Entries from Torontoist tagged with 'giants'
February 10, 2008
Torontoist is one of fourteen cities in the worldwide Gothamist network. Each Sunday, the editors of every site—from LAist to Londonist—choose their most interesting article, a list which is compiled into the network-wide feature Elsewhere In The Ist-A-Verse. Gothamist was amazed after the Giants won the Super Bowl, the city went wild, and it witnessed a ticker-tape parade.Barack Obama drew 20,000+ ahead of Seattle’s Saturday caucus.Londonist had Super Tuesday too.Elusive guerrilla street artist Banksy revisited......
Continue Reading "Elsewhere in the Ist-a-Verse"February 4, 2008
Two men who went on a Hollywood-worthy crime spree Saturday night and Sunday morning are being sought in a carjacking, shooting, three robberies, and a high-speed police chase. Descriptions of the suspects have now been released—if this is you, please turn yourself in. What do you give the province that has everything? That's what Alberta politicians will be asking themselves, with a provincial election expected to be called there this week. Likely winners are......
Continue Reading "Thugs Run From Cops, Dr. Horror Runs From India, Patriots Don't Run Far Enough"January 21, 2008
The Star reports that TTC operators have a rate of post-traumatic stress disorder four times higher than Toronto police officers. The syndrome is often a result of witnessing, or becoming the victim of, physical violence, and is now the second leading cause of missed work days at the TTC. Arming operators a la Mad Max probably isn't the right solution, but hoping that the assholes who assault drivers will magically disappear may not be......
Continue Reading "TTC Drivers Stressed, Road Toll Plan Sure To Be Shot Down, Americans Can't Stop Politicking"June 14, 2007
Hamilton okays plan to adopt the Nashville Predators. Of course, the question of what their new name will be remains unanswered. Bear in mind the last time anybody got to suggest names for an Ontario sports team, one of the serious final choices was "Terriers." Because nothing says "bad-ass sports team" like a yappy little dog. Toronto's newest landfill site is a peach! Everybody loves it! It's the best open-air garbage dump ever! Atlantic provinces......
Continue Reading "Hamilton Gets Hockey, Atlantic Provinces Get The Shaft, And Toronto's Newest Dump Is Peachy Keen!"April 29, 2007
This week we'd like to congratulate the -ist network's Mother Hen, Gothamist's Jen Chung, who found herself a recipient of Wired Magazine's Wired Rave Award. If that doesn't sound terribly exciting, keep in mind another recipient was J.K. Rowling. Yep, that's right, the -ist network and Harry Potter now have something in common. Go us. Austinist has a chat with the ever-fashionable Golden Girl Rue McClanahan, and managed to catch some local fashionistas making......
Continue Reading "Elsewhere In The Ist-A-Verse"February 9, 2007
Depressed by the current deep freeze? Here’s something to make you feel warmer – next week, the boys of summer (or at least the pitchers and catchers) report for spring training for the Blue Jays’ 30th anniversary season. Simpsons was one of many businesses eager to show their support when the Jays prepared to take the field in 1977. The “Simpsons Dugout” concept almost sounds like the Olympic section at The Bay (also located on......
Continue Reading "Vintage Toronto Ads: Baseball's Back at the Simpsons Dugout"October 4, 2006
On this, the eve of the 2006-07 NHL season, take a moment and consider how unhealthy our relationship with hockey in this town is. Despite the fact you know the Leafs are gonna suck again this year (or at least let you down in the end), if a buddy offered you free greys to watch them play Columbus you'd rearrange your week and snap em up wouldn't you? Wouldn't you!? Well, despite the co-dependent relationship......
Continue Reading "Hockey Night in Suburbia"February 16, 2005
Over the past few weeks on Le Mercredi Mixtape, Torontoist has constructed several successful straw-man arguments, made a few ad-hominem attacks, and may have actually thought up some valid criticisms. But since there's too much free music and disparaging remarks to speak of this week, Torontoist abandons our essay format in favour of a more economical point form: - Did Pitchforkmedia steal excerpts from our interview with the Arcade Fire and then use them in......
Continue Reading "Guess Who's Out of Their Element Now? Mixtape"