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David Rider
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David Rider
@dmrider
Aging journo with the calves of a 15-year-old and a love of the absurd. Also, Toronto Star senior political reporter. Please email tips to drider(at)thestar.ca
- We go to Target and Trader Joe’s and then head home
- Observation: I, like many, increased tipping during the pandemic. Yesterday, a woman at Subway was dealing with a lot, patient with me while I relayed a texted order, so on debit I tipped her. Wait, I asked, do staff get that tip? No, she said, the franchise owner does.
- I still cannot believe this is the main Via Rail arrival and departure area in Union Station after an $824M renovation.
- ER health care workers doing TikToks to “can’t touch this” = the heroes we need right now
00:00 - Ok, the fact that there is a Jurassic Park at Toronto's Hospital for Sick Children is moisting my eyes
- Please let that sink in. A single new COVID-19 infection reported today in North America's fourth most populous city, with almost 3 million residents.1 new case in Toronto today.
- If Law & Order Toronto gets a second season, here’s your cast
- After announcing extended swimming pool hours into September, Toronto Mayor @oliviachow jumps into Alex Duff Memorial Pool. Kids in the pool seem pretty jazzed
00:00 - Breaking: 461 City of Toronto employees have been fired for not complying with the mandate to get at least two doses of vaccine by the Jan. 2 deadline.
- VIDEO: I asked Mayor @JohnTory why police and city staff will forcefully move people out of homeless encampments but aren’t using the same tactics on anti-vax protestors. He called the comparison “unfair.”
00:00 - U2's frontman says the world is in awe of Canada for standing up to the U.S., and for not electing "populist" PoilievreBono congratulates Canada on not electing a populist. youtube.com/watch?v=o6utgE…
