Please enjoy my cartoon for Tuesday's Toronto Star

A letter by a physician describing his many patients inadequately immunized primarily due to inadequate public health info. Appeals to Ont. Government to spend money on this education not self-promotion.

Listen to the doc Premier Doug Ford.
@globeandmail letter 20/04/2026

Have you seen this petition yet? Urgent call to create warm, safe places to sleep for individuals without shelter

Can you ✍️? Toronto’s shelter system remains inadequate to meet the need.

c.org/yk4M4tpgfX

And housing?

A milk carton with an add on it saying "missing", a play on the missing children ads that used to be on milk cartons. This one has a picture of a white male wearing glasses (Dr. Kieran Moore).

Ontario latest recs on #COVID vaccination. #onpoli #publichealth

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FB statement by the local councillor.

Fire in Seaton House men’s #shelter in #Toronto One with serious injuries and 95 ppl displaced. No media release or statement from the city that I can find. #homelessness #urban @oliviachow.bsky.social

Pls sign.
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This image describes the Canadian COVID Forecast for the fourteen-day period between Mar 28 - Apr 10, 2026, which is produced by COVID-19 Resources Canada. Canada’s COVID Forecast outlook is HIGH [no change] with a COVID INDEX SCORE of 6.7 About 1 of every 84 people is infected. Estimated infections this week: 413,100-577,100 What these numbers mean: MODERATE 1-5, HIGH 5-10, VERY HIGH 10-15, SEVERE >15 COMPARED TO THE LOWEST POINT IN THE COVID PANDEMIC IN CANADA How much higher are key indicators compared to the lowest point in the COVID pandemic in Canada? Waste water, infections: HIGH; 9.2X higher Long COVID: HIGH; 6.6X higher Hospitalizations: HIGH; 5.4X higher Deaths: HIGH; 5.6X higher HOW TO HELP: EVERYONE: UPDATE vaccines every 6 months WEAR N95-type masks Who is HIGH RISK? People 60 and older, babies < 1 year, pregnant ALL AGES: immunocompromised OR medically at-risk OR no vaccine or infection in the last 6 months Recommendations are based on the COVID-19 Risk Index from the Peterborough ON Public Health Unit COVID-19 Resources Canada is a grassroots organization of volunteer scientists supporting Canadian COVID responses. Sources, data and methods for the COVID Index are available at www.Covid19Resources.ca

Canadian COVID Forecast Mar 28 - Apr 10, 2026

CANADA

HIGH [no change]

About 1 of every 84 people is infected.

Compared to lowest point of pandemic in Canada:

-Infections: 9.2 x higher
-Long COVID: 6.6 x higher
-Hospitalizations: 5.4 x higher
-Deaths: 5.6 x higher

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Avi Lewis Takes Over a Diminished NDP. Can He Make It a Force Again? With just a handful of MPs and no official status, the party must rebuild from scratch

Avi Lewis Takes Over a Diminished NDP. Can He Make It a Force Again?
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A nat’l housing program would have standards & not cater to the whims of a premier or strong lobbyists.

Maybe we’ll see a premier announce a social housing, family housing, Indigenous housing, seniors housing, supportive housing, co-op housing build. I hope so. Ontario was a hard no.

Star article with pic of minister Champagne in House of Commons.

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🧵Yesterday we saw Ontario Premier Ford announce that “homes valued at up to $1.5 million would be eligible for a maximum of $130,000 in relief.” Toronto Star.

Today we see this is a federal Liberal housing strategy to give money to provinces to improve supply. Supply for who?…2

“It's unclear whether Ford is drawing inspiration from Donald Trump or P.T. Barnum, but either way his strategy is simple: move quickly from one announcement to the next and generate a constant churn of controversy and confusion.”

Yes yes yes. Toronto will lose most proceadural gambits because the province is all powerful. They need to provide the vision to win hearts and minds. There is so little vision. The port lands had vision & why people were able to defeat Ford's mall deal there. Vision is how you fight, as I wrote...

How RCMP spies infiltrated the 1970s Indigenous rights movement | CBC News A CBC Indigenous investigation has found the Cold War-era RCMP Security Service had a widespread and intrusive surveillance operation targeting at least 30 legitimate Indigenous political organization...

declassified RCMP files confirm Canada's domestic intelligence agency infiltrated and sought to disrupt legitimate political Indigenous organizations in the 1970s, in an extensive program of covert surveillance, informants and countersubversion www.cbc.ca/news/indigen...

Minnesota sues Trump administration over shootings, including deaths of Alex Pretti and Renee Good Minnesota officials have filed a federal lawsuit accusing the Trump administration of withholding evidence related to three shootings by federal officers, including the shooting deaths of Renee Good and Alex Pretti.

BREAKING: Minnesota officials sue the Trump administration, accusing it of withholding evidence related to three shootings by federal officers.

#CanadianNews #BillyBishopAirport As Ontario's pro-American anti-Torontonians premier #DougFord brushes against PM @MarkJCarney for some of his charm onto his Trumpie Fat-Dirty-Skin, Torontonians call on #MEDIA question Toronto/Ontario MPs their take on Toronto's next destruction

Man at microphone shown on TV screen.

Premier Ford makes announcement at Billy Bishop airport. Meanwhile tragedy in #newyork.

David Suzuki at 90: A life in science, and a warning still unheard | CBC Radio With ninety laps around the sun, David Suzuki reflects on a lifetime of science advocacy and environmental work. Despite decades of effort, he warns that humanity may have already crossed a tipping po...

#CanadianNews #Environment - For decades, environmentalist David Suzuki has been a familiar face and voice in Canada — known for his rare ability to make complex scientific and environmental issues understandable.
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Sign the Petition NO NEW POWERS OR WEAPONS FOR TTC SPECIAL CONSTABLES!

NO NEW POWERS OR WEAPONS FOR #Toronto TTC SPECIAL CONSTABLES! - Sign the Petition! c.org/R9mzyB6NMn via @CdnChange

Sculpture of a hand, multi-coloured, arising from the sand.

Wooden sculpture in shape of the crest of a wave on sand and snow.

Wooden sculpture with viewing boxes of lake.

Multiple circular fishbowl mirrors set in red metallic frames reflecting people and surrounding beach.

🇨🇦Canada getting better at realizing it’s a northern climate country. Winter sculpture contest on a #Toronto beach. International and local participants.
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a sorry we 're closed sign hangs on a chain Alt: a sorry we 're closed sign hangs on a chain

#toronto closes warming centres. Revolving door #publicpolicy. When warming centres re-opened on March 12th - 32, then 119, 189, 233, 264 ppl came in on subsequent nights. Now shut, probably for good because spring is here and that = NO #righttoshelter

Loved it.

Great walk March 1 with TFN’s Clara. We saw scaup, goldeneyes, mute swans, a tree swallow and both ring-billed and herring gulls.

BTW we have tons of stats. TPH collects them + Toronto Homeless Memorial stats. This posting is about the non communication by provincial coroner and TPS in a suspicious death. We don’t even know if this person was homeless.

Greg C might be able to give you some clues he’s putting together.

⚰️I find it so disturbing after all these years, including multiple inquests, there is no proactive effort by coroner’s office or @TPSOperations to provide commun’n alerts to the public and/or to seek help in identification. #Media ‼️shake this down! @ONsafety @SHJNetwork

There should be a city media statement….3

‼️toronto There are reliable reports of an individual found deceased, frozen near the 519 a few days ago. Of course outreach workers have heard about this through their contacts. Apparently an autopsy is being performed….2