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Bill Blair Wants You to Know How to Call 9-1-1

Presented without commentary, a statement from Police Chief William Blair at 4:53 p.m. today: While it is not my practice to comment on 9-1-1 calls made to TPS emergency operators, serious allegations have been made about what was said during a series of three calls involving the mayor, and whether there was any abuse of [...]

Controversy Continuing to Swirl Around Rob Ford’s 911 Call

This morning, the CBC reported that Rob Ford swore, vigorously, at the 911 dispatchers he spoke with Monday morning, when he called for assistance in response to a surprise visit from This Hour Has 22 Minutes‘ Mary Walsh. Specifically, the CBC stated that the dispatchers involved had complained to their union about the unreasonable treatment, [...]

Duly Quoted: Rob Ford

“You…bitches! Don’t you fucking know? I’m Rob fucking Ford, the mayor of this city!” —Allegedly, Mayor Ford to 911 dispatchers early Monday morning; he called them when Mary Walsh of This Hour Has 22 Minutes popped up at his home in costume to surprise him for a segment for the show. The surprise part, at [...]

Weekend Planner: September 10–11, 2011

In this Weekend Planner: festivals, festivals everywhere! TIFF may be headlining your to-do list, but don’t miss out on the abundance of veggies and music! Plus, a nerd-themed flea market, acrobatic training, and Toronto remembers 9/11.

FOOD: How do you a) save the environment and b) keep your body at its glorious peak? Twenty thousand food lovers know the answer. The annual Vegetarian Food Festival returns to the Harbourfront Centre with live cooking demonstrations, music, and speaker panels. And food. Did we mention the food? Harbourfront Centre (235 Queens Quay West), [...]

Rosie DiManno Weighs In On the Ground Zero Mosque, For Some Reason

“Not near Ground Zero, you don’t!” Photo of an entrance to an Iranian mosque by Hamed Saber. Some Torontoist readers might be wondering, “Wait, a Ground Zero mosque post? What does that have to do with Toronto?” This is a fair comment, so let us be clear: this is not really an article about the [...]

RIM Down, Obama Up, Leafs Cold

A three hour Blackberry outage affected millions of people across North America yesterday, leading to much wailing and handwringing over the temporary unavailability of a technology that didn’t even exist ten years ago. Truly we are a nation of whiners. The Toronto Maple Leafs braved the cold to hold an unannounced outdoor skate at Withrow [...]