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Sarah Lazarovic––curator of the garage-based Montrose Portrait Gallery of Canada––is painting a portrait of a Torontonian (be they dog walkers, donut makers or Dan Levy) every day for one hundred days. Each Monday, we'll feature one of those portraits here.

Apparently 6% GST is still being charged in parking lots at Pearson airport, in spite of the fact that the tax was lowered to 5% on January 1. The overpricing is being blamed on a system glitch that is being "worked on," but in the meantime, the GTAA plans to keep the extra cash for themselves. A spokesperson explained, "If you don't like it, then you can fly out of another international airport in Toronto."

Rarely does a Toronto murder get such visceral international attention.

Jerry Falwell dead at 73. This is true: last week he appeared on CNN and told Christine Amanpour that he was praying for an additional twenty years of life to "complete his task" and that he felt optimistic about getting it. The moral here is that prayers are always answered, but that sometimes the answer is "no."

He was best known to children of the eighties as the iconic host of Canada's first major daily music video show, CFMT's Video Singles in 1983, which pre-dated MuchMusic and led to the legendary Toronto Rocks program on CityTV (click here for a clip of the intro). Perched before multiple TV screens on a tiny set, John Majhor's loose style and low-fi production would foreshadow the oft-copied format that CityTV would make famous over the next two decades. Majhor quickly became a pin-up veejay in the mid-80s, along with his MuchMusic compatriot J.D. Roberts, while Flashdance-style Toronto Rocks! sweatshirts became ubiquitous across the city.

organization, and as such not in the business of providing snuff films. If you want to see it, go to Fox or CNN, who both have it. No, no links. Torontoist is likewise not in the business of providing snuff films.

Le Drake hôtel a ouvert ses portes dans le quartier ouest de la rue Queen il y a environ un an. Pour ajouter à son style distinctif, les propriétaires du Drake se sont associés avec le magasin de jouets sexuels installé dans les mêmes environs depuis 1997, Come as you are (Venez tel quel), pour offrir à leur clientèle un service de chambre d’objets sexuels. Les clients peuvent alors commander pratiquement n’importe quel item disponible en magasin et le tout sera livré dans leur chambre en un clin d’œil. Les propriétaires du magasin Venez tel quel affirment d’ailleurs: « We're here to serve, literally.» Cette association a fait des ravages et on en a entendu parler dans le USA Today, CNN et même le New York Post. De quoi attirer beaucoup de curieux !

We have All Maple to thank for pointing us to this media matters medley of Canadian stereotyping. And if you don't already hate Tucker Carlson, Fox News, and the barely human Ann Coulter, well, this will alter that. Prejudice, while intolerable in and of itself, is nothing when compared to what Wolf Blitzer deems 'tongue-in-cheek' idiocy. Perhaps Torontoist needs to send a dog-sledding delegation down to Crossfire's studio. Please let us know if you want to come along.