Alyshah Hasham
@alyshah.bsky.social
City Hall reporter at the Toronto Star
Ahhhh getting into the jays was a mistake, i am so sad
Keegan Matheson@keeganmatheson.bsky.social · 4d agoKevin Gausman calls coming to Toronto “the best decision I ever made” This is the story of how it almost didn’t happen… and how it’s turned into one of the greatest relationships in #BlueJays history: www.mlb.com/bluejays/new...
#Breaking: Federal government grounds Billy Bishop airport expansion
Federal governent grounds Billy Bishop airport expansion
The just-concluded public survey suggested strong public opposition to the project, according to a federal government official.
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An Etobicoke bar lost its liquor licence because it was buying and serving alcohol stolen by people living in a nearby homeless encampment, going so far as putting in orders for certain kinds of booze, according to an Alcohol and Gaming Commission of Ontario ruling. Read the story for free:
Etobicoke bar busted for buying booze from LCBO thieves at homeless encampment. Owner claimed it was to ‘keep the peace’
The bar went so far as to put in orders for certain kinds of booze, according to an Alcohol and Gaming Commission of Ontario ruling.
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A provision of the Ford government’s Bill 97 gives renters the legal right to use personal AC units. It also allows landlords to raise rents for tenants whose utilities are included in the rental agreement — and now, some being charged hundreds of dollars. #onpoli New @sheilawang.bsky.social:
Can your landlord charge you hundreds of dollars more for using AC? Toronto tenants outraged by extra bills
The Ford government's Bill 97 has enabled some landlords to overcharge for air conditioner usage during the summer.
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These hospitals don't have psychiatrists or psych nurses. They sure don't have psych wards. But people come to them in need of mental health care. How do harried hospital staff meet that need? Coercion. ijb.utoronto.ca/news/rural-m...
When help means losing choice: The reality of rural mental health care - Investigative Journalism Bureau
Muskoka Algonquin Healthcare’s two cottage-country hospitals are not built for mental health care. Yet hundreds of people come to them every year in need of it. And the hospitals’ emergency departmen...
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The more than 190 wildfires now burning in northern Ontario are among an estimated 1,000 blazing from coast to coast. They have sent smoke spewing across a swath of North America, including Toronto, which at times last week experienced the worst air quality in the world.
As wildfires rage around them in Northern Ontario, these elders are holding their ground: ‘This is our community’
Community members spoke to the Star at the largely deserted reserve, home to more than 300 residents in homes lined up on a two-street grid on the lakeshore.
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Every word of this story will make you feel sick to your bones www.nytimes.com/2026/07/20/u...
Faced With Piles of New Paperwork, People Are Losing Food Stamps
Arizona’s Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program rolls have plummeted, offering a possible preview of national trends as states try to avoid new federal penalties.
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After registering her candidacy at the Mississauga elections office on Tuesday morning, Bonnie Crombie has officially joined the mayoral race against incumbent Carolyn Parrish.
‘I’m back’: Why Bonnie Crombie is returning to Mississauga politics — and what it means for the race to be mayor
The former mayor is seeking her old job citing rising property taxes as one reason
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Shocking that daycares are allowed to operate with no a/c (and that governments are not fixing the gaps)
Toronto Star@thestar.com · 3w agoDr. Samantha Green, a Toronto family physician who researches heat, says mandated air conditioning in daycares is "urgently" needed. “We know extremely hot days are expected to triple in Toronto in the coming decades. We need to protect our most vulnerable. That includes children.” #onpoli
Dr. Samantha Green, a Toronto family physician who researches heat, says mandated air conditioning in daycares is "urgently" needed. “We know extremely hot days are expected to triple in Toronto in the coming decades. We need to protect our most vulnerable. That includes children.” #onpoli
She works in an air conditioned office while her kids struggle with the heat. Why aren’t we doing more to cool Toronto daycares?
As temperatures soar, children in daycares across the city are enduring temperatures far above what physicians say is healthy.
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Thank you to the man who made a compilation of GO trains on YouTube that my toddler is obsessed with
My World Cup hot take is that countries should only be allowed to wear colours on their flag (goalkeepers continue to be excepted of course)
Toby Heaps and his wife, Sarah, say they are ready to pack their three kids and two dogs to move away from Toronto’s waterfront if jets start flying in and out of Billy Bishop airport every few minutes. The Star's Mahdis Habibinia from City Hall Bureau has the story.
Why ‘an invisible danger’ from a Billy Bishop airport expansion has this family ready to move from their Toronto waterfront home
Concerns of residents over air quality along the Harbourfront have been heightened by the proposed expansion of Billy Bishop airport.
