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1/ This is Firas Al Najim. The 38 yr old Toronto resident was arrested yesterday by @YRP & charged with Dangerous Operation of a Motor Vehicle; Flight from Police; Weapons Dangerous. In this video he is threatening #Iranian protesters.👇
2/He was released today from the @YRP station & put out this video; alleging bias and Islamophobia on the part of the police. 👇
3/ Yesterday, Firas Al Najim allegedly drove his car into some #Iranian protesters outside the Imam Mahdi Islamic Centre in #Thornhill. A search of his car by police showed weapons, batons & bear spray in it. 👇
Is it safe to say so much of what we have come to love (and hate) about Ontario will be forever changed on Thursday night?
As a Dad of young children, & teacher, I'm struggling with what a PC majority might mean for school communities, the environment, and our health care system.
As a Dad of young children, & teacher, I'm struggling with what a PC majority might mean for school communities, the environment, and our health care system.
I have knocked on doors, made phone calls and talked with friends and neighbours. I am voting with a few on Thursday in order to help get out the vote, but I'm afraid it won't be enough.
At this time, I really think the only chance we have of stopping Ford and his PCs is to swallow our preferred party pride, check our hearts, and vote for the candidate most likely to defeat the PC candidate, riding by riding.
A Friday afternoon transit-oriented development 🧵!
The Yonge subway extension won't open for almost 10 years but was announced in 2008 and the sheer quantum of mixed use development already in the pipeline for this small section of #thornhill is astounding. 1/15
The Yonge subway extension won't open for almost 10 years but was announced in 2008 and the sheer quantum of mixed use development already in the pipeline for this small section of #thornhill is astounding. 1/15
I'll focus on the York Region side of things but first, let's not ignore the proposal to redevelop Centerpoint Mall, which is at Yonge and Steeles, but on the Toronto side of the border. That's, oh, 8,500 housing units in 18 buildings as high as 50 storeys. 2/15
Just across the street, on the Vaughan side, at the Yonge-Steeles corner, there's a proposal for 3 towers up to 65 storeys, with 1,900 units. It's currently at the LPAT. 3/15
