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A Canadian lawmaker is facing backlash online after delivering a speech in New Brunswick's Legislative Assembly that seemingly included an AI prompt. "I'm Ron Burgundy?" some commenters reacted on Reddit.

Never Let Me Tech Bro

I don’t know how to convince anyone of this, but the hundreds or thousands of words many publications run below the headline aren’t decorative. Often they contain nuance that doesn’t fit into ten words.

Old dog (me) tries new trick (sports writing!!!😱) Big love to @royinori.bsky.social for all the thought and care she put into editing this story. thelocal.to/wheelchair-r...

We’re 100 days away from the next municipal election. Behind the scenes, things have already kicked into high gear at The Local. thelocal.to/gearing-up-f...

Glad to hear it!

Sharing this one again. I wanted to write a how-can-you-not-be-romantic-about-baseball-style story about my beloved Maple Leafs, the professional-ish team that plays in the same playground as my 9-year-old. Then they signed former all-star/convicted criminal Yasiel Puig. thelocal.to/yasiel-puig-...

A great piece in the Local that was supposed to be about the joys of *very* minor league baseball, until an ex-MLBer with serious allegations against him joined the team. Yasiel Puig at Christie Pits - thelocal.to/yasiel-puig-...

ha, don’t know enough about Godfrey to say. And for a real minor league feature at this point I’d probably have to pitch a story on the Welland Jackfish

Thanks Tyler!

A very lovely piece about topics both complicated (What is Puig doing, anyway?) and uncomplicated (baseball is good, especially when it's played for the people).

"Why was the team they loved signing a guy with sexual assault allegations who could be in jail in just weeks?" I also love to watch the Maple Leafs play at Christie Pits. @nickhunebrown.bsky.social has summed up the fans' dilemma beautifully

I wrote about my beloved baseball Maple Leafs signing Yasiel Puig. thelocal.to/yasiel-puig-...

Trans-inclusive health care is already hard to find in Ontario. Now, growing anti-trans rhetoric is making physicians more hesitant to get trained in gender-affirming care, experts tell @ziyajones.bsky.social. A new feature published in partnership with @script.health: thelocal.to/trans-health...

“As public schools struggle to deliver the physical education kids need,” writes @rachelgiese.bsky.social, “a massive industry around competitive, specialized youth sports has taken root.” thelocal.to/youth-sports...

Love to have the great Rachel Giese in @thelocal.to, writing about the big shift in how kids play: “As public schools struggle to deliver the physical education kids need, a massive industry around competitive, specialized youth sports has taken root.” thelocal.to/youth-sports...

Since last June, @wencyleung.bsky.social has been covering the Ford government's school board takeover for @thelocal.to. This is the clearest analysis I've read on the state of Toronto schools one year later. thelocal.to/one-year-tds...

Love to see it 💪

Local soccer officials expect the World Cup to bring a surge of interest in the sport. But that growth can’t happen without training, and retaining, a new generation of refs—the perpetually ignored, often abused officials who make the games work. thelocal.to/soccer-refer...

My latest. This story is based on FOI documents released before the Ford government changed the law. Under the new rules, the province will now be able to keep records like this secret.