Lucas Meyer
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Senior Consultant, Comms+Media Insights @EntCanada Commentator | ex-journo | part-time impersonator | News Scrum Explainer Old School Blue Check Mark
Joined May 2011
Recently a piece in @the_lineca asked this Q that made me stare at the ceiling: . How will Jewish communities in Canada begin to forgive?. I tried to answer. But it feels like a distant island on the horizon, and no boats in the water. My latest:
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Simplest and best tribute to exemplify the Barbara Walters legacy : . On her final show on The View, they just brought one female journalist after another to honour her. All ages, races, from NBC to FOX, to say thank you. She’s completely overwhelmed and touched.
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Tense moments at Nathan Phillips Square as someone dresses in blackface, thankfully police intervened. #TorontoProtest #toronto
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This is the #Olympics spirit at its best: . Saint Lucia, with a population of about 180,000 watches its own Julian Alfred become the fastest woman in the world.
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Incredbile image by @AP photographer @evanvucci who captures a Trump staffer blocking another photographer's lens trying to get a shot of a protester.
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Awful news. NBA Star Karl Anthony-Towns spoke out about the pandemic when his mother became ill. Now word she has passed away.
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There’s owning. There’s eviscerating. And then there’s this: .
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NEW: The Registered Nurses of Ontario @RNAO put out a call for retired, faculty, part-time, even full-time nurses to assist with Telehealth wait times and its CEO says over 2,300 have responded and are being deployed. Story coming. #onpoli #onthealth #coronavirus #covid19.
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lol Poilievre at 1:21, the dental program “according to the govt’s own numbers has not helped 97% of people.” . Ceolin says 1 mil Cdns have access. PP just *20 SECS LATER* “government numbers, that’s your first mistake.” . YOU JUST CITED THEM.
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Summer McIntosh 🥇 but with French play-by-play. Magnifique. As someone who is both bilingual and who did play-by-play, French commentary is just different. The French call of 2018 Moir/Virtue is the best example.
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“Look at the girth of this thing.” . - @CBCNews @DavidWCochrane. *direct quote* as he holds up the Carleton ballot that has 91 names on it. #CanadaElections2025 🇨🇦 🗳️
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!!!!!BREAKING: Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir go LEGEND! . Gold AGAIN in #PyeongChang2018 ! After winning as part of team event, take 🥇in #IceDancing !. 2010: Gold.2014: Silver.2018: Double Gold. This is them to My Heart Will Go On. YOU'RE WELCOME. K BYE! #TeamCanada #VirtueMoir
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“ATTENTION… ANDRE DE GRASSE…OUI OUI ALLEZ ANDRE!!”. Again, there is nothing like a French-Canadian call down to the wire. 🥇 . #TeamCanada 🇨🇦 .
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UPDATE: Deleted previous tweet which was inaccurate, apologies. Not charged* with breach of the peace, he was arrested* for breach of peace. TPS says he may face a hate crime charge, determined with consultation with Crown. #June6th #toronto #TorontoProtest #BlackLivesMatter.
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OFFICIAL: Ay Caramba!. I will be a guest voice on @TheSimpsons this Sunday as Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. In Nov 2017 I put together an impressions video for family and friends and it somehow led to this #cdnpoli 1/3
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Warning: language . The man was sprayed with water before being taken away by police. #Toronto #Torontoprorest
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BREAKING: I can now confirm the most beautiful baby 👶 boy was born yesterday at North York General. Lincoln Samuel Meyer came in at 7 pounds, 2.5 ounces and sources tell me he’s the best kid in the world. Note: Mommy, baby doing well and family is overwhelmed with love
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Hamilton Police say they are investigating whether charges will be laid in this incident.
Antifa protesters scream at & block elderly couple outside an event featuring conservative politician @MaximeBernier & @RubinReport. Further violence broke out, leading to two arrests. Mohawk College had faced massive campaign to cancel the event.
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“Shut up and dribble.�� .“Stick to sports.” .“Keep politics out of sports.”. If you are of these mantras. well here is Don Cherry blasting “you people” who come here to Canada. for not wearing poppies. Your mic 🎤 is on.
