🛩️ v 🏖️ People who aren’t used to winning, won. At the same time, people who often win lost for once. The losers are throwing tantrums. Winners should take the win to heart because it truly belongs to them & no one else. My column on this remarkable grassroots mobilization in @thestar.com

Shawn Micallef: The Billy Bishop expansion pause was a real win for the people. But don’t put away those No Jets signs just yet

The federal government’s decision to pause the Billy Bishop expansion means that people who often win lost for once — are taking it badly.

thestar.com

Toronto summer ✨

The flakey sketchy anon survey monkey (!) the federal government put out on the Island Airport, their "consultation," ends Friday. If you haven't yet be sure to still fill it out. There are places you can add your own thoughts like "this survey is faulty and skews towards done deal" and etc.

Public consultation on the future of Billy Bishop Toronto City Airport

Take this survey powered by surveymonkey.com. Create your own surveys for free.

surveymonkey.ca

An open letter about jets at Toronto’s Island Airport: Veteran planners Ron Soskolne & Howard Cohen on why the proposed expansion will reverse decades of urban rejuvenation on the waterfront spacing.ca/toronto/2026...

An open letter about jets at Toronto's Island Airport - Spacing Toronto

We are City Planners who have spent many years involved in the planning of Toronto’s downtown waterfront. We have also recently chosen to live there. We hope the Government of Canada will reject the G...

spacing.ca

7 local democracy hacks to not feel totally helpless in Doug Ford (& cipher-like Liberal MP caucus) Toronto. Finished on the throne of representative democracy for the people. My weekend @thestar.com column.

Shawn Micallef: Doug Ford’s attacks on Toronto got you down? Try these 7 local democracy hacks to feel less helpless

There effective ways to overcome the feeling of helplessness as a result of recent moves to take away local democracy in the province.

thestar.com

Shawn Micallef@shawnmicallef.bsky.social · last mo.

The glamorous Lerici bureau of the @thestar.com is now closed as I hit send (as the nonni read peppa pig outside the door to toddler who wants to go to the beach).

Thanks to BookNet Canada's #librarydata, here are the 50 books from indie lit publishers Canadians borrowed most in May '26. Ft. top 10 from @invisibooks.bsky.social @cormorantbooks.bsky.social, @coachhousebooks.bsky.social, @ecwpress.bsky.social, @biblioasis.bsky.social, & @arsenalpulp.bsky.social.

A bit of mea culpa and thoughtful look at the island airport issue from the Lake Ontario Waterkeeper. So few in civil society speak up about this or anything (police corruption?) so it's welcome.

The Waterfront Question

The Toronto Billy Bishop Airport Debate Has Grown Up

waterkeepermark.substack.com

With the help of BookNet Canada's #librarydata, here are the 50 books from indie lit publishers Canadians borrowed most in March 2026. Feat. a top 10 from: @invisibooks.bsky.social, @coachhousebooks.bsky.social, @ecwpress.bsky.social, @cormorantbooks.bsky.social & @arsenalpulp.bsky.social.

Hey! Canadian journalism jobs! The Narwhal is hiring a reporter in B.C. and one (almost) anywhere in Canada. We're looking for seasoned, ambitious reporters to focus their skills on the natural world and how it connects to politics, industry - and people. thenarwhal.bamboohr.com/careers?sour...

Current Openings

Take a look at the current openings at The Narwhal

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May is Asian Heritage Month and we're celebrating with some excellent books! View the entire collection here: ecwpress.com/collections/...

My first time reading a story with Toisanese, my grandparents’ language. It’s forcing me to read much slower to sound out every word the way my grandma would’ve said it—super different from the Cantonese I’m used to. I kinda love it. #DenisonAvenue

Thank you library readers for borrowing DENISON AVENUE!❤️

@lpgcanada.bsky.social · 4mo ago

With the help of BookNet Canada's #librarydata, here are the 50 books from indie lit publishers Canadians borrowed most in March 2026. Feat. a top 10 from: @arsenalpulp.bsky.social, @invisibooks.bsky.social, @ecwpress.bsky.social, @coachhousebooks.bsky.social, & @cormorantbooks.bsky.social.

The Ford government already plans to reduce 36 conservation authorities across Ontario to 9, and now this! One of the mandates of the Ministry of the Environment, Conservation & Parks is to "protect Ontario’s air, land, water, species at risk and their habitats." Both these plans contradict that.

The Narwhal@thenarwhal.ca · 4mo ago

Ontario’s Endangered Species Act is officially dead. The new Species Conservation Act is replacing it, but leaves many plants and animals — and their habitats — without protection. via @leahbortskuperman.bsky.social thenarwhal.ca/ontario-spec...

With the help of BookNet Canada's #librarydata, here're the 50 books from indie lit publishers Canadians borrowed most in February 2026. Feat. a top 10 from: @cormorantbooks.bsky.social, @arsenalpulp.bsky.social, @ecwpress.bsky.social, @invisibooks.bsky.social, and @coachhousebooks.bsky.social.

❤️❤️❤️

Kristin Meekes@kmeekes.bsky.social · 5mo ago

One of my recent favourites is Denison Avenue: www.cbc.ca/books/deniso...

One of my recent favourites is Denison Avenue: www.cbc.ca/books/deniso...

Denison Avenue by Daniel Innes & Christina Wong | CBC Books

An illustrated book about an elderly woman living in Toronto's Chinatown-Kensington Market.

cbc.ca

With the help of BookNet Canada's #librarydata, here're the 50 books from indie lit publishers Canadians borrowed most in January 2026. Feat. a top 10 from: @cormorantbooks.bsky.social, @coachhousebooks.bsky.social, @ecwpress.bsky.social, @arsenalpulp.bsky.social.

