God creates dinosaurs. God destroys dinosaurs. God creates man. Man destroys God. Man creates dinosaurs. Dinosaurs poop all over the park. This probably would've happened if Jurassic Park had been successful. And real.

A lot of people do a lot of weird stuff on the internet, and ground zero for commercial e-weirdness is Craigslist. In Declassified, Torontoist combs over our city’s listings to find the best (and worst) of the bunch. Illustration by Roxanne Ignatius/Torontoist. Things Torontoist will herein declassify: why you should never shave, what to feed [...]

I Want Your Job finds Torontonians who make a living doing exactly what they love to do, in any field, and for any salary, and asks them how they did it. Name: Tracy McKenzie Job: Certified Canine Rehabilitation Practitioner Tracy McKenzie’s patients are always excited to see her. The veterinary technician and manager of Toronto’s [...]

Sunday was the final day of this year’s Purina National, which bills itself as “Canada’s most prestigious dog show.” Owners and their pets spent a long weekend vying for pieces of a forty-thousand-dollar purse. Torontoist spoke to some of them between rounds of judging. Our interviews are after the jump. Dog: Simon G (Saturday’s Best [...]

The Academy Awards of the pet world was held yesterday, honouring animals who acted to save a human’s life. Four new pets were inducted into the Purina Animal Hall of Fame, joining over 140 other life-saving pets (all cats and dogs, save one horse awarded in the ’70s) at the Harbourfront Centre’s PawsWay Pet Discovery [...]

Waterfront Toronto has secured David Miller’s support for knocking down part of the Gardiner Expressway, which currently looms over the waterfront like a massive prehistoric, um, highway. The teardown is likely to be delayed by a cost expected to be in the hundreds of millions, so Torontoist suggests doing a Berlin Wall on it—Sunday morning, [...]

Those who frequent the strip of downtown parkettes stretching from Dundonald to Charles Streets have been wondering what happened to the mysterious monument to “Barney.” In autumn, the memorial stone went missing after having been damaged, but has now been reinstated onto its concrete base just off Gloucester Street in the Norman Jewison Parkette. But [...]

The problem of abandoned and unwanted pets is not unique to Toronto. A recent Toronto Star article, however, has highlighted the plight of abandoned animals who may no longer be collected by City of Toronto shelters due to budget concerns, ultimately leading to an overflow of dogs and cats in neighbouring municipalities. According to the [...]

With the provincial election upon us, Toronto’s Davenport riding is in for a shakeup as a new candidate enters the fray: Lucky, Felis catus siamensis. Presumably asking for a ballot write-in, Lucky’s campaign statement outlines a concern with the declining quality of life in Toronto’s neighbourhoods, and promises to bring accountability to the riding. “If [...]