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Toronto's extensive work on the silver screen reveals that, while we have the chameleonic ability to look like anywhere from New York City to Moscow, the disguise doesn't always hold up to scrutiny. Reel Toronto revels in digging up and displaying the films that attempt to mask, hide, or—in rare cases—proudly display our city.

“That’s something you won’t find at Loblaws,” said Frank Yip, as he gestured toward the delectable-looking barbecued meats hanging behind glass at the deli. He’s right; though a staple in Chinatown, it’s a tantalizing display that might be unfamiliar to Toronto citizens used to a more typical grocery shopping experience. It’s also the perfect welcome to T&T Supermarket—the new best friend of Portlands-area foodies.

How cool would it be if you could design a Toronto city street from scratch, top to bottom? How wide would it be? How many lanes? Would it have a streetcar? A bike lane? Would the buildings along it be residential, retail, or mixed?

...a TTC bus was hijacked earlier this afternoon, and the details as of right now are sketchy at best. According to City, a man boarded a bus at 12:30pm at around Bay and Wellesley, rode it down to Front and Bay, and then -- and this is particularly significant -- only when the bus was empty except for himself and the driver did he pull a gun. "From Bay the vehicle went eastbound to Cherry St., north on Cherry to Queen St., and east from there to Church St" (City's final directions are wrong, however, since Cherry is east of Church, not west). The suspect got off the bus and "took off" on foot. The man is a white male, in his 40s, 6'1", and was wearing a black suede jacket, jeans and a red hat.

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When I was living in Vancouver, I had a roommate purchase a few strange canned beverages at the T&T supermarket on the edge of Chinatown. He put them in all the housemates' Christmas stockings; someone got some wax gourd juice, I got a can of milky coffee with jelly which tasted like cold airplane coffee, but with little bits of unflavoured Jell-O floating in it. It was so disgusting that the only appropriate thing to do was pour it into the popsicle maker, put it in the freezer and forget about it.

Then you'll love Lake Ontario Park! At least, that would seem to be a reasonable assumption. However, if you're looking for more reassurance (recommended), the Toronto Waterfront Revitalization Corporation (or, NAMBLA) is hosting a public forum on their plans for "Lake Ontario Park," which is to be "one of Toronto's great new park spaces and a defining destination for the city," running from the Portlands (Cherry St. south of the Distillery District) in the west to the RC Harris Treatment Plant at the foot of Victoria Park Ave in the east.

We rarely do an Extra, Extra, but tonight's an exception for two reasons: first, two major crime events -- a bus hijacking and a shooting -- happened in downtown Toronto over the past twenty-four hours that merit mentioning; and second, in each story the facts are getting lost along the way and, as usual, the media is muddling the details of what actually (seems to have) happened. It's our goal in this recap to try to synthesize and clarify all the information coming in, as well as point out some holes in the coverage that's out there so far. If you spot a mistake that we make, please let us know in the comments with a link to whatever source you're getting your info from, and we'll correct ourselves.

Les organisateurs du Cirque du Soleil ont toujours su émerveiller leurs audiences à travers leurs multiples spectacles. L’été dernier, c’est Allegria qui posait ses pieds pour la première fois dans la ville reine. Cette fois-ci, un spectacle un peu plus différent y est proposé : Cavalia.