Being able to raise this the next time I see Tory will be a delightful alternative to brief, awkward eye contact:
With its arbitrary rule changes, cascading indignities, and ever-escalating costs, attempting to buy TIFF tickets is what I imagine it's like to obtain healthcare in the States.
Gold Stone Noodle. Closed forever, as of sometime in the last hour or so. (Owner getting old, kids no longer wanted to keep it going. Space going to be rented to a dumpling place.)
Ahead of the 6 p.m. deadline, the U of T encampment has chosen to pack up shop, as they “refuse to give the Toronto Police Service any opportunity to brutalize us.” www.instagram.com/occupyuoft/p...
In other, less interesting news, Crave appears to have quietly pulled from their schedule a recording of that awful-looking Tim Hortons musical, whose debut on the service had been announced for July 25th.
And in what may become an oft-cited passage, Justice Koehnen determines that • “From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free” • “Glory to the martyrs” • “intifada” • inverted red triangles • an accusation of "blood on your hands" are not automatically antisemitic.
![viii. Conclusion on Language
[106] For purposes of this motion, I do not have to determine how these phrases and symbols are being used. I review this history and analysis merely to point out that the automatic conclusion that those phrases are antisemitic is not justified; especially not on an interlocutory injunction.
[107] The genuine pain that some feel when seeing or hearing these phrases may be the result of attributing malevolent intentions to the speakers when there is no such intention and as well as to speakers using certain phrases in potentially insensitive ways which cause pain to others when that is not intended. The University’s policy on Statement on Free Speech expression recognizes that freedom of expression can be hurtful to some. At the same time the Statement notes that University “members should not weigh lightly the shock, hurt anger or even the silencing effect that may be caused by” certain speech.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_fullsize/plain/did:plc:j5u3lkq6m2po3thfvxaspplf/bafkreifdcuhnpsjt6ozj5ycugs6nehxjyps26e56fmwqcudw7bd3zcuobu@jpeg)
Despite ruling in U of T's favour, you'd be hard-pressed to find a judge on Ontario's Superior Court who's more generally sympathetic to activism than Justice Koehnen. He basically offers a guide to next steps for achieving divestment:
"Protesters now have until 6 p.m. Wednesday to tear down the tent village…If they refuse, Toronto police have the authority to break in and arrest them." www.thestar.com/news/gta/jud...
The encampment, has become the local focal point of supporters of both sides of the Middle Eastern conflict that erupted last October.
96-year-old landlord: “I want to fire the board and turn the business into a private movie house.” www.thestar.com/news/gta/fut...
Board chair Grant Oyston said he thought negotiations to renew the lease at the Roncesvalles movie theatre were going well. The landlord says his intention is to change how the
This raises… so many more questions than it answers: www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/film/ar...