It’s not for me to be pass judgement or comment on the story about #buffysaintemarie but IMHO anyone who can pull a song like this into the world from whatever place it is that songs live, is an artist I will always stan & punkAF to boot. End war. Sing.
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More fare cops on the Dundas car this afternoon. This time harassing people of colour about their age and student card status. @TTChelps please explain why they aren’t asking white folk the same kind of questions? This is not how to increase ridership.
Me (white) sitting on a streetcar surrounded by POC and a set of @TTChelps fare inspectors (white) makes their now-constant rounds. Guess who they skip and don’t ask for proof of payment?
I was curious, why would people call for a boycott of Cafe Landwer? Is it about the political actions of the business (e.g. is it a Zionist business, as protesters said on Saturday), or is was it targeted simply for being Jewish-owned? Here's what I found.
The Ford government doesn’t care about free speech or democracy. This is a shameful, bullying move that will chill freedom of expression and does franchise constituents. Shame on Ford and his cronies.
Canadian Police Forces say they're “monitoring threats to Jewish communities” after protecting every neo-Nazi rally in the country for the past 10 years
Maybe this is a question for @NotSafe4BikesTO but does anybody maintain an active map of safe, open bike lanes? I live in the east end and work in the west, and it feels like there’s no route at all without major disruption.
So many people are like "Do you know what's a radical idea instead of solidarity with trans people? This second wave feminist idea I just invented myself, right now, at age 26."
Mr. Dressup (Ernie Coombs) is a Canadian icon, but puppeteer Judith Lawrence also helped shape our childhoods.
Let's learn more about her!
She came to Canada from Australia at the age of 22 & created Casey & Finnegan while on Butternut Square. When Ernie Coombs started Mr. Dressup, she joined him. She remained on the show until the late-1980s.
Along with creating an iconic part of our childhoods, she also wrote many books in The Young Canada Reading Series, and co-authored books for D.C. Health on women and work.
In the 1960s, she co-founded The Voice of Women and in the 1970s she sat on the National Action Committee on the Status of Women.
She also wrote for publications like Broadside, where she expressed her views on peace.
In 2001, she was awarded the Order of Canada.
She has lived on Hornby Island, British Columbia since she retired, where she is a community leader, farmer and designer of the recycling depot.
Living with her in her home are the original Casey and Finnegan puppets. She even brought them out for a video in March 2020 to encourage people to isolate and socially-distance.
She said that its not unusual for people to begin crying when she brings out the puppets.
You can hear my interview with Judith in my episode about Mr. Dressup here:
https://t.co/isMvTvkGFV
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@alexbozikovic@ExPlaceTO Would be great to see more cultural use throughout the year - the rates for union labour here are high but the city could subsidize them for things like Nuit Blanche or free outdoor concerts or or or