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Aging journo with the calves of a 15-year-old and a love of the absurd. Also, Toronto Star city hall bureau chief. Please email tips to drider(at)thestar.ca

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  1. 21 minutes ago

    Toronto’s conservative budget chief, a visual artist by trade, is co-chairing the Year of Public Art 2021 committee with president Sara Diamond. City will accelerate art projects, work w different sectors.

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  2. 27 minutes ago

    Mayor says arts fundamental to “soul” of city but also to economy - sends message to world on how welcoming Toronto is to creative people

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  3. 30 minutes ago

    (Star columnist and noted urbanist Micallef has aimed pointed criticism at Tory’s mayoralty on a number of fronts)

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  4. 31 minutes ago

    Reading of list of people who helped drive public art projects Mayor pauses at - “it says he’s a noted urbanist; I would have said critic (laughter from crowd, another pause from Tory) but long may he be so.”

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  5. 33 minutes ago

    Mayor says “there is no prejudice toward downtown” in art festivals and events; OCAD & other location drivers. This might be a surprise to some of his allies on council incl Clr Pasternak who cited Nuit Blanche as a counterweight balance to sidewalk snow clearing

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  6. 39 minutes ago

    At where Mayor is making a public art announcement. Mayor promised in 2018 election to have “a year of public art.” Says diversity of city fosters a city where art brings people together

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    (And a story from September: )

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    (Whatever one thinks of Democrats' gun control proposals, Trump is obviously wrong that Democrats are not doing anything on the subject. A story from the same day Trump spoke here: )

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    Trump did a brief interview with NBC 10 in northern Louisiana last week. Here's the transcript of a question and answer on gun violence:

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    14 hours ago

    Many weeks ago, myself and reporters in 4 other cities across the country set out to collect data on the number of women occupying top board positions in our cities. Last week, our stories were finally published:

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    The top story on the Alberta sites today by a considerable margin is this story about the Albertans who are starting to feel a little alienated by all the western alienation talk.

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    12 hours ago

    44% of Toronto households in 2016 reported living in apartment units in buildings with 5 or more storeys; given rapid growth in that building form, I suspect by the 2021 census, we'll be a majority apartment dwelling unit city (if we are not already)

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    A massive wildfire on peatland in the far north in May doubled Scotland's greenhouse gas emissions for the six days it burnt, a study has estimated.

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    Sacked Wallaby star Israel Folau slammed as "appallingly insensitive" by Australia PM after claiming bushfires are "God's judgement" for gay marriage

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    Modernising the iPlayer has allowed the BBC to win back a third of its young audience but changes are happening too slowly to compete with Netflix and Spotify

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    : No more high water in , wonderful as always. (photo credits: Samia Metheni)

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    14 hours ago

    Helping to represent this evening for the World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims. has hit many times over last few years. Thankful for continued advocacy. HT – at Mel Lastman Square

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    21 hours ago

    The latest Ford/Tory transit plan lasted less than a month.

    Are you now rewriting your transit plan again !?! Your deal with Toronto builds a Scarborough extension to Sheppard but your Staff tell us the Sheppard Extension from Don Mills Stn is 2041 at the earliest and currently UNFUNDED. This is not a game!
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    16 hours ago

    If anybody wants advice on donation suggestions is responding on Twitter! One thing for clarity: I was contacted by city staff Friday, on a day off and when I was running between appointments - so we agreed to talk Monday. Will post any information they send on rules.

    Replying to @InwoodMeg @JGmaxymiw @jpags
    it leaves folks in a bit of a bind. My source for this is years of lived experience & an article from the CBC that's from 2009. The Star tried to confirm with the city whether they'd changed that policy since, and had received no response by press time, afaik. Which means that /2
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    "I'm not sure what the city intends for the hundreds of people who can’t find a bed every night to do. Just walk around, I suppose, all night, every night, all winter, and hope they’ll be able to catch a few catnaps during the day somewhere"

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