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Dispatches from Vancouver: Here Comes Twenty-Four Hours of National Insomnia!

Stephen Johns is camping out in Vancouver and reporting back on the 2010 Winter Olympics—with a focus on how they’re transforming one of Canada’s major urban centres. The Canada–Germany game’s audience. Photo by Brad Jorgensen. Canadian hearts are beating once again after the men’s hockey team (barely) defeated Slovakia 3–2 to clinch a berth in [...]

Dispatches from Vancouver: The Curious Case of General Motors Place

Stephen Johns is camping out in Vancouver and reporting back on the 2010 Winter Olympics—with a focus on how they’re transforming one of Canada’s major urban centres. Cloaked bank machines at “Canada Hockey Place.” Photo by Bradley Jorgensen Canada Hockey Place isn’t its actual name. It’s actually called GM Place, and it’s usually home to [...]

Dispatches from Vancouver: The Good Ol’ International Hockey Game

Stephen Johns is camping out in Vancouver and reporting back on the 2010 Winter Olympics—with a focus on how they’re transforming one of Canada’s major urban centres. Photo by Bradley Jorgensen. Torontoist loves Vancouver—who doesn’t?—so when the opportunity to spend a week at ground zero of the 2010 Winter Olympics presented itself, we jumped. After [...]

Televisualist: Reality Possibly Superior To Olympics

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. Brett Lamb is not a fan of Survivor, to say the least. Illustration by Brett Lamb/Torontoist. Monday Hey, are you filled with Olympic fever? Are you totally [...]

The Daily Photoist: December 21, 2009

Every weekday morning, bright and early, we feature a photo or (two) from a photographer in Torontoist’s Flickr Pool, our way of showing off their great work and starting the day off as prettily as possible. Olympic Spirit & Olympic Torch in Toronto BY ETHERVIZION & ROOZBEH ROKNI

Carry On, Our Wayward Torch

Last night’s scene-stealing protesters may have disrupted the Olympic torch’s route through Toronto, but they couldn’t hope to stop it altogether. First thing this morning, Torontoist photographers Miles Storey and Nick Kozak caught the torch as it continued to make its way through Toronto [PDF]. Their photos—along University Avenue near Dundas Street; Front Street near [...]

Olympic Spirit Extinguished by Protests

At precisely 6:16 p.m. yesterday, former TTC employee and 1948 Olympic gold medalist Murray Dowey was supposed to receive the 2010 Olympic torch at Yonge and College. Adam Giambrone (Ward 18, Davenport) was waiting on a 506 streetcar just east of the intersection, ready for Dowey to board the Toronto icon, torch in hand, and [...]

Dive Toronto Trying To Make A Splash

Mark Rourke has had a busy day. As head coach of Dive Toronto, based out of the University of Toronto, Rourke has been arranging a meet-and-greet for his divers with Canadian diving star Alexandre Despatie. The Olympic silver medalist will be in town at various McDonald’s, and the fast food chain is asking Rourke for [...]

Maple Leaf Recall Extended, Olympics Wind Down, TTC Increases Fines

The Maple Leaf Foods meat recall has been extended to encompass more than 200 products made by the Toronto facility, and is expected to cost upwards of $20 million. In completely unrelated news, millions of Canadians have decided that maybe they’re just going to have a salad for lunch today. The Beijing Olympics have finally [...]

You know all that cut arts funding?

The Globe says at least $40 million of it is going to “2010 Olympic and Paralympic torch relays; the Road to Excellence program, which supports Summer Olympics athletes; and the Action Plan for Official Languages, which promotes bilingualism.” And here we were, thinking that filling holes in one thing by creating holes in another was [...]

TTC Not Essential, Plastics Recycling Somewhat Essential, Chinese Athletes Essentially Cheating

The TTC management and its workers’ union have agreed that the TTC is not an essential service. However, they are saying this not because they are saying, “Yes, we are useless,” but because they both want to avoid contract arbitration. However, since management wants to pay workers less than they would receive through contract arbitration, [...]

Yes We Canoe

Some fifty-odd canoeists and kayakists collected on Lake Ontario last night to show some local water-based support for Canada’s Olympic canoe and kayak teams. The get-together, brainstormed over beers by Jeff Needham of the Complete Paddler and David Newland, included paddlers from the Harbourfront Canoe and Kayak Centre, The Complete Paddler, Canoe.ca, and the Virtual [...]