Sure, Torontonians are notorious for bitching about our city, but we bitch because we love! Complaining about garbage pickup or graffiti is a whole process, however, and sometimes it’s just not worth the time to bother hunting down the appropriate department by email or navigating a phone tree. Pittsburghers also have a lot to complain [...]

This what a bioterrorist looks like, according to the FBI. Dr. Steven Kurtz (right) is a Professor of Art at SUNY Buffalo and member of Critical Art Ensemble (CAE), an art and theatre collective co-founded by Kurtz and his late wife, Hope. In May 2004, the Kurtzes were preparing a piece called Free Range Grains, which allowed participants to test food for the presence of genetically modified organisms, when Hope died of heart failure...

One month into the new NHL season, and this much is obvious: the Toronto Maple Leafs are a mystery, wrapped in an enigma, dressed in the league’s silly new jerseys. The Leafs are scoring more often than your younger sister, but they’re also leaking goals at a potentially historic rate. They’ve lost two games by [...]

Would road tolls on the Gardiner and DVP discourage car use and help prevent climate change? How about banning leaf blowers and gas mowers? Toronto City Council discusses the city’s long term environmental plan. “Il Fornello launches Ontario-only menu.” This means that you can only eat there if you’re from Ontario. Or that they only [...]

Canada’s second-last WWI veteran dies at 106. Percy Dwight Wilson (pictured) lied about his age to enlist in the army at the age of fifteen. Is that not amazing? Torontoist thinks that’s amazing! Provincial Grits to announce a green energy plan that will be more aggressive than the federal Tory plan. The announcement is scheduled [...]

The Liberal Party narrowly wins a minority government in Quebec. The ADQ came in a very close second, and Mario Dumont will be the official opposition leader when the Quebec National Assembly reconvenes. Many voters expressed their dissatisfaction with Premier Jean Charest, expressing their desire for a premier who looks less like Gene Wilder circa [...]

Do either of these ads say “Toronto” to you? Captions: at left, “Do you think I need a breast reduction?”, at right: “Tonight I’m not Susan. Call me Antoinette.” They’re the city’s new “T.O. Live With Culture” ads. Made from leftover money from the Live With Culture budget, they are supposed to target American tourists: [...]

The CBC points out that three people were murdered in a matter of hours this Sunday. First, a man was run over and then hacked to death by machete. Second, a 22-year old man was found by his parents in their backyard. Third, a man was found shot in the head in a Parkdale rooming [...]

Despite prior controversy, this news is too good to let pass. Sunday was a sad day for The Jays as they capped a nice winning streak with a 11-6 loss to the Philadelphia Phillies. Ouch. But it’s not all bad news for the boys in blue. Five Jays have been chosen to play in the [...]

Newmindspace specializes in throwing irreverent, collective urban events. What qualifies as irreverent in a city as quirky as Toronto? How about a giant easter egg hunt, giant game of urban capture the flag, giant subway (and streetcar) parties, and giant pillow fights? No matter what they’re doing, the focus is on getting people – lots [...]

The Toronto Maple Leafs looked like a real team this past weekend. After a hard fought shootout loss to the New York Islanders on Friday, they went on to capture their third point in two nights, defeating the defending Stanley Cup Champion Tampa Bay Lightning 5-1 at the Air Canada Centre. After avoiding a trade [...]

“Rock ‘n’ Roll novelist” Kevin Hainey (of Toronto) brings zinester Andrew Mall (of Chicago) and poet Jessica Manack (of Pittsburgh) to the Gladstone Hotel (of Toronto) for a Saturday night reading in the Art Bar. The Perpetual Motion Roadshow is “an indie press touring circuit, an unholy combination of a vaudevillian variety show and a [...]