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This film should have been great, what with honourary Torontonian Sam Jackson and the cool special effects and all. The filmmakers also went all out, filming in Tokyo, Egypt, Rome, and…Peterborough. That's right—no matter how exotic you get, you can't make a film this flawed without giving Toronto and the GTA a little love!

       

One week after four llamas, a yak, and a wallaby escaped from High Park Zoo, Torontoist is pleased to report that all animals are absolutely fine following their midnight jaunt.

It was to be expected. In Friday's Vandalist, we featured a door that somehow found its way into High Park fully intact, complete with a yellow "Dog Inside" sticker. First spotted by Torontoist photographer Nick Kozak on the morning of Wednesday, July 22, the door stood its ground fully intact for one and a half weeks—until the night of Friday's Vandalist, when someone smashed its glass to pieces. Of course, there's no telling for sure if our article led to the smashup, but given the fury that every street-art post here tends to provoke, we wouldn't be surprised if that rage hopped offline and into the real world.

Once a week, Vandalist features some of the most interesting street art and graffiti from around Toronto. You should contribute.

                        

As we previously reported, the cherry blossoms in High Park are in full bloom. A visit to the grove of trees adjacent to Grenadier Pond—even among the crowds poking cameras and children at the trees—is a delightful way to get into the right mood for spring, and the blooms should be around until the end of the week. During this time, the slightest gust of wind will lift petals off the trees in a blizzard of cherry snow (that makes twirling around like you're a three-year-old a must!)

Change has come to America High Park—the cherry blossoms there are blooming now, right now, as you read this. Photographer Ron Miyanishi, apparently taking a few moments off documenting the Pape Poet, snapped the two photos above with his Polaroid Land 104 camera yesterday. Our own Miles Storey is jetting to the scene soon; you may remember his beautiful set of photos from last year. Spacing just caught the University of Toronto's blossoms blooming, too.

High Park Toboggan Runs, ca. 1906-1910. City of Toronto Archives, Fonds 1244, Item 438."

Toronto's extensive work on the silver screen reveals that, while we have the chameleonic ability to look like anywhere from New York City to Moscow, the disguise doesn't always hold up to scrutiny. Reel Toronto revels in digging up and displaying the films that attempt to mask, hide, or—in rare cases—proudly display our city.

             

Fall seems to breeze by all too quickly between summer and winter. The first snow flurries have already fallen on the city and the chill in the wind only makes us think of the hardship to come. However, the season is punctuated by a wonderful display of colour that is often missed by those of us working and living in the city. For an accessible fix of it, High Park is well-worth a visit at this time of year; the leaves are reaching peak colour in the next few days.

In the run-up to our favourite national pastime of electioneering, Torontoist profiled some of the most closely contested ridings in the GTA, looking for the bellwethers and offering snapshots of electoral districts in transition. Today we survey the outcomes of those races.

SPORTS: Join Red Bull Street Style today at the Great Hall for the National Street Style Finals. Sixteen soccer-trick stars will compete to become Canada's freestyle soccer champion, with the winner advancing to the Red Bull Street Style Worlds Finals next month in Brazil. The Great Hall (1087 Queen Street West), 3:30 p.m., FREE.

Photo of Carolyn Bennett by Jerad Gallinger/Torontoist.

Torontoist is officially in election mode. In the run-up to the big day, we'll be profiling some of the most closely contested ridings in the GTA, looking for the bellwethers and offering snapshots of electoral districts in transition.

Overheard by reader Hamish Grant in High Park. A man is talking to his wife near Grenadier Pond. A jogger runs by them.

The mothers of murder victims Oliver Martin and Dylan Ellis went public yesterday pleading for information to help find the person responsible for their son's deaths. Hope it's not going to be that kind of summer.

One of the highlights of spring in Toronto, High Park's cherry trees are blossoming. The trees, donated to the city by the citizens of Tokyo, are located in a sloping grove near Grenadier Pond and are a wonderful sight at this time of year. The trees are approximately 80% in bloom at the moