With the holiday season upon us, local media is full of advice on how to celebrate. From picking the best Christmas tree to a litany of gift guides, there is no shortage of tips. We like to draw our inspiration for holiday cheer from the history, even though it requires traditionalists to wade through pages [...]

A scandal seems to be brewing over the conduct of Tuxedo Limousines after many people complained that the company was shitty and acted in bad faith. Interestingly, many of the people who hired limos through Tuxedo paid the company in cash, in parking lots or gas stations. This only confirms many of Torontoist’s longstanding personal [...]

Raising banners, flags, and fists, a polyglot crowd descended on the U.S. Consulate with a deafeningly simple point: “Kosovo Je Srbije”—Kosovo is Serbia. Saturday’s demonstration comes on the heels of Kosovo’s secession from Serbia, a move that has sparked outrage among Serbs and many in the international community. Despite this, Kosovo’s declaration of independence on [...]

The highly-respected British science journal Nature has called the Harper government’s record on science and the environment “dismal.” The PM was unavailable for comment yesterday, as he was in an emergency cabinet meeting called after Wednesday night’s lunar eclipse to determine why the moon had disappeared. An independent panel of experts has come up with [...]

It’s Boxing Day! Go spend money! If you don’t, Canada’s economy will suffer and it will all be your fault! You probably don’t even own all the seasons of Buffy the Vampire Slayer on DVD yet, do you? You slacker. Turkey explains how well its airstrikes in Kurdish Iraq have worked. Short answer: they worked [...]

You may remember our coverage of the excellent Vice film Heavy Metal in Baghdad. A documentary following the Iraqi heavy metal band Acrassicauda, we reviewed it at TIFF and called it “one of our top films of the festival” before interviewing one of the directors, Suroosh Alvi. Although Acrassicauda have since managed to escape Iraq [...]

Here’s hoping you bagged yourself a nice turkey for this Thanksgiving weekend. While we’re talkin’ turkey here, Torontoist is already savouring this hearty holiday meal. Turkey and stuffing, mashed potatoes and gravy, assorted veggies. Just remember to save room for dessert: a slice of pumpkin pie topped with whipped cream. Illustration by Kevin McBride.

Ed Mirvish: theatre tycoon, city hero and…turkey giveaway guru? People lined up overnight outside Honest Ed’s for the 19th Annual Turkey Giveaway on Sunday. Now approaching age 93, Ed himself was sadly not in attendance, but son David Mirvish took over greeting duties. City Homicide #64, if you’re keeping track: 26-year-old Mississauga resident, Dennis Kwame [...]

A hint to the cuisinarily-challenged: the Fairmont Royal York hotel offers a special Turkey to Go for 4, 8, or 12 people on Thanksgiving at extremely reasonable prices ($115-$295). It’s Thanksgiving dinner just like mom used to make…if your mom is a mega luxury hotel chain. More importantly, for every Turkey to Go purchased, the [...]

Guardian columnist Timothy Garton Ash argues in his latest column that he wants Canada to join the European Union and that he came to this conclusion after seeing the multicultural and happy World Cup celebrations here in Toronto. Driving through Toronto last week I saw a shiny black 4×4 with an English flag sticking out [...]

What’s that you say? We didn’t manage to give you any picks for this Monday? Ahem, well, oops? Let’s pretend there wasn’t anything really on, eh? Not that we were too busy going to screenings to write about them or something. But if we were too busy going to see screenings instead, here are a [...]

-Bon Jovi’s plane skidded off a Hamilton runway this weekend. Fortunately, everyone is fine, which means it’s ok to make Slippery When Wet jokes. -No one is making any Slippery When Wet jokes about the horrible accident on the 401 this morning. Be careful out there. -It’s not exactly a heist of the Louvre, but [...]