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From Colman Domingo’s impressive double feature to Jodie Foster’s ace return to the screen, here’s our look back at the best acting we saw at this year’s TIFF.

Photo Illustration by Luis G. Rendon/The Daily Beast/Netflix/A24/Focus FeaturesIt’s been a challenging year for the Toronto International Film Festival. The energy felt particularly muted, largely thanks to the SAG and WGA strikes, which prevented the large swathes of talent that typically swarm the Canadian city from coming. Instead, big-time premieres had a strange quiet to them—though that didn’t stop audiences from coming out in droves.Beyond the AMPTP-induced controvers...

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The delay raises questions about whether additional cities will stand by their efforts to wind down natural gas use in buildings after a key federal court

The gas industry plans to spend millions to defeat Eugene’s ban on natural gas in newly built homes. If it succeeds, it could shape the industry’s national strategy.

On February 7, the Eugene City Council voted to phase out fossil fuels like gas in new homes and buildings, the first city in Oregon to take this step that will cut climate pollution, improve air quality, and lower utility bills for households. This vote is a major victory for the dozens of climate, environmental justice, health, housing and racial justice groups who organized

The successful petition means the city must hold off on implementing the gas ban ordinance until a public vote, probably in November.

Environmental groups say there’s nothing grassroots about Eugene Residents for Energy Choice.

Eugene’s new ordinance banning natural gas hookups in new low-rise residential buildings would be put to a public vote, if organizers of a signature-gathering effort are successful.

On Monday, a public hearing is set to take place on a new ordinance to ban natural gas in newly constructed low rise residential homes.