Moira Welsh
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Toronto Star journalist covering politics at the Queen’s Park bureau. Author. Mom of sardonic boys.
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Joined April 2012
Queen’s Park columnist @reggcohn on school board trustees facing the threat of elimination: Electing school board trustees is no guarantee of accountability via @torontostar.
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The problem with school boards can be traced to trustees who entrusted by voters to run their sprawling organizations without learning the lessons of governance, Martin Regg Cohn writes.
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For anyone with a vulnerable older person in their life - or anticipating an inheritance - this is an important story from the Star’s @fx_plante : Tenants in seniors' residences say ballooning fees are forcing them out @TorontoStar. via @torontostar.
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There are growing calls for the province to regulate service fees the same way it does rent to stop 'price gouging.'
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RT @robertbenzie: From the front page of the @TorontoStar, @MoiraWelsh on how Ontario’s five biggest grocery chains are threatening to….
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Stores operated by Costco, Loblaw, Sobeys, Metro and Walmart may return their alcohol licences when new recycling rules take effect on Jan. 1.
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RT @robertbenzie: NEW: The @TorontoStar’s @MoiraWelsh on the challenges for @MaritStiles and the @OntarioNDP. #onpoli . https://t.….
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After a disappointing election defeat and a stunning collapse of the federal New Democrats, Ontario NDP Leader Marit Stiles says she needs to give her members “reason to hope again.”
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RT @robertbenzie: NEW: Doug Ford says the quiet part out loud.The Ontario premier is playing the bad cop to partner Mark Carney's good cop.….
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Ontario's premier has always been quotable, but rarely more so than when he's railing against the U.S. president's tariff attack on Canada.
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Can Marit Stiles save Ontario's sliding New Democrats? via @torontostar #onpoli.
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After a disappointing election defeat and a stunning collapse of the federal New Democrats, Ontario NDP Leader Marit Stiles says she needs to give her members “reason to hope again.”
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RT @robertbenzie: NEW: The @TorontoStar’s @MoiraWelsh with an explainer on the Ring of Fire that has obsessed Queen’s Park for 15 years….
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A cache of critical minerals lies beneath the ground in northwestern Ontario— and Trump’s tariffs have made the drive to extract them a lot more urgent.
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The iconic blue box and Ontario’s shrinking landfills : Ford government's changes to recycling will hasten landfill crisis, municipalities warn via @torontostar #onpoli.
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Ontario’s shrinking landfill space could run out faster than expected if the Ford government retreats from long-held plans to add two new blue box programs, warns the Association of Municipalities
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Insight on politics and bromance from @reggcohn Being Mark Carney's buddy won't release Doug Ford from the pull of political gravity via @torontostar #onpoli.
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For all their affection for the new prime minister, the premiers’ perennial problems never die, Martin Regg Cohn writes.
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The latest from Toronto Star columnist @reggcohn :. The debate over Toronto's 'bubble zone' bylaw reveals a glaring double standard via @torontostar.
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Religious minorities should be allowed the same protections offered to health-care workers, Martin Regg Cohn writes.
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Bonded by crisis: Inside the alliance between Mark Carney and Doug Ford by @robertbenzie .via @torontostar.
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With so much at stake for Canadians, it is the most important political alliance in the country.
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From the Star’s @althiaraj : Pierre Poilievre's campaign was faltering — but Mark Carney's was vulnerable too. The inside story of how the Conservatives and Liberals both fumbled the 2025 federal election via @torontostar.
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In a three-part series, based on interviews with 106 political insiders, the Star’s Althia Raj explores an election that was anything but predictable.
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RT @TondaMacC: @TorontoStar’s @MoiraWelsh fact checked what Pierre Poilievre said for a week this election campaign. He has a flair for the….
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While Poilievre is right on some, not all points fit his overarching campaign premise that Canada went to hell during the “Lost Liberal Decade.”
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RT @_kevindonovan: Second sneak peek. Episodes drop tomorrow morning!
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Podcast Episode · Suspicion: Murder on Mount Olive · S4 Trailer · 1m
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The latest in the Star’s Third Act series, is this lovely story from Megan O’Toole: She was diagnosed with dementia. Then this 95-year old decided to do something ‘crazy’ – travel the world @NIAgeing via @torontostar.
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As Dorothy Lay tackles her bucket list, her granddaughter hopes the travels will slow her decline and prevent another devastating loss for her family.
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The Pelicot trial put the shame where it should be. By @RDiManno .via @torontostar.
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Gisèle Pelicot is rightly being hailed as heroic for stepping forward as a rape victim. On Thursday, 51 men were convicted in a French court of assaulting her. Pelicot said “it’s not for us to have...
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From @_kevindonovan : The inside story of this ‘luxury’ Muskoka rehab
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“Our unwavering priority has been the well-being of our clients and their loved ones as they navigate mental health challenges including substance use disorders,” Muskoka Recovery told the Star.
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CPP Investments ‘did nothing to stop pattern of criminal conduct’ at scandal-hit nursing-home chain it backed, report charges via @torontostar.
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In a statement, a CPP Investments' spokesperson said "we inevitably dispose of certain holdings for endless reasons, including mismanagement by operators or underperformance against expectations."
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Fascinating story by @maria9860 They weren't looking for love in their 70s, but their late-in-life romance may just have prolonged their lives via @torontostar.
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This Ontario couple is participating in a 'super agers' study, which is exploring the secrets to aging well.
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