As Best of 2006 lists wind down, First of 2007 lists are just getting started. After Toronto's post-celebration hangover wore off, the city took stock of its first firsts of the year. In Scarborough, a Malvern resident was arrested in relation to the First Homicide of 2007, and the newborn son of Patrick Thanaratnam and wife was awarded the honour of First GTA Baby of 2007. Kitchener teen and Newcastle United defender David Edgar celebrated......

As 2006 ends and 2007 begins, the -ists look back not at the past week, but at the past year. So here it is, your Best of 2006 Spectacular. And from all of us at the -ists, happy New Year! Austinist was all about controversy as new construction to increase urban density ran rampant in 2006, as did threats to the city's image from gigantic corporations looking to set up shop in town, leading to......