
Andy Takagi
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🚊My latest: Eglinton Crosstown LRT documents reveal potential plans for opening, possible delays thestar.com/news/gta/eglin… via Toronto Star


New from me and Sheila Wang: A mining firm with a history of pollution allegations in the U.S. wants to dig for gold upstream from Grassy Narrows First Nation. The plan risks worsening the effects of mercury lingering in the rivers, the nation says. thestar.com/news/investiga…

From Andy Takagi, Mahdis Habibinia and me: Protest at city hall takes aim at bike lanes, bus lanes, shelters — and is met with counterprotest thestar.com/news/gta/city-…

RapidTO isn't done yet: bus lanes on Bathurst and Dufferin may get extended after all thestar.com/news/gta/contr… via Toronto Star #TOpoli

Collab w/ Raisa Patel: Everyone wants the new TTC subway cars to be made in Canada. So why are Ottawa and city hall butting heads over them? thestar.com/news/gta/every… via @torontostar


From me and David Rider: It’s the largest green space created in downtown Toronto in a generation — and it’s opening to the public this weekend. (More to come later.🛶) thestar.com/news/gta/one-o… via Toronto Star

Who killed the Bay? A dozen Hudson’s Bay former high-level employees told me company chairman Richard Baker is responsible for the retailer’s brand identity loss and its ultimate decline. Read my deep dive into the Bay’s demise. Toronto Star thestar.com/business/insid…

NEW - I hit the streets with outreach workers who told me they're finding more needles and people in distress, and witnessing more public overdoses since four supervised consumption sites closed in Toronto. It did not take long for me to witness one myself thestar.com/news/gta/ontar…

Heartwarming story from Estella Ren and Reagan McSwain From ‘World of Warcraft’ to wedding vows: Community rallies to help Toronto man with terminal illness tie the knot thestar.com/news/gta/from-… via Toronto Star




There are some fine performances and great direction, but I simply could not get behind "Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812," now running Mirvish Productions. #theaTO My minority report, for Toronto Star: thestar.com/entertainment/…

CALLOUT: Looking to talk with young people who are thinking of going to grad school given how bleak the job market is these days for a Toronto Star story. DM or email me at [email protected] if you or someone you know is interested in an interview



