I was not expecting so much positive news tonight. I’m not sure what to do with all my tension.

Et le homme qu'elle a battu ? C'est celui qui ignorait ses lettres. Alors, qu'il aille au diable.

Je suis extrêmement fière de mon amie Anna-Karyna, membre du conseil scolaire, qui a été réélue avec une majorité écrasante des deux tiers des voix. Je raconte toujours cette anecdote qui remonte à 2017, j’allais chercher mon tout-petit à la crèche lorsqu’une femme s’est approchée de moi, un bloc-notes à la main et le sourire aux lèvres. Elle recueillait des signatures en faveur de la création d’un nouveau lycée pour les élèves francophones dans l’est de la ville.

«Secondaire ?! Mon enfant n’a que 3 ans !»

Elle m’a expliqué à quel point cela avait été un combat, et comment le président du conseil scolaire de l’époque, qui habitait dans l’ouest de la ville, ne tenait pas compte des besoins des parents. Avec d’autres, elle s’est battue avec acharnement pour obtenir une nouvelle école, qui a finalement ouvert ses portes après le départ de cet homme.

Aujourd’hui, mon fils a 12 ans et il fréquente l'école secondaire qu’Anna-Karyna a fait construire pour lui. Je lui serai éternellement reconnaissante.

I am beyond proud of our school board trustee Anna-Karyna Ruszkowski on winning re-election with a crushing 2/3 of the vote.

I always tell the story that in 2017, I was picking up my toddler from daycare, and a woman approached me with a clipboard and a smile. She was collecting names in support of a new high school for French students in the east end.

"A high school?! My kid is 3!"

She explained how much of a fight it was, and how the board president at the time who lived in the west end was not listening to parents' needs. She and others pushed hard to get a new school which finally opened after that guy left his role.

Now my son is 12, and he's attending the high school Anna-Karyna got built for him. I will forever be in her debt.

The guy she beat? He’s the guy who was ignoring us.

Good job, Anna-Karyna Ruszkowski, and thank you for continuing to fight for better.

Spotted in Beaches East York today. #TOPoli

Far too much of this going on in the neighbourhood chats at election time

Toronto driver not sure where to park after city removes bike lanes

www.thebeaverton.com/2026/10/toronto-driver-not-sure-where-to-park-after-city-removes-bike-lanes

TORONTO – Following the removal of much of the city’s bike lanes, local motorist Jason Welch is facing extreme uncertainty about where he should park his car now. “It’s so annoying to try and park without those handy bike lanes!” Welch said from the…

On the city of Toronto’s official election results website, you can set up your own custom link for only the races that you want to pay attention to.

Just go here to build your custom link: https://electionresults.toronto.ca/

#TOPoli

RIP Walter Koenig - George Takei posted that the famed Chekhov actor from Star Trek shows and movies passed away Sunday morning.

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/walter-koenig-dead-chekov-star-trek-russian-1236740088/

#LLAP
#NuclearWessels

Good morning Toronto! Two important things to do today:

🗳️ VOTE! Polls are open till 8 pm. Check @thelocal's Candidate Tracker for handcrafted fact-checked bios of every mayoral, council, and school board candidate.

💉 Get your flu and COVID shots!

Remember, you may think it doesn't benefit or affect you personally, but if enough of us do it, we can make things better for everyone.

#TOcouncil #TOpoli

My @torontostar column: Today we get to decide our most direct kind of government. Your vote will decide things like street sweeping frequency, the wait for dead raccoon pick-up, and whether a washroom door is locked when you need it

So don’t miss your chance — vote

https://www.thestar.com/opinion/contributors/your-vote-today-will-affect-toronto-streets-parks-and-yes-even-washrooms-so-don-t-let-it-go-down-the-drain/article_9d9939ec-07f7-44d5-99ce-113f4606631c.html

Check your inbox: it’s a special FREE E-Day edition of City Hall Watcher, with notes on a wild final day of mayoral polling and what it meant for our projection, plus where I’ll be on Election Night.

And one last bit of Candidate Chaos. https://toronto.cityhallwatcher.com/p/hey-hey-its-election-day-city-hall

This is fascinating. I suspect it will be blamed on water privatization messaging, and not other factors.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Toronto_mayoral_election#Graphical_summary

2/2 So if you’re wondering how Facebook is going, this same post there got me called a divisive racist who should be ashamed of himself. Why am I being so mean to the men listed?! So that’s fun.

Good news on the ‘beating authoritarians without violence’ file:

The long-serving strongman leader of Serbia, Aleksandar Vucic, has conceded defeat in an election that pitted him and his right-wing party against a diverse student-led opposition movement that spent two years protesting his government.

https://apnews.com/article/serbia-election-students-vucic-fdf5def8a20aebc8ae139fd719478775

RE: https://front-end.social/@stefan/117398818369201540

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#TOPoli

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“Bradford is scared of Toronto, and he thinks you should be too.

During the three years of Ms. Chow’s mayoralty, the City of Toronto has become a significantly safer place, and is one Canada’s safest cities.”

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/gift/0b786b11199c8d6d61d2d94387b03bc6194e5c560ef150682c9a48181f142c5f/OKEX3IKY4NGKVEHFDNH5A3SLYA/

#TOPoli #GiftLink

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Rob Ford: mayor for 48 months
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Tory: mayor for 98 months
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Doug Ford: Premier for 100 months.
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Bradford: on council for 96 months.
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Olivia Chow got 39 months to repair.

Ask why she’s expected to fix 12 years of neglect faster than they caused it.

And then Vote.

#topoli