Tai Huynh

The Talented Ms. Goldiee Podcast Episode · Question Everything · March 5 · 28m

Got to make an audio version of my @thelocal.to AI journalism scammer story for one of my favourite podcasts, Question Everything.
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The Local Fellowship 2026 | The Local Our fellowship program provides training and mentorship to emerging journalists from communities underrepresented in Canadian media. Applications are now open.

📣 Announcing The Local Fellowship 2026—paid positions designed to provide opportunities to early-career journalists from communities underrepresented in Canadian media. This year's Fellows will join us during the fall municipal election campaigns. Applications are open. thelocal.to/local-fellow...

The Province Took Over Ontario’s Biggest School Boards to Fix Their Finances. The Numbers Tell a Different Story | The Local Analysis by The Local shows Ontario’s largest boards receive some of the lowest per-pupil funding in the province—raising questions about whether the real problem is mismanagement or the funding formu...

Analysis by The Local shows Ontario’s largest boards receive the lowest per-pupil funding in the province—raising questions about whether the real problem isn’t mismanagement but the funding formula. @wencyleung.bsky.social's latest from our School Board Takeover series. thelocal.to/ontario-scho...

The Province Took Over Ontario’s Biggest School Boards to Fix Their Finances. The Numbers Tell a Different Story | The Local Analysis by The Local shows Ontario’s largest boards receive some of the lowest per-pupil funding in the province—raising questions about whether the real problem is mismanagement or the funding formu...

When the province took over some of the largest school boards last June, it vowed to restore financial stability & rein in out-of-control spending. More than 8 months in, there’s little evidence its supervisors have put these boards on firmer footing, @thelocal.to finds. thelocal.to/ontario-scho...

Back when it was Telehealth Ontario, callers could speak with a nurse within seconds or minutes. Now that the service has been replaced by Health811, the average wait time can be many hours #onthealth

Health811 Promises 24/7 Health Advice—If You Can Wait | The Local Data obtained through freedom of information requests show wait times have increased dramatically since Health811 replaced Telehealth Ontario, peaking at a monthly average of more than 11 hours.

Health811 is touted as a way to provide Ontarians with free, 24/7 health advice, writes @wencyleung.bsky.social. But data obtained by The Local shows wait times have risen dramatically since 2022, and it’s unclear where callers end up once they do speak with someone. thelocal.to/health811-te...

When Your Dermatologist Becomes a Salesperson | The Local Getting a mole checked can takes months, but Botox appointments are readily available. Why dermatologists say their practice is the canary in the coal mine for privatized care.

For @thelocal.to i wrote about dermatologists upselling their patients. It’s a trend that critics warn is creating a two-tier system for dermatological care, and may foreshadow what’s to come in Ontario’s health care system more broadly: thelocal.to/dermatology-...

TTC branding is definitely secondary to that of the province. Would’ve been nice to see a bit of red and for the visual language and wayfinding to feel like it’s part of the same transit system. Remnants of the infighting and fractious process of the last 15 years I suppose.

Stations are very nice. Here at Eglinton, the LRT station feels like an entirely different place compared to the cramped subway station above.

But what’s with the stop button when the train stops at every station like a subway?

Trains are nice.

But ion the eastern arm, which is mostly above ground, red lights and left turning cars means it can’t really get up to speed. You can see all the cars blowing by. Feels like Finch West here.

First impression of Eglinton Crosstown is that it feels more “LRT” than Finch West. On the western arm which is underground, it’s max speed is 56 km/h although it’s capable of much faster.

An illustration of a Canada Goose with too much machismo

We are super excited to debut the very first @thenarwhal.ca game! It's a Valentine's quiz thought up by @michellecyca.com and illustrated by @gabrielledrolet.bsky.social - go find out what bird should be your bae. Mine's the Canada Goose! projects.thenarwhal.ca/lovebirds-qu...

Understanding the Eglinton Crosstown in Seven Illustrations | The Local From Shohei Ohtani’s salary to the tunneling rate of a mole—an unorthodox guide to the numbers behind Toronto’s newest transit line.

@thelocal.to worked with the brilliant Toronto artist Michael DeForge to create this data illustration to mark the opening of the Eglinton Crosstown thelocal.to/understandin...

Understanding the Eglinton Crosstown in Seven Illustrations | The Local From Shohei Ohtani’s salary to the tunneling rate of a mole—an unorthodox guide to the numbers behind Toronto’s newest transit line.

Something fun in advance of tomorrow’s looooooooooooong-awaited opening. thelocal.to/understandin...

How Ontario’s Corporate Pharmacies Are Burning Out Their Pharmacists | The Local At corporate pharmacies like Shoppers Drug Mart, pharmacists say they face overwhelming pressure from their parent companies to perform medically unnecessary tasks in the interest of profit.

Ontario's corporate pharmacies, like Shoppers Drug Mart, have faced allegations of overworking their pharmacists and setting high targets for medically unnecessary tasks to bolster profits. The resulting burnout, @kunalchaudhary.bsky.social writes, is an impending crisis. thelocal.to/shoppers-dru...

