Colin Perkel

Proudly unverified. Canada

[Mike Schreiner @MikeSchreiner]

We've learned a lot since the Auditor General's report but there's still so much we don't know about Ford's Greenbelt Giveaway.

Ontario Greens are calling for a full public inquiry to bring all the facts to light.

#onpoli

[Colin Perkel @Perkel]

U.S. shooting anatomy:
Shooting -> Sorrow -> Shock -> Anger -> Hand wringing -> NRA Backlash -> Meh -> Shooting

[Shannon Watts @shannonrwatts]

The NRA used to go dark after shooting tragedies and send GOP pundits out to reprimand us for talking about solutions, saying "It's too soon." Now the NRA feels empowered to troll us when the white supremacist they helped radicalize and arm with weapons of war murders Americans.

[Warren Kinsella @kinsellawarren]

Third.

[Mike Blanchfield @mblanchfield]

RIP Keith Spicer. My first newspaper editor-in-chief from so long ago. One of a kind. #cdnpoli #safarishirts https://t.co/00kuwiB1QO

[Liam Casey @liamdevlincasey]

The story that got me banned from Marineland:

14 whales and one dolphin have died at Marineland since 2019. Most of those deaths occurred over a two-year timeframe. It’s still unclear why they died. I will keep digging.

https://t.co/DYI7b7qUPq

[Fallon Hewitt @fallonhewitt_]

Hamilton police officer admits to lying to SIU 17 times at sexual assault trial https://t.co/u0KqQgptMW via @susanclairmont #HamOnt

[Cam Holmstrom @CamHolmstrom]

I'm glad I'm not the only one who noticed this... I thought maybe I was losing my mind when I saw that. Oh glorious affirmation!

[Toronto Mike @torontomike]

Let me know when the it's 0% private spa and 100% parkland

[Dave Agar @dave1agar]

The initial online search spurring a raid on a Kansas paper was legal, a state agency says (from @AP) https://t.co/0ghBZH3lcd

[Colin Perkel @Perkel]

@indian_pitta Ruddy turnstone

[The New York Times @nytimes]

The relentless noisiness of daily life is more than annoying — it can have lasting effects on the body. Noise is an under-recognized health threat that increases the risk of hypertension, stroke and heart attacks. https://t.co/vKikKG5VPo

[New York Daily News @NYDailyNews]

At least 11 San Francisco-area cops are facing charges after an FBI investigation into an alleged criminal network of cops uncovered racist behavior.
https://t.co/wkXP5MHT4R

[TDot Resident @TDotResident]

#ONpoli

Here we go folks... a more detailed thread 🧵 on the whole Doug Ford #GravyPlane story.

1/ When Doug Ford become Premier in 2018, he immediately got rid of the OPP security detail and demanded a smaller (loyal) team...

[Wilbur Turner 🇨🇦 @queergranddad]

Some folks were asking me for examples of extremism today. Here you go. Thurman Brietzke, 29 has been charged with hate-motivated threats, indecent act in Edmonton after shouting racist and homophobic slurs and exposing himself to a family.
https://t.co/CwABSdXuHn

[Colin Perkel @Perkel]

Nothing as loud as fire trucks. They’re a blight

[André Picard @picardonhealth]

Kids playing outside are louder than construction?
Louder than lawnmowers?
Louder than motorcycles?
Louder than ambulances?
The 8 kids are outside 11- 12, and 4-5 pm, often at the park across the street from the daycare.
This is urban Vancouver, not a monastery.
#NIMBYism

[Steven Donziger @SDonziger]

BREAKING: Canada's brutal national police are again arresting Indigenous peoples trying to protect their own lands - this time the Pacheedaht nation in British Columbia. Brave reporting by Brandi Morin.

The RCMP has to be the most anti-Indigenous police force in the world.⤵️

[Toronto Police Operations @TPSOperations]

HOMICIDE #40/2023
Yesterday's Fail to Remain Collision is now officially being investigated by @TPSHomicide.
How the yet-to-be IDed person ended up on roadway, & involvement of driver, forms part of preliminary investigation.
Anyone with info/vids: 416.808.7400.
#GO1906480 ^vk

[Brian Doucet @bmdoucet]

A friendly reminder that:
One of Doug Ford's 1st acts was to eliminate rent control on all new units occupied after 15 Nov 2018.
In the 90s Mike Harris eliminated rent control on vacant units.
If you're wondering why rent has risen so much lately, those are good places to start.

[Dave Agar @dave1agar]

"The police chief whose “Gestapo”-style raid on a small town newspaper has become the focus of national outrage was being investigated by its reporters over claims of alleged sexual misconduct"
https://t.co/3gkQ69fgjK

[Mike De Souza @mikedesouza]

@Perkel I remember!

I thought this was a line that stood out from one of your reports at the end of the trial: “Judge Timothy Lipson, who presided over the case, said Livingston was a sophisticated individual who knew exactly what he was doing.”

https://t.co/mzQCfk82pX