPj...
open.spotify.com/episode/3FPj...
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I still feel intense emotion when faced with my assault & survival. I'm thankful for that, it reminds me of the preciousness of life & what I've learned. Incredibly grateful to @jleerankin.bsky.social @thestar.com for sharing some insight into this journey: www.thestar.com/news/gta/how...
How a near-fatal punch on New Year’s six years ago changed a Toronto lawyer’s life — and his assailant’s
David Shellnutt is telling his story to show what he has learned as an assault victim — and highlight what happens when a court case takes so long.
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July 12, 2025 at 1:11 PM
I still feel intense emotion when faced with my assault & survival. I'm thankful for that, it reminds me of the preciousness of life & what I've learned. Incredibly grateful to @jleerankin.bsky.social @thestar.com for sharing some insight into this journey: www.thestar.com/news/gta/how...
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Really touched by this story of the fallout from a violent dispute on a sidewalk on a rainy night in Toronto so many years ago. In the U.S. it might have ended in gunfire. Here, it's insight. Good for Shellnutt. @jleerankin.bsky.social
I still feel intense emotion when faced with my assault & survival. I'm thankful for that, it reminds me of the preciousness of life & what I've learned. Incredibly grateful to @jleerankin.bsky.social @thestar.com for sharing some insight into this journey: www.thestar.com/news/gta/how...
How a near-fatal punch on New Year’s six years ago changed a Toronto lawyer’s life — and his assailant’s
David Shellnutt is telling his story to show what he has learned as an assault victim — and highlight what happens when a court case takes so long.
www.thestar.com
July 12, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Really touched by this story of the fallout from a violent dispute on a sidewalk on a rainy night in Toronto so many years ago. In the U.S. it might have ended in gunfire. Here, it's insight. Good for Shellnutt. @jleerankin.bsky.social
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Another Toronto high school is being accused of suppressing student voices after all Grade 12 quotes were removed from its yearbook over student submissions related to Palestine and Tibet.
Some Toronto students offered Free Palestine and Free Tibet as yearbook quotes. The school removed quotes from the entire Grade 12
Parkdale Collegiate administration said the decision was made to align with a provincial directive to avoid political biases in the classroom.
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June 26, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Another Toronto high school is being accused of suppressing student voices after all Grade 12 quotes were removed from its yearbook over student submissions related to Palestine and Tibet.
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Cool study from @bikewaysto.bsky.social detailing a traffic count on Bloor Street taken on June 11 with a camera at 412 Bloor West. During the peak of the afternoon rush, bikes outnumbered cars.
I repeat: bikes outnumbered cars.
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I repeat: bikes outnumbered cars.
drive.google.com/file/d/1ctd4...
June 19, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Cool study from @bikewaysto.bsky.social detailing a traffic count on Bloor Street taken on June 11 with a camera at 412 Bloor West. During the peak of the afternoon rush, bikes outnumbered cars.
I repeat: bikes outnumbered cars.
drive.google.com/file/d/1ctd4...
I repeat: bikes outnumbered cars.
drive.google.com/file/d/1ctd4...
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June 16, 2025 at 8:25 PM
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NEW: Ontario's government is facing a slew of lawsuits, including a proposed class-action, from former Maplehurst inmates subject to a brutal collective punishment in December 2023.
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Ontario government facing lawsuits from inmates over ‘unconscionable conduct’ by Maplehurst jail guards
The lawsuits mark a widening fallout from the violent incident, which has already compromised dozens of criminal prosecutions.
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June 16, 2025 at 7:09 PM
NEW: Ontario's government is facing a slew of lawsuits, including a proposed class-action, from former Maplehurst inmates subject to a brutal collective punishment in December 2023.
www.thestar.com/news/investi...
www.thestar.com/news/investi...
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An LAPD helicopter claimed to have ID'ed protesters from above and threatened to "come to your house."
The threat was greeted with extreme concern by civil liberties and digital privacy groups. It suggests the LAPD could be using facial recognition to identify and retaliate against protesters.
The threat was greeted with extreme concern by civil liberties and digital privacy groups. It suggests the LAPD could be using facial recognition to identify and retaliate against protesters.
An LAPD helicopter claimed to have ID'ed protesters from above and threatened to "come to your house"
The practice, an expert warns, could lead to "reprisals and retribution by the police for your politics.”
