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Liberal government frees Canada Post to end home delivery, close some post offices | CBC News With Canada Post on track to lose $1.5 billion in 2025 and contract discussions between the union and the corporation stalled, the federal government is embarking on a modernization plan it says will ...

The government is reducing service standards and Canada Post’s biggest advantage: its nationwide network.

This plan is about cutting back the postal service instead of investing to give it new revenue tools through things like postal banking. It’s shameful.

Emily Lowan sweeps BC Greens leadership, takes aim at NDP The new BC Green Leader cast her win as a generational transformation based on energy and optimism from a flood of young party members that will transform politics in the province.

One way to read Lowan's victory is that progressives are hungry for bold change. We saw this in New York City, we've now seen this in the BC Greens, and as the federal NDP kicks off its leadership race this is clearly how the political winds are blowing.
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Had a blast working on the latest issue of @thegrindto.bsky.social, which is rolling out acroess Toronto this weekend.

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Thanks to eight donors last night, we're up to $2,250! Can we get two more this morning?

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Billy-Ray Belcourt’s poems insist on Indigenous freedom In his first poetry collection since 2019, the acclaimed author from Driftpile Cree Nation challenges readers to imagine new political possibilities.

In his first poetry collection since 2019, acclaimed author Billy-Ray Belcourt of Driftpile Cree Nation challenges readers to imagine new political possibilities.

By @rdassaly.bsky.social. www.thegrindmag.ca/billy-ray-be...

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‘Drawing the Line’ on Carney’s Right-wing Agenda As the new prime minister bends to big business and Donald Trump, a coalition of climate, migrant, Indigenous and anti-war activists are putting up a fight.

As Canada's new prime minister bends to big business and Donald Trump, a coalition of climate, migrant, Indigenous and anti-war activists are putting up a fight. Draw The Line rallies are being held across Canada on Saturday, including in Toronto. By @desaima.bsky.social.

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We've been so busy publishing this summer that we didn't push our fundraising campaign, and the season is almost wrapped! Can you chip in so The Grind can keep putting out hard-hitting stories in Toronto?

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Police Involvement With Pro-Israel Charity Raises Concerns “We have seen increasing police aggression and baseless arrests and prosecutions against those protesting Israel’s genocide.”

Two police chiefs in Canada are on the boards of a pro-Israel advocacy charity. The president of the Canadian Association of Police is also listed, alongside business and political leaders. Experts and advocates are very concerned. My latest @readthemaple.bsky.social.

The Manufactured Crisis in Ontario Colleges Are college finances really so bad that huge cuts are needed, or is Doug Ford up to something else? Ben McCarthy, a college contract faculty worker and OPSEU member, breaks it down.

This summer saw one of the largest mass layoffs in Ontario’s history, with around 10,000 college workers losing their jobs. Are college finances really that bad, or is something else at play? www.thegrindmag.ca/the-manufact...

The last of the five people arrested at the 2023 Giller Prize for protesting Scotiabank’s stake in Israeli weapons manufacturer Elbit Systems has had her charges withdrawn.

I reported on the other four arrestees having their charges dropped last December: www.thestar.com/news/canada/...

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Ontario Teacher Wears IDF Jacket at Conference, Shocks Attendees ETFO members tell The Grind they were stunned when a teacher disparaged a human rights motion while wearing an Israeli military jacket. And that was only the tip of the iceberg at the charged…

Ontario teachers were stunned when one of their colleagues wore an Israel Defense Forces jacket at a union conference.

We spoke to 10 teachers to figure out what happened before and after the photo that went viral.

Toronto indie mag pushes back against ‘AI-generated slop’:
Editors @thegrindto.bsky.social caught 7 articles for one special edition they suspected were AI fakes. The scammers went to unbelievable lengths to keep up their cons.

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Palestine Under British Rule Gets the Epic Treatment in Jacir’s ‘Palestine 36’ Set during the crucial 1930s Arab Revolt, Annemarie Jacir’s immersive, well-cast drama is a tale of intrigue, resistance and heartbreak.

Some thoughts on Annemarie Jacir's new historical drama, 'Palestine 36,' which had its world premiere at #TIFF on Friday.

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Palestine Under British Rule Gets the Epic Treatment in Jacir’s ‘Palestine 36’ Set during the crucial 1930s Arab Revolt, Annemarie Jacir’s immersive, well-cast drama is a tale of intrigue, resistance and heartbreak.

