We @thenarwhal.ca spent a month investigating what Doug Ford's conservation authority consolidation means for drinking water protections. 12 sources & a leaked doc reveal the system built to prvent another Walkerton crisis is in flux—and experts are worried.
thenarwhal.ca/ontario-sour... #onpoli
Alarm bells are ringing!
I expected the #OntarioBudget to be bad. But it’s REALLY BAD Y’ALL.
Climate finance getting the chop. Oof.
This pretty picture is of the province’s smaller Science Centre near their private spa at Ontario Place. The price tag is $1.4 billion. The existing building only requires about $350 mil over 20 years (and about $30 mil for priority repairs). All this based on the AG report.
They’re always fucking with my homegirl 😔
Harrison Faulkner: Hockey programs should be more heavily subsidized across the country. The cost for Canadian kids to become goalies is far too high. Rink fees are outrageous and ice time needs to be seriously reconsidered. Pricing kids and Canadian families out of the game while bulldozing historic hockey rinks is insane. Ripping the heart of hockey culture and demonizing Hockey Canada to score political points has a detrimental impact on the country. It should be a right for Canadian kids to play hockey, not a privilege.
Canada's Olympic hockey defeat is driving right-wing influencers into the arms of socialism
here you go
Important job alert! Toronto’s City Planning Division is looking for a new Director of Urban Design. If you have a passion for cities and for the importance of architecture, urban design, art and heritage in successful city-building, you should check out our job posting at tinyurl.com/3e8s3br8
It’s… been a long year.
mental health causes vs terrorism: a story about race and geopolitics
A wrong Grok post making up a white guy who stopped the Australian mass shooting.
BBC 'Hero' who wrestled gun from Bondi shooter named as Ahmed al Ahmed Emily Atkinson Sun, December 14, 2025 at 1:06 p.m. CST 2 min read A "hero" bystander who was filmed wrestling a gun from one of the Bondi Beach attackers has been named as 43-year-old Ahmed al Ahmed. Video verified by the BBC showed Mr Ahmed run at the gunman and seize his weapon, before turning the gun round on him, forcing his retreat. Mr Ahmed, a fruit shop owner and father of two, remains in hospital, where he has undergone surgery for bullet wounds to his arm and hand, his family told 7News Australia.
This is fucking grim. Somebody invented a white guy, an "IT professional" named Edward Crabtree, who stopped the Bondi shooting and spread it all over the internet, which was picked up by AI agents and slop aggregation sites.
The real hero is a fruit stand owner named Ahmed el Ahmed.
And SEATING!
Basic light pollution diagram showing four different streetlight set ups ranging from more light pollution on the left to less light pollution on the right. The most pollution option, labelled "very bad" is a street lamp with a round uncovered bulb on top, making a sphere of light in the air. The next option, labelled "bad" has a tiny cap on top, that limits the upward pollution a bit. The "better" option is mostly uncovered on top, limiting pollution above the streetlight. The final option, labelled "best" has a full shroud overtop, limiting the light to only below the streetlight, where it is needed for pedestrians and vehicles.
Lots of folks captioning aurora photos like "for a few minutes we didn't think about politics"
guess I'm built different, every time I'm out trying to see night sky stuff I frequently think about how much light pollution is entirely preventable with just a tiny bit of regulation
I’m gonna need a progressive to defeat Nick Mantas in the next municipal election. This is painful.
Mainstream outlets are facing scrutiny for their evasive coverage of Israel bombing 30 sites in Gaza on Tuesday, another violation of the ceasefire agreement.
It’s “an epic failure of both journalistic and moral principles,” according to one professor. Reporting by @rdassaly.bsky.social.
The Ford government's proposal would effectively end rent control for tenants across the province. "The bill reads very much like an early Christmas wish list for the landlord lobby,” one lawyer tells The Grind.
By @emmapaling.bsky.social & @rdassaly.bsky.social. www.thegrindmag.ca/ford-governm...
I'm a shameless shill for the "big pedestrian" lobby, and a dangerous mouthpiece for the billion-dollar "pedestrian-oriented places that are inclusive of all incomes, ages, and abilities" industry.
Keep those kickback checks coming in, folks. 💰
The Ford Government Has A Special Message For Ontario Renters
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q78K...
The Ford government has announced plans to shred a bunch of tenant protections: news.ontario.ca/assets/files... (pdf, see p. 13-15)
Excellent resource for not looking like a dum dum at the function tonight (it’s me I’m dum dum).
Facts
Speeds from 154 to 119
"Safe Parkside" filed a Freedom of Information request to get top speeds from the ill-fated & much abused Parkside camera. The speed limit is 40km/h.
Killers, all of them, with the ear & heart of Premier Doug Ford.
“How is this anything but theatre?” Shoutout to @nathancolquhoun.bsky.social for asking the question we all wanted to at that Doug Ford presser in Sarina the other day. 🤏🏽🤏🏽🤏🏽🤏🏽🤏🏽🤏🏽 Local journalism matters!
Perhaps a little bit of both?
Guess which one of these vehicles has a motor that prevents it from going too fast for the safety of others?
Funny in the way that a guillotine is funny.
There’s nothing inherently “critical” about critical minerals. #indigenousrights
Read more:
@zoeyunker.bsky.social on B.C. fast-tracking mining projects: thenarwhal.ca/bc-critical-...
@ainsliecruickshank.bsky.social on Gibraltar mine’s expansion plans: thenarwhal.ca/bc-no-enviro...
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