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On a scale of 1 to 100, how addicted are you to the internet? (1 is least addicted, 100 is basically drug addiction) How would you cope without the internet?
  • Trying to be honest with myself here. I’d say probably 80. I’d struggle hard if it went away, but breaks while rare aren’t too much of a struggle.

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  • www.thestar.com Umar Zameer has been acquitted of all charges in death of Toronto police Const. Jeffrey Northrup

    On Sunday, after two days of deliberations, jurors found the 34-year-old accountant not guilty of all charges including first- and second-degree murder and manslaughter.

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    Doug Ford defends ‘patronage’ appointments of ex-staffers, says he wants ‘like-minded’ Ontario judges
  • "Folks I appointed them for the exact reason you are mad at me for. So stop being mad at me. I did it on purpose not by mistake!"

    Rofl what a defence.

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  • www.thestar.com Doug Ford defends ‘patronage’ appointments of ex-staffers, says he wants ‘like-minded’ Ontario judges

    “I’m appointing like-minded people that believe in what we believe in,” Ford said, responding to a Star report that his ex-staffers will be selecting Ontario judges. “I’m not going to

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    www.thestar.com In move called ‘blatant’ patronage, ex-Doug Ford staffers appointed to committee that selects Ontario judges

    “I’m not sure I’ve seen such blatant examples of patronage recently,” a University of Waterloo law professor told the Star.

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    ‘Untenable and appalling crisis’: Ottawa must fill judicial vacancies plaguing lower courts, Federal Court rules
  • Fundamentally do not understand why they wouldn't be appointing judges.

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  • www.thestar.com ‘Untenable and appalling crisis’: Ottawa must fill judicial vacancies plaguing lower courts, Federal Court rules

    The decision comes as a number of serious criminal cases in Toronto have collapsed due to delay caused by the lack of judges in Superior Court.

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    Staples Canada lays off head office staff in ServiceOntario deal
  • There are two Walmart locations that were announced after the original staples locations were. Iirc.

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    Supreme Court rules Doug Ford's mandate letters for cabinet ministers can be kept secret
  • Total bs. We should have the right to know what our governments goals are.

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  • www.thestar.com Supreme Court rules Doug Ford's mandate letters for cabinet ministers can be kept secret

    The Supreme Court of Canada will rule Friday on whether the Ford government will have to release the 2018 documents that give ministers their marching orders.

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    Judge to decide if Ottawa locals can testify in ‘Freedom Convoy’ organizers’ trial
  • Exactly what I was thinking. This just sounds like it would be a victim impact statement which serves very standard.

    I also fail to see how it could possibly be considered irrelevant.

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    What is a popular book that everyone buys but nobody reads?
  • My Godfather tried to read that to me in it's entirety when I was 4 lol.

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  • www.thestar.com Riding a Hot Streak

    Many parts of the world saw heat records broken in 2023. But not Toronto. How did we dodge the scorching summer?

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    Blast horns 'as long as possible' if police move in, convoy protesters told in video
  • You miss the part where they were blocking roads while honking? Hell there were splinter groups blocking the border crossings. lol

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  • www.cp24.com Suspect in Eglinton subway stabbing arrested: police

    A suspect has been arrested in connection with a stabbing that left a man with life-threatening injuries on a moving subway train earlier this week.

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    I think the average person just simply doesn't care about their privacy.
  • Im in basically the same position since realistically the change needs to be at an institutional level. I can't really change anything by myself without excluding myself from most modern services.

    We need laws and regulations. But like you I fear it's too late.

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  • It all began with a DEI course for TDSB administrators that started in April 2021. DEI trainer Kike Ojo-Thompson (the CEO of the KOJO Institute) led a series of sessions for TDSB higher-ups in which she made a number of familiar progressive arguments, according to Bilkszto’s court filing: Canada is a more racist place than the U.S., Canada is a “bastion of white supremacy and colonialism,”

    The rest aside, the NP saying that it's a common take that Canada is worse than the us for racism is crazy talk. That's a fringe view.

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  • www.theglobeandmail.com Commercial agencies sought to reduce Canadian actors’ compensation as much as 89%, document shows

    Ad jobs and their residuals can be a vital lifeline for working actors, many of whom have been financially depleted during the 14-month-long standoff between ACTRA and the ICA

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    www.thestar.com Trudeau government halts advertising on Facebook and Instagram in clash over online news law

    In its first direct response to threats from big tech platforms promising to retaliate against the Liberals’ controversial online news law, the federal government announced Wednesday it would halt all advertising on Meta’s Facebook and Instagram.

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    www.thestar.com Justin Trudeau pledged billions to fight climate change. A Star reality check found much of that money hasn’t been spent

    The federal government failed to spend billions of dollars it pledged on a host of climate change initiatives in recent years, raising questions about one of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s core policy commitments and the massive funding publicly devoted to it.

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