On April 4, TPS entered the lobby of Comedy Bar moments before the start of a fundraising event for Gaza.
That same night, cops entered a theatre at TIFF Lightbox midway through a screening of 'Palestine 36.'
I dug into this concerning trend for @thegrindto.bsky.social.
Toronto police showed up at a comedy fundraiser for Gaza and at a screening of the film Palestine 36 earlier this month.
@rdassaly.bsky.social speaks to organizers about what's happening and what can be done to protect community members.
The Grind is turning 3, and we're throwing a party Friday, April 24!
DJs, silent auction, drinks, snacks, plus brief musical acts from Witch Prophet, Austra and a very special guest.
Grab your ticket now:
www.eventbrite.ca/e/1985958119...
Feels like today the Liberals will get their majority and the door will firmly close on Ontario getting pharmacare, at least for the next three years. The pharma industry must be happy.
By this logic, we should all wait for bureaucrats to do a bunch of studies on the 401 tunnel before taking any position on it.
Liberal MPs and candidates in Toronto have been very unclear about their position on jets at the island airport, from what I've seen. Would be easy to take a clear position but they haven't.
The Greens and NDP campaigning in the Toronto byelections should be shouting that a Liberal majority means people in Ontario won't get pharmacare. Carney's Libs will only do it in a minority, and even then only with a fight. Haven't heard this at all yet.
Lmao. So the Weston family launched a new media outlet "Be Giant," and their newsletter is called... "The Leap." That is also the name of the org that emerged from The Leap Manifesto, which was viciously attacked in corporate media for going after oligarchs like the Westons.
* IRAN'S TASNIM NEWS AGENCY CITING UNNAMED SOURCE: IRAN WILL WITHDRAW FROM CEASEFIRE AGREEMENT IF ATTACK ON LEBANON CONTINUES
@reuters.com
OPINION: The U.S. and Israel are the Real Threats in West Asia
After Netanyahu and Trump started this war on Iran, Trump has gotten increasingly hysterical, threatening this morning that “a whole civilization will die tonight” if Iran doesn’t agree to his demands.
Grace Glowicki’s outrageous, campy new horror film Dead Lover is now playing in Toronto theatres.
It’s at Revue Cinema April 3-9 and at The Fox on April 11 & 12. Select screenings are in Stink-O-Vision and with filmmaker Q&As.
‘Palestine 36,’ Annemarie Jacir’s immersive new film set during the crucial 1930s Arab Revolt, is playing at TIFF for the next two weeks, starting tonight. Read @rdassaly.bsky.social’s review.
Project South has dominated headlines in 2026, but Toronto police have been embroiled in a series of high profile scandals since the start of the decade.
Here are the key moments in the long struggle for police accountability. ✍️ @aliyapabani.bsky.social
Why does the Toronto police budget keep rising, while other city services strain for funding?
In our new cover story, @aliyapabani.bsky.social explains how a taxpayer-funded comms machine ensures that the police budget only goes up, even when crime goes down.
Cover of THE GRIND. Below the nameplate, the main image is a Toronto Police car with the headline "ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER... TORONTO POLICE'S LONG STRUGGLE WITH ACCOUNTABILITY. PG 14" It also mentions "PG. 10 WAR IN IRAN" and "RATSKIN FAMILY BAND PG. 19"
The new issue is out! The cover story is a deep look at our local police and their long argument with accountability (not the Hollywood film).
Copies are available at (nearly) all the usual spots, including the red "FREE" streetboxes in Metro Toronto.
Or read online: thegrindmag.ca
Our new issue is almost here...
Looks like the Cuba-bound tanker with Russian oil aboard was diverted a couple days ago and went to Trinidad instead. This is the same tanker that was bound for Cuba in February then had its route suspended and was floating in the Atlantic for weeks, then tried again.
Very interesting that this press conference is TPS and TPA but it's an OPP report. No one from OPP there to answer questions. Asked about it, TPS chief says if there are questions about how the press conference is being run, ask TPS corporate comms.
TPA saying the trial judge was wrong about the officers' testimony and asks Zameer to apologize to Northrup's widow.
OPP finds no collusion or lying on the part of the three TPS officers.
Live now: www.youtube.com/live/aBTFtvS...
Had the pleasure of editing @alishamgl.bsky.social’s profile on the great Grace Glowicki for @thegrindto.bsky.social.
Edmonton’s freakiest!
I think this ship that was turned around was the one that was supposed to come soon. The U.S. made it sound like countries would just be sanctioned if they sent oil, but this case makes it look more like there was an armed naval blockade.
Dunno if it was widely reported but Russia tried sending a huge shipment of oil to Cuba and two weeks ago it looks like it was turned around in the Atlantic by the US navy.
Seeing the Toronto Police Association president is speaking alongside police chief Demkiw at today's presser about the new OPP report on the Umar Zameer / Jeffrey Northrup case makes me think the officers aren't facing serious consequences. But who knows!
Save the dates! April is fundraising month for The Grind and we're putting on a couple events.
April 8 evening: Lecture and discussion
April 24 night: Party!
More info to come.
Come on Bluesky, this deserves a proper roasting. Two climate villains posing as climate superheroes, getting chummy about all the new fossil fuels they're unlocking - RIGHT IN THE MIDST of a global crisis caused by over-reliance on the product they're celebrating
