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"Nonconformity is punished in hockey culture, and for non-white players like Akim Aliu, the punishment often comes faster. The cost of being outspoken is the notion of being unmanageable"
THE COST OF DEVOTION
✍️: Noel Ramsome
📷: Duane Cole
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Coming to The Paradise Theatre April 11th, a celebration of the iconic CBC show The Newsroom. We are hosting an episode screening, followed by a Q&A with cast members.
Tickets are PWYC at the door, to reserve a spot please RSVP to hello@westendphoenix.com
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A poem for your Sunday...
GAME ANIMAL by Liz Howard taken from the latest issue of WEP.
Happy #InternationalWomensDay from all of us here at the WEP! Proud to work with, support and highlight and uplift women from all corners of our lives today and every day.
08.03.2026 16:57 — 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0TGIF
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If you think karaoke is cheesy, it literally is... if your going to Geary Art Crawl
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THE COST OF DEVOTION
Akim Aliu is a power forward with a reputation for intensity; a celebrated advocate for diversity in hockey; and a 39-year-old who, after seven knee surgeries, still believes he’ll make it back to the NHL
✍️: Noel Ransome
📷: Duane Cole
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Dave Murray beat out 551 other applicants when his design was chosen by the City of Toronto to be the official poster of this summer’s World Cup. Ali Amad asked the illustrator what it’s like to be the man behind Toronto’s soccer branding.
Full story exclusively in the pages of the latest WEP.
Who should run for Mayor of Toronto, wrong answers only.
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Show some appreciation for a fellow West Ender with a shoutout in our community classifieds! They are 100% free, just keep it under 25 words.
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We are doing a roundup of analogue photo booths in Toronto for our next issue. Have any on your radar we should know about?
05.03.2026 16:37 — 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Fear not! We are doing an election special before its time to vote 🗳️
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THIS LOCATION IS PRIME TIME
Toronto FC's @morgscinqo is building his second act around Trinity Bellwoods cafe The Sonndr after retiring from the game.
Read the full story by @morganpcampbell.bsky.social in the pages of the latest WEP.
Photos by Osman Ahmed
The second chapter in Charlotte Cornfield comic memoir The Ling Game has landed in the pages of the latest WEP!
In case you missed chapter one, get caught up here:
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A result all parties will be happy with (in theory). Would be great to see this have a happy ending.
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If you are a renter searching for a new place to live, a new website that solely features rentals below market value has arrived.
www.belowthemarket.ca
SPORTS ISSUE OUT THIS WEEKEND! Featuring Akim Aliu, extreme wrestling at Sneaky Dee's, walking soccer, life after TFC, feeding the Blue Jays & more!
Plus Pet Of The Month, hot gossip, comics, a new crossword & all the features you've come to love from WEP.
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PET OF THE MONTH - FANCY
Micah Toub took a trip to Shelburne, an hour north of Toronto, to meet Fancy, a retired thoroughbred from Woodbine who has traded track life for the idylls of the countryside.
Read the full story exclusively in the pages of the latest WEP, out now.
Photos by Sarah Bodri
We've already started working on our next issue so that means our free community classifieds are now open!
FYI we will be prioritizing thank you messages, community shout outs, neighbourhood events, missed connections, wedding proposals, etc
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Poetry will always have a home in the pages of WEP.
03.03.2026 17:53 — 👍 5 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
Get caught up on the world wide WEP in the latest newsletter from our publisher @davebidini.bsky.social out today!
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"Petition signatures have risen to 14,000 this month and a formal complaint about the decision-making process has been filed with the city"
Greg Thomas on the latest developments in the fight to save Weston Lions Arena
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New newsletter from our publisher @davebidini.bsky.social coming tomorrow!
Sign up and get Dave's West End World straight to your inbox every Tuesday!
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Monday morning brain workout with the latest @paulvermeersch.bsky.social crossword. Have you completed yours yet?
02.03.2026 15:33 — 👍 4 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
The second chapter in @charlottecornfield.bsky.social comic memoir The Ling Game illustrated by Jess Sheridan has landed in the pages of the latest WEP.
If you missed the first instalment, get caught up here:
www.westendphoenix.com/stories/the-...
A West End Phoenix newspaper in an envelope
A reminder that if you live outside of our catchment, or in an apartment or condo, your copy of WEP will be arriving in the mail.
Thank you for keeping print journalism alive in the West End and beyond!
Slow Print Fast Delivery “I was just holding it for a friend” I got my stack of paper got my rout don’t forget to tip the paper boy. My tiny place smells like News Print it’s heavenly Rock On
Game Day
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Exist and thrive!!!
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The Shirt says it all “Slow print for fast times” Fantastic T-Shirt gifted to me by the Publisher himself Mr. Dave Bidini the pleasure was all mine ✌️ Fauxlaroid images created by Rob McFarlane
My assistant Bruno found our first stop, it wasn’t difficult as you can see. The little guy braved the cold, the salt and the wind to get the job done. He was duly rewarded with a plain old fashioned timbit at the Tim’s near Bathurst on Davenport rd. Fauxlaroid images created by Rob McFarlane
Our last stop was what should have been our first happily we climbed up the stairs at 888 to deliver the news. A great morning of exercise and enlightenment as well as a little sunshine. Fauxlaroid images created by Rob McFarlane
It wouldn’t be a post by me without adding a little Irony Have a Happy Weekend all February/March 2026 issue should be arriving at your door. If you can’t afford to subscribe (like myself) I highly recommend volunteering the personal rewards are free. Be Kind R&B Fauxlaroid images created by Rob McFarlane
Delivered @westendphoenix.bsky.social
Bruno & I did our part to spread the News
We completed our first route
above the Annex and below the Village a nice quiet pocket of Midtown Toronto 🇨🇦
note: No Flying Squirrels where harmed in this exercise
also debut of new technique I call Fauxlaroid 🙏
A pinch and a punch for the first of the month! Let's flip a page on our Read The Room bookstore calendar and say hello to Randy from @shesaidboomcollege, captured here on Polaroid film by WEP's own Jalani Morgan
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