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You Know You’re Rice

There was a movie that played at Hot Docs called Reporter. It was about Nicholas Kristof, The New York Times columnist who globetrots to the sites of the world’s worst humanitarian disasters in an effort to provide original reporting that will draw attention to crises of which very few people are aware. Most interestingly, Kristof [...]

Futurist: Toronto in 2030 and Beyond

Now that the dust from Toronto’s birthday parties has settled, it’s time to consider what happens next. Every day this week, Futurist offers a glimpse of the Toronto that is to come. Photo by archoneus from the Torontoist Flickr Pool. It’s hard to know quite what Toronto will look like by 2030. Detailed plans become [...]

Futurist: Toronto in 2020

The Toronto of 2020 will be a different, but recognizable place. Between now and 2020, immigration will have made the world’s most multicultural city even more diverse, new building projects will have altered the city’s landscape, and Transit City will have broken down many of the city’s spatial barriers.

Futurist: Toronto in 2010

Now that the dust from Toronto’s birthday parties has settled, it’s time to consider what happens next. Every day this week, Futurist offers a glimpse of the Toronto that is to come. View Torontoist’s 2010 Toronto map (1.9 MB .PDF) As the first decade of the twenty-first century comes to a close, Toronto is approaching [...]

Futurist: Where Are We Now?

Now that the dust from Toronto’s birthday parties has settled, it’s time to consider what happens next. Every day this week, Futurist offers a glimpse of the Toronto that is to come. Photo by Mute* from the Torontoist Flickr Pool. Birthdays, it goes without saying, are occasions to celebrate. Sometimes parties are involved. Sometimes cake. [...]

Happy Tartan Day, In Our Very Diverse City, Where We’re Kicking Cancer’s Ass

Today is Tartan Day. This is the day customarily used for the first time ever to celebrate Scots who have moved to North America. Torontoist recommends that you celebrate by eating a deep-fried Mars bar and staggering out of a soccer game, swearing loudly. Winnipeg MP argues for scrapping the penny. Sure, Pat Martin trots [...]

Vintage Toronto Ads: Opulent Penthouse-Style Living

When searching for a new place to live, what is the first thing you look for? Location? Lifestyle compatibility? Enticements? A blank slate to shape in your unique style? Groovy wallpaper? Judging from today’s ad, the latter may have been a key condition in North York back in 1970. This was the era of “swingin’ [...]

Men Behaving Badly

In the face of continued male violence, the Toronto Police is one of a few organizations beginning to use more public campaigns against male sex criminals. This particular poster is likely directed at sex workers (it’s plastered around the Church-Dundas-Jarvis areas), but the idea can never be overemphasized in a broader sense. But are public [...]