A trio of Liberal MPPs are leaving Kathleen Wynne. Toronto-area cabinet ministers Michael Chan and Tracy MacCharles announced they won't run in the provincial election, for different reasons. A third MPP, Grant Crack, previously informed the premier that he was tired of the five-hour drives from near the Quebec border. None will depart with the flourish of one government social media staffer:

Doug Ford gives a middle finger to the campaign bus. There will be no caravan of journalists riding with the Ontario PC leader—presumably as a way of keeping DoFo out of the hot seat. He also won't be showing up to the first debate, organized by black community organizations. Ford says his absence is a result of a conflict with a booking way up north.

This hospital grate is no longer grating. A vent outside the emergency department of Toronto General drew attention after the hospital installed bars seemingly designed to deter homeless people from sleeping there. The hospital's president says the bars were added to alleviate some safety concerns about discarded needles and other detritus. Criticism escalated on Twitter for about a week, until the spikes were removed with apologies:

“DriveHer values your privacy and deeply regrets that this incident occurred.” A ride-sharing app for women drivers and riders basked in attention for promising to provide a safer alternative to Uber. But glitches delayed it from getting out of the gate. The service is now suspended after an IT consultant found that “insecure use” of a storage drive exposed the personal information of women who signed up.

622,161 Facebook fans in Canada have been wronged. Mark Zuckerberg delivered more contrition as the world learned that Cambridge Analytica's trespasses were greater than previously estimated. A more complicated issue is what the broader spectrum of social media means for teens:

Only a reboot of Street Legal can save us now. The primetime programming revival trend now includes a likely second wind for the lawyer drama starring Cynthia Dale. (Albert Schultz is less likely to be reprising his role.) Its development coincides with calls for new CBC president Catherine Tait to prioritize prestige programming over generic drama. Not that other networks seem to try much harder:

12:36 will return with a new season on Monday, April 9. Whatever that means! BYE!



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