JOE
@giuseppetoronto.bsky.social
Father, Husband, Toronto, Pet Parent, Proud Canadian.
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In just over a month, we will be transforming this parking lot into a live stage for START MAKING SENSE, our annual benefit concert featuring an all star lineup of talent celebrating the music of Talking Heads. Unmissable!
www.westendphoenix.com/events/start...
www.westendphoenix.com/events/start...
August 4, 2025 at 4:19 PM
In just over a month, we will be transforming this parking lot into a live stage for START MAKING SENSE, our annual benefit concert featuring an all star lineup of talent celebrating the music of Talking Heads. Unmissable!
www.westendphoenix.com/events/start...
www.westendphoenix.com/events/start...
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I am grateful for our public healthcare system. But seriously, if men needed mammograms, the machine wouldn’t look like this, a giant monster waffle iron that requires you to contort your body at such extreme angles you have to clutch the machine to keep from falling.
July 19, 2025 at 2:43 PM
I am grateful for our public healthcare system. But seriously, if men needed mammograms, the machine wouldn’t look like this, a giant monster waffle iron that requires you to contort your body at such extreme angles you have to clutch the machine to keep from falling.
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Seasonal washrooms in City parks are open from 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. every day.
Before heading out, plan accordingly and check out this online map that shows the daily statuses of washrooms, drinking fountains, bottle fillers and dog fountains: www.toronto.ca/explore-enjo...
Before heading out, plan accordingly and check out this online map that shows the daily statuses of washrooms, drinking fountains, bottle fillers and dog fountains: www.toronto.ca/explore-enjo...
July 17, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Seasonal washrooms in City parks are open from 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. every day.
Before heading out, plan accordingly and check out this online map that shows the daily statuses of washrooms, drinking fountains, bottle fillers and dog fountains: www.toronto.ca/explore-enjo...
Before heading out, plan accordingly and check out this online map that shows the daily statuses of washrooms, drinking fountains, bottle fillers and dog fountains: www.toronto.ca/explore-enjo...
Happy Canada 🇨🇦 Day, everyone!
July 1, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Happy Canada 🇨🇦 Day, everyone!
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There are ~70,000 condos under construction, which your purposefully misleading headline ignores. A bait-and-switch that damages trust in the media. Market slumps can be explained honestly without exaggeration or distorting reality #blogTO. www.blogto.com/real-estate-...
No one is building condos in Toronto anymore as market hits 20-year rock bottom
Almost every piece of data that has emerged about Toronto real estate in the last year-plus has served as a disheartening blow to anyone with a stake…
www.blogto.com
June 17, 2025 at 7:20 PM
There are ~70,000 condos under construction, which your purposefully misleading headline ignores. A bait-and-switch that damages trust in the media. Market slumps can be explained honestly without exaggeration or distorting reality #blogTO. www.blogto.com/real-estate-...
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Please enjoy my cartoon for Wednesday's Toronto Star
June 17, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Please enjoy my cartoon for Wednesday's Toronto Star
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TORONTO’S NEW LANDLORDS: They’re ultra rich & over the next 8 years they’re bringing 21,000 units without rent control to a new building near you.
Meet the corporate firms that a growing number of Torontonians are paying their rent to.
www.westendphoenix.com/stories/toro...
Meet the corporate firms that a growing number of Torontonians are paying their rent to.
www.westendphoenix.com/stories/toro...
June 14, 2025 at 4:26 PM
TORONTO’S NEW LANDLORDS: They’re ultra rich & over the next 8 years they’re bringing 21,000 units without rent control to a new building near you.
Meet the corporate firms that a growing number of Torontonians are paying their rent to.
www.westendphoenix.com/stories/toro...
Meet the corporate firms that a growing number of Torontonians are paying their rent to.
www.westendphoenix.com/stories/toro...
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Up to 73% of car seats are installed incorrectly. York Regional Police's upcoming free clinics aim to change that
Up to 73% of car seats are installed incorrectly. York Regional Police's upcoming free clinics aim to change that
According to Child Passenger Safety Association of Canada, motor vehicle collisions are the leading cause of death in Canadian children.
www.yorkregion.com
June 1, 2025 at 10:45 AM
Up to 73% of car seats are installed incorrectly. York Regional Police's upcoming free clinics aim to change that
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Hey! I wrote a what could & should be Toronto’s greatest intersection but it’s ugly. How to fix it? Just do what’s languishing in city plans. Greatest? Make it Toronto’s Praça do Comércio.
