Anne Marie Aikins

Anne Marie Aikins

@femwriter.bsky.social

Former chief spox, journalist, and a variety of other careers. Had some books published & love to write. Now my own boss at AMA Communications. Toronto is home. Friends call me AMA

717 Followers 920 Following 438 Posts Joined Nov 2024
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I expect the number of whistleblowers to exponentially increase as a result

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1 day ago

So many government scandals and mismanagement will never see sunlight.

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1 day ago

This story will give me nightmares.

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This might be the greatest split-screen ever broadcast.

They’ll play this in museums in future.

(🎥 LCI 🇫🇷)

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5 days ago

It’s going to take more than a media interview to fix but it’s a start

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5 days ago
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Focus Ontario: Metrolinx Under The Microscope | Watch News Videos Online Watch Focus Ontario: Metrolinx Under The Microscope Video Online, on GlobalNews.ca

Excellent Focus Ontario this weekend - worth a watch @colindmello.bsky.social

globalnews.ca/video/117200...

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1 week ago
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Poilievre’s “Stoic” Pivot - Inside the Strategy Behind His New Political Tone Podcast Episode · NOW and NEXT · March 4 · 50m

Latest Now & Next has hit the tube podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/n...

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Doug Ford says Toronto needs a ‘shock and awe’ conference centre — but experts say demand is in decline On Monday, Premier Ford said Ontario will build a ‘spectacular’ convention centre that is “much better than” Chicago’s McCormick Place, the largest convention space in North America.

So many questions. What does Ford have against refurbishing Toronto’s existing infrastructure?? Would moving the MTCC from the downtown core be yet another major blow to recovery?
www.thestar.com/business/dou...

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1 week ago

I’ve complained a lot about the Eatons Centre and its apparent disdain for giving mall visitors a place to sit. Well I visited for the first time in awhile recently and low & behold they’ve seen the light. There are now many places to sit. @shawnmicallef.bsky.social

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2 weeks ago

This story isn’t just about my family. Every family will at some point experience grief & is vulnerable to these obituary pirates who will exploit them at their most vulnerable. Normally I never recommend reading the comments but they made me feel less alone. Thank you @thestar.com

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3 weeks ago
Petition e-6997 - Petitions

"Obituary pirates" is such a good name for these grifters.
There is still time to sign the petition to rein in these predatory companies: it closes for signatures on February 26 at 4:52 pm. Sign and share:
www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...

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Prime Minister Carney is presented a jersey by the national women’s hockey team. Prime Minister Carney watches the Winter Olympics. Prime Minister Carney poses for a photo, wearing a hockey jersey. Prime Minister Carney watches the Winter Olympics.

Could not be more proud of you, Team Canada.
 
You’re coming home with 21 hard-fought Olympic medals. Though what Canadians will remember most is how you wore the Maple Leaf: with pride, with grit, and with determination.

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This Ontario family said an unauthorized obit exploited their grief. Inside the rise of ‘obituary pirates’ Third-party websites are reposting reworded obituaries online to profit from flowers and gift sales, experts say. Here’s why it’s becoming more common.

@thestar.com took a deep dive into the seedy business of grief exploitation.
www.the star.com/news/canada/this-ontario-family-said-an-unauthorized-obit-exploited-their-grief-inside-the-rise-of-obituary/article_307af80b-e2b2-4986-849b-46052d5c00b1.html

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Inside the concerning world of online grief exploitation. @millandmaitmom speaks with @AMAprmaven Deb Hutton - Sound Bites | iHeart All your favorite music, podcasts, and radio stations available for free. Listen to thousands of live radio stations or create your own artist stations and...

Exploiting people who are experiencing grief is a new low
www.iheart.com/podcast/962-...

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3 weeks ago

If he’s charged for sexual assault hopefully it will shame the US into charging others

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3 weeks ago

Sadly too true

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3 weeks ago

Powerful men, alleged to have raped & abused girls & young women, are not facing arrest or accountability.

But this 👇🏻 misconduct will not be tolerated 😡

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From Tumbler Ridge to Parliament Hill - the Messager makes the Message

This was a fun, spicy episode
open.spotify.com/episode/0HHs...

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A GPS tracker. Attempted insurance fraud. Alarming new allegations emerge in the Toronto police corruption scandal One cop arrested in Project South is accused of helping an associate install a GPS tracker on a woman's vehicle so she could be followed.

This gets more & more bizarre & concerning by the day @thestar.com

www.thestar.com/news/investi...

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3 weeks ago
Salt and mud stains cover a GO train seat

What’s the harm putting your feet on GO train seats? Watch your transit etiquette please

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1 month ago
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Matt Gurney: Being more ‘positive’ won’t help us avoid future transit bungles, Premier Ford. We need an Eglinton Crosstown inquiry It’s ridiculous that public inquiries are often necessary to get answers in this country, but that's the way things are.

Well said @mattgurney.bsky.social @thestar.com

Any infrastructure project over billion $ threshold should be required to do a public accountability post completion to examine mistakes made & innovation implemented - lessons that other governments can benefit from
www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...

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1 month ago

Now he’s concerned???

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1 month ago
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Somehow Judge AMA got in the Star’s Crosstown game… @andytakagi.bsky.social

My weekend paper is a keeper but somebody needs to make it a real video game

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1 month ago

Penis doping was not on my Olympic 2026 bingo card…

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1 month ago

Lots of good insight. Nice chatting with you @shawnjeffords.bsky.social

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Matt Elliott: When the Eglinton Crosstown LRT finally opens, they should offer us an apology, not a party Due to Metrolinx’s veil of secrecy, there are still too many unanswered questions about why everything related to this project has been so slow.

What Matt said…
@thestar.com

www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...

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1 month ago

Watching Catherine O’Hara on The Studio and I feel so heartbroken all over again

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1 month ago

I realize it was just a narcissist’s shrinking brain slip, but I’m sure Icelanders are wondering WTAF

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1 month ago
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Vancouver social media company Hootsuite looking to work with ICE to ‘build trust’ Company has secured a project with ICE that involves ‘social listening’ after cancelling a contract in 2020 over employee backlash

Wow…Hootsuite…just wow
www.theglobeandmail.com/business/art...

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Carney calls for resistance in a world of ravenous powers Davos speech a rallying call for new middle-power alliances and a rejection of Trump’s threats
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