Each week, Torontoist examines the upcoming TV listings and makes note of programs that are entertaining, informative, and of quality. Or, alternately, none of those. The result: Televisualist. Monday Toronto is the villain in this week’s episode of The Good Germany, which is a sitcom on the CBC about a small town called Germany (which, [...]

So we’re, uh, pretty sure that Bell’s behind those mystery “er” ads after all. A poster at RedFlagDeals leaked some second-phase ads yesterday—including one for the Samsung Instinct that proclaims it an “apple eater”—which have since been confirmed by a few Torontoist readers as the real deal. The second phase is being revealed all around [...]

The latest ubiquitous mystery ad is “er.” Though it has various configurations—billboards, (illegal) signs, and subway station placards—it always takes the same rough form: two blue letters in the same typeface, and some lone blue shape on the edge of an otherwise white canvas. It’s no Obay as far as provocativeness goes, but it’s nonetheless [...]

Each week, Torontoist shows off the most interesting, creative, and cool submissions to our Torontoist Flickr Pool. We're especially partial to photos that show our city in a new light, highlight a recent event, and remind us why we live here. Join the Flickr pool and show us what you've got. ElliBY URTICADIOICA Toronto, Canada, 2007BY .JL. Urban MiniatureBY DENMAR yonge queenBY TORONTOGAL PHOTOS FILL 'ER UPBY TREFORLUTIONS Time Of ReckoningBY DZGNBOY Everywhere-A-SignBY DZGNBOY UntitledBY...

It’s an exciting time to get sick in Brampton. With the opening of the highly hyped Brampton Civic Hospital, Canada’s first “superhospital,” people living in the Peel Region can go through dialysis, give birth, and get a biopsy (though hopefully not all at once) with greater ease and comfort than before. What makes this place so special? According to Gillian Williams McClean, the Director of Communications and Marketing, this is the most technologically integrated...

We’ve never seen a soul enter or exit the Metro Theatre. It’s dusty exterior has remained the same, day in and day out, as Little Seoul passes it by uninterested. But what’s with the seventies-era instant coffee machine chained to the blue picture theatre’s facade? Do the phantoms that haunt the place really need a [...]