Shawn Micallef: Let’s fix it: This intersection is one of Toronto’s most important places — but it’s ugly
Yonge and Queens Quay is a disappointment, neither a grand entrance to the city or a dramatic reveal of Toronto’s harbour. Improvements are needed.
www.thestar.com
June 1, 2025 at 11:49 AM
Hey! I wrote a what could & should be Toronto’s greatest intersection but it’s ugly. How to fix it? Just do what’s languishing in city plans. Greatest? Make it Toronto’s Praça do Comércio.
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In 2023, the TDSB initiated a protocol to help suicidal kids more than 1,000 times. The same year, the Ontario government cut funding for mental health services in schools”
@kunalchaudhary.bsky.social from our This Is Gotham package, out now.
www.westendphoenix.com/stories/mini...
@kunalchaudhary.bsky.social from our This Is Gotham package, out now.
www.westendphoenix.com/stories/mini...
Cuts made by the Ministry of Education have led to a full-blown crisis in students’ mental health — West End Phoenix
In 2023, the TDSB initiated a protocol to help suicidal kids more than 1,000 times. The same year, the Ontario government cut funding for mental health services in schools. “I just feel like what’s ha...
www.westendphoenix.com
May 24, 2025 at 3:17 PM
In 2023, the TDSB initiated a protocol to help suicidal kids more than 1,000 times. The same year, the Ontario government cut funding for mental health services in schools”
@kunalchaudhary.bsky.social from our This Is Gotham package, out now.
www.westendphoenix.com/stories/mini...
@kunalchaudhary.bsky.social from our This Is Gotham package, out now.
www.westendphoenix.com/stories/mini...
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Elsa Lam continues to prove & document how corrupt & full of lies the Doug Ford closure of the science centre was & is. Read & share widely - not that it matters in Ontario, a province that seems ok w a high level of this.
www.canadianarchitect.com/draft-engine...
www.canadianarchitect.com/draft-engine...
New documents reinforce that Science Centre closure was not supported by engineers
The Ontario Science Centre was shuttered on June 21, 2024, with the Ontario government claiming that a structural roof issue made it unsafe. New documents suggest that the engineers inspecting the roo...
www.canadianarchitect.com
May 17, 2025 at 1:10 PM
Elsa Lam continues to prove & document how corrupt & full of lies the Doug Ford closure of the science centre was & is. Read & share widely - not that it matters in Ontario, a province that seems ok w a high level of this.
www.canadianarchitect.com/draft-engine...
www.canadianarchitect.com/draft-engine...
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Menagerie Market: Pop-Up at Kensington Market www.todocanada.ca/city/toronto... via @todo_canada
Menagerie Market: Pop-Up at Kensington Market
[adinserter block="4"]Menagerie Market is a curated outdoor market held during Pedestrian Sundays in Toronto’s vibrant Kensington Market. Each event brings together over 30 incredible local artists, e...
www.todocanada.ca
May 14, 2025 at 10:39 PM
Menagerie Market: Pop-Up at Kensington Market www.todocanada.ca/city/toronto... via @todo_canada
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I hope someone got Pierre a nice soothing balm for this third-degree burn.
May 14, 2025 at 2:16 AM
I hope someone got Pierre a nice soothing balm for this third-degree burn.
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A new poll suggests most Canadians no longer feel safe travelling to America amid continued threats against Canadian sovereignty by U.S. President Donald Trump and the pressures of an ongoing trade war.
Travelling in the age of Trump: A surprising number of Canadians no longer feel safe going to the U.S., poll finds
Just over half of respondents feel it’s no longer safe for all Canadians to travel south of the border, a new Leger Marketing poll found.
www.thestar.com
May 7, 2025 at 8:35 PM
A new poll suggests most Canadians no longer feel safe travelling to America amid continued threats against Canadian sovereignty by U.S. President Donald Trump and the pressures of an ongoing trade war.