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@KristajSharpe Sadly people with the emotional maturity of a diaper can still yell. So sorry about this.
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This is it for me tonight. Kobe talking about Gianna. Don’t know what else to say. Hug your children. Hug your friends. Hug your parents. 🏀 ❤️ #KobeBryant #GiannaBryant .
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NEW from me in @TorontoStar : When a Holocaust survivor gets the vaccine - from her own grandchild. “She gave my dad life and then he gave me life and now I’m helping her to survive.” . #COVID19 #covid19ontario .
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thinking of every time I read/heard someone say 'let's not have what's going on in the States happen here' when I see that now, sure enough, Roger Stone is now advising Derek Sloan. #cdnpoli
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No hyperbole, this is one of the biggest trainwreck public statements I have ever seen. The Ashton and Mila video should be shown in every single media class of what NOT to do. How this was decided to be the final product is beyond me.
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Solid 1st presser by PM Carney. Answered directly when he could, ie, no games for byelection for PP, no pact with the NDP. Big announcement with King, deliverables of cutting operating budget, capping immigration levels, etc.Plus a joke!. #cdnpoli .
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Wow wow wow. Truly honoured @AuschwitzMuseum has recognized my piece in the @TorontoStar yesterday.
A Holocaust survivor Francis Sacks received the COVID-19 vaccine from a very special doctor: her granddaughter. “She gave my dad life and then he gave me life and now I’m helping her to survive. That’s not lost on me.”.
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Again, @VancityReynolds continues to win the last few months. First scooping Peloton girl and then much more importantly, this.
Ryan Reynolds’ ugly Christmas sweater helps raise more than $300K for SickKids
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Oh my goodness this image by Halifax artist James Neish. Says everything. 💔. #NovaScotiaStrong
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So many tributes to Gordon Pinsent tonight, but him reading from a Bieber book and making it fully his own just never gets old. The mark of a great actor is taking something seemingly unpoetic and making it magic. Genius. “The girls. The grilled cheese. I wish I was you.”
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EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: We have been chasing this story for a while, and while he didn’t want to take our questions, nor was he serious about them, we pushed anyway. Huge story. 🎤 #journalism
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🎥 Video breakdown of the All-Pro Congress scrumming that got in perfect postion in 6 seconds. Let’s break down the ❌s&🅾️s courtesy of @rachelvscott and @LaleeIbssa : . @JournalistsLike
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I'll just say this: J.P. Hoornstra is not only a Dodgers reporter, he's also a BBWAA member. It is pretty inconceivable that he would put out an end to #OhtaniWatch if he wasn't 1000% confident in his sources. Now understandably, we're seeing . .
Shohei Ohtani's choice is in. This is not a drill. 🔗:
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WATCH: “My 10-year-old saw three ladies and two men urinating one the wall. blatant disregard.” . Angela Gabot lives right across Trinity Bellwoods Park and said the massive crowds yesterday led to parkgoers peeing on homes. #topoli #onpoli #covid19 #TrinityBellwoods
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Former CRTC commish: “It’s difficult to contemplate the levels of moral hubris, incompetence or both that would lead people to believe such an infringement of rights is justifiable,” on Bill C-10. #cdnpoli
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Life lesson youngins: Find someone who looks at you the way Virtue and Moir look at each other. #TeamCanada #pyeongchang2018
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Marc Gasol in his element. Spraying the crowd with champagne. Complete elation. What a shot. What a day. What a team. #Raptors #WeTheNorth
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DOJ confirms a Florida man is in custody in connection to the suspicious packages, and the FBI are loading this white van onto a flatbed:
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Memo to all comms staff nationwide : if you were looking to dump bad news quietly, NOW IS THE TIME. #cdnpoli.
