As if the mayor's political allegiances aren't clear enough, Miller and Ward 15 Councillor Howard Moscoe are renaming Roselawn Ave (near Dufferin and Eglinton) Tommy Douglas Ave. after the Greatest Canadian. They'll be unveiling the street sign tommorow at 1pm.......

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The letters pages of this month's issue of Masthead magazine are positively snark-laden. Taddle Creek's Editor-in-Chief sees fit to quibble with the high praise given Spacing Mag's buttons in last mo's issue for not using an authentic TTC font. But the actual backgrounds on the pins aren't real either - Designer Matt Blackett illustrated them to represent the look of the TTC stations - so it's a bit of a silly point of contention. That......

Breaking! Actually, this news is not breaking at all. TOist just wanted to know what it felt like to be Matt Drudge for a minute. And we do believe this item of government-sponsored gossip is hot, perhaps even hott. Why is Kiefer not playing the role of a lifetime, the role of his granddad's lifetime in the biopic of the latter? And who is the respected actor taking his place in the Saskatchewan-shot screen gem?......

Tommy Douglas may be CBC's Greatest Canadian but he wouldn't make the top three in his own province. Heck, with the popularity of Canadian Idol runner-up, Theresa Sokyrka , he might be bumped another spot. At No. 3 would be a certain folk singer who attended Aden Bowman high school and whose paintings have been exhibited in Saskatoon's Mendel Art Gallery. At No. 2, Floral, SK's Mr. Hockey. And topping the list would be the......

Why wasn't Dan Ackroyd CBC's 'Greatest Canadian?' The network's exercise in garish anointment (rightly) gave us Tommy Douglas as Prime Time star for the evening, but Dan's got the charisma and the c.v. too! Gawker's Scoop gives us the lowdown on Ackroyd's rampant America-hating, and just in time for the commander-in-chief's visit to Dan's home turf too. All this Krankery is, in TOist's opinion, perfect pr for Ackroyd's cranky new film, though Ms. Scoop doesn't......

Wear PET or bust! After a long-winded “showdown” last night, the big reveal of The Greatest Canadian airs tonight. No matter what the outcome of the CBC’s potentially petard-hoisting populist voting process (Don Cherry? really?), your fashion vote should be for Pierre Elliott Trudeau. The man, not the airport, who romanced Liona and Barbra and Bianca is undisputedly the most charming of the final contenders. This graphic Trudeau Tribute T-shirt, currently on sale for......

At first, it seemed a little odd that Toronto Argonauts' coach Mike "Pinball" Clemons was left off the CBC's "Greatest Canadian" search. This man has devoted his entire playing career to the CFL's Toronto Argonauts, and now has led the team to the Grey Cup final as a head coach. The case for Clemons as the "Greatest Canadian," however, is quickly derailed by the fact that he's from Florida. Still, Clemons has taken the underdog......