Alan Carter
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Thrilled to be joining
@CityNewsTO
as municipal affairs reporter. Get in touch if you have a story idea.
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Repeatedly saying the protest needs to end is not actually a strategy to end the protest.
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What in that speech required a nationally televised address?
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Recent changes at Corus have meant the elimination of my current position at Global News. After 25 years in roles from crime reporter to QP bureau chief and anchor of the evening news, it's time for something new. Sincere thanks to all who have watched and supported me.
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Retired General Rick Hillier role as head of Ontario's vaccination rollout is now over.
As of today, 313,889 people are fully vaccinated with two doses.
Ontario's population is 14.5 million.
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There is woman in the park across the road from my house who has a shovel and a bucket. She’s scooping up all the dog poo left behind over the past months by negligent owners. She is the hero this city needs right now. 💩🐶💩
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Breaking: The thing everyone has been reporting for the last 18 hours.
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Today's press conference from Ontario's top doctor was another in the series:
Welcome to Ontario: Please Stand By.
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Why not put rapid tests in cannabis stores in Ontario?
There seem to be a dozen of those for every LCBO.
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I am more confused now about what Ontario will do regarding schools than I was before this modelling update.
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Everyone ok with Ontario law enforcement using their discretion to decide who is fined for breaking the stay-at-home order?
What could go wrong?
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One Vancouver Island vacation and you’ll want to quit your job too.
Prince Harry, Meghan Markle to ‘step back’ from senior royal duties
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"Now we know better" says Trudeau of not realizing donning blackface was racist. These are part of the reflections we need to have, he continues.
We?
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In many ways the international reaction to the Trudeau story is the most damaging for the Liberals. Canadians will forgive many things, but embarrassing the country on the world stage is not among them.
The Trudeau story is on the front page of most major US media outlets. A sample of how it's playing here: (NYT, CBS, ABC, NBC)
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Toronto barbershops and salons remain closed due to Covid-19.
I’m staying safe and saving lives by looking this ridiculous.
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I don't care when Doug Ford or Justin Trudeau will get a haircut.
Do. Not. Care.
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What in the actual....?
EXCLUSIVE Uniformed Peel Police sergeant is all hugs with supporters of HUF gym before and after one of their group members pursued me. No masks. He offers me a hug, too. I decline. City ordered gym closed; they refuse.
@PeelPolice
@globalnews
#Mississauga
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I'm thinking of driving to Buffalo this weekend and scuffing up some shoes. Who's with me?
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BREAKING: Ontario schools have been ordered to remain closed from March 14 through to April 5, 2020.
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For your viewing pleasure here is our ‘wobbly’ cat Dolla Billz charging to get a treat.
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Finally some good news.
The LCBO remains open.
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The incredible scene at Oracle Arena as Raps fans chant “one more win!
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Just so we're clear -- everyone agrees to gain a minimum of 10 lbs while this continues?
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Minister
@LisaThompsonMPP
dons new license plate and becomes invisible.
#onpoli
After facing tough questions in a scrum yesterday on licence
#plategate
, Govt and Consumer Services Minister
@LisaThompsonMPP
is avoiding reporters today by sneaking from the legislature to cabinet the back way known for years as coward’s alley.
#onpoli
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From now on
Everyone should communicate
Like
A Doug Ford
Press release.
Done.
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To sum up Trudeau's press conference about the blackface photo taken in 2001:
He's pissed off at himself for being too enthusiastic about costumes.
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Two big front page stories for
@christinedobby
! Her first for the
@TorontoStar
and her last for
@globeandmail
- on the same day.
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As the Ontario cabinet debates further restrictions, this from Ontario's Associate CMOH Barbara Yaffe:
"If we don't change what we're doing, things will in fact get worse. That's the bottom line."
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If you work in local news you’ve likely done a first day back to school story. Twenty years ago it was my first report for
@globalnewsto
.
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Ford took the opportunity to criticize
@Travisdhanraj
, but not to answer his question about why
@sflecce
told parents just yesterday schools would reopen next week.
Our
@Travisdhanraj
wins the government news conference lottery and is called on for the first question with
@fordnation
. “There is tens of thousands of people when you make your comments...working their back off every single day doing an incredible job on all fronts”: Ford.
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Never adlib. When intro-ing this story tonight I went off script and for some reason said the man “stripped down to the wood.” I’ll show myself out.
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I will just point out that fortunately for Justin Trudeau the federal election takes place 10 days before Halloween.
