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@westendphoenix.bsky.socialPROGRESS REPORT #2: Chiara Padovani by Sadaf Ahsan
4 years after narrowly missing a council seat, the York South-Weston organizer is back – with a larger base, a community operation and a plan for governing without abandoning the activists who got her here.
@westendphoenix.bsky.socialPET OF THE MONTH - Bumbo and Pesty "It's hard not to look at Bumbo and Pesty and feel that rats get a bad rap, but these fancy rats, loyal as dogs and clever as cats, are a credit to their species." Read the story of these West End rats by Micah Toub in the latest WEP Photos by Kate Dockeray
@gabeblanc.bsky.socialReposted by @westendphoenix.bsky.socialI had the pleasure of speaking with Rebecca Gao from the @westendphoenix.bsky.social several times during my campaign. When I dropped out in August (and ruined the profile she’d been working on for months) she pivoted to a story on my decision.
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@westendphoenix.bsky.socialEscape to the switched-on world of Programme 4, the groovy, feature-length “broadcast” exclusively screened in-person for your analog pleasure with creator Rachel Lichtman. Plus special guest stars Aurora Browne, Kris Siddiqi, Joe Pernice, Mike Evin!
@westendphoenix.bsky.socialSEASONS IN THE SUN, THE MOVIE! - For those of you who missed our 10th anniversary benefit concert, or for those who want to relive it, here is a teaser video to the full length concert film coming soon to our YouTube channel, shot and edited by Brian MacFarlane. Stay tuned for the full length video!
@westendphoenix.bsky.socialIf you have any burning questions or problems for Martha Chavez for our next issue, fire away!
@westendphoenix.bsky.socialThis week's garage mood: print journalistic
@westendphoenix.bsky.socialELECTION PROGRESS REPORT #1: DIANA CHAN MCNALLY
Social worker, advocate and now political hopeful. Can Diana Chan McNally adapt her organizer’s approach to push for change from within the bureaucratic, slow-moving behemoth that is Toronto city?
@westendphoenix.bsky.socialGot yours yet? Stunner of a day to deliver a newspaper.
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@westendphoenix.bsky.socialOCTOBER ISSUE OUT THIS WEEKEND! 🗞️➡️📭
Featuring our municipal election special, Toronto's oldest gym, behind the counter at UFO, a new comic memoir from Carole Pope, Pet Of The Month, life advice from Martha Chaves, a new crossword and so much more!
@westendphoenix.bsky.socialHappy Birthday George Bell Arena! Can't wait to have you back.
@westendphoenix.bsky.social🗞️🔜📭 A reminder to new subscribers that if you live outside of our catchment or in an apartment or condo, you copy of WEP will be coming in the mail. See you this weekend West Enders!
@westendphoenix.bsky.socialThe leaves turning, and the skeletons are beginning to come out of their closets, October is here! So let's turn another the page on our WEP Read The Room calendar and say hello to horror book emporium Little Ghost Books captured here on Polaroid film by Jalani Morgan.
@francescabouaoun.bsky.socialReposted by @westendphoenix.bsky.socialAppropriately for October, it’s @littleghostsbooks.bsky.social in the 2026 West End bookstores calendar.
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@westendphoenix.bsky.socialDispatches from the editor's desk! The first issue of our 10th publishing year has been checked and double checked, there's no going back now, we're going to print! #nailedit
See you this weekend West End!
@westendphoenix.bsky.socialToday is the last day to subscribe and receive our next issue, which is hitting the streets this weekend!
@westendphoenix.bsky.socialWhy are we photographing pickleball paddles? Find out in The Ward Report, a new feature coming to WEP this year, bringing you hyperlocal news stories from across all West End wards.
The first instalment lands in our next issue, delivering October 3rd!
@westendphoenix.bsky.socialFYI - Online advance tickets for our 10th anniversary benefit concert have now closed but we will have cash tickets available at the door!
