Rebellions don’t usually involve a lot of rules. And though The Underground Rebel Bingo Club has a few for their late-night, gritty, dirty, heavy metal/rave/grunge basement-mashup parties, none of them have anything to do with bingo. That’s because the event—which originated in London, England, and is making its Canadian debut in Toronto on Thursday night—was [...]

Every Tuesday, Torontoist scours record store shelves in search of the city’s most notable new releases and brings you the best—or sometimes just the biggest—of what we’ve heard in Sound Advice. Pretty soon, when you think London, Ontario, you won’t just think Shad, Ryan Gosling, and the San Diego Chicken Mascot. You’ll also think More [...]

Cross-section of an intersection along the proposed Sheppard East LRT line. Image taken from the Sheppard East Environmental Project Report Summary [PDF]. Rob Ford is doing everything in his power to scrap the Transit City Light Rail Plan in favour of subway extensions, which he says “people want.” New councillor Doug Ford (Ward 2, Etobicoke [...]

Whether we like it or not, some of us will be in Toronto all summer, with nary a trip or vacation elsewhere in sight. As a remedy, we’ve created Tourist. Every weekend morning, bright and early, of the summer we’re featuring a photo (or two) from a globe-trotting photographer in the Torontoist Flickr Pool. Night [...]

Premier Dalton McGuinty has fired off a whiny letter to the PM complaining about Finance Minister Jim Flaherty’s public criticism of Ontario and its tax laws. Flaherty, who apparently counts all time lost when he’s not psychologically bitch-slapping his governmental inferiors, responded by calling McGuinty a “big stupid crybaby.” Time to start prying out grandma’s [...]

Torontoist is one of fourteen cities in the worldwide Gothamist network. Each Sunday, the editors of every site—from LAist to Londonist—choose their most interesting article, a list which is compiled into the network-wide feature Elsewhere In The Ist-A-Verse. Phillyist learned how to put on a puppet show––it’s not as easy as you might think! Shanghaiist [...]

Many years ago, the TTC launched the smart “Ride The Rocket” ad campaign, of which only the slogan and typewriter-like font still exist. The fast-paced and effective television commercials featured a quirky spokesperson chattering rapidly into a wide-angle lens about the pros of public transit, and the slick spots made the Commission look modern, exciting, [...]

Toronto, we are told, is a world-class city. But Toronto is noticeably absent from the list of major urban centres famous for graffiti and street art: New York, Barcelona, San Francisco, Berlin, LA, Melbourne, and London. Even within Canada, smaller cities like Montreal and Vancouver hold a better reputation for graffiti than Toronto. Vandalist seeks [...]