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June 10, 2025 at 12:07 PM
An LAPD helicopter claimed to have ID'ed protesters from above and threatened to "come to your house."
The threat was greeted with extreme concern by civil liberties and digital privacy groups. It suggests the LAPD could be using facial recognition to identify and retaliate against protesters.
The threat was greeted with extreme concern by civil liberties and digital privacy groups. It suggests the LAPD could be using facial recognition to identify and retaliate against protesters.
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IT’S A BRAND-NEW EPISODE OF DEEP LEFT FIELD!!!
This week, Tim Leiper looks back at his #Bluejays days, the BatFlip and more!
@cdnbaseballhof.bsky.social chair Jeremy Diamond talks induction weekend!
And you get to meet Steven Jaschinski, the Burlington kid who is now an #MLB umpire!!
This week, Tim Leiper looks back at his #Bluejays days, the BatFlip and more!
@cdnbaseballhof.bsky.social chair Jeremy Diamond talks induction weekend!
And you get to meet Steven Jaschinski, the Burlington kid who is now an #MLB umpire!!
Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame Chair Jeremy Diamond on Jose Bautista and other inductees, plus Padre Tim Leiper and ump Steven Jaschinski
Podcast Episode · Deep Left Field with Mike Wilner · 2025-05-29 · 1h 18m
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May 29, 2025 at 4:39 PM
IT’S A BRAND-NEW EPISODE OF DEEP LEFT FIELD!!!
This week, Tim Leiper looks back at his #Bluejays days, the BatFlip and more!
@cdnbaseballhof.bsky.social chair Jeremy Diamond talks induction weekend!
And you get to meet Steven Jaschinski, the Burlington kid who is now an #MLB umpire!!
This week, Tim Leiper looks back at his #Bluejays days, the BatFlip and more!
@cdnbaseballhof.bsky.social chair Jeremy Diamond talks induction weekend!
And you get to meet Steven Jaschinski, the Burlington kid who is now an #MLB umpire!!
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"The wholesale betrayal of Canada’s largest racial justice movement by those in power continues to have deadly impacts for Black and Indigenous folks today." @policingblack.bsky.social reflects on five years since the 2020 BLM uprising.
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What is life like for Black people five years after George Floyd’s murder?
The same political leaders who claimed to they’d heard the calls of this historic movement eschewed meaningful change in favour of the status quo.
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May 29, 2025 at 12:14 PM
"The wholesale betrayal of Canada’s largest racial justice movement by those in power continues to have deadly impacts for Black and Indigenous folks today." @policingblack.bsky.social reflects on five years since the 2020 BLM uprising.
www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
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A B.C. couple waited weeks to get their stillborn daughter's remains. Then, they were invoiced for her autopsy.
Expert says lack of standardized care for stillbirths results in errors that traumatize grieving families, by Jodie Martinson www.cbc.ca/news/canada/... via @cbcnews.ca #stillbirth
Expert says lack of standardized care for stillbirths results in errors that traumatize grieving families, by Jodie Martinson www.cbc.ca/news/canada/... via @cbcnews.ca #stillbirth
A B.C. couple waited weeks to get their stillborn daughter's remains. Then, they were invoiced for her autopsy | CBC News
A month after delivering their stillborn child, a couple received an invoice for her autopsy addressed to her by name. It revealed her remains had been waiting for pick up two weeks longer than necess...
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May 29, 2025 at 3:21 PM
A B.C. couple waited weeks to get their stillborn daughter's remains. Then, they were invoiced for her autopsy.
Expert says lack of standardized care for stillbirths results in errors that traumatize grieving families, by Jodie Martinson www.cbc.ca/news/canada/... via @cbcnews.ca #stillbirth
Expert says lack of standardized care for stillbirths results in errors that traumatize grieving families, by Jodie Martinson www.cbc.ca/news/canada/... via @cbcnews.ca #stillbirth
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Twenty volunteers were trained this month and are now officially open for business to offer Canadian journalists confidential colleague-to-colleague help through the Canadian News Industry Peer Support (CNIPS) program, a pilot initiative of the CAJ. caj.ca/canadas-news...
May 26, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Twenty volunteers were trained this month and are now officially open for business to offer Canadian journalists confidential colleague-to-colleague help through the Canadian News Industry Peer Support (CNIPS) program, a pilot initiative of the CAJ. caj.ca/canadas-news...