J. K. Rowling to come to Toronto on her reading tour. It's her only Canadian stop, so expect an audience that is 30 percent younger readers and 70 percent aging, obsessive fanboys and fangirls, most desperately wanting an explanation as to why Sirius Black and Remus Lupin were not revealed to be secret gay lovers. By-elections happen, Liberals get trounced big-time. The NDP won Outremont—their second seat ever in Quebec, and the first time the......

Some game system made by some game company named Sony launched today. And sold out in about five minutes. The jury is still out on whether this will be a bigger letdown than The Phantom Menace was. Famous conservative economist Milton Friedman died yesterday at 94. Since John Kenneth Galbraith died six months ago and these things traditionally happen in threes, you'd better be careful if you're a world-famous economist! Re: Toronto traffic: we're......

I hope everyone has built their ark – it could get wet. Meteorologists are saying a month’s worth of rain – up to 75 mm – could fall upon Toronto over the next 36 hours. If Mel were still here he’d call in the army. Prime Minister Stephen Harper is going to meet Chinese President Hu Jintao. Wait a minute – no he’s not. Hold on – it looks like the two will meet after......