Thanks Kate! Daniel and I have thought about building upon our book trailer (from Canada Reads) at some point, but we shall see!☺️

Kate Armstrong@brainchain.ca · 6mo ago

Let’s keep going Christina Wong and Daniel Innes- Denison Avenue Dany Laferrière’s - The Return Uzma Jalaluddin’s Ayesha at Last is happening but let’s adapt all her books Farley Mowat’s - The Dog Who Wouldn’t Be Haven’t read it but I think Louis Hamelin’s October 1970 would be a great drama

Some highlights: Denison Avenue and The Jane Loop, both set in Toronto. Denison Avenue being a street away from me and set in the time I have lived here was weird but great to see another perspective of my version of the city. The Jane Loop, set here in the 60s shows how the city changed.

Thank you Liz for reading DENISON AVENUE! 🥰

Liz Johnston@lizjohnston.bsky.social · 7mo ago

Grateful for the good books I read in 2025. www.instagram.com/p/DS2334VDs_...

In the Toronto Star I write about Toronto Police's violent corruption scandal. Will it move the needle on police reform? It's a dramatic escalation in a long history of police intimidation, bullying their critics & broken trust. I argue 3 big things have to happen, including firing this chief.

Shawn Micallef: Toronto is facing its worst police corruption scandal in decades. Here are three things that need to happen soon

The corruption revealed by Project South undermines the public trust that is the foundation of policing.

thestar.com

Always feel honoured to see DENISON AVENUE on this list!☺️

@lpgcanada.bsky.social · 7mo ago

With the help of BookNet Canada's #librarydata, here're the 50 books from indie lit publishers Canadians borrowed most in December 2025. Feat. a top 10 from: @ecwpress.bsky.social, @cormorantbooks.bsky.social, @arsenalpulp.bsky.social, & @coachhousebooks.bsky.social.

This is incredibly sad. I know many people who relied on Ming Pao (and Sing Tao, when they still had their print edition) for their news. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Chinese-language paper Ming Pao closing B.C. and Ontario offices, laying off 60 staff | CBC News

The newspaper, which has newsrooms in Richmond, B.C., and Toronto, is winding up its Canadian operations due to financial reasons, says a letter from the publisher.

cbc.ca

Submissions are temporarily closed (until 1/20/26) so we can catch up with all the lovely submissions we're getting. Why not make it a new year's resolution to submit to the Rumpus next year? 🥳 Thank you for spreading the word. Let's make comics flourish!

MariNaomi (they/them)@marinaomi.bsky.social · 8mo ago

I'm excited to announce that I've accepted a comics co-editor position at @therumpus.net We're looking for original literary fiction and non-fiction comics that feel personal. Bonus if it's hand-lettered (the path to my heart) 😘 No AI Pays $100 therumpus.submittable.com/submit Pass it on!

Merci Sara pour ce partage. C'est vraiment triste.😢 Et merci beaucoup de votre lecture. @danielinnes.bsky.social et moi espérons que vous apprécierez notre livre.☺️

Sara@sarabcmtl.bsky.social · 9mo ago

Un des plus beaux buildings du Quartier Chinois. Je lis en ce moment Denison Avenue, de Christina Wong et Daniel Innes, qui parle de la lente transformation du Quartier chinois et de Kensington Market à Toronto. Histoire similaire.

Un des plus beaux buildings du Quartier Chinois. Je lis en ce moment Denison Avenue, de Christina Wong et Daniel Innes, qui parle de la lente transformation du Quartier chinois et de Kensington Market à Toronto. Histoire similaire.

Le Devoir@ledevoir.com · 9mo ago

Un chapitre se termine pour la plus ancienne manufacture de biscuits chinois au pays.

Thank you again readers for borrowing DENISON AVENUE from the library!❤️

@lpgcanada.bsky.social · 8mo ago

With the help of BookNet Canada's #librarydata, here're the 50 books from indie lit publishers Canadians borrowed most in October 2025. Feat. a top 10 from: @ecwpress.bsky.social, @coachhousebooks.bsky.social, @cormorantbooks.bsky.social, and @arsenalpulp.bsky.social.

Thank you once again library readers for borrowing DENISON AVENUE!🥰

@lpgcanada.bsky.social · 9mo ago

With the help of BookNet Canada's #librarydata, here're the 50 books from indie lit publishers Canadians borrowed most in October 2025. Feat. a top 10 from: @coachhousebooks.bsky.social, @ecwpress.bsky.social, @arsenalpulp.bsky.social, and @cormorantbooks.bsky.social.

Oh my gosh, thank you SO much Kirti!!!❤️❤️❤️

Kirti Bhadresa@beingkirti.bsky.social · 9mo ago

Denison Avenue (both book and audiobook versions) is one of my all time favourites! Read it for free this week! It will change you. 💚

There's one more week left to #TogetherWeReadCanada! Borrow the e-book / audiobook of DENISON AVENUE (via the Libby app) with no waitlists or holds! For more info / to join the discussion: www.togetherweread.com/ca/

Together We Read - Canada

Join the digital book club that connects readers to libraries in Canada, with the same digital book at the same time for free! Program times vary.

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Christina Wong@itscmwong.bsky.social · 9mo ago

What an honour for @danielinnes.bsky.social and I to have DENISON AVENUE be the featured title for Together We Read Canada! Starting today until Nov 18th, you can borrow the e-book or audiobook via the Libby app with no waitlists or holds! @ecwpress.bsky.social @jensookfonglee.bsky.social