@cburst

Toronto Photojournalist. aspiring aesthete - instagram: @cburston

 | Toronto, Canada |
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Joined October 2008
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Slutzy Putzy@putzisbackbaby10h
YOU'RE BORN. YOU SEE PANTS STYLES GO FROM BAGGY TO SKINNY BACK TO BAGGY EVERY 10 YEARS FOR THE REST OF YOUR LIFE. YOU DIE. THE END
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This is what we’re up against trying to report on the CFB Wainwright tragedy. On October 18, I asked Environment Canada for the original wind-warning bulletins for the region, to make sure I hadn’t missed any and because several had since been archived online. I also asked for the timestamped XML files — or directions on how to access them myself. I wasn’t asking about the fire. I wasn’t asking for anything new. I was trying to retrieve historical weather warnings and records, most of which were already publicly available. This was their response. It took them two full working days to send this.
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He Went Out on an Epic Wilderness Adventure. Only His Dogs Came Back. nytimes.com/interactive/2026… via @NYTimes

He Went Out on an Epic Wilderness Adventure. Only His Dogs Came Back.

For three years and 750 miles, Steffen Skjottelvik lived a life of adventure. Until the adventure took his life.

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Ontario township of Centre Wellington grapples with controversial AI data centre proposal /via @globeandmail theglobeandmail.com/canada/a…

Ontario township of Centre Wellington grapples with controversial AI data centre proposal

Policy-makers wrestle with technological challenges as AI data-centre proposals collide with resident concerns

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Vjosa Isai@LaVjosaOct 7
The surgical field, what doctors call the area of a body under operation, is among the latest frontiers for artificial intelligence in Canada. @cburst and I observed a gall bladder surgery at UHN in Toronto to see it in action. Gift link below: nytimes.com/2026/10/07/world…

Can Artificial Intelligence Learn the Art of Surgery? (Gift Article)

Canada wants to leverage A.I. to improve its health care system. At a Toronto hospital, surgeons are training a machine to distinguish a safe incision from a catastrophic one.

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Thanks to @LaVjosa and @cburst for bringing @nytimes readers for an inside and up-close look at the use of AI-guided surgery at @UHN Toronto General Hospital.
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Canada helped pioneer AI. Now, UHN researchers are exploring how it can improve patient care. @nytimes goes inside Toronto General Hospital to see how surgeons are using AI technology to support safer, more precise surgery. nytimes.com/2026/10/07/world…

Can Artificial Intelligence Learn the Art of Surgery?

Canada wants to leverage A.I. to improve its health care system. At a Toronto hospital, surgeons are training a machine to distinguish a safe incision from a catastrophic one.

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“self portrait” by saul steinberg (1949)
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AI agents repurposed a University of Toronto link-sharing tool to communicate with each other /via @globeandmail theglobeandmail.com/business…

AI agents repurposed a University of Toronto link-sharing tool to communicate with each other

No data was compromised, and U of T’s digital properties were not affected, the university says

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quinn@qvinnhSep 16
dont talk to me if ur not an associate european
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What the Canada-US border looks like reuters.com/pictures/what-ca…

What the Canada-US border looks like

Scenes from along the Canada-US border, the longest international border in the world.

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Damn I wonder if @TennisCanada regrets giving contracts to American photographers to cover tournaments here. 🎾. What with the trade war and what not.
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H@hellohalimaAug 21
The Bell owned company advertising that Bell offered a deal to Marina 😂 (Love Canada where 3 people own everything)
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Marina Mabrey has received a trade offer from @Bell. 😂
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Andrew Barber
@fakeshoredriveAug 20
Clipse & The Neptunes on Rap City August 20, 2002
U⬩P⬩N⬩T@evboogieAug 20
Lord Willin' was released on this day in 2002.
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Anatomy of Toronto's new guns-for-hire network. @LaVjosa spent weeks reporting on the hiring of Toronto youth to shoot at places like the US consulate & synagogues, and wrote this troubling story from the apartment block that became the epicentre nytimes.com/2026/08/16/world…

A Consulate Shooting, a Toronto Street and a Network of Guns for Hire (Gift Article)

A shooting at a U.S. Consulate has thrust a neighborhood with a troubled past into the center of an emerging criminal phenomenon: young guns for hire as gig workers in the underworld economy.

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Odysseus: Where is my crew? Circe:
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Searing, detailed account of the risks and heartbreak of evacuees in Northwestern Ontario by our @LaVjosa who deployed to Thunder Bay and the broader region late last week. Powerful piece with photos by @cburst Gift link: nytimes.com/2026/07/20/world…

Evacuees of Ontario’s Wildfires Wait and Worry (Gift Article)

Flames crept, and then sprinted, toward unsuspecting residents who fled remote parts of northwestern Ontario. Now they want to know why officials weren’t prepared.

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📸: Cole Leighton Burston
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Check out this photo gallery: cnn.com/2026/07/02/world/gal…

The week in 37 photos | CNN

Take a look at 37 photos of the week from June 25 to July 2.

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Canada's Showbiz Steps Outside Hollywood's Shadow Spend some time with our behind-the-scenes from the Canadian Screen Awards that captures a new, US-rupture-induced, Heated-Rivalry-propelled assertiveness in Canadian showbiz Brilliant photos by @cburst nytimes.com/2026/06/13/world…

Canada’s Showbiz Steps Out of Hollywood’s Shadow (Gift Article)

No longer content with being just “Hollywood North,” the Canadian screen industry is asserting itself and telling its own stories.

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Cole Burston retweeted
Fullcourtpass
@FullcourtpassJun 5
Victor Wembanyama’s agent says Wemby has turned down millions of dollars and will never endorse soda companies "They all want him, but Victor will never sell soda. Because he doesn’t want to kill the kids." (Via @JaredWeissNBA, h/t @TheNBABase)
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