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Feds lose court appeal on Jordan's Principle in mould case The Federal Court of Appeal ruled Monday that Jordan's Principle should fund mould removal in case involving two children.

This just in: First Nations grandmother wins Jordan’s Principle case at Federal Court of Appeal www.aptnnews.ca?p=281348 #cdnpoli #indigenous

Investigating a Possible Scammer in Journalism’s AI Era | The Local A suspicious pitch from a freelancer led editor Nicholas Hune-Brown to dig into their past work. By the end, four publications, including The Guardian and Dwell, had removed articles from their sites.

A few months ago @thelocal.to got a promising pitch from a writer with bylines in whole bunch of reputable publications—The Cut, The Guardian, Dwell, Architectural Digest, etc. Then I started investigating. Here's a story about fabulists in journalism's AI slop era. thelocal.to/investigatin...

Why you won’t see IndigiNews among those sharing in the $100M Google news fund As the CJC hands out millions to ‘Canadian’ media under the federal Online News Act, our Indigenous newsroom is left behind

Why you won’t see IndigiNews among those sharing in the $100M Google news fund

As the CJC hands out millions to ‘Canadian’ media under the federal Online News Act, our Indigenous newsroom is left behind

indiginews.com/first-person...

A vigil in the rain, a system unchanged: remembering Erixon Kabera – The Resolve As the community remembers Kabera, they confront a system that responds to Black grief with silence.

The march for Erixon Kabera was careful. Measured. Restrained.

Because in Canada, Black rage is punished — even when it’s grief.

A bittersweet birthday for Peterborough Currents Our funding has dried up. Here's how we're adapting.

It's a bittersweet birthday for Peterborough Currents as we grapple with a significant budget shortfall.

This isn't a fundraising message. Just an honest account of our business struggles — and how we're adapting to survive.

Please read 🙏

peterboroughcurrents.ca/announcement...

Hamilton seems to move on as community grieves shooting death of Erixon Kabera – The Resolve Kabera’s family returns to Rwanda for burial.

For the local Rwandan community Erixon Kabera was part of, the journey of grief is only starting as they mourn the sudden loss of a father of three.

When a Hospital Visit Costs $11,000 | The Local Amid changes that make accessing health care for uninsured residents more difficult than ever, midwives have led the charge for universal care.

For uninsured residents of Toronto, going to the hospital can be a gamble. It’s hard to find out what they’ll charge in advance, and that price could differ by hospital. That’s just one reason some midwives are advocating for universal health care. thelocal.to/midwives-uni...

A shadow war on libraries Some Canadian politicians and influencers, inspired by an American-born movement, are trying to roll back 2SLGBTQ+ rights in Canada — one book at a time.

“Some Canadian politicians and influencers, inspired by an American-born movement, are trying to roll back 2SLGBTQ+ rights in Canada — one book at a time.” www.cbc.ca/newsinteract...

Homelessness: surviving a freezing night in downtown Montreal – The Rover Last Tuesday evening, a frigid night in Montreal, La Converse’s young journalists were in the field with The Rover’s Christopher Curtis to talk to people experiencing homelessness about the nightly st...

🚨THREAD🚨
Over at The Rover, we're building a partnership with @laconverse.bsky.social. Our first co-production: a gritty, boots-on-the-ground look at how our city's homeless folks survived the coldest night this year. We'll also be doing federal election coverage together therover.ca/homelessness...

The 506 has been completely unreliable. It’s supposedly 10-minute or better service, but routinely waits are 30 minutes or longer. Last Wednesday evening just after 9 when I queried the text TTC system for the next arrival times it said there were *no* more streetcars coming.

Facebook is censoring 404 Media stories about Facebook's censorship

🔗 www.404media.co/facebook-is-...

