Are any local outlets in Toronto going to report on this? Or is this not news now also? 👉 npr.org/2025/06/26/nx-…

"Grief made my world very small, but in other ways life expanded. I sent long unwieldy emails to a childhood friend named Emily, who’d lost her mother when she was twelve." From the Joyland Magazine archives: "The Ugly Sisters" by Cassidy McFadzean joylandmagazine.com/fiction/the-ug…

A bit confused. Why should GoC give $5M over 3 yrs so Giller could award $100,000 each year to a winner. Am I missing something? Giller Prize says it will be forced to cease operations without federal funding /via The Globe and Mail theglobeandmail.com/arts/books/art…

Incredible: Nepo baby Elana Rabinovitch now begging for federal funding to keep the disgraced Giller Prize going after dragging its reputation thru the mud in the canlit community for refusing to give up sponsors Scotia & Azrieli Foundation. archive.ph/3fApT

miriam richer reviews Dead Writers, a new fiction project from Jean Marc Ah-Sen, Michael LaPointe, Cassidy McFadzean, and Naben Ruthnum, which Richer calls "a series of literary case studies in the lies we tell ourselves in order to go on living": ex-puritan.ca/dark-entries-a…

after penning this dehumanizing, mealy-mouthed editorial, Marsha "Is 'Karen' a slur?" Lederman was invited onto Commotion (with Eli Glasner 🎥 filling in for Elamin Abdelmahmoud) to comment on the Gillers. the interview neglects to bring up a number of points, including:

Our government still hasn't gone beyond the level of issuing statements as Israel starves Gaza. Global Affairs Canada told The Grind they are "considering a range of options for further action" but gave no specifics or timelines. My latest. thegrindmag.ca/no-new-action-…

Mark Carney No action, just empty words from Canada for months on end. thegrindmag.ca/no-new-action-…

All these mf’s like “We can no longer keep silent…” Y’all think that genocidal bs you kept repeating about an occupying power’s “right to defend itself” against the people they occupy was silent???

Thrilled to have a short story in Hazlitt! hazlitt.net/longreads/who-…

Loved this new piece of short fiction by Cassidy McFadzean in Hazlitt On chat bots, loneliness and grief. hazlitt.net/longreads/who-…

Israel just bombed an murdered the entire Aljazeera staff in Gaza city: Correspondents Anas Al Sharif أنس الشريف Anas Al-Sharif and Mohammad Qreiqei, killed. Cameramen Ibrahim Dhaher and Mo’men Aleiwa, killed. Crew driver, Mohammad Nofal, killed. All murdered in an Israeli bombing of

Oh FUCK you National Post. This is unforgivable, traitorous shit from people claiming to be journalists. How dare you accept this framing from a state that is SLAUGHTERING our colleagues. How DARE you.

NEW: ITV and CBC journalists both went on Jordanian flights over Gaza. The ITV journalists recorded what they saw and broadcast it to the world. CBC, meanwhile, agreed with an Israeli censorship order and didn’t record any video. Alex Cosh reports. readthemaple.com/cbc-agreed-to-…

In our Jul/Aug 2025 cover story, Aliya Pabani and Jody Chan reflect on the lessons they've learned through organizing with No Arms in the Arts for over a year and the importance of continuing to organize within the cultural sector for a free Palestine. briarpatchmagazine.com/articles/view/…

"pleased to share" that you're screening literal genocide propaganda.

The word you’re looking for is “illegal.” Israeli settlements are illegal under international law. They are a violation of Article 49 of the Fourth Geneva Convention. They are unambiguously ILLEGAL and any national broadcaster worth its salt should describe them as such.

This should be the top headline at every major news outlet.

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