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2026

Saturday April 25 - the Secret Service rushed to shield Donald Trump after shots were fired in an incident south of the borderhttps://www.nytimes.com/live/2026/04/25/us/trump-correspondents-dinner-shooting

The "founding convention" of a new "Toronto Tenant" union took place on Saturday April 18. There has not been much in the way of updates

The provincial Tories burned the late night oil at Queen's Park in the fourth week of April, skipping committee oversight and public input to push ahead with their FOI changes - CTV item posted to Youtube via their CP24 subsidiary

Premier Doug Ford got ugly in the legislative assembly, essentially calling a Liberal member a loser.

The Ford "jet plane" story continued to have wings: tvo.org/article/analysis-how-doug-ford-cost-himself-a-private-jet

The defunct Torontorentersforum.com project is revived, at least temporarily


March - a neighbourhood networking initiative focussed on seniors and crime is announced at a town hall meeting on Sakura Way in Don Mills. Ask your member of Toronto city council for updates


████p and Israel attack Iran; retail gasoline prices rise almost immediately


January - Alberta separation sentiments rising

████p blockades Venezuala, and U.S. forces kidnap President Maduro

Trump resumes threats against Greenland, Denmark, N.A.T.O. and Iran

I.C.E. agent shoot two protesters in Minneapolis; protests ensue

DOJ misses deadlines for Epstein files reports

Ontario Liberal leader Bonnie Crombie quits



2025

December
- Negative reaction, by AFN chiefs, to Carney pipeline talks with Alberta

Huge blowback over Pete Hegseth's order to kill survivors of a strike on a Caribbean boat


November

York South - Weston "tenant union" web pages are updated; major gaps remain. They suggest sending a pre-written e-mail message to the FRPO, but the relevant pages don't have a lot to say about privacy: https://www.tenantunion.ca/handsoffourrights

U.S. president Donald Tr
██p continues to twist and weave on Epstein scandal; Senate votes to send the "release the files" bill to him, and he signs it, but DOJ does not release all of the material

Carney budget narrowly passes in the House of Commons

Several Democratic Party members of Congress cave on medicare subsidies, ending U.S. gov't shutdown


October

Hurricane Melissa hammers Jamaica, Haiti and the Dominican Republic

Huffington Post writer S.V. Dáte questions the selection of Budapest as the location for a meeting between Tr██p and Putin - thehill.com/homenews/media/5567128-huffpost-reporter-white-house-feud

Temporary end of a proposed sub-page.
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