The Supplement

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Woohoooooo🥈 so thrilled to see this today!

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The silver winner for the #DPA22 Best Editorial Newsletter is @The__Supplement's "The Supplement Newsletter." Congratulations to @sam_mccabage, @alexnguyen2311 and @sierrabein! https://t.co/g9sOdLPIZi

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Let's hear it for this year's incredible Best Editorial Newsletter nominees! #DPA22 @cityhallwatcher @fridaythings @_URBANIA @The__Supplement https://t.co/GIc6fZSWso

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Recommended read of the week 🔖
This two-part series from Vanity Fair is all about a Grey’s Anatomy writer who turned her harrowing experiences with illness and other traumas into viral personal essays and TV episodes — except everything was a lie https://t.co/ejBaW4XU4S

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Recommended follow of the week 👥
We love young talent, so check out some other @DPAwards nominees, this time for the Emerging Excellence Award. Congrats to @Michelle_Gamage with The Tyee, @alexem with CBC Vancouver, and @royinori with The Local!

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Under the radar this week 📢
We’re entering the fourth week of eight miners being trapped underground in a flooded, Canadian-owned mine in West Africa. The mine belows to Vancouver-based Trevali Mining Corp. https://t.co/WiqI2rrebi

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Abortion might be decriminalized on our side of the border, but actually getting access to one is a whole other story. What do Roe v. Wade ripples look like in Canada? Featuring reporting from sources across NA
https://t.co/HNXZfO3ImS

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Let's hear it for this year's incredible Best Editorial Newsletter nominees! #DPA22 @cityhallwatcher @fridaythings @_URBANIA @The__Supplement

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❣️Second year strong. Shoutout to our little but mighty team @sam_mccabage and @alexnguyen2311 for our second nomination in our two years of writing together! Also check out our Insta: https://t.co/YHvqp0Ca9Q

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🧡 BIG RETWEET. Please amplify! 🧡
We're opening applications to students across Canada this year. Money and mentorship and classes on the side too. We want to reach remote corners and underrepresented voices. Help us spread the word!

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Woo! Very stoked! 🎉🎉🎉

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"The Supplement" by Samantha McCabe, Alex Nguyen and Sierra Bein for @The__Supplement is a Best Editorial Newsletter nominee. Fantastic job! #DPA22 https://t.co/YTYImYjy88

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ICYMI
The public inquiry into the Nova Scotia mass shooting is ongoing and is expected to deliver its interim report in May. While focused on RCMP’s public communications failures, victims’ families continue to be critical of the commission’s process
https://t.co/slpgoLTrc1

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This week we answer: Why would the world’s richest man want to buy this silly little bird app? And what happened next?
https://t.co/b0ireZMdNF

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Recommended follow of the week 👥
@YCabreraOC is a writer at Grist covering environmental justice. She reported on America’s vulnerable public students' struggle to recover from climate disasters. She also co-founded @uproot_project, a network for environmental POC journos

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ICYMI: Another look at the Pope’s apology for the Catholic Church's role in residential schools
“I feel shame — sorrow and shame — for the role” Pope Francis said. He hopes to visit Canada in late July to deliver the apology again to survivors in-person.

https://t.co/JyIe5wVfmY

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Recommended read of the week🔖
The Globe's @lizrenzetti @TaviaGrant @mollyhayes have a story about coercive control, a form of abuse that can materialize before manifesting into physical violence. And often goes unrecognized.
Story here & thread below:
https://t.co/Lsd69cqEpM

[Elizabeth Renzetti @lizrenzetti]

In 1993 I published my first column for the @GlobeandMail, and I wrote about the rise in domestic violence. Nearly 30 years later, I wish I could say the crisis is past. It’s not. My colleagues @mollyhayes, @taviagrant and I set out to look at why the crisis continues. Thread

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Recommended follow of the week👥
If you don’t follow @EVYSTADIUM where have you been? You might know the Toronto Star editor from the personal finance section, where she does millennial money content. Or you might know her from The Star’s TikTok. Either way, a good follow to have

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While all eyes are on Ukraine, there are also calls for attention to Yemen. Why is that? We answer that in our last newsletter, and explore a bit more behind one of the world’s worst humanitarian crises. Read here
https://t.co/ExZy5eDxL0

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Recommended read of the week 🔖
We have lots of doom-scrolling material, so here’s a less serious reading. If you’re a fan of ‘My Cousin Vinny’ — a masterpiece of a lawyer comedy — check out this oral history of the movie produced for its 30th anniversary https://t.co/kszPGx70mU

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Recommended follow of the week 👥
The Nova Scotia shooting inquiry fell off our radar too when it first started in late February. Thankfully, the Globe’s Atlantic Canada reporter @GregMercerGlobe has been a great source for catching up and keeping up with the story