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We’re Hiring a Peel Reporter | The Local The Local is looking for a talented journalist to join our team as a staff reporter covering civic issues in Mississauga and Brampton.

Starting this summer, @thelocal.to is making Peel region a regular part of our reporting. And we’re hiring a full-time reporter to help launch it! Final day to apply is today. thelocal.to/were-hiring-...

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Thank you, @elliottanderson.bsky.social!

Ontario’s Endangered Species Act is dead | The Narwhal Proposed under Bill 5, Ontario’s Species Conservation Act is officially in force, leaving many at-risk plants and animals, like redside dace and barn owls, unprotected

Ontario’s Endangered Species Act is officially dead. Here’s what that means: thenarwhal.ca/ontario-spec...

Thank you so much for reading it, @lanrickbennett.bsky.social!

With the Artemis II Mission, the Lunar Land Grab Begins | The Walrus The moon once belonged to everyone. Soon it will belong to the rich

wrote about colonizers in space for @thewalrus.ca! thewalrus.ca/with-the-art...

The Toronto Schools Using Non-Teachers Most Are in the Poorest Neighbourhoods | The Local Exclusive data shows a stark divide in how the TDSB relies on untrained emergency replacements—and schools in low-income neighbourhoods are bearing the burden.

Toronto schools have been increasingly calling on lunch supervisors, parents, and other non-teachers to cover staff absences. How often is this happening at your local school? Find out with our search tool here! #OntEd #TDSB thelocal.to/emergency-re...

Some schools used non-teachers more than 1,000x a year; others not at all. You can use our tool, at the following link, to find out how often your local TDSB school relied on non-teachers

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The Toronto Schools Using Non-Teachers Most Are in the Poorest Neighbourhoods | The Local Exclusive data shows a stark divide in how the TDSB relies on untrained emergency replacements—and schools in low-income neighbourhoods are bearing the burden.

Wanna know how often your local TDSB school relies on non-teachers to fill in for staff? @taimhuynh.bsky.social built this nifty tool, with which you can look up any school in the board to find out how often it used non-teachers over the past seven years up to 2024/25 thelocal.to/emergency-re...

Looking forward to chatting with @civictechto.bsky.social next week!

The Narwhal is hiring a BIPOC reporting fellow in Ontario We’re hiring an Ontario reporting fellow to cover Queen’s Park and the ways Ontario government policy affects people in racialized communities

Hey GTA! @thenarwhal.ca is hiring a BIPOC reporting fellow to help us explain how Ontario government policy affects people's actual, everyday lives. More info here, drop questions in the chat if you have them. thenarwhal.ca/ontario-repo...

The New Reality for Toronto's Crossing Guards | The Local Once a job for local retirees backed by the police, today's crossing guards are poorly paid contract workers employed by private companies. As they confront growing road rage and speeding drivers, the...

The role of crossing guard was once seen as an idyllic job meant for local retirees. Today, most crossing guards are poorly paid contract workers employed by private companies, and their job is more dangerous than ever, writes Angela Misri @karmicangel.bsky.social. thelocal.to/crossing-gua...

🧵Searching for the Deputy Premier and Minister of Health, Sylvia Jones.

The government is going to miss a deadline to publicly fund all medically necessary services from nurse practitioners.

So, reporters today wanted to hear an explanation from the minister. #OnPoli

Rare, great opportunity to come join The Local as a permanent full-time reporter! Looking for someone who knows and loves Peel Region to join the team.

📣Excellent journalism job alert! Come work with us!

The Local Fellowship 2026 | The Local Our fellowship program provides training and mentorship to emerging journalists from communities underrepresented in Canadian media. Applications are now open.

Last call to apply for The Local Fellowship 2026! Applications are due tomorrow. thelocal.to/local-fellow...

Canada’s Oldest AIDS Organization Closes After Four Decades | The Local The AIDS Committee of Toronto was at the centre of this city’s response to a crisis. As it shuts its doors this month, the people who built it reckon with its unfinished legacy.

This month the AIDS Committee of Toronto, Canada’s oldest AIDS organization, closes its doors after more than four decades. Kevin Hurren on its history and unfinished legacy. (Originally published by our friends @xtramagazine.com). thelocal.to/aids-committ...

The Talented Ms. Goldiee Podcast Episode · Question Everything · March 5 · 28m

On today's Question Everything, a magazine editor tries to solve a mystery -- is one of his freelancers trying to trick him? Check out "The Talented Ms. Goldiee" with @nickhunebrown.bsky.social from @thelocal.to

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The Local Fellowship 2026 | The Local Our fellowship program provides training and mentorship to emerging journalists from communities underrepresented in Canadian media. Applications are now open.

📣 Announcing The Local Fellowship 2026—paid positions designed to provide opportunities to early-career journalists from communities underrepresented in Canadian media. This year's Fellows will join us during the fall municipal election campaigns. Applications are open. thelocal.to/local-fellow...

The Province Took Over Ontario’s Biggest School Boards to Fix Their Finances. The Numbers Tell a Different Story | The Local Analysis by The Local shows Ontario’s largest boards receive some of the lowest per-pupil funding in the province—raising questions about whether the real problem is mismanagement or the funding formu...

Analysis by The Local shows Ontario’s largest boards receive the lowest per-pupil funding in the province—raising questions about whether the real problem isn’t mismanagement but the funding formula. @wencyleung.bsky.social's latest from our School Board Takeover series. thelocal.to/ontario-scho...

ICE Deportation Flights Are Getting Longer and Crueler A private equity-owned airline profits off Trump’s migrant crackdown.

NEW: Meet the private-equity firm -- and its billionaire immigrant CEO -- making millions off some of ICE's cruelest deportation flights.

After a five-month investigation, my story for @motherjones.com:

www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

Went to a Sunday afternoon showing of Nirvana the Band the Show the Movie, and died laughing. The entire cinema erupted in spontaneous applause at the end

Walking 1,300 km of Black history in Ontario | The Narwhal Ken Johnston walked from Niagara Falls to Owen Sound, following the boggy, buggy Underground Railroad path of early Black settlers in Ontario

Called by his ancestors, Ken Johnston walked 1,360 kilometres through southern Ontario to retrace parts of the Underground Railroad. Here's what he learned about Black history in Canada, including the outdoor survival skills needed to escape enslavement. thenarwhal.ca/ontario-nort...

The Cost of Care | The Local Stories about where money and medicine collide in 2026. Throughout January and February, we’ll publish pieces from the corners of Ontario’s health care system where entrepreneurs and corporate Canada ...

Great reporting (as per usual) on Ontario's healthcare system by the team over at @thelocal.to, with some stellar pieces by @royinori.bsky.social, @rebeccaga0.bsky.social and @wencyleung.bsky.social, among others.

thelocal.to/winter-2026/

When Your Dermatologist Becomes a Salesperson | The Local Getting a mole checked can takes months, but Botox appointments are readily available. Why dermatologists say their practice is the canary in the coal mine for privatized care.

The always excellent @rebeccaga0.bsky.social tackles the blurring line between medical and commercial in the world of dermatology. What happens when your health care practition turns a medically-necessary appointment turns into a sales pitch for cosmetic procedures? thelocal.to/dermatology-...

I wish I could've offered more answers in this story. What kind of calls are "low" vs "high priority"? How many people don't bother waiting? What were the outcomes? Alas, my NUMEROUS requests to the Health Ministry and Ontario Health went unanswered #ontpoli #onthealth

A conflict as old as cities themselves! Here’s my story on Toronto’s rats from 2022:

thelocal.to/rats-toronto....