Todd Aalgaard

Oshawa: amazing. Photo by Carnotzet from the Torontoist Flickr Pool. Oshawa, you big, adorable, patriotic lug, your heart really is in the right place. But seriously, calm down or you're going to pull something. You'd think that complaining shoppers at the Five Points Mall—all one of them, or possibly... continue reading on Torontoist

Photo by William Self from the Torontoist Flickr Pool. Saying something like, "Hey, it's been a ridiculous year for cycling in Toronto" sounds like a bit of a cheap lead-in, but it's true. This year, already dubious for widespread Obamamania, then equally widespread Obamaphobia, and peppered each month with... continue reading on Torontoist

Photo by Miles Storey. She was crowned with her towering spire on April 2, 1975, rising nearly six hundred metres above the Toronto waterfront. A year and a half later, on October 1, 1976, her doors were opened to the public for the very first time, the jewel of... continue reading on Torontoist

Photo by Kashmera. In a recent article, we described Canadian democracy as "drunken" and "staggering," eliciting the image of a bumbling, well-intentioned dullard saddled with an affliction that, for better or worse, is an effect of his or her environment or circumstances but manifest as failure for reasons entirely... continue reading on Torontoist

Photo of Parliament Hill from Hull, Quebec, by Vince Alongi. Cue the trumpets, unfurl the banners, make with the fanfare, and let fly with a triumphant shout of "Sweet merciful crap, here we go again." The awkward, drunken march of Canadian democracy may stagger onward as early as this... continue reading on Torontoist