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Every celebrity getting ready for the game tonight: “I’m gonna get so much attention!” . They’re people: Obama is here tonight. #Raptors #WeTheNorth
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Tatum now, “they made us earn it.” . Boston had to fight, scratch and claw for everything this series. This was a true title defense after losing one of the top players in the world. Pascal will learn. Lowry is a legend. We have Masai. Go #Raptors Go Toronto 🇨🇦 . #WeTheNorth
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Despite being asked twice to say what he was dressed up as in the video obtained by Global, Justin Trudeau declines, but says he’s being open with Canadians. Here is the exchange. #elxn19 #elxn43 #cdnpoli
Trudeau is asked twice by @meyer_lucas what exactly his costume was when he wore blackface in the video obtained by @globalnews. He does not answer.
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Roy Moore attorney says in 1999 Nelson filed for divorce and went before Roy Moore, disputing Allred and Nelson's claim they never interacted after alleged incident.
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📣Some news:. Excited and humbled to join the amazing team at Enterprise @EntCanada as a Senior Consultant, Media and Public Affairs. Thank you all for your support and look forward to staying in the game with writing, panels, etc. BIG thanks to (cont) .
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Brilliant interviewing by @LarryMadowo here. He doesn’t make it a big spectacle. He just puts his arm around Omar, asks him personal questions about his sister, what he wants to be before asking about Khartoum. This is how it’s done.
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Just remember:. If you’re at your job tomorrow and you screw up, there’s no way you will have screwed up as bad as those who allowed someone who served for the Nazis to be honoured in Parliament in front of the world a few days before Yom Kippur. Go easy on yourself.
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BREAKING: ON Finance Minister Rod Phillips travelled outside Canada this month, @NEWSTALK1010 confirms. His office says he went on previously planned trip after leg closed:. "Had I been aware then of the eventual December 26th shutdown, we would have cancelled." #onpoli #cdnpoli.
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Wow, lots here but a big takeaway: Globe and Mail just took a pretty unsubtle shot at Global. The Globe basically saying here without saying: We got Global's intel *first* AND without more it didn't meet our standards, but met theirs. 1/. #cdnpoli
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UPDATE: Humboldt Bronco Xavier Labelle is healing from his multiple injuries and has been moved to the Saskatoon City Hospital Rehabilitation Centre. This picture was taken as he was doing physio. #HumboldtStrong
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Incredible. A GoFundMe page was set up this evening for the #Humboldtbroncos and those affected with a goal of $10,000. It already has over $7,500. Here's how you can help: . #PrayersForHumboldt
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For the 1st time in **447 days** the MSICU at Toronto General has 0 … I repeat **0** COVID patients. Thank you once again to our amazing front line health care workers! . 👏 ❤️ 🏥 👨⚕️ 👩🏽⚕️😷🎉 #Toronto #COVID19ON .
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U.S. Secret Service release about potential explosives sent to the homes of both Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton, a day after a similar device was sent to George Soros:
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A STANLEY CUP ZACH HYMAN GOAL ON SHABBAT? .AMEN AND MAZEL TOV! 🙌 .
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PUT THAT IN YOUR RECIPROCAL TARIFF WAR AND SMOKE IT . 🇨🇦 🇨🇦 🇨🇦 🇨🇦 🇨🇦 .#4Nations #GoCanadaGo
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Here it is: Parliamentarians applauding, political opponents shaking hands including Trudeau with O’Toole, and some @MichelleRempel dancing as the House adopts Bill C-4 to ban conversion therapy. #cdnpoli
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BREAKING: President Trump says he will present the Presidential Medal of Freedom to Tiger Woods. Last year he gave them to: Miriam Adelson, Orrin Hatch, Alan Page, Roger Staubach, posthumously to Babe Ruth, Antonin Scalia and Elvis.
Spoke to @TigerWoods to congratulate him on the great victory he had in yesterday’s @TheMasters, & to inform him that because of his incredible Success & Comeback in Sports (Golf) and, more importantly, LIFE, I will be presenting him with the PRESIDENTIAL MEDAL OF FREEDOM!.
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UPDATE: A woman, Talya Davidson, arrested by the sign has been charged with Assault, plus 3 counts of assault against a peace officer.
