This what a bioterrorist looks like, according to the FBI. Dr. Steven Kurtz (right) is a Professor of Art at SUNY Buffalo and member of Critical Art Ensemble (CAE), an art and theatre collective co-founded by Kurtz and his late wife, Hope. In May 2004, the Kurtzes were preparing a piece called Free Range Grains, which allowed participants to test food for the presence of genetically modified organisms, when Hope died of heart failure......

Torontoist is one of fourteen cities in the worldwide Gothamist network. Once a week, the editors of each site—from LAist to Londonist—compile some of their most interesting posts into a brief blurb. It's Elsewhere In The Ist-A-Verse, and it appears, across the network, every Sunday. Austinist attended a town hall meeting about proposed noise ordinances that could undermine the city's future as the Live Music Capital of the World, and lamented the possible loss of......

This is what you won't be mistaking for a dime in your pocket anymore: the TTC's new token. While the old token was incredibly easy to counterfeit and felt of a lesser quality than a Chuck E. Cheese coin, the new one looks a little more official and is virtually impossible to counterfeit, according to the TTC. The Commission won't tell us exact details about the token's constitution, but since the coin is recognized electronically......

Are you ready for the ‘real’ Toronto? According to some immigrant Russian kid from Nyzhny Novgorod (hello, girlfriend, Russia is so hot this season), has filmed a documentary-style DVD called ‘Real Toronto’, showing a slice of gangs, guns, n’ violence in the PJs of Toronto. TOist hasn’t seen it yet, but these "target="new">guys have. Overall, the evidence on this DVD just goes to show that Toronto DOES have some edge! We’re a world-class city, goddamnit!......

In a neat parallel of the recent outing of Deep Throat, John Barber goes all investigative on us and unearths the actual designer of the city's bike posts. And rather like the dismay we felt upon learning DT was just a Hooverite FBI cog, and not, say, Elizabeth Taylor, we're kind of bummed that, despite insider sources to the contrary, Jack L. had no hand in the design of these rather matter of fact city......