SOFTBALL: The boys (and gals) of summer aren’t quite done yet, despite the downturn in the weather! The High Park Club is celebrating 100 years of recreation (especially curling), but also 20 years of softball play. There’ll be “Young Lion” and “Old Lion” exhibition games going on this evening, followed by a barbecue back at [...]

If you were a baseball fan in Toronto during the summer of 1981, the best place to catch a game was a neighbourhood diamond. The Blue Jays played so poorly during the first half of the season that when major league players went on strike in mid-June, it was a relief to long-suffering fans (the team lost 11 straight games before the walkout). While the Blue Jays didn’t make it to the World Series, Toronto was home to championship baseball action that October thanks to the effort of the Cabbagetown Group Softball League (CGSL) to bring the fifth edition of the Gay Softball World Series (GSWS) to the city’s east side.

Honest Ed’s turkey giveaway successful like always. Which, Torontoist supposes, is not technically “news,” but considering the rest of today’s actual news, we felt it appropriate to lead off with a softball. Canada to encourage “constructive” emissions agreement at the Bali climate change summit. Since this is John Baird we’re talking about here, expect “constructive” [...]

Shanghaiist probably knows a little more about China than the Chicago Sun-Times. Giving them the benefit of the doubt on that one. The city does to have a music scene. Don’t even front like they don’t. They also have Dorito bananas and white guys shopping for wives. What they don’t have is any more tolerance [...]

Upon Friday evening’s return from our antipodean adventure, Torontoist wasted no time thoroughly re-immersing ourself into Canadian culture. Thanks to an irresistibly random invitation from a friend, we followed up the afore-posted theatrical romp through Canadian history with a round of late-night curling. It should be noted that Torontoist had never curled before, generally preferring [...]