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Please enjoy my cartoon for Wednesday's Toronto Star
May 6, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Please enjoy my cartoon for Wednesday's Toronto Star
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Please stop what you are doing and follow @emmaarkell.bsky.social right now
Meet Emma Arkell, PressProgress’ New Labour Reporter
Emma’s journalism is focused on centring the interests of workers and putting ‘working-class voices’ back in the news
Follow 👉 @emmaarkell.bsky.social
Emma’s journalism is focused on centring the interests of workers and putting ‘working-class voices’ back in the news
Follow 👉 @emmaarkell.bsky.social
Meet Emma Arkell, PressProgress’ New Labour Reporter
Emma Arkell’s journalism is focused on centring the interests of workers and putting ‘working-class voices’ back in the news
pressprogress.ca
May 5, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Please stop what you are doing and follow @emmaarkell.bsky.social right now
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Small election day scoop: Donors to Pierre Poilievre's Conservative leadership campaign picked up a $16,000 tab for a home reno contractor
Poilievre claimed $85,000 in personal and living expenses that appear to relate to his private residence, located in a ”resort lifestyle” community in Greely
Poilievre claimed $85,000 in personal and living expenses that appear to relate to his private residence, located in a ”resort lifestyle” community in Greely
5 strange and interesting stories we didn’t have time to tell you about before election day
Here are a few of the tips and leads @pressprogress.ca was looking into during a busy and fast-paced election period
Here are a few of the tips and leads @pressprogress.ca was looking into during a busy and fast-paced election period
5 Strange and Interesting Stories We Didn’t Have Time to Tell You About Before Election Day
Here are a few of the tips and leads PressProgress was looking into during a busy and fast-paced election period
pressprogress.ca
April 28, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Small election day scoop: Donors to Pierre Poilievre's Conservative leadership campaign picked up a $16,000 tab for a home reno contractor
Poilievre claimed $85,000 in personal and living expenses that appear to relate to his private residence, located in a ”resort lifestyle” community in Greely
Poilievre claimed $85,000 in personal and living expenses that appear to relate to his private residence, located in a ”resort lifestyle” community in Greely
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The Soo is ready to vote #CanadaStrong — and they were out in full force today at Aurora’s Pizza and Spaghetti House.
On Monday, let’s make it happen.
On Monday, let’s make it happen.
April 26, 2025 at 3:01 AM
The Soo is ready to vote #CanadaStrong — and they were out in full force today at Aurora’s Pizza and Spaghetti House.
On Monday, let’s make it happen.
On Monday, let’s make it happen.
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Poilievre rushed to safety after actual journalist question makes it past security
Poilievre rushed to safety after actual journalist question makes it past security
CALGARY - During an outdoor campaign rally, security rushed a shaken Pierre Poilievre to safety after he was tragically struck by a lone question from a journalist.
www.thebeaverton.com
April 25, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Poilievre rushed to safety after actual journalist question makes it past security
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Please enjoy my cartoon for Thursday's Toronto Star
April 23, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Please enjoy my cartoon for Thursday's Toronto Star
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Spammers are flooding TikTok with pro-Conservative content
A new investigation from @pivot.quebec finds that a small number of mostly pro-Conservative accounts are responsible for 15% of comments on election-related videos
A new investigation from @pivot.quebec finds that a small number of mostly pro-Conservative accounts are responsible for 15% of comments on election-related videos
Spammers Are Flooding TikTok with Pro-Conservative Content
A small number of mostly pro-Conservative accounts are responsible for 15% of comments on election-related videos
pressprogress.ca
April 23, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Spammers are flooding TikTok with pro-Conservative content
A new investigation from @pivot.quebec finds that a small number of mostly pro-Conservative accounts are responsible for 15% of comments on election-related videos
A new investigation from @pivot.quebec finds that a small number of mostly pro-Conservative accounts are responsible for 15% of comments on election-related videos
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Poilievre's new platform won't change his old ways.
Trying to distance himself from his dismal record on workers' rights doesn't mean a thing when his Policy Declaration still reads like a boss's wishlist- not a plan for workers.
More: ofl.ca/the-conserva...
#cdnpoli #Elxn45
Trying to distance himself from his dismal record on workers' rights doesn't mean a thing when his Policy Declaration still reads like a boss's wishlist- not a plan for workers.
More: ofl.ca/the-conserva...
#cdnpoli #Elxn45
April 22, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Poilievre's new platform won't change his old ways.
Trying to distance himself from his dismal record on workers' rights doesn't mean a thing when his Policy Declaration still reads like a boss's wishlist- not a plan for workers.
More: ofl.ca/the-conserva...
#cdnpoli #Elxn45
Trying to distance himself from his dismal record on workers' rights doesn't mean a thing when his Policy Declaration still reads like a boss's wishlist- not a plan for workers.
More: ofl.ca/the-conserva...
#cdnpoli #Elxn45
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Pierre Poilievre is cutting back his own tax cut.
Canadians need support now. Poilievre has no plan to deal with Donald Trump.
Canadians need support now. Poilievre has no plan to deal with Donald Trump.
April 22, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Pierre Poilievre is cutting back his own tax cut.
Canadians need support now. Poilievre has no plan to deal with Donald Trump.
Canadians need support now. Poilievre has no plan to deal with Donald Trump.
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You can’t be tough on crime if you’re not tough on guns.
April 15, 2025 at 8:58 PM
You can’t be tough on crime if you’re not tough on guns.