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Canadian journalism is in danger, and has been for a while.
Canadian journalists are fighting an uphill battle to keep doing what they do, but it's not in the way most Canadian's think it is. We...
jamescaza
Sep 23, 20242 min read
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Out now: 33 King. An Audio Documentary
Working with an amazing team at Toronto Compass, I am pleased to officially share the creation of 33 King, an audio documentary covering...
jamescaza
Jul 30, 20241 min read
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Build the portlands for people, not for investment portfolios.
This article mentions co-ops often. A co-op is a building or set of buildings where there is no landlord in the traditional sense. The...
jamescaza
Mar 16, 20245 min read
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Domicide 005: The Myth of Rent Control
Domicide is a Toronto Compass original series of news stories and documentaries. Domicide is the murder of housing as a shelter and...
jamescaza
Mar 7, 20244 min read
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Domicide 004: Renovictions, a preventable epidemic.
Domicide is a Toronto Compass original series of news stories and documentaries. Domicide is the murder of housing as a shelter and...
jamescaza
Feb 28, 20242 min read
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Domicide 003: Betrayal in St James Town
Domicide is a Toronto Compass original series of news stories and documentaries. Domicide is the murder of housing as a shelter and...
jamescaza
Feb 22, 20244 min read
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Domicide 002: What is a Demoviction anyway?
Domicide is a Toronto Compass original series of news stories and documentaries. Domicide is the murder of housing as a shelter and...
jamescaza
Feb 20, 20243 min read
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Domicide 001: Smoke Alarms and Rooming Houses
Domicide is a Toronto Compass original series of news stories and documentaries. The term derives from the idea of the murder of housing...
jamescaza
Feb 8, 20243 min read
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Two new Toronto buildings are joining a fast growing Rent Strike.
Developing: Toronto Compass has previously reported on the rent strike over two buildings across hundreds of tenants in Weston. Now, two...
jamescaza
Oct 3, 20231 min read
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A new group is being stereotyped for crimes they don't commit.
Today, TMU Safe, TMU's security system designed to alert students of threats, sent out three alerts in quick succession. They detailed...
jamescaza
Sep 25, 20232 min read
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Loosing an artist residency space sucks, but let's focus on the real issue here.
888 Dupont. A bright green-blue old warehouse converted into artist live-work spaces. A tale as old as urbanism. But now, sadly, it is...
jamescaza
Sep 22, 20232 min read
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Striking tenants planned a negotiation with their corporate landlord, who then ghosted them.
33 King Street and 22 John Street, in York South Weston, have been striking for months. We've covered it here before. Rent is being...
jamescaza
Sep 20, 20231 min read
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A group of international students fought for lower rent, and racists are co-opting it.
In a now-viral story, a group of primarily South Asian international students at Canadore College found themselves paying 700-1200 a...
jamescaza
Sep 20, 20232 min read
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Chexy, while pretending to care for tenants, is funded by their oppression.
"How much do you pay for rent in Toronto?" This question has taken over many algorithms for TikTok users in Toronto. Asked by an account...
jamescaza
Sep 8, 20233 min read
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The homeless are not a threat to your safety.
Being in Toronto, I have heard countless takes on TikTok, university campuses, and social discussions that Toronto has a violent problem...
jamescaza
Sep 3, 20232 min read
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Developers aren't actually here to house us, and Montreal just proved why.
Montreal, QC: To create more affordable housing, the city passed a law similar to New York, Vancouver, and London. A certain amount of...
jamescaza
Sep 3, 20232 min read
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A food desert was allowed to form, leaving 1000's without access to a human right.
Food Desert: An area where access to affordable and healthy food is limited or non-existent. This is due to a lack of grocery stores in...
jamescaza
Sep 3, 20232 min read
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So like, what is a rent strike?
There is power in a rent strike, but what are they? Why do one? And what are the risks? At any given moment, it seems there are dozens to...
jamescaza
Sep 3, 20231 min read
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The housing crises is a myth, there is no 'crisis'
Shortly put, there is no such thing as a housing crisis. There is a dire need for affordable, but don't be tricked into believing this is...
jamescaza
Sep 3, 20232 min read
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How the city and developers are allowing a food desert to form.
For years, the No Frills on Front Street has been a lifeline for the working-class areas of Moss Park and The Esplanade. In a city of...
jamescaza
Sep 3, 20231 min read
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