Sam Bornstein

Journalist. Political staffer. Communications consultant. Retired.

[Sam Bornstein @_SamBornstein]

As a reporter at city hall, I covered Paul Godfrey during his time there; advised him as a client at OLG, & interviewed him for a staff event at NATIONAL PR (before which he whispered to me, “ask me anything you want”). A smart honourable, old-school politician (and I’m a Grit.)

[Toronto Star @TorontoStar]

The move came the day after Godfrey went public with a statement alleging that Ford‘s office used his son Rob Godfrey's government-funded company and an unsigned contract as “political leverage” https://t.co/SYFJ1fvUoE

[Sam Bornstein @_SamBornstein]

@CTVCalgary “Police have identified the suspect as 22-year-old Devontae Traverse”

[Sam Bornstein @_SamBornstein]

Bye bye, Daulton. As one of my clients once said to me, “thanks for the effort.”
@bluejays https://t.co/rraKvokt3h

[Sam Bornstein @_SamBornstein]

Does @FoxNews spelling of “capitol” undermine your trust in their reporting?
#uspoli @PamBondi

[Sam Bornstein @_SamBornstein]

Bye-bye Bo Bichette.

@BlueJays

[Sam Bornstein @_SamBornstein]

Today’s @PressReader @TorontoStar is missing the puzzles. As newspapers die across the world, the Star fails again to provide readers what they paid for.

Index says they’re on page P5. There is no P5.

[Sam Bornstein @_SamBornstein]

My usually reliable @PressReader version of the Saturday @TorontoStar is missing the obituaries. Index says they’re on page B15, but there’s no B15. Do better.

[Sam Bornstein @_SamBornstein]

My usually reliable @PressReader version of the Saturday @TorontoStar is missing the obituaries. Index says they’re on page B15, but there’s no B15. Do better.

[Sam Bornstein @_SamBornstein]

Never do this.

[CP24 @CP24]

Americans fined for shooting moose from motorboat in Ontario https://t.co/SDzY3edTtS

[Sam Bornstein @_SamBornstein]

Exciting times! I spent eight days and nights covering the Mississauga derailment and evacuation for CKEY, Newsradio and CBS Radio. At the end, I was awarded $1,000 in overtime which I used to buy a brass bed. Which we still have.

[Toronto History @torontohistory]

Nov 10, 1979: The Great Mississauga Train Crash: Quarter of a million people displaced when a CP train carrying combustible toxic chemicals jumped the tracks at a level crossing.

[Sam Bornstein @_SamBornstein]

I hate when that happens.

“Woman Ordered Medicine by Mail, Got a Box of Human Fingers Instead” https://t.co/a2PLfx6N6G

[Sam Bornstein @_SamBornstein]

@GlobalWatchClub I’ve been following you for a while. And I love your posts. So thank you. But I do think you have a bias in favour of Rolex Day watches. I’m not a Rolex Day guy.

[Sam Bornstein @_SamBornstein]

Hey, Dan Shulman, can you please teach Buck Martinez how to pronounce, “Schneider?”

@DannySpxp @Buck_Martinez13 @Schneiders @Sportsnet @MLB @BlueJays

[Sam Bornstein @_SamBornstein]

Very sad news.
#onpoli @OntLiberal

[Siobhan Morris @siomoCTV]

NEW: Jim Bradley, Ontario's second-longest serving MPP (41 years!), Liberal cabinet minister turned Niagara Region Chair has died after a brief illness at the age of 80.

Bradley was my very first political interview as a cub reporter in Niagara and was very patient

[Sam Bornstein @_SamBornstein]

Steve Ryan’s interview with Jennifer
Neville-Lake has gone global.
⁦@SteveRyanCP24⁩ @cp24 https://t.co/JsSYpsxlwa

[Sam Bornstein @_SamBornstein]

FINALLY, a detailed explanation on what could happen to Alek Manoah post @BlueJays. Left out, though, is Manoah’s difficult personality as a rationale.

Thanks to @mikeaxisa and @CBSSportsMLB for explaining.

[CBS Sports MLB @CBSSportsMLB]

Why the Blue Jays cut bait with Alek Manoah and why another team may give the former Cy Young candidate a shot

https://t.co/haoxdc9KvL

[Sam Bornstein @_SamBornstein]

Is anyone but the ⁦@TorontoStar⁩ reporting, “Scott, a married father of three young children, allegedly assaulted Coline van Scott with a high chair on Friday in Sault Ste. Marie?”
#onpoli https://t.co/Z8SouvkqRC

[Sam Bornstein @_SamBornstein]

Hard to believe these rad changes: “fields will be modified. They’ll be reduced from 110 yards to 100 yards, end zones will go from 20 yards to 15 yards and goalposts will be moved from the goal-line to the back of the reconfigured end zones.”
@CFL @TorontoArgos

[CityNews Vancouver @CityNewsVAN]

A shortened field and restricting how single points are awarded are among the significant changes coming to the CFL. https://t.co/43yRRNVzSC

[Sam Bornstein @_SamBornstein]

Happy New Year to all my Jewish family and friends. Wishing you a sweet year!

#roshhashanah

[Sam Bornstein @_SamBornstein]

Reupping this, as it’s still true. #BlueJays @BlueJays

[Sam Bornstein @_SamBornstein]

PR pro tips for @BlueJays John Schneider:

- stop constantly picking at your beard

- take off your sunglasses when scrumming with media.

[Sam Bornstein @_SamBornstein]

“Crombie said it's not the number she wanted, but it's ‘not the finish line’…The party cancelled a planned media availability with Crombie.”

⁦@CanadianPress⁩ #onpoli
https://t.co/G3EOpRpVTs