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 https://t.co/dxPTzl7puB

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:

Toronto community and seniors housing workers vote for strike mandate over workplace violence concerns https://t.co/PHsNSfJeeE From @bcohenn via @TorontoStar

Mayor Olivia Chow defends calling Gaza war a genocide

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

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. https://t.co/n7JFeh4Duo via @TorontoStar

But advocates say the root of the problem isn’t that delivery drivers don’t know the rules, it’s that the apps they work for incentivize speeding and distracted driving https://t.co/qFjCwRjMLD

The proliferation of these vehicles has been blamed for an alarming spike in injuries. City and police tried to tamp down on infractions, especially by food deliverers, with education and enforcement campaigns over the summer https://t.co/RylX6uD2i6

For Mezanur Rahman, an electric moped makes his grueling 12-hour-a-day, seven-day-a-week job delivering food for just over $8/hour easier on the body https://t.co/hVhb8YwW2a

This month, I spoke with the city, police, medical researchers, food couriers, delivery apps, personal injury lawyers and cyclists about what the increasing popularity of electric motor scooters and other "micromobility" devices means for Toronto

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" https://t.co/coze62pDiT

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

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 https://t.co/QPu9c3qHBW via @TorontoStar

From me and @bcohenn: Neethan Shan wins Scarborough-Rouge Park byelection

Exclusive from @dmrider and @bcohenn: Taste of the Danforth organizers break their silence on landmark festival’s future https://t.co/uNzlnXnPdu via @TorontoStar

The Star's city hall bureau has been doing some real garbage journalism of late. We've been digging into stories about how Toronto handles its trash, and how the choices we make about it has impacts on our city, other communities, and our environment.

I visited Cottonwood Flats, a former industrial site enjoyed by two groups in conflict: naturalists and ravers. Also had a veterinary pharmacologist opine on the risks of pets eating the poop of someone who took drugs, for reasons that will become clear https://t.co/TkZV4h0iVF

This past year reporting in Peel Region for @MissiNewsRoom,  @BmptGuardian and @CaledonNews has been so fulfilling. Today is my last day, and as I reflect, I’m reminded of the importance of local & community journalism — often undervalued, yet so impactful. 🧵

Former MPPs want to be included in Doug Ford's new pension plan for legislators #onpoli

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 https://t.co/rSlSSWTZvJ via @torontostar