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Not that the timing of the story makes any difference, but how possibly has this photo of Justin Trudeau remained unpublished until now? It was in the yearbook.
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Thursday’s large font headline: We Have A Shot at Christmas.
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My interview with the
#Ahmadiyya
Caliph.
#CaliphInCanada
VIDEO: Leader of Ahmadiyya Muslims concerned about weapon sales to Middle East.
@ACarterGlobal
's sit-down interview.
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Can’t be understated how much
@matt_devlin
helped to calm a volatile situation after two waves of panic swept the crowd sending people running.
Amazing job by
#Raptors
announcer
@Matt__Devlin
taking over the mic and keeping all under control during police response. You my sir settling the crowd saved may injuries, great work!
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Should you see your parents for Thanksgiving?
@fordnation
says the key is keeping gatherings small.
Ontario's medical officials answer by not answering.
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"Give me a break"
"Not too friggin' smart"
"A doobie or a reefer or whatever they call it these days"
@fordnation
is a clip machine today.
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Thrilled to announce I'm hosting the weekday noon-1pm show beginning Tuesday on
@am640
! I'll still co-anchor the nightly 530 & 6 newscast on
@globalnewsto
with
@FarahNasser
and continue to host
@FocusOntario
. I also do weddings and bar mitzahs.
.
@am640
announces new shows hosted by
@ACarterglobal
and
@jmacspeaks
, and the debut of
@globalnewsto
's
#GlobalNewsAt6
on the radio, as part of the station's exciting new programming lineup.
MORE:
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I've never seen a winning leader bigfoot a concession speech like
@fordnation
just did to
@Kathleen_Wynne
#onpoli
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With
@Kathleen_Wynne
&
@fordnation
at odds over sex ed and cannabis sales, all Ford needs to do is oppose the
@ONArtsCouncil
and the Ontario election will literally be about sex, drugs and rock and roll.
#onpoli
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"I especially want to say thank you to you, the viewers,” said Carter, who spent 25 years as a newscaster at Global, in a goodbye message.
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BREAKING
@brownbarrie
arrives at PC party headquarters to register as a candidate for PC leadership.
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Perhaps the new
@OntarioPCParty
leader will be announced between 2-3am Sunday. An hour that doesn't exist.
#PCPO
#PCPOLDR
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Can
@RosieBarton
please help get my kids up and to school in the morning?
#CanadaDebates2019
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If beer in corner stores doesn’t thrill you,
@fordnation
ups the ante and lowers the price: “Doug Ford today announced that an Ontario PC Government will reduce the minimum price floor for the sale of beer in Ontario to $1.00 plus deposit per bottle.” - PC release.
#onpoli
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Today’s personalized email fundraising blast from
@fordnation
includes: “Alan... the journalists are out there mocking us.”
For my part Premier, I am not mocking you.
I am, however, mocking your Dick & Jane reading level communications.
#onpoli
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Breaking: Charles McVety’s Canada Christian College will not be given expanded degree granting authority.
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This is as close as we'll likely ever get to an admission from Dr Williams that his advice to allow a reopening during the second wave was wrong.
Dr. Williams speaking about how the province exited the second wave only to enter the third shortly after, suggests the province is going to be more cautious this time to avoid a fourth wave. He uses a "dimmer switch" analogy, vs. an on/off switch.
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The Ontario government says it's your fault.
"A lot of people let their guard down" says
@fordnation
when asked why the province relaxed restrictions in the face of evidence of a third wave.
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Energy Minister
@GregRickford
in Question Period giving a master class on how to use your reading glasses for full dramatic impact.
#onpoli
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Whataboutism - the technique or practice of responding to an accusation or difficult question by making a counteraccusation or raising a different issue.
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This could not be more adorable.
When she dropped to one knee to propose, her girlfriend didn't say yes -- she did something better.
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In space, no one can hear you scream at the staff.
Toxic workplaces and the governor general are on today's
@ACarterglobal
podcast.
Plus
@jennweatherhead
on why we should cancel all travel for now.
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This seems an odd thing to say about the role of Ontario's Chief Medical Officer of Health.
Premier Ford says Dr. Williams is in a difficult position because he has to balance health and "the economy a little"
#Onpoli
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More cat content!
It’s feeding time for Dolla Billz, our ‘wobbly’ cat. We built her a ramp to help her get off the couch. Video featuring
@christinedobby
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Dr
@epdevilla
provided data supporting her request for more restrictions a week ago.
