When the Information and Privacy Commissioner for Ontario published its guidelines for the use of video surveillance cameras in public places back in October 2001 [.PDF], it summarized that institutions considering their use "must balance the benefits of video surveillance to the public against an individual’s right to be free of unwarranted intrusion into his or her life. Pervasive, routine and random surveillance of ordinary, lawful public activities interferes with an individual’s privacy." As......

"Oh my God, my blow-up doll has been brutally murdered!" shrieked the young woman from the southeast corner of John and Richmond as she clutched her fake-blood-soaked inflatable companion. "My only friend, and someone brutally shot her! The horror! Why hasn't the police security camera done anything about it?!" Early Saturday afternoon, the Toronto Public Space Committee's Cameras in Public Spaces campaign performed this bit of street theatre in the Entertainment District. It was......

Daniel Quinn of Searching for Tao 4349.9 Kilometres From Home sent us the above image. He tells us: "I shot this at Broadview station on my way to work this morning. The ceiling is coming apart there and in a combination between the leaky roof and frozen weather, we're getting giganimous icicles."......

While trying to decide whether to be dazzled or mildly offended by the LED installations currently ornamenting The Bay's Queen Street store, Torontoist was taken aback to find that the dire predictions about a possible ripple effect have already become (partially) true, in that another building further south on Yonge has followed its lead by adorning its facade with its own light display – albeit one without the relative class of The Bay's. On......