The TTC spent today showing off their preferred model for the future of public transit in Toronto in the middle of Dundas Square: a light rail vehicle or, more accurately, half of a full light rail vehicle that Bombardier is showing off around North America—most recently in Milwaukee, where the paint scheme seen here is [...]

Torontoist would like to take a moment to wish all of our readers a very happy Festivus. Since the Seinfeld episode “The Strike” first aired on December 18, 1997, thousands of fans from all over the world have taken it upon themselves to establish their own annual Festivus celebrations, mostly happening on December 23. And [...]

The blame for last night’s poor attendance at the Long Winters concert at Lee’s Palace lies squarely on one woman’s shoulders – Joanna Newsom. Sobeit that two indie darlings with unequal followings played at the same time on the same night, and sobeit that the majority chose the Californian Newsom over the Seattle-based Long Winters. [...]

With Chris Bosh spraining his finger just six minutes into the first quarter of Sunday’s game against the Milwaukee Bucks, it was Raptor rookie Charlie Villanueva who stepped in for the all-star forward. Villanueva scored an NBA rookie season-high 48 points on 20-for-32 shooting. Unfortunately the Raps came up short, losing 125-116 in overtime. Villanueva [...]

With the signing of AJ Burnett (pictured with Florida singer Brandy Rich) and BJ Ryan, the Toronto Blue Jays will pay $102 million to two pitchers who use letters as first names. (No offense to Torontoist blogger JK Nestruck.) Letters they want, letters they’ll get. Here’s the ABC’s of the Jay’s off-season thus far: A [...]