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@jddtennis I really hate criticizing other journos. but after reading that. this is all I got:
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Cop says sorry for those who were upset by the #AmberAlert early this morning. but it works. at. you know . LOCATING CHILDREN. “But I got to tell you, when it comes to kids and their safety, we’re going to do anything that we can.”.
WATCH: A Toronto Police officer found a grandfather and his two young grandsons who had been the subject of an Amber Alert. York Regional Police believe it shows the system works, putting extra emphasis on the disappearance of a vulnerable person
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@succession One of the best episodes in TV history. The dialogue. The acting. The settings. The buildup. The execution. Jesse you’re a baaaad man.
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WATCH: I’ll say this, it was a newser of GOLD @fordnation quotes :.OLG executives: “aren’t too frigging smart” 🧠 .Hamilton ticketing: “smoking a joint, a doobie” 💨 .Brass Rail COVID case: “practice social distancing, I know it sounds crazy.” 💃 . #onpoli #covid19 #cdnpoli
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Liberals tonight after being dead and buried down 25 points four months ago: . #CanadaElections2025 🇨🇦
Biggest 25 point comebacks in history:. 1. Tom Brady, 28-3.2. LPC, 45-20. That’s all folks.
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COME ON! GET DOWN!.-KILL ME! .NO, GET DOWN! .-I HAVE A GUN IN MY POCKET! .I DON'T CARE! GET DOWN!.-I HAVE A GUN IN MY POCKET!.GET DOWN OR YOU'LL BE SHOT!.-SHOOT ME IN THE HEAD! . Got him on the ground. This #toronto cop. Unbelievable.
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WARNING: EXPLICIT LANGUAGE . Woman with a Vote Andrew Scheer poster videotaped spitting on someone at the Toronto sign, yelling "you can't f*** it up you savages" and "this is the place of men, not for f****** n******" She was arrested, charges pending.
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No one has touched home plate more. No one has stolen more bases. And no one has come around quite like him since. Rickey Henderson, one of the greatest. Two-time champion with As and Jays. And owner of one of the most iconic moments ever: breaking the stolen base record: ⚾️
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The impact Brian Mulroney is simply immeasurable. NAFTA, GST, Mandela, env., he’s in any Canada PM Mount Rushmore discussion outside of pure wins. Our biggest @stfxuniversity grad and owner of likely the biggest Canadian debate moment ever #cdnpoli.
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A longer look at the March down Yonge St. scheduled to end at at City Hall. #torontoprotest #BlackLivesMattertoronto
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It takes a lot to floor me. This is jaw-dropping. Lisa LaFlamme giving her sign-off from home, no heads up to the public, not doing it from the desk where it should be done. Wow. Needless to say, CTV's release doesn't include a quote from her: #cdnmedia.
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Call of the Year!. “72 degrees, I can even see a blue spot right there, come on! We’ve got 4 minutes. THE CROWD IS WILLING IT! YEAAAAAAAH!! WOOOOO! Just for a minute! Just for a second! But I’ll take it, I will take it! LOOK AT IT! OMG! WE GOT IT!.
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Sooooo Hudson's Bay on Queen told us they were completely open, because they're considered essential. We asked the premier about this who passed it to Associate CMOH. THEN we heard from the govt. that the Bay should not be open and they're looking into it #onpoli.
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This is insane. #Raptors fans climb Mt. Kilimanjaro, break our 🇨🇦 flag and tells #Kawhi “if you’re going to stay, that’s be awesome.” But it’s totally cool if he heads out too. #KawhiWatch . You guys are awesome. #WeTheNorth .
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This 💯. The sudden 180 on endorsements from the Post and LA Times is one of the biggest Streisand Effect case studies we now have.
The dumbest part of the WaPo/LA Times not endorsing at the behest of their billionaire owners is that it turned a non-story into a major one. Their endorsements of Harris would have been a blip. Their silence is a bright light shining on their cowardice.
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@FoxNews you might want to get the latest info. The French Canadian is now the only suspect.
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Musk: (Dems) “they have become the party of division & hate.”. Your witness:.
One of the most bonkers clips you will ever see, just watch, just watch it 👀.
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