As a professor, I have found it a fascinating journey to go from telling students "Don't use Wikipedia! It's not a place to do research," to telling students, "Start with Wikipedia! It's a good and reliable source, and an excellent example of collective knowledge-keeping."
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Why Toronto will never have another Kensington Market https://www.thestar.com/opinion/contributors/toronto-says-it-wants-to-protect-kensington-market-but-city-laws-mean-well-never-have/article_4864b6e0-d4e6-11ef-9fe3-2b1ab9d2a47b.html
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LIVE: Israel and Hamas agree Gaza ceasefire deal to halt war, reports say | Israel-Palestine conflict News | Al Jazeera https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2025/1/15/live-israel-launches-fierce-strikes-on-gaza-as-ceasefire-deal-moves-closer
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LIVE: Hamas approves proposal for Gaza ceasefire deal with Israel | Israel-Palestine conflict News | Al Jazeera https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2025/1/15/live-israel-launches-fierce-strikes-on-gaza-as-ceasefire-deal-moves-closer
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To resist the climate crisis, we must resist the billionaire class | Peter Kalmus | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/jan/10/climate-crisis-billionaire-class
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“…Over the past few months, CBC News visited seven major grocery stores in three different provinces and discovered packages of underweighted meat in four of them: two Loblaw stores and one Sobeys-owned location, plus a Walmart. Calculated overcharges per item ranged from four to 11 per cent.
The findings suggest grocers selling underweighted meat is a prevalent and ongoing problem, at a time when shoppers are struggling with high food prices….” https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/grocers-customers-meat-underweight-1.7405639
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I think it’s very sad that Toronto spent a boatload of money on automatic train control, but the decline in service means the TTC doesn’t run trains frequently enough that they need it. #PublicTransportation
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2 dead and more than 1,000 homes, businesses, other buildings destroyed in L.A.
After fire hydrants ran dry in Palisades, city officials blame ‘tremendous demand’:
https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2025-01-08/lack-of-water-from-hydrants-in-palisades-fire-is-hampering-firefighters-caruso-says
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Trains have not been running at Lawrence station for two hours due to flooding. It’s not raining.
From: @ttcnotices
https://mstdn.ca/@ttcnotices/113789837173908809
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2 pedestrians struck by a vehicle—no, by a motorist—in Forest Hill https://toronto.citynews.ca/2025/01/07/pedestrians-struck-by-vehicle-eglinton-chaplin-toronto/
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Concerns about disproportionate number of missing GTA Black boys prompts community meetings https://toronto.citynews.ca/2025/01/07/concerns-about-disproportionate-number-of-missing-gta-black-boys-prompts-community-meetings/
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Fire in Pacific Palisades [Los Angeles] grows to 200 acres amid treacherous winds https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2025-01-07/life-threatening-and-destructive-wind-storm-to-hit-southern-california-what-to-know
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‘Ironic’: climate-driven sea level rise will overwhelm major oil ports, study shows https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/jan/04/climate-driven-sea-level-rise-set-to-flood-major-oil-ports
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33% of world’s sandy beaches have hardened, scientists warn of severe coastline loss https://www.downtoearth.org.in/environment/33-of-worlds-sandy-beaches-have-hardened-scientists-warn-of-severe-coastline-loss
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‘In 10 years we may cease to exist’: rising seas and influx of tourists threaten to engulf Panama island https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2024/dec/31/panama-guna-people-indigenous-culture-loss-climate
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Israel’s hospital attacks have put Gaza healthcare on brink of collapse, says UN | Israel-Gaza war | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/dec/31/israel-hospital-attacks-gaza-healthcare-on-brink-of-collapse-says-un
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Gaza: Israel detains 240 Palestinians including medics after hospital raid – The Irish Times https://www.irishtimes.com/world/middle-east/2024/12/28/israeli-forces-detain-dozens-of-medics-in-gaza-after-hospital-raid-health-officials-say/
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Montreal shelters are full on Christmas Eve | Montreal Gazette https://www.montrealgazette.com/news/article640903.html
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Paris to Berlin by train is now faster by five hours. We try out the new service | Rail travel | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/travel/2024/dec/24/paris-to-berlin-by-train-faster-service-via-strasbourg
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Friendships with bidders ‘encouraged’ by Infrastructure Ontario, exec says at St. Mike’s trial https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/infrastructure-ontario-strongly-encouraged-friendships-with-major-bidders-ex-st-mike-s-exec-says-in/article_017118fc-c07b-11ef-a05c-9f9db289e04a.html
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