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What is wrong with @CP24 today? The channel keeps freezing or cutting out (it's not my cable... other channels are fine).

@Michaeljos92972 Time helps. I went through horrible grief for my mother and people kept asking if I should “go see someone”. After 16 years of caregiving, I wasn’t going to be alright overnight no matter what. It takes time.

Grief Counseling I have two sessions left. Will have made 6 total.

@aegrant100 @RCsEvilTwin @krushowy @PaulCalandra @TorontoStar So everyone revolves around school breaks? Welcome to reality

@RCsEvilTwin @krushowy @PaulCalandra @TorontoStar In Europe parents can be fined for taking their children out of school outside of the holidays. As a teacher I don’t really care if you take your kids out so long as there is no expectation that I prepare work expressly for that purpose or be expected to catch the kids up after

Ontario students could be banned from cellphones even during lunch and breaks, says @PaulCalandra And parents - don’t pull Your kids out of school For extended vacations or sports tournaments that aren’t school-related #onted thestar.com/news/gta/ontar… via @torontostar

@KaiseratCB Meh! My mom was 48 when she had me in the 70's!

Natalie Portman pregnant at 44!! 🫨

@mikejwhelan I used to want to sleep just to escape grief and life.

@mikejwhelan It's a caregiver crash after the end ... sending strength to you.

@BravoDavenport Good to hear. It's so bad that we go all the way over to Dufferin, out of our way, to take the Dufferin bus to get to the Eglinton LRT.

I’ve heard from riders of the 47 Lansdowne bus that there have been some significant delays along the route, so I’ve been working with the TTC to make some adjustments to make the ride much smoother. Service is expected to improve by the end of this month.

@mikejwhelan I'm so sorry to hear this! Oh my goodness. Sending you strength during this time.

@mikejwhelan Thank you for including me… I am only here to send strength. 💔

@Lauraldawn @PFChangs 🤨

Interesting reservation policy @PFChangs came for our 5:45 res told we had to wait & reservation won’t be honored. Showed the reservation & told because we made reservation too late they won’t honor it. “You will be behind people who have already been waiting”

@mikejwhelan Sorry I'm in another country all together. 🙏

Anyone home @VIA_Rail

Is it me or is @VIA_Rail 's late train credit a bit antiquated? I have to call to claim the credit and then I have to call to use the credit on a future ticket? Why can't this all be automatic credit to Via account and available for use in online bookings?

How messed up is this? You’ve been told you’re not good enough but you’re waiting on them making the call. 🤔

@gregbradyx There used to be a grant for kids who were orphans (like me) but they got canceled around 1993. I ended up $20k in loans.

OSAP-related question: it’s hard to chart back & see what the grant-to-loan ratio was when I went to university in the mid-90s, but…honestly, no one I knew had a grant. Everyone had a loan. I couldn’t get OSAP until I’d finished my undergrad, & then I got $6K approx for 2 straight years while going to Journalism school. I was $12K in debt w/ a starting salary of $27K. I didn’t make over 45K a year (USD) until I was 31. Ain’t easy but you do what you need to. My point is - I have all day for tons of criticism for an abject failure of the provincial government re: the post-secondary file the past 7-8 years. You know this….but I think, easily, way more students should be given loans, not free $ they never, ever have to pay back. Again, my anecdotal experience is almost everyone had loans, or may have gotten some form of academic scholarship mixed w/ the loans. Am I wrong?

@mikejwhelan Every step on the journey is heartbreaking 💔

@cityoftoronto Have you seen the mess in the St Clair W area?!

Snow removal continues under the Major Snowstorm Condition and Significant Weather Event declaration. We recognize snow piles create challenges for safe travel, parking, and local businesses. Parking restrictions help crews complete removal more quickly. toronto.ca/winter

@mikejwhelan I know... my mom was brutal towards me as her primary caregiver. The anger, accusations and everything else that Alzheimer's brought were horrible. Hugs to you...

@KevinVuongxMP @GreenPParking And there was no street parking due to snow removal 🤔

@KevinVuongxMP Our @GreenPParking gated lot was ticketing $75. I parked in one of the many "car share" spots (which are ALWAYS empty). There were no regular spots left AND they had an entire level closed due to snow. I got a ticket within mins... I was there to pick up my child at a program.

A #Toronto mayor who cares about Torontonians would have issued a directive to parking enforcement to lay off neighbourhoods they know they’d have yet to clear of snow, in addition to coordinating local Green P Parking as shared by Mario below to facilitate snow clearing: