Results tagged “corrections”

Spare a thought for any Calgary Flames fans in your life: no sooner had their team snapped a nine-game losing streak then it dealt a marquee player to a team the majority of Flames fans detest. more ›

For the first time in months since the altercation that led to the death of bike courier Darcy Allan Sheppard on August 31 last year, and since he was charged with criminal negligence causing death and dangerous operation of a motor vehicle for it, former Ontario Attorney General Michael Bryant spoke semi-publicly today—but not about that. more ›

Artists, art organizations, and community leaders came together to celebrate the launch of the Neighbourhood Arts Network at the Harbourfront Centre on Wednesday evening. The Neighbourhood Arts Network is exactly what its name suggests—a centralized network through which neighborhoods and artists can come together to create, discover, and support community art. more ›

For more than a century, Dufferin Street’s detour along Peel and Gladstone avenues—commonly known as the Dufferin Jog—has been a defining feature of West Queen West, and an ever-growing nuisance for vehicles (especially TTC buses), nearby residents, and developers. The jog first came into existence in 1884, when Dufferin Street was cut in half to make room for the railway lines that currently run over Queen Street West. Since 1966, the City has had plans on the books to eliminate the jog, but the Dufferin Street underpass was only given the go-ahead recently due in part to West Queen West’s redevelopment. more ›

The death of thirty-eight-year-old Juliette Robinson on Monday brought the total number of pedestrian deaths due to road accidents in the GTA to fourteen, an unprecedented number less than a month into the new year. The Toronto Star has mapped out the locations of the deaths, including eight in the central Toronto area alone. Many reasons have been proposed for the spike in deaths, from media coverage to weather conditions, all of which will be debated by City Council on Wednesday. One option, says Councillor Bill Saundercook (Ward 13, Parkdale-High Park), the head of Toronto's Pedestrian Committee, is to lower speed limits in each ward's problem streets. more ›

The latest GTA scandal, now called "TTZZZzzzzgate," has gripped the viral world by storm—or should we say snore. By now you've probably all seen the photo of George Robitaille, the infamous "TTC Napper," on the front page of sources like The Star. When Robitaille took that ill-fated catnap, he became an icon for all that frustrates TTC users and an object of entertainment for Photoshop enthusiasts alike. But Robitaille, a TTC employee for thirty years, has medical conditions that can explain his snooze, but he's nevertheless very sorry—especially to all the other employees getting shut-downs for his shut-eye. But it doesn't seem like they're too bothered, as another booth operator was caught sleeping on the job on Friday. Still, the Amalgamated Transit Union says we're the ones that should be ashamed. more ›

Since the day that Mayor David Miller announced that he would not be seeking reelection, Adam Giambrone has been included on any list of potential candidates to replace him: to replace Miller as mayor, and to replace him also as the standard-bearer of the left at City Hall. We have just learned that Giambrone will soon make good on the rumours and the speculation and launch his candidacy in just over a week, with a party at Revival. (It is expected that he will be filing his nomination papers at City Hall earlier that day.) more ›

Recycling and design collide as the new "Cut/Paste: Creative Reuse in Canadian Design" opened yesterday at the Royal Ontario Museum. In the exhibit Canadian creative design studio Motherbrand explores the way artists can create new designs from existing and salvaged products, illustrating the interplay between material history and contemporary design needs. The show has been installed in the Institute for Contemporary Culture display room, and coincides with the first annual Toronto International Design Festival. more ›

As you may have heard, Canadian folk music icon Kate McGarrigle, one-half of the legendary McGarrigle Sisters, has died after battling a rare form of cancer for three and a half years. The Montreal native was the mother of singers Rufus and Martha Wainwright. In addition to her musical and family legacy, McGarrigle leaves behind a fund for the research of rare cancers. She was sixty-three years old. more ›

MUSIC: Red Sky, the acclaimed Toronto-based dance and music group that is celebrating its tenth anniversary this year under the artistic direction of Sandra Laronde, is performing two shows in town before embarking on an international tour that will take them to the 2010 Vancouver Olympic Games and World Expo 2010 in Shanghai. Tono, which premiered as part of Luminato 2009, is a live music and dance performance that melds together the indigenous cultures of Canada, Mongolia, and China, amidst the themes of horse culture and shamanism. Tonight's performance features the music half of Tono—a trio of traditional Mongolian musicians in full regalia—along with local musician Rick Sacks. 197 John Street); Doors at 7 p.m., Show at 8 p.m.; $25. more ›