Asked by
@Travisdhanraj
why the delay before acting, Dr Williams said it took time to study and analyze the evidence.
That seems, well, odd.
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Dr Brown says further restrictions are needed in hotspots.
Dr Williams says time is of the essence.
No changes from the province.
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I’ve instructed
@am640
staffers to applaud me continually during my 9-noon radio show today filling in for
@mattgurney
Clap or be clapped.
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Doug Ford again says his government inherited a $15 billion dollar deficit. That is not true says
@InfoFAO
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An expensive 10 day leadership campaign . The
@OntarioPCParty
confirms
@brownbarrie
will not be refunded his $75k entry fee nor his $25k fee for access to the party membership list.
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@fordnation
@mattybing
The pattern for Ontario's COVID response continues to repeat itself.
1)Medical experts/public health doctors/local MOHs call for stricter measures.
2)The government refuses to entertain the idea for 7-9 days.
3)The government reverses course.
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I didn't bake bread in the spring and I refuse to start now.
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And now this from
@OntarioPCParty
:
The Ontario PC Party will announce explosive revelations of anti-Semitism within the NDP.
WHO: PC Candidates Todd Smith & Gila Martow will hold a media availability
TIME: 9:00 a.m. Friday, May 25th,
#onpoli
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Ford repeatedly made a point of saying he 'respected' judges and the justice system - but was equally unequivocal about the fact he will not be compelled or constrained by legal rulings. His mandate supersedes the law.
Extraordinary.
#onpoli
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Currently at Queen's Park - the NDP blame poor job numbers on PCs, PCs blame them on the Liberals, and no one can find a Liberal.
#onpoli
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.
@fordnation
in an interview with
@globalnewsto
: “We had 3 million masks stopped at the border this weekend coming up to Canada. That’s unacceptable. Absolutely unacceptable that they’re doing this. Hopefully we’re going to work through it and get an exemption for Canada.”
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I swear half of my twitter feed now consists of Ontario ministers thanking each for the great job they’re doing.
#onpoli
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Breaking.
@fordnation
promises to expand beer and wine sales to "corner stores, box stores and grocery stores"
#onpoli
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.
@globalnewsto
at 530 & 6:
#Ahmadiyya
Muslim leader tells me why his sect is different than evangelical Christians
#CaliphInCanada
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Ford says he's waiting for Dr Williams to approve a re-opening earlier than June 14.
Interesting because Dr Williams said kids should return to in-person learning and the government said no.
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Being angry at Whole Foods is a pleasant distraction from doom scrolling the US election.
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BREAKING: York Region and Windsor-Essex to enter lockdown as of Monday.
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New: Moody’s changes Ontario outlook from stable to negative following
@Kathleen_Wynne
budget returning to deficit spending.
#onpoli
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Big finish to the modelling press conference.
Asked if there should greater restriction in Ontario hotspots, Dr. Adalsteinn Brown says:
"If the goal is reduce cases and the impact on the health system, then yes."
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Changes in this debate from first TVO debate:
@celliottability
much more forceful and animated,
@fordnation
playing up populism by attacking 'insiders',
@C_Mulroney
seems less sure of herself and
@TGranicAllen
continues to punch everyone in the face.
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I have no grudge at all says
@fordnation
who has no plans to streamline any municipality other than the one he ran unsuccessfully to be the leader of.
#onpoli
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Asked by
@robferguson1
what would prompt him to recommend a lockdown to Doug Ford, Dr Williams answers with a long list of questions of his own (what would be the trigger? should we close schools?) but doesn't answer any of them.
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Here’s
@fordnation
response when asked if he will march in Toronto’s gay pride parade.
#ONpoli
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@fordnation
"Keep your circles tight, I think that's what he's getting at" says
@fordnation
.
Ford doing what Ontarians have to do regularly -- trying to decipher what Medical Officer of Health Dr David Williams is saying.
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Statement from
@CFIB
on new Ontario restrictions:
"No other province has locked down small retailers while handing huge competitive advantages to big-box stores."
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As with Tesla,
@fordnation
is discovering there is more to enacting an agenda than having the most seats in the legislature.
#onpoli
Breaking: Gavin Magrath, lawyer representing Rocco Achampong, confirms to me that Bill 5 has been struck down by Justice Edward Belaboba.
#tocouncil
#topoli
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I know I said I don’t care, but all the same I can’t take my eyes off the feed of
@fordnation
getting a haircut.
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"I am a naturally handsome fellow"
@robertbenzie
tells the province after
@fordnation
compliments his tan.
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