Torontoist is ending the year by naming our Heroes and Villains of 2007––the people, places, and things that we've either fallen head over heels in love with or developed uncontrollable rage towards over the past twelve months. Get your dose, starting Boxing Day and running into the new year, three times a day––sunrise, noon, and sunset. Walnut Hall was 2007's victim of demolition by neglect. The noble Georgian townhomes stood for over 150 years at......

More than a week of protests in Toronto against the violence in Burma culminated last night with the Global March for the People of Burma. The demonstration began at 6:00 p.m. in front of the Chinese consulate on St. George Street before making its way to Queen's Park, where a vigil was led by monks from the city's Buddhist temples. According to the Toronto Star, hundreds heeded the call from Amnesty International and other......

If were anywhere near Jarvis and Dundas today, you were probably wondering if you've ever smelled anything so horrible, but one thing was certain: it was the smell of death. Late this morning, the Toronto Police Service were summoned to 276 George Street, just east of Jarvis, to investigate an intense smell of rot coming from an abandoned rooming house. What they discovered were more than a hundred dead sheep. Trying to make sense......

Due to gaping holes in St. George St. (Street George Saint, as the kids say) Street Beat has been denied a permit to hold a street festival on the University's campus on September 22nd. The fledgling street festival, a self-described "car free celebration", was created to address Toronto's failure to hold a meaningful Car Free Day in 2005. St. George Street was seen as a model pedestrian street with an abundance of food vendors,......