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Torontoist is ending the year by naming our Heroes and Villains of 2007––the people, places, and things that we've either fallen head over heels in love with or developed uncontrollable rage towards over the past twelve months. Get your dose, starting Boxing Day and running into the new year, three times a day––sunrise, noon, and sunset.

With gravel paths and ivy exterior all in shadows, Factory Mainspace at night is the intimate ideal home for Corrina Hodgson’s Simply Told. By turns both bold and fragile, this father-daughter dialogue explores the nature of truth (or truths) in family dynamics. Tense from the outset, the blunt emotional honesty on display builds until audience members are shifting in discomfort.

A 69-year-old Newmarket man scaled Mount Everest, making him the oldest Canadian to conquer the peak. Makes you feel kind of guilty for wheezing at the top of the staircase, eh?

Recently, the Toronto Sun reported that over 500 pit bulls have been killed since the breed was banned sixteen months ago. With temperatures in Toronto well below freezing, those still lucky enough to be alive are suffering due to their salt-ridden and frozen paws, unable to lick them because of the muzzles on their faces.

Raptors fans have had to suffer a lot of humiliation over the last few years: There was the Vince Carter trade debacle, there was the night that Kobe Bryant dropped 81 points, and there was the 1-15 start last season that had ESPN speculating that the Raptors might be one of the worst teams in NBA history. But, the absolute low-point for the franchise came on the afternoon of October 16, 2005 in a pre-season exhibition game against Maccabi Tel Aviv, the Euroleague Champions. Tel Aviv’s Anthony Parker (who is now a Raptor) nailed a last-second jump shot to down the Raps 105-103. It is the only time that an international squad has ever beaten an NBA team on North American soil.

Toronto can't seem to keep its trash out of trouble. Those giant sidewalk trash bins aren't generating enough in ad revenue to honour their $1-million-a-year payout to the city, so now what? Well, bids for Toronto's street furniture contract are still being accepted. The winning companies will be supplying garbage bins, bus shelters and bike racks for no cost, but will reap the benefits of the "furniture"'s potential adspace.

There were four shootings this weekend including a fatal one near Don Mills and Eglinton. Police say they're also encountering resistance from witnesses and victims which is making their investigation much harder.

Also there had to be some reaction to Kobe Bryant's 81 points.