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TTC Expands Service, Sikh Doesn’t Want To Wear Helmet, and the Leafs Get Smacked Around

TTC promises more buses, new routes, candy. Okay, they’re not promising candy, but over the next year there will be gradual extra service along all of the TTC’s major routes to lessen the impact of crowding. In 2009: possibly we get candy. Speaking of the TTC, Dalton McGuinty wants to bring it under provincial control [...]

It’s Cold, Obama Wins Big, And Worst. Heist. EVER.

Extreme cold alert! Be forewarned that this extreme cold is not extreme in the sense of “it is totally radical like Doritos and Mountain Dew,” but rather extreme in the sense of “it can kill you if you stay out in it too long.” Environment Canada will discuss the prospects of the extreme cold’s effect [...]

Tories Strut, Romney Quits, Could You Have Sexsomnia And Not Know It?

The Tory minority government is double-dog-daring the Opposition to force an election over their crime bill. Prediction: Stéphane Dion will grumble and pretend he doesn’t care, Jack Layton will howl impotently, and the Bloc will negotiate another billion dollars for folk-dancing in Rimouski. Stephen Harper is truly the alpha Parliamentarian in this bunch. Did you [...]

Weather Blows, Super Tuesday Super Inconclusive, Carjackers Gone Wild

The weather continues to suck in Toronto as today promises more snow, sleet, rain and just about every other damn unpleasant thing that can fall out of the sky short of a hail of radioactive meteorites. On the other hand, the central U.S. suffered a rash of tornadoes yesterday that killed at least 27 people, [...]

Kennedy Station Still FUBAR, Super Tuesday Race is On, and Sir John A. Is A Hot Commodity

Kennedy Station will remain closed today, at least for the morning. So, if you live in Scarborough, enjoy those shuttle buses. It’s Super Tuesday! Barack Obama is closing the gap with Hillary Clinton in a number of key states, most notably California. Meanwhile, the Republican race is boiling down to a dogfight between Mitt Romney, [...]

Nuke Safety Chief Gets The Axe, Mitt Romney Gets The Nod, John Ferguson Gets A Stay Of Execution

Government fires head of Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission Linda Keen. However, it is understandable, considering that Ms. Keen went public about government interference in her job and threats of being fired if she shut down the Chalk River reactor for being potentially unsafe. We mean, you can’t say she wasn’t warned that her bosses were [...]

Call In The Army!, Jacques Hebert Passes On, and Germany No Place For Nancy Cartwright

City councillor wants to bring in the army—literally—to fight gangs. Torontoist ultimately decided to link to the Star's version of this story over Holy Shit Somebody Actually Said That Weekly. You are welcome. Mitt Romney delivers passionate speech defending religious plurality in America. The gist of the speech is thus: "Don't be intolerant of me because I am a Mormon; be intolerant of those agnostics and atheists over there who should not even be...