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Shawn Micallef

Reporter · CA

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Sep 26, 2026
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Aug 8, 2026

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  1. Article · Sep 26, 2026 · Shawn Micallef

    Toronto election: Here’s why you should pay attention to your local council race (opens the original)

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    Shawn Micallef is a Toronto-based writer and a freelance contributing columnist for the Star. Follow him on Bluesky: @shawnmicallef.bsky.social. In an election year Toronto’s differences are smoothed out and can be overlooked by mayoral candidates who need to deliver uncomplicated ideas, to the whole city, as quickly as possible. Yet issues can look different depending where in the city you’re standing. It’s easy to forget how big and complicated Toronto is. That’s why your local council

  2. Article · Sep 5, 2026 · Shawn Micallef

    Doug Ford has waged a Trump-like war on bike lanes. Here’s how Toronto can fight back (opens the original)

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    Shawn Micallef is a Toronto-based writer and a freelance contributing columnist for the Star. Follow him on Bluesky: @shawnmicallef.bsky.social. It’s ridiculous we have to spend so much time on bike lanes. Absurd even. Ridiculous that during a threatening, existential trade war both the Ontario Premier and Minister of Transportation had time to make videos this week bragging about removing them. It’s ridiculous that regular people, working and living their busy lives, have to fight for infra

  3. Article · Aug 22, 2026 · Shawn Micallef

    12 ideas Ontario Liberals should be talking about during their leadership race (opens the original)

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    Shawn Micallef is a Toronto-based writer and a freelance contributing columnist for the Star. Follow him on Bluesky: @shawnmicallef.bsky.social. Ontario Liberals have been in political oblivion since 2018, with two consecutive electoral duds for leaders since. With a leadership race underway, reinvention time can be exciting. There’s no guarantee the third time will be a charm, so why not be bold? Bland didn’t work. Party leadership campaigns have real potential to start conversations and cr

  4. Article · Aug 8, 2026 · Shawn Micallef

    Toronto is considering a street parking permit change. Here’s why it’s unfair (opens the original)

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    Shawn Micallef is a Toronto-based writer and a freelance contributing columnist for the Star. Follow him on Bluesky: @shawnmicallef.bsky.social. Two decades ago I lived in Cabbagetown and had an on-street parking permit for my rapidly decaying Saturn. One winter it was buried during a big storm, then even deeper by passing plows. A brief warm-up melted the snow a bit, then Toronto was plunged into a weeks-long deep freeze, turning the snow bank into a glacier, embedding my car in ice. After a wh

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