Annemarie Jacir’s ‘Palestine 36’ is an immersive drama set during the crucial 1930s Arab Revolt. The tale of intrigue, resistance and heartbreak got a thunderous standing ovation from the TIFF audience at its world premiere. Review by @rdassaly.bsky.social.

Would be good see an expert assessment of its accuracy. Based on what I've read about the Arab Revolts (which this film only covers the start of), it seems pretty accurate, like how divisions within Palestinian society were exploited and even created by the British and Zionists.

Photo of Palestinian men on horses in ruralPalestine on a sunny day, carrying rifles.

Saw Palestine 36 today at TIFF. Really powerful film about the Arab Revolts against British rule and Zionist colonization in the '30s. It's a bit like The Battle of Algiers. A film like this should have come out decades ago, but it's here now. @thegrindto.bsky.social will have a review.

Last-minute TIFF Tips Don’t have tickets yet? There are still ways to catch great films at the Toronto International Film Festival, happening Sept.

Don’t have tickets yet? There are still ways to catch great films at TIFF, the Toronto International Film Festival, happening Sept. 4–14.

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Police Chief Plays Loose with the Truth on Radio Call-in Show Toronto’s chief of police took listener calls live on NEWSTALK 1010. He got grilled on excessive use of force at Palestine solidarity protests, and he defended the police breaking people’s bones and…

NEW: Police Chief Plays Loose with the Truth on Radio Call-in Show

Toronto’s chief of police got grilled on excessive use of force at Palestine solidarity protests, and he defended the police breaking people’s bones and inflicting concussions.

The hold music for the CRA really makes it feel like you're waiting in line to give the King of England some money.

Lessons from the cultural front No Arms in the Arts organizers look back on over a year of confronting cultural institutions complicit in Palestinian genocide

In our Jul/Aug 2025 cover story, Aliya Pabani and Jody Chan reflect on the lessons they've learned through organizing with No Arms in the Arts for over a year and the importance of continuing to organize within the cultural sector for a free Palestine.

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Explainer: The controversy over Canada’s rules on military exports to Israel - National | Globalnews.ca Here's a look at what we know — and don't know — about Ottawa's efforts to keep Canadian weapons out of Gaza while allowing Israel to import military goods for other purposes.

This article contains the first direct admission from a Canadian official I've seen that Canadian companies are in fact supplying Israel's Iron Dome system. globalnews.ca/news/1132889...

CBC Agreed To Follow Israeli Censorship Order On Gaza Aid Drop Flight According to the CBC, Israel said filming Gaza from above would “jeopardize flights.”

NEW: CBC agreed to follow an Israeli censorship order on board a Jordanian aid drop flight last week.

Israel supposedly claimed filming Gaza would “jeopardize flights.”

ITV News was also on a Jordanian flight, but filmed Gaza from above for all to see.
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OPINION: Canada Must Boycott Davis Cup Match with Israel Given the ongoing genocide in Gaza, Canada’s upcoming Davis Cup tennis match with Israel is an unjustifiable violation of Canada’s obligations under international law and basic human rights.

Three scholars of harm in sport argue that Canada’s Davis Cup tennis match with Israel next month in Halifax is an unjustifiable violation of international law obligations and basic human rights. www.thegrindmag.ca/opinion-cana...

Anas al-Sharif among five Al Jazeera journalists killed by Israel in Gaza Al Jazeera staff killed in targeted Israeli attack on a tent housing journalists near al-Shifa Hospital, Gaza City.

Four Al Jazeera staff, including reporter Anas Al Sharif, were killed in an Israeli attack on a tent for journalists outside the main gate of Gaza's al-Shifa hospital aje.io/onll19

Global News and Postmedia Refuse to Correct Oct. 7 Falsehoods The Postmedia newspaper chain is not correcting false claims in its articles that 40 babies were killed on Oct. 7, with many beheaded. A Global News report contains unsubstantiated and false claims…

And this one from me. 2/2. www.thegrindmag.ca/global-news-...

Postmedia Called Out For Publishing Israeli Propaganda As ‘News’ Postmedia runs syndicated articles that are ‘basically a mouthpiece for the Israeli military.’

More info on JNS and Postmedia. This one from @readtheorchard.org. 1/2. www.readthemaple.com/postmedia-ca...