A guy who knows the (rare) right moment to lose his cool. Inspiring profile of Nader Hasan.

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This program is meant to help homeowners challenge Tarion’s warranty decisions. Now it’s under review after concerns about its impartiality

#tarion #homebuyer #homeowner #warranty
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This is devastating. This is around the age I left home and looking back, I don’t know how I survived those years. I was very lucky. There are many young people in this province with nowhere to go and no one to look after them or to fight for them. Their lives matter too.

“I looked at the price and thought: is that right?” he says. “But there was a queue of people behind me. I didn’t want to look like an idiot and back out.”

New from me: After more than 40 years the dream of a Toronto Somali community centre is one step closer to reality thestar.com/news/gta/after…

Mayor Olivia Chow appears on this week's 'Law & Order Toronto: Criminal Intent' trib.al/KoOPaPc

I got my marriage licence at a London Drugs, after standing in line behind a woman buying a garden gnome. Hope both of our personal info are safe…

BREAKING: An Ontario judge has ruled the police officers involved in the death of Ejaz Choudry cannot have their names shielded from the public. Superior Court Justice Paul Perell knocks down Peel Police's motion for a publication ban.

Canada has no better court reporter than betsy powell. Great, illuminating conversation between Betsy and Edward Keenan about covering the Zameer trial where the Crown and police were determined to get a murder conviction - despite the evidence thestar.com/podcasts/this-…

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Multiple cases of sexual assault and human trafficking have been dismissed in Ontario since December because the federal government has not hired enough judges and judicial vacancies are leading to significant delays in cases.
The Supreme Court has said cases in Superior Court

First of many!

Congratulations Sara Mojtehedzadeh Rachel Mendleson Toronto Star

Toronto traffic update: A Toronto Marlies game started at 7 but it appears the whole crowd (including me) only just arrived due to crazy traffic.

'When you have to go, you just have to go': City opens park washrooms early after backlash trib.al/EFhpCnb

NEW - BC is functionally re-criminalizing drug possession and drug use in all public spaces. Police can resume seizure/arrests.
Decriminalization will remain only in private residences, shelters, overdose prevention sites, and healthcare sites with outpatient addictions services.

I asked the provinces if they think housing is a human right, and plan to make rules protecting that right. Quebec sent this:

'Do I ghost her again? Otherwise, a general response that doesn't answer, to say housing is a priority for our government?'

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We keep talking about how dementia cases are expected to rise in Canada. But can we change that?

Here are five ways you can reduce your risk of dementia right now via Toronto Star

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