Star Editorial Board: An ‘orgy of buck-passing, blame-shifting, money-blowing incompetence:’ Why we still need to get to the bottom of the Crosstown LRT We need to know everything that went wrong with the Crosstown LRT. More importantly, we need to ensure it can never happen again.

Well put: “What McGuinty and his team built — and what Ford and his government have kept in place — is an agency that allows full provincial control with zero political responsibility…a politician’s dream that has turned into a nightmare for the residents of Toronto.” www.thestar.com/opinion/edit...

Meet Gabrielle McMann, Our Yearlong Journalism Fellow | The Local The emerging journalist is our first early-career fellow, in partnership with The Philanthropist Journal

We're thrilled to introduce Gabrielle McMann, our yearlong early career fellow in partnership with @thephilanthropist.ca! Over the course of this year, Gabrielle will be working together with the Local team, learning the craft of magazine-style community journalism. thelocal.to/gabrielle-mc...

Inside the Booming Industry Selling Lifestyle Drugs Online | The Local From erectile dysfunction medicine to hair loss treatment to weight loss drugs—a thriving online market has emerged to seamlessly deliver drugs straight to your door. But what happens when prescriptio...

A booming new industry delivers erectile dysfunction, hair loss, and weight loss drugs straight to your door. @royinori.bsky.social asks: what happens when profit incentives and the convenience of the internet meet the consumer desire for a quick fix to what ails them? thelocal.to/online-pharm...

how an editor uncovered an AI journalist Podcast Episode · kill switch · 01/28/2026 · 33m

I had fun talking about AI journalism and Victoria Goldiee on the kill switch podcast. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/h...

Saving Rhea Seegobin | The Local For the growing number of Canadians who will get cancer in their lifetimes, the financial stress can be profound. But despite her terminal diagnosis, with the support of her community, Rhea is determi...

"It’s a certainty there will be active cancer somewhere in her body—in her brain, in her liver, in her bones—for the rest of her life, however long that may be."

@wencyleung.bsky.social @thelocal.to

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Photographer Laura Proctor and I worked on this story. Felt important to tell it. #cancer #financialtoxicity

Saving Rhea Seegobin | The Local For the growing number of Canadians who will get cancer in their lifetimes, the financial stress can be profound. But despite her terminal diagnosis, with the support of her community, Rhea is determi...

Nearly 44 percent of Ontarians will develop cancer in their lifetime. None of us can afford that magnitude of illness. Our already overstretched health care system can’t afford it, nor can we as individuals. thelocal.to/cost-of-canc...

And How Will You Be Paying for Your Baby Today? | The Local When I first came to the pediatrics unit as an idealistic medical student, I ran into an uncomfortable reality about our universal health-care system.

Our journalism fellow Gautham Krishnaraj — then a med student — uncovered why he was suddenly expected to ask patients for credit card payments, reporting for months to produce this vital story for @thelocal.to.

thelocal.to/uninsured-bi...

How Privatized Cataract Surgery Helped Ontario’s Wealthiest—and Left Others Behind | The Local Why a routine surgery offers a window into the possible future of care in this province.

In 2020, Ontario began pushing some of its publicly funded cataract surgeries into private, for-profit clinics. Why what happened next, writes @alisonmotluk.bsky.social, offers a window into the possible future of care in this province. thelocal.to/cataract-sur...

The Cost of Care | The Local Stories about where money and medicine collide in 2026. Throughout January and February, we’ll publish pieces from the corners of Ontario’s health care system where entrepreneurs and corporate Canada ...

Today we're launching our latest issue, The Cost of Care. Over January and February, we're publishing stories from the corners of Ontario’s health care system where entrepreneurs and corporate Canada have set up shop, and asking what happens when patients become customers. thelocal.to/winter-2026/

In 2020-2021, the Ontario Ministry of Education approved just 159 non-ECEs (early childhood educators) to work in ECE-designated roles. In 2024-2025, it granted 1,997, a 1,156% jump. thelocal.to/ontarios-day...

Ontario’s Daycares Are Increasingly Staffed by Underqualified Hires | The Local New data shows Ministry of Education approvals for non-ECEs working in ECE-designated roles jumped more than 1,000 percent over the last five years.

The rise in under-qualified hires at childcare centres has shot up more than 1000% in 5 years. Rather than addressing the ECE shortage by improving wages and working conditions, the Ontario government is choosing to "paper over the crisis," advocates say. My latest:
thelocal.to/ontarios-day...

Ontario’s Daycares Are Increasingly Staffed by Underqualified Hires | The Local New data shows Ministry of Education approvals for non-ECEs working in ECE-designated roles jumped more than 1,000 percent over the last five years.

Increasingly, the people working in early childhood educator (ECE) roles are not, in fact, ECEs, writes @wendyglauser.bsky.social. New data shows approvals for non-ECEs working in ECE-designated roles jumped more than 1,000 percent in the last 5 years. thelocal.to/ontarios-day...