Toronto came in 5th in the livability survey of the Economist Intelligence Unit, behind Vancouver, Melbourne, Vienna and Perth. While we can rightfully be proud of our score, it's kind of like being one of the kids who sits in the front of the room near the teacher while all the cool kids like New York and London are having a lot more fun down in the 40s and 50s. The Supreme Court has......

Thanks to Shanghaist Editor Dan Washburn for calling our attention to the latest Cost of Living Survey from the Economist Intelligence Unit, which rates 132 cities worldwide by how much it costs to live there. Toronto, for all our complaining, comes in as only 43rd most expensive, behind North American leader New York City at 28, and fellow Canucks Vancouver and Montreal at 34 and 36 respectively. Blame Honest Ed and all those dollar stores......

The Economist Intelligence Unit posted the results of their 'Most Liveable Cities' survey, and though Vancouver, Melbourne and Perth scooped top berth, Toronto made the top ten and garnered a 9th place finish. None too shabby considering our town's seemingly endless flow of mishap and bad luck of late. CBC Unplugged describes these rankings as less about most good, and more about least bad("the honour is based in large part on an absence of......