
Tomas Urbina
@tomas_urbina
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Producer/Director/Writer, former @CTVNews / @Quibi, @CBC & @VICECanada producer. Tweet me in Eng, Fr, Esp. Arthur F. Burns Alumnus.
Toronto, Canada
Joined June 2010
#History this morning in #Chile. @gabrielboric inaugurated as President, youngest in the country’s history, sweeping in with the tailwind of a new constitution at his back.
🇨🇱#BoricLlegaALaMoneda Momento histórico: @sebastianpinera entrega banda presidencial a @gabrielboric y se transforma en el Presidente de Chile. ➡ https://t.co/lbBWtFoDlr
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Morning has broken in a free Damascus, world's oldest continuously inhabited capital. Assad is now the ex-president, the sitting Prime Minister has addressed the nation & will hand over power to the political opposition to lead the transitional government. Hope is in the air.
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Syria's army command notified officers that President Bashar al-Assad's rule ended following a lightning rebel offensive, a Syrian officer who was informed of the move told Reuters. Syrian rebels said Damascus was 'now free of Assad'
reuters.com
It was one of the biggest turning points for the region in generations.
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Syria’s armed opposition says they have captured the capital, Damascus, and that President Bashar al-Assad has fled the country. 🔴 LIVE updates ⤵️
aljazeera.com
These were the updates on Syria's war for Sunday, December 8.
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@blogTO Why is there a military helicopter circling over neighborhoods in northwest Toronto? (Right now over Roncesvalles, High Park?
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As a result of a Canadian subsidy scheme, the oil major was able to register 5.7mn credits that had no equivalent CO₂ reductions, selling some to top oil sands groups https://t.co/StnlpxKg0t
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Seven days of terror that shook the world and changed the Middle East
theguardian.com
Since dawn broke last Saturday, thousands have died and the political fallout has spread across the region. Observer reporters tell the full story of a week that began in blood and ends in fear
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Ads opposing landfill search 'deeply regrettable,' says Manitoba PC cabinet minister who lost seat I By @stevelambertwpg #mb23 #mbpoli
cbc.ca
A Manitoba cabinet minister defeated in Tuesday's provincial election says the Progressive Conservative party she has served for years took a hard-right pivot during the election campaign, and now...
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Helluva piece here by @MarcoOved on the newly-revealed and surprisingly high use of gas-fired power plants in Ontario & the GTA, the real threat of air pollution and the major blow to climate action efforts in our province. #onpoli #climatechange
https://t.co/v7rSpYGNjc
thestar.com
It was called “the mistake by the lake.” Residents opposed it. Toronto council voted against it. The province built the Portlands gas plant anyway, saying it would only run during periods of peak...
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Independientemente del punto de vista político que tengas, ¿no deberías echar un vistazo al pasado? ¿Quizás, las cosas que te dijeron no eran exactamente así? ¿Podría una mirada retrospectiva, abrir una puerta a la comprensión de lo que ocurrió en aquellos años? Ahora disponible.
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🚨🚨WE URGE EVERYONE TO UPDATE THEIR APPLE DEVICES AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. We have found an actively exploited #zero #click vulnerability that was used to deliver #NSO group’s #Pegasus #spyware. https://t.co/BS0ZI4QuIz
citizenlab.ca
Citizen Lab found an actively exploited zero-click vulnerability being used to deliver NSO Group’s Pegasus mercenary spyware while checking the device of an individual employed by a Washington...
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Pierre Poilievre has launched a major campaign attacking Safer Supply drug programs & pushing Trudeau to scrap them & redirect funds to detox/rehab. He says there's now hard proof Safer Supply doesn't work – a National Post article by @ZivoAdam. Let's look at that article. 1/x
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Today in #popculturehistory @JullyBlack sings the Canadian anthem at the #NBAAllStar and seamlessly made the lyrics more inclusive while reminding us all, we are indeed on native land.
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The Biden administration released a long-awaited study Wednesday that recommends allowing a major oil development on Alaska’s North Slope that supporters say could boost U.S. energy security but that climate activists decry as a “carbon bomb.”
apnews.com
The Biden administration has issued a long-awaited study that recommends allowing a major oil development on Alaska’s North Slope. The U.S.
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In light of Loblaw's inept efforts on social media to justify its super-sized inflation-fueling profits, this is an opportune time to remind shoppers of four crucial economic facts regarding supermarket profitability: 🧵 https://t.co/P5iyQNFeI9
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ICYMI: @kteschneider reports that Trudeau’s government is selling an average of $1.3 billion in weapons to authoritarian countries per year – an eight-fold jump from Stephen Harper’s tenure as PM:
theijf.org
Trudeau exports an average of $1.3 billion annually compared to Stephen Harper’s $161 million
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An Ontario court has struck down Premier Doug Ford’s controversial Bill 124, which limited most public sector workers to annual wage increases of one per cent and has been blamed for an exodus of health-care workers in the pandemic.
thestar.com
A court has struck down Premier Doug Ford’s controversial Bill 124, which limited most public sector workers in Ontario to annual wage increases of one per cent and has been blamed for an exodus of...
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Earlier today, Municipal Affairs Minister Steve Clark confirmed that the PC government didn't consult with #FirstNations before passing their controversial housing #Bill23 23. Said consultations will happen now, that it's already become law. #onpoli
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