Gabe Oatley
Reporter at Future of Good
Journalist at Freelance
Toronto-based reporter. Bylines with: @cbcfifth, @natobserver, @futureofgood, @TheNation, @xtramagazine, etc. DMs open. He/Him
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1 week ago |
torontotoday.ca | Gabe Oatley
Since Ryad Soltane launched his new gluten-free patisserie just two weeks ago, a stampede of Toronto customers have run the Montreal pastry chef off his feet. The shop, located near Bloor and Shaw streets, sells croissants, cakes, baguettes and other French pastry delights — all without gluten, and many which are also vegan and nut-free.
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1 week ago |
torontotoday.ca | Gabe Oatley
Last Saturday morning a group of about 30 protesters, who appear to be associated with far-right organizations, staged a demonstration in front of the Princes’ Gates at Exhibition Place. Dressed all in black, participants held banners that said “mass deportations now,” “D.E.I is how nations die” and “remigration saves our nation,” and shouted slogans in support of a far-right figure.
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torontotoday.ca | Gabe Oatley
Later this month, a new kind of rock climbing gym is set to open on Toronto’s waterfront. “Climbing gyms in Ontario have been done the same way for a long time,” said Alejandro Aquino, the owner of Ethos Climbing. “They're usually kid-focused and family-focused. They're in industrial areas or … places without windows,” he said. Not so at Aquino’s new facility. The bouldering gym, located at 128 Queens Quay E., across from Sugar Beach Park, is an adult-focused space where the sunlight streams in.
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torontotoday.ca | Gabe Oatley
YWCA Toronto workers at shelters, childcare and employment centres citywide have taken the first step toward a possible strike. For more than a year, over 250 unionized employees with the charity have been working under an expired contract. Under the agreement, which elapsed in March 2024, the lowest paid full-time staff make less than $38,000 per year.
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torontotoday.ca | Gabe Oatley
Facing a budget shortfall, the Toronto District School board is in the deep end, mulling over belt-tightening measures that could see downtown school pools shutter. Citywide, Canada’s largest school board owns and operates 66 pools. The aquatic facilities are used by Toronto kids and youth as part of gym classes and swim practices, and are also rented out to the City of Toronto and private groups. But they don’t come cheap.
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RT @jackhauen: Provincial school board funding has declined over the Ford government’s time in office, when inflation is taken into account…
#new: This doesn’t make it into the story, but fwiw I’ve gone gluten-free of late — and the lack of croissants has been BAD. Good news for gluten-intolerant saddies like me, there’s a new GF pastry shop in town!!! 🥐 https://t.co/Y4EscgZQQB
#New: Later this month, a new, ambitious climbing gym is set to open on the waterfront. It's owner, Alejandro Aquino, has lived out of his van for years, saving up the funds to make it happen. https://t.co/YR9BWh2xfG
