@dgrdon.bsky.social
Publisher and editor of The Grind in Toronto.
I asked @spaikin.bsky.social about his trip to Israel and wrote about how it's troubling and should be a reminder to watch for how "balanced"-seeming journalists can still influence issues by narrowing the bounds of discourse and leaving out hard questions. For @thegrindto.bsky.social.
13.02.2026 22:11 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
At the presser now about the arrest of nine police officers, the first question from media referenced the Umar Zameer case. Zameer was acquitted 20 months ago and police promised an investigation, including into possible police collusion. We're still waiting for that investigation.
05.02.2026 15:34 — 👍 10 🔁 7 💬 2 📌 0More back-sliding on climate: Carney is eliminating the Electric Vehicle Availability Standard that would have mandated 100% EVs by 2035. New target is 75% EVs by 2035, 90% by 2040 but it's not clear if not-yet-finalized policy will achieve this www.canada.ca/en/innovatio...
05.02.2026 16:10 — 👍 1730 🔁 473 💬 308 📌 46
The question was to TPS chief Demkiw, asking him why the people of Toronto should trust the police with this happening a couple years after the Zameer case. There has been no investigation published and big questions remain re TPS and the Zameer case. Reporting from @xavierrichervis.bsky.social.
05.02.2026 15:42 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
At the presser now about the arrest of nine police officers, the first question from media referenced the Umar Zameer case. Zameer was acquitted 20 months ago and police promised an investigation, including into possible police collusion. We're still waiting for that investigation.
05.02.2026 15:34 — 👍 10 🔁 7 💬 2 📌 0
#Breaking: Toronto police officers arrested in large-scale probe into organized crime and corruption
05.02.2026 15:18 — 👍 21 🔁 8 💬 0 📌 2
A teenager in provincial care is found dead on a northwestern B.C. trail near Highway 16—aka the notorious 'Highway of Tears'
Hear more on APTN News Brief:
NEW: Palestinian-Canadian engineer Amjad Ramadan is suing his former employer, NTN Canada. He was fired soon after a video clip circulated of him protesting outside an Indigo bookstore in the GTA. By @rdassaly.bsky.social.
04.02.2026 18:47 — 👍 15 🔁 9 💬 0 📌 0
New story in The Grind.
Amjad Ramadan, a 52-year-old Palestinian-Canadian, is suing his former employer for wrongful dismissal after he was abruptly terminated for speaking out for Palestine.
"There is a campaign to silence us," he told me.
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Decent article about the IDF "comedian" who spoke in Toronto this week.
The big question that hasn't been answered though is: What happened here between the Israeli consultate and Canadian government? Hochman's team says he was let in only after the consulate intervened.
NEW: After being defunded by Doug Ford’s government, Parkdale Queen West Community Health Centre scrambled to find an alternative model that would allow its safe drug consumption site (SCS) to continue operating. The feds stood in the way.
By @emmapaling.bsky.social.
Confused by the changes to Ontario's recycling program?
@dgrdon.bsky.social breaks down the new rules and looks at some of the problems.
Thoughts on the Finch LRT for The Grind: www.thegrindmag.ca/not-so-rapid...
19.01.2026 21:37 — 👍 17 🔁 6 💬 1 📌 1
If we truly care about the right of Iranians to live with dignity and freedom, we must be extra vigilant to differentiate between demands from inside Iran as distinct from those of the Trump and Netanyahu camp, Gita Hashemi and Shivam Chadha write.
18.01.2026 16:39 — 👍 4 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0Informative essay on what is happening in Iran, and on the lack of an organized left inside the country (the result of decades of repression).
18.01.2026 19:07 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
David launched dozens of careers and mentored many more, helping Indigenous journalists find a voice in an industry that had rarely welcomed them. Story by @karynpugliese.bsky.social
16.01.2026 23:27 — 👍 78 🔁 29 💬 0 📌 4
Yesterday Elon Musk retweeted "white solidarity is the only way to survive". In our numb overwhelmed media environment it barely made headlines that the world's richest man endorsed blood-curdling white nationalism. My brief writeup for @religiondispatches.org
religiondispatches.org/elon-musk-ju...
🚨 BREAKING: Israeli forces have killed 7 Palestinians, including 5 children, the youngest 5 years old, in less than 24 hours by striking tents and homes sheltering displaced families across northern and southern Gaza, Palestinian Civil Defense spokesperson Mahmoud Basal said today. Since that statement, the death toll has risen to at least 10, based on Felesteen Online’s incident-by-incident records. See the post in reply.
Translating Falasteen (Palestine) @translatingpal ❗️In less than 24 hours, Israeli occupation forces have committed multiple crimes against unarmed civilians in both southern and northern Gaza by targeting homes and tents sheltering displaced families, killing seven people, including five children, the youngest just five years old, in a clear violation of the ceasefire, according to Palestinian Civil Defense spokesperson Mahmoud Basal. He stressed that the deliberate targeting of civilians and displacement shelters constitutes a grave crime and a blatant breach of international humanitarian law, calling on the international community to meet its legal and moral responsibilities and provide immediate protection for civilians in the Gaza Strip. mahmoud_basal88 (IG)
🚨 BREAKING: Israeli forces have killed 7 Palestinians, including 5 children, the youngest 5 years old, in less than 24 hours by striking tents and homes sheltering displaced families across northern and southern Gaza, Palestinian Civil Defense spokesperson Mahmoud Basal said today.
Since that...
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The Voice of Hind Rajab is playing at TIFF this week and has a wider release starting Jan. 23.
The film follows Palestinian ambulance dispatchers as they desperately try to save six-year-old Hind Rajab from being killed by the Israeli military in Gaza.
“We’re going to be very strongly involved in it,” Trump says about the future of Venezuela’s oil industry on Fox News
03.01.2026 14:41 — 👍 486 🔁 201 💬 69 📌 107If you haven't done it yet, this is your reminder to donate to your fave local media outlets to end 2025 — or to start 2026!
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22.12.2025 00:09 — 👍 1693 🔁 394 💬 12 📌 4
Some drama at York University's Goldfarb Gallery.
An artist says the administration censored her recent exhibit, which featured pro-Palestine content. Later, the gallery's curator was abruptly fired.
Now, dozens of faculty are pushing back. For @thegrindto.bsky.social
NEW: York University Censored Exhibition at Goldfarb Gallery then Fired the Curator
Artist Amy Ching-Yan Lam was forced to change her 'Acceptable Protest' animation, removing a 'Free Palestine' sign and reference to a university president character. By @rdassaly.bsky.social.
This former inmate says he was assaulted by guards. Maplehurst lost the security camera footage that could corroborate his claims
11.12.2025 14:05 — 👍 9 🔁 2 💬 4 📌 2
Richest 1/1000th of world’s population controls 3 times more wealth than the poorest 50%. "The global wealth gap has become so staggering, and its impact on economies & democratic institutions so corrosive, that policymakers should treat it as an emergency..." www.commondreams.org/news/world-i...
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My latest for @breachmedia.ca: When Saskatchewan's government brought in anti-trans laws, unions pushed back.
Right-wing premiers are using the notwithstanding clause to attack their culture-war punching bags. Solidarity between unions and trans advocates in SK shows how to put up a fight.
