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Ben Cohen

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This is a great roundup by my colleagues of everything you need to know about what happened at this month's Toronto city council meeting, with links to stories about how the issues developed. Journalism takes work and brain power, please consider subscribing to the @TorontoStar


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Latest is Toronto city council approves Olivia Chow’s ‘luxury’ land transfer tax hike: ‘They can afford it’ thestar.com/news/gta/toron… By @bcohenn via @TorontoStar


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The Israeli embassy in Ottawa says a group that included six Canadian MPs was denied entry into the occupied West Bank on Tuesday because of an alleged financial link to a charity Israel considers a “terror entity.” thestar.com/politics/feder… via @torontostar


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York police amp up presence after Bondi Beach Hanukkah attack, local Jewish community says Sunday's event will continue thestar.com/news/gta/york-… via @bcohenn @torontostar


A touching quote from our article read out here about how experiencing homelessness changed the perspective of a former councillor who once opposed a shelter in his ward: thestar.com/news/gta/i-may…

At yesterday's exec committee, @chloebrown4TO reminded members of how a former councillor, Lorenzo Berardinetti, ended up homeless last year. She also talked about how, while he was on council, she was working as an unhoused City Hall intern, staying at Covenant House.



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Over the past year, I have been cultivating sources in refugee & immigration circles to find out how Canada is responding to Trump's crackdown on asylum seekers. Over the summer, one story that came to me stood out. It's out today. #thread nytimes.com/2025/11/25/wor…


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The Star reporter who asked for my comment told me that a .gif could not replace my comment so you can either read what I submitted or:


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Toronto community and seniors housing workers vote for strike mandate over workplace violence concerns thestar.com/news/gta/toron… From @bcohenn via @TorontoStar


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From @MarcoOved and me: The Ford government has quietly killed Toronto’s green roof bylaw, a policy that propelled the city to become a world leader in environmental construction thestar.com/news/gta/doug-…


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From @_VictoriaGibson + @bcohenn: A push to legalize cafes, corner stores and home businesses in Toronto’s residential neighbourhoods — which was unsuccessful last year amid outcry from residents’ associations — is back at city hall. thestar.com/business/toron… via @TorontoStar


Council voted last night to create a plan to keep ravers out of the Don Valley after a Star story detailed damage the illicit concerts did to the local environment this summer. Ravers told me banning them will worsen Toroto's "crisis of social isolation" thestar.com/news/gta/city-…


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Mahdis worked *very* hard to reveal that speed cameras in most GTA municipalities don’t ticket drivers unless they are speeding at least 11 km-h over the limit, debunking @fordnation’s claims that people get dinged at 2 or 3 over

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From me and @bcohenn today: He battled coyotes, organized crime and a deadly virus. Yet Toronto’s outgoing bylaw chief says being council’s ‘punching bag’ was one of his toughest roles thestar.com/news/gta/he-ba… via @TorontoStar


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