In the continuing saga of ignoring posted signage at the risk of hypothermia, the Post is taking sound bites from people at City Hall that could be construed as being in favour of permitting skating on Grenadier Pond in High Park (if they didn't explain why it isn't allowed): Councillor Kyle Rae (Ward 27, Toronto Centre-Rosedale), for example, has a problem with those damned bureaucratic bigwigs because they're "more interested in risk management than delivery of programs." (As in: they're more interested in making sure that people don't fall through the ice on their watch...the bastards.) Meanwhile, Brenda Patterson, general manager of parks (who, incidentally, has never been to the pond in question), first admitted that she didn't know if it was an appropriate skating option for the public before going on to state that there wasn't the staff available to maintain it even if it were. "What has happened here is that, as opposed to making a determination about to whether the ice is safe or unsafe," she continued, "the policy basically says that any natural body of water is inherently unpredictable and therefore unsafe." (Um, maybe because it's true?) But don't worry, kids: "The ice is fine," according to Peter Kuitenbrouwer. And if it isn't, we're sure he'll find some space on the front page for his writeup of your tragic demise. more ›

If you've been looking at the upcoming shows listed on the Toronto Centre for the Arts' website, you might have been perplexed to hear that Axl Rose was going to be tying on his bandana one more time for a three-night engagement at the North York theatre. But it's not actually Guns N' Roses, sweet children of ours, but Guns and Roses, a new play by local actor, playwright, and director Julian DeZotti. more ›

Shawn Micallef started hinting about his new project on Sunday with the first in a series of cryptic tweets. Micallef, who is a senior editor of Spacing Magazine and a public-space columnist for Eye Weekly, acknowledged that his social media tease campaign was pretty shameless. Even so, he refused to reveal anything about the mysterious new venture other than that it would be an online-only weekly magazine, written by and for Torontonians and 905-ers, that it would have nice pictures, and that it would launch on Wednesday. Well, today's Wednesday, and it just launched. Let's all welcome Yonge Street to the local online mediasphere. more ›

Truthfully, this bad-ass Cronenberg flick is a bit more of a Reel GTA than a Reel Toronto, per se. But enough of it was filmed in and around the city that we're happy to justify watching a good film for a change. more ›

Alden Cudanin, creator of Toronto Before, has been into history ever since a trip to Black Creek Pioneer Village with his mom in 1984. Hooked in 2001 by a collection of old photos of New York City juxtaposed with new photos taken of the same locations from the same perspectives, Cudanin told Torontoist, he "was amazed at how much of a change a city can go through over time and still keep many landmarks during its transformation." He started digging through old photos of Toronto in the City Archives and picking up old postcards from antique shows and eBay, and reshooting them. Like Jeff Low, who's particularly good at exploring the idea, Cudanin's a member of Urban Toronto, the forum whose Then & Now thread has more than 2,500 replies. more ›

Urban planner Steven Dale thinks Toronto is ready, absolutely primed, for a public transit ropeway. On that note, quick question: would a scenic, swaying ride on a gondola perched over the Don Valley be majestic, utopian, or just plain swell? Glen Murray, for one, thinks it could be all of the...above. O-ho! more ›

How soft on terrorists is too soft on terrorists? When we decide not to force them to pray to an open toilet, says the Metro. Unusually, the commuter paper ran a much longer article on the subject than their partner outlet, the Star, which they used to detail the shocking news that inmates aren't in perpetual solitary confinement and—and—sometimes they get to watch TV. Quick! Write your MP! more ›

If you want to put together a band, you need your head read. more ›

Yonge Street may not be the world's longest street, but as Ismail Atiev discovered when he set out to capture its length, it’s still pretty damn long. more ›

It's not hard to get a bunch of webheads together in Toronto. All you need to do is rent out the basement of the Drake Hotel, plug in a projector and a mic, and hold an origami competition. more ›