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lol to the commentators who called the game done at 60 mins
Mohsin Bhuiyan and his family moved to Bowmanville last summer expecting a quiet, more rural life. Now, they're afraid for their safety after an online conspiracy theory turned into real-world threats. New from @alyshah.bsky.social:
This Muslim family in rural Ontario fears for their safety, as an online conspiracy theory turns into real-world threats: ‘We are terrified’
A hobby farming family say they have been caught up in an Islamophobic lie and now fear for their safety
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Is this really such a terrible idea? Could gondolas be the answer to traffic congestion in Oshawa? @thestar.com www.thestar.com/news/gta/osh...
Oshawa has a lofty plan to ease its traffic congestion. Why one councillor is trying to ground what he calls the ‘dumbest suggestion’ he’s ever heard
The extraordinary traffic jams that snarl Simcoe Street has led to some extraordinary proposed solutions.
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“Citizenship, then and now, was the right to have rights—to freely participate in our political community. The Framers of the Fourteenth Amendment extended that promise to 'every free-born person in this land,' We keep that promise today.” www.thestar.com/news/world/u...
Supreme Court upholds birthright citizenship, rejecting Trump’s proposed limits
WASHINGTON (AP) — A divided Supreme Court on Tuesday upheld a broad conception of birthright citizenship, rejecting President Donald Trump’s executive order declaring that children born to people who ...
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New from @alyshah.bsky.social: A gondola route in Oshawa would take up less space than a dedicated bus lane and could be built much faster. While it would be more expensive to install — $1.1B vs. $800M — annual costs would be lower. So why did one councillor call the idea "dead on arrival"?
Oshawa has a lofty plan to ease its traffic congestion. Why one councillor is trying to ground what he calls the ‘dumbest suggestion’ he’s ever heard
The extraordinary traffic jams that snarl Simcoe Street has led to some extraordinary proposed solutions.
thestar.com
These Toronto doctors and advocates were branded as "pariahs" for helping AIDS patients. 40 years later, they’re sharing their darkest — and brightest — moments from the crisis with the Star's Megan Ogilvie.
These Toronto doctors were branded as ‘pariahs’ for helping AIDS patients. 40 years later, they’re revealing their ‘darkest and brightest’ moments
Toronto HIV Primary Care Physicians Group looked after their gay patients when others had turned them away.
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In the summer of 1971, Canada’s first Pride event — also known as the “Big Giggle” — took place in Toronto. Fifty five years later, it’s grown into one of the largest gatherings in the world. New from McKenna Hart, the Star's Digital Designer
Toronto Pride 2026 in photos: A city marches with purpose, defiance, joy
60 photos from the Trans March, the Dyke March and Sunday’s big Parade.
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In the wake of a deadly shooting in Montreal — one in which the shooter left behind a violent, raving manifesto — the question remains: Are we ever going to take the threat of violence inspired by misogyny seriously? New in #opinion from Elizabeth Renzetti:
Elizabeth Renzetti: When will these horrible attacks like the one in Montreal end? When we admit that misogyny is an ideology
Violent attacks can be stopped if government, tech giants, take action against tide of hatred
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OMG! A Toronto team won the Cup! It was the Toronto Marlies and they won the Calder Cup. They last won in 2018! The Marlies are the @MapleLeafs farm team. #TorontoMarlies #CalderCup @TheAHL #MapleLeafs
New public art installation “Unfinished Arch” by artist Rafael Lozano-Hemmer at Sherbourne Common in Toronto.
The most dangerous thing about parenting is developing Opinions About Parenting and Becoming A Parent
My latest. This story is based on FOI documents released before the Ford government changed the law. Under the new rules, the province will now be able to keep records like this secret.
Toronto Star@thestar.com · 2mo agoStar Investigation: As a Ford government staffer, he helped get through permits for a controversial gold mine. Now he works for the company as a lobbyist. New from @emmamci.bsky.social:
Obsessed with this 1735 illustration of hammerhead sharks from Japan
“I feel like I’m going blind,” Farid said, and he worried that A.I. was obscuring the truth, distorting reality, fracturing democracies and slowly breaking him, too. A gift link to an extraordinary story because if he has to see we should too www.nytimes.com/2026/06/14/u...
The World’s Leading Deepfake Expert No Longer Trusts His Own Eyes
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When I was an intern I was assigned to do a story about Bathurst station being voted the most romantic in Toronto and I guess that study was right: www.thestar.com/life/relatio...
This Toronto couple had a perfect met-at-Bathurst-station wedding — complete with the smell of patties
What started as stolen glances during the morning rush hour turned into a full wedding ceremony — right next to the station patty stand.
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