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    Enzo DiMatteo

    Enzo was born in Belgium and emigrated with his family to Canada in the heat of Trudeaumania. He grew up in Toronto’s west end and cut his teeth in journalism in the 90s covering cop stories and whatever madness skinheads in the neo-Nazi movement were up to. He is a winner of numerous writing awards and the only (alleged) Commie banned from entering Cuba. It’s complicated. Claims to fame: champion wood-chopper and hammer-thrower.

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    Just when it looked like the Ford government’s response to Omicron couldn’t get any worse, it got worse. Education minister Stephen Lecce and Ontario chief...
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  • Schools set to reopen on Monday despite feared “collapse” of the hospital system

    A handful of anti-vaxxers showed up to “protest” the closing of schools at the home of education minister Stephen Lecce on Monday night. They came...
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  • Amid Omicron storm, Erin O’Toole calls for “accommodation” of the unvaccinated

    What’s got into Erin O’Toole? It’s not a nice thing to say, but the Conservative Party leader appears to have lost himself. By all accounts,...
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  • Another Doug Ford rapid testing boondoggle?

    There have been a lot of big numbers thrown around by Premier Doug Ford in recent days around rapid testing - namely, the “millions” that...
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  • Toronto cops who refuse to get vaccinated placed on “indefinite” unpaid leave

    The City of Toronto announced on Wednesday that 461 employees have lost their jobs for missing the New Years' deadline to disclose their vaccination status....
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  • The pandemic of misinformation that’s killing Canada

    Now more than ever in the grip of another wave of the pandemic, Canadians need our leaders (cultural, political, social) to help guide us through...
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  • Doug Ford comes out of hiding to tell Ontario to “brace for impact”

    It looked like Doug Ford was about to burst into tears before he even got started. But he managed to hold it together. Maybe he...
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  • Collapse of COVID testing is risking a “catastrophe”

    If you were like many Ontarians looking for rapid antigen tests (or RATs) so you could decide whether to spend time with friends and family...
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  • As COVID cases surpass worst-case scenario, it’s back to school for kids

    Ontario set a new record number for daily COVID cases reporting 13,807 cases on Thursday, which is even worse than the worst-case scenario predicted a...
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  • Five politicians (and political stories) to watch in 2022

    Justin Trudeau: Following in his father’s footsteps Let’s start from the top. His poll numbers are up since the election but much continues to be...
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  • Brace for a “tele-everything” post-pandemic world

    Don Cherry, Jordan Peterson and “Karen” were all trending on Twitter on Christmas Eve. Also, Don’t Look Up, Adam McKay's ode to science (and the...
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  • Omicron is our second shot at COVID redemption

    I keep waiting for aliens from another galaxy to swoop down on the planet and save us from this wretched pandemic. Surprise! I was sure...
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  • Why we need to talk about Doug Ford’s daughter’s anti-vaccine views

    Let’s talk about Doug Ford’s daughter. Or, let’s not.  Most media covering the premier have decided to give the premier’s daughter’s anti-vaxx views a pass....
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  • Is this the murderer of Barry and Honey Sherman or are Toronto police chasing a ghost?

    Who murdered Barry and Honey Sherman? Will we ever know? Four years after the billionaire Apotex pharmaceutical giant founder and his philanthropist wife were found strangled...
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  • Doug Ford’s COVID fail part 2: Ontario, you’ve been set up

    Doug Ford has always been a consummate BSer. He’s been BSing Ontarians since before the pandemic. Now he wants us to believe that there was...
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