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The Local is no longer posting on X. Find us on the other site, where we're sharing the launch of our new Federal Election 2025 issue. Or better yet, subscribe to our newsletter and get in-depth coverage straight to your inbox! https://t.co/LC1DT44M6v

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March 25 | Missing Headlines: The Crisis in Local News is a Crisis for Local Democracy

Join @UTM_PolSci for an eye-opening lecture with Nicholas Hune-Brown, executive editor of @TheLocal_TO
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[The Local Magazine (Archived Account) @TheLocal_TO]

It's election day (again) in Don Valley West. Here's what you need to know about the 10 candidates for TDSB trustee in the Ward 11. #topoli https://t.co/aL33vxK7cv

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“Hi, did you know there’s a by-election happening for TDSB trustee?” The parent sighs warily. “It’s never-ending,” she says. https://t.co/aL33vxK7cv

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The dutiful voter in Don Valley West will have gone to the polls four times in less than a year. The problem, writes @dhritimgupta, is dutiful voters are few and far between. https://t.co/aL33vxJzmX

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“This little by-election will be won by just a few votes.” Former teacher Stacey Cline, Thorncliffe Park organizer Masood Alam, and 8 other candidates vie for school trustee in Monday’s Don Valley West by-election. https://t.co/aL33vxK7cv

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Candidates are promising both inclusivity and a reevaluation of equity programs, both “core academics” and more extracurriculars. “How well a candidate sells these conflicting ideas as cohesive policy,” writes @dhritimgupta, “may decide who scrapes by.” https://t.co/aL33vxK7cv

[Emma McIntosh @EmmaMci]

A real thrill to work on this as a joint production of @thenarwhalca + @TheLocal_TO. The story is part of The Local's brilliant provincial election issue, looking back at the last seven years of Doug Ford. Every single story in here rips, check it out!
https://t.co/fj7YpPkY1N

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“We have been using international students as ATMs,” says Nigmendra Narain, the president of OCUFA. “That doesn’t just degrade the student experience, it degrades us.”
https://t.co/gxMb9Sjm1I

[The Local Magazine (Archived Account) @TheLocal_TO]

Voting is underway in Ontario. The Local's got everything you need to know about the last seven years under incumbent leader Doug Ford. https://t.co/IV1H8LXTxv

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Ontario goes to the polls today, but one corner of Toronto is preparing for yet another by-election on Monday. 10 candidates for TDSB school trustee are battling winter weather and election fatigue in a ward that will have four votes in less than a year. https://t.co/aL33vxJzmX

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Looking back, hallway health care was actually "the golden era" of Dr Raghu Venugopal’s 18-year career. "We're now in the era of chair medicine." https://t.co/20Uv8VkYHU...

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Experts expected Ontario’s online gambling market to grow slowly. Instead, it exploded. “Those economic impacts are touted by the Ontario government as a win,” writes @robcsernyik. “But politicians aren’t as quick to discuss what Ontarians have lost.” https://t.co/eM3vGOCoN8

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“I think I was pretty clear. I said I was and then I wasn’t and then I went ahead and did it.” Ford’s handling of the Greenbelt scandal continues to dog the Progressive Conservatives, even as they’re eager to move on from it. https://t.co/Cw414n2lzt

[The Local Magazine (Archived Account) @TheLocal_TO]

The average Canadian university receives just over $16,000 per student. Ontario commits the very least, at just over $10,000. We’re now living with the results. https://t.co/V101J7JKD8

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Independent analysis by The Local found at least 31 of 45 approved school projects appeared to be in Conservative ridings. And not a single project in the TDSB, the biggest board with a massive repair backlog. https://t.co/y8lRUJowiz

[The Local Magazine (Archived Account) @TheLocal_TO]

Weekend reading: after 7 years in office, Doug Ford has left his mark on Toronto. From health care to education, online gambling to the Greenbelt, our special election issue examines the record of the Progressive Conservative leader seeking a third term. https://t.co/IV1H8LXTxv

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“Everybody knows about it, all the school boards know about it: You want to get a project [funded]? Pick projects that are in Conservative ridings.” https://t.co/y8lRUJowiz

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“Counter to his brand as a conservative, Ford is clearly prepared to spend heavily—and break things—in order to leave his mark on a city that didn't want him as mayor.” https://t.co/pXtHPS6r5c

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Doug Ford became premier with a promise to end hallway health care. Seven years later, the problem is worse than ever. https://t.co/Xkqv7aIuNC