Justin Smirlies

Team editor @TorontoStar

[Abby O'Brien @abbyjobrien]

Final version of today’s coverage, which includes an interview with @TorontoPolice chief Myron Demkiw w/ @jpags and new details about the TSDC guard targeted in an alleged murder plot:

https://t.co/ArxScNGLHc @TorontoStar

[Richie Assaly @rdassaly]

When the Loblaws self-checkout clerk accuses me of not paying for my potato wedges

[Abby O'Brien @abbyjobrien]

An A.I-generated shooting victim forgave his killer in a U.S. court. Could it happen in Canada?

Latest for the @TorontoStar: https://t.co/5kQbIi64wG

[Jim Rankin @Jleerankin]

Journalism jobs alert: Applications are open for @TorontoStar's year-long paid reporting and photo internships, as well as the "Radio Room" paid part-time program for students. Here is the link for the year-long reporting internships. https://t.co/xVidpiDkfM

[Justin Smirlies @JustinSmirlies]

The awesome new @spiritboxband album is out today.

I chatted with vocalist @corklezlaplante and guitarist Mike Stringer about the album's themes, their recent success and how their Canadian roots still shape their sound for the @TorontoStar : https://t.co/0Er8Vsitb5

[Mark Colley @MarkColley]

Nick Costigan felt the sudden drop. He heard a screeching noise. Then his window became a fireball and the right wing tore off.

“Then it was dark.”

Inside Delta Flight 4819, for @TorontoStar:

https://t.co/6Q9jrOdZCH

[Ilyas Hussein @IlyasHSN]

Front page of today’s @TorontoStar: A ‘miracle’ no deaths in Pearson crash.

Along with several fantastic colleagues, who are doing a phenomenal job with this story’s coverage.

https://t.co/TYoQ8qTfaX

[Richie Assaly @rdassaly]

With an assist from @JustinSmirlies and @mussettb

https://t.co/0zhgXjW6Mc

[Richie Assaly @rdassaly]

For 2000s week, I took a stab at compiling a list of the Canadian albums that shaped the sound and culture of the decade.

Take a stroll down memory lane and don’t yell at me 👇🏼

[Toronto Star @TorontoStar]

#Breaking: The inside story of a high-stakes call between Justin Trudeau and Donald Trump, as the tariff deadline loomed https://t.co/aYgFNTejJY

[Justin Smirlies @JustinSmirlies]

@joshualdwchong @TorontoStar Congrats, Josh!

[Mark Colley @MarkColley]

Crazy, crazy day.

If you (like me) are wondering what it means to prorogue, here's your answers.

For the @TorontoStar:
https://t.co/WqgiAU7FMd

[Ben Cohen @bcohenn]

I spoke with Lorenzo Berardinetti, former Liberal MPP and Scarborough city councillor, who has been living in a homeless shelter for the past year
https://t.co/oWJEweyn1a

[Sara Mojtehedzadeh @SaraMojtehedz]

Incredible reporting from the one and only @GhadaaSharif:

https://t.co/SOua9xnyHk

[Adam Feibel @adamfeibel]

Excited to officially introduce my upcoming book. 📕 In Too Deep: When Canadian Punks Took Over the World is out June 3, 2025, via @houseofanansi. Now available for pre-order. 🤘 https://t.co/OB0l8hCwXl

[Richie Assaly @rdassaly]

Dozens of Canadian authors have called on the @GillerPrize to cut ties with Scotiabank and other sponsors invested in the occupation of Palestine.

In private emails viewed by the Star, the Giller's director described the campaign as "pure antisemitism."

https://t.co/tBksaY3SUP

[Adam Feibel @adamfeibel]

the complicated beginning to all of this

for @Bandcamp, I wrote about the 25th anniversary of the original @americfootball record, and the distinctive set of influences that inspired one of the most influential albums of the last quarter-century: https://t.co/83WfY12iBo

[Calvi Leon @calvi_leon]

'What kind of sick person are you to shoot at five girls?'

The mother of a 22-year-old woman killed in Brampton last weekend says she and her friends were leaving a recording studio in an Uber when a shooter opened fire. https://t.co/ubhfa57mh0 via @torontostar

[Richie Assaly @rdassaly]

Huge congrats to @ShreeParadkar on winning PEN Canada’s 2024 Ken Filkow Prize for advancing freedom of expression in Canada.

And to @sabaeitizaz who was among the finalists for the prize.

https://t.co/cQvgdXnfS0