The cutthroat politics behind Google’s $100-million deal - J-Source Lobbying, public attacks and the desperate fight for media survival

A behind the scenes story about how Postmedia, Bell and other legacy giants bullied independently-owned outlets out of millions in grant money from Google’s $100 million journalism fund.
An excellent piece by @isaacapeltz.bsky.social j-source.ca/the-cutthroa...

Some dude: As a medical matter, surgeries & off-label Rx of powerful drugs to adolescents requires scrutiny & regulation.

What drives me nuts about the trans youth "debate" is how much of it consists of people who don't know anything demanding compromises that already exist.

Hormones and surgeries for minors receive ABSURD amounts of regulation and scrutiny! Either engage with the facts on this issue or shut up.

The publisher is always right "In 2025, unless we come together as a journalism field and course-correct away from information consolidation controlled by the ultra-wealthy, it will get worse."

"Many of the newspapers and platforms that remain are run at the behest of people with a minimal understanding of and interest in the success of our day to day lives," @gabemschneider.bsky.social writes.

www.niemanlab.org/2024/12/the-...

Should a Student Reporter Face Prosecution for Embedding with Protesters? Dilan Gohill won an award for his work at the Stanford Daily, but his coverage of campus protests has set university officials against him.

imagine being a university leader, clearing $500k a year, and pushing for the prosecution of a teenage reporter.

absolute cowards.

www.cjr.org/getting-the-...

Exciting news from @arshy.bsky.social ! Can’t wait to see more independent journalism challenging the Canadian status quo.

Canada's Criminal Bank Listen now (47 mins) | Support us at hatchetmedia.substack.com

I’m excited to announce that today is the launch of The Hatchet, a podcast and newsletter focused on power and money in Canada. Listen to our first episode, subscribe and support! open.substack.com/pub/hatchetm...

people who have never experienced open racism — or open bigotry of any sort — do not appreciate the way it can be psychologically destabilizing. and on the main, it actually isn’t healthy to be so resilient and thick-skinned that you don’t react to slurs and dehumanization

The Wicked film adaptation was worth the 20-year wait. No notes. 11/10

The extra point is for making a movie musical without James Corden.

Melanie Zanona @MZanona NEWS: I’m told Speaker Mike Johnson has committed to Nancy Mace that he will not allow biological men in women’s bathrooms & locker rooms in the Capitol next year, by adding a provision in the House Rules package. Mace is still reserving the right to file it as privileged resolution or amend it if that doesn’t happen though.

would be great if reporters did not simply regurgitate transphobic phrases like "biological men" that right-wing republicans pass along to them

The Federal Government Has Crushed Another Pair Of Strikes What is a Charter-protected right to strike worth if it still allows governments to act this way?

“In yet another infringement on workers’ right to strike, the Trudeau government ended work stoppages at ports in British Columbia and Quebec last week by imposing binding arbitration on the unions involved.” www.readthemaple.com/the-federal-...

Should 16-year-olds get the vote? A motion in Toronto could open to door to extending voting rights in the city – and beyond. An Interview with Vote16's Aleksi Toiviainen.

Should 16-year-olds get the vote?

For Substack this week, I talk to an organizer who's trying to extend the franchise to youth in Toronto -- and beyond.
www.davidmoscrop.com/p/should-16-...

UCP members push to adopt more dangerous anti-trans policies What’s so dangerous about the anti-trans policy resolutions the party endorsed isn’t that they will become legislation any time soon, but their effect of bolstering Smith’s claim that she’s pursuing a...

NEW: I wrote about Alberta’s assault on trans rights for @canadiandimension.bsky.social

canadiandimension.com/articles/vie...

X: Blocked people can read your tweets

Bluesky: We will send an agent back in time to stop the blocked person's parents from ever meeting

the big bad wolf, writing for the Atlantic: building brick houses might be popular with insular academics afraid of intellectual debate, but in practice they are a stifling barrier to free speech

A brief intro: I’m a journalist and advocate for independent media.

I’m also the editor and publisher of The Resolve, a news site focused on Black, Indigenous and racialized communities in Canada.