Imagine a place packed with your favourite books and toys—a place with no schedules, few rules, and filled with your best friends. Then, imagine if that place were destroyed overnight. The Children’s Storefront, a community based child-care centre located near Bathurst and Dupont for over thirty years, went up in flames on October 31. Now, the people who love it are trying to rebuild, beginning with a set of fundraising events. more ›

As of January 3, 2010, TTC fares will rise across the board. Well, almost. Here's what the Commission approved at their meeting this afternoon, all effective on the first Sunday of the new year: more ›

Egypt’s famed boy-king is gearing up to set off another bout of "Tut-mania" in Toronto. more ›

Kensington Market will soon be designated a BIA (that is, a business improvement area), pending near-certain approval by City Council this winter, according to a city staff report, released on Monday. A few area business owners have mixed feelings about the impending designation, but many see it as the best way of ensuring the future of the chaotic little neighbourhood in the heart of Toronto. more ›

Our pets are catching the swine flu! And not just our pet swine! Confirmed cases of housepets gettin' sick with H1N1 are giving us some kibble for thought today. Maybe it's time to make some new flu-naming rules, though, because this is pretty complicated. While humans can't get equine flu from a horse, apparently we might be able to catch swine flu from a parrot and then give it to our cat. Dogs are virtually people-flu proof, but humans deliberately infect ferrets with our influenza germs. Rabbits are just a total wild card. And don't even get us started on the iguanas. People are being cautioned to take steps to protect their pets from the Pig, but the vaccine is still for humans only—felix no can haz. more ›

Shall we begin today's Newsstand in the gutter? (Were you expecting anything less?) Yesterday, the Executive Committee approved the application of the savings gleaned from this summer's city strike to offset a 2% rate hike in our garbage fees. Sounds good, right? Well, the mayor doesn't think so. "I thought they were taking a short-term gain for long-term pain," he lamented. "I thought cancelling the rate increase this year means that the increase next year will have to be over 4%." Councillor Pam McConnell, on the other hand, is lamenting the fact that the green-bin program will now take longer to implement, citing "pent up desire on behalf of residents...to be able to participate." And with that quote, you know in what direction today's news is going to go... more ›

Remember Giorgio Mammoliti? The guy who, according to previous Newsstands, names streets after people who contribute to his campaigns, traps cats and says that gays make bad parents, and is now running for mayor with a platform of red-light districts and casinos? Well, now he wants to shut down a bunch of Toronto spas! Sheesh, Giorgio, didn't you read in the Sun today that Torontonians are 4% more stressed than everyone else? Don't you think we could use a little "me time"? Wait...whut? What kind of spas, you say? Oh. Never mind... more ›

We have to admit we kind of like Fever Pitch. Sure, it's a formulaic rom-com, but it's a lot better than what we typically have to sit through. More to the point, it makes such great use of its Boston locations (particularly the stuff in and around Fenway Park) that you would hardly know how much of it was shot here. more ›

In 1993, CPG (Community Programs Group) began publishing The New Jr. Jays Magazine, an eclectic mix of baseball, sci-fi, health and safety tips, and overt product placement. The magazine was designed to develop the Jays’ younger fan base, and featured comics, baseball articles, interviews with fans and players, and movie, book, and video game reviews. For only five dollars a year, Jr. Jays club members received four issues, a personalized membership card, and several Topps baseball cards. In the words of Ed Conroy, the publisher of The Magazine, a monthly magazine for kids, and a former Jr. Jays writer, "You couldn’t make something like this today." more ›

ART: The Metropolitan United Church donated a thirty-by-sixty-foot exterior wall of its own building to a handful of international graffiti artists (Chor Boogie, Siloette, Elicser, and Mediah) so that they may paint a collaborative interpretation of faith. The United Church of Canada’s website, WonderCafe.ca, hosts the wall’s "Paint Your Faith" unveiling today. Various faith and art activities accompany the reveal, including fresh blank canvases for the inspired. Oh, and there’s music, refreshments, and a barbecue, too. Metropolitan United Church (56 Queen Street East), Saturday, 12–4:30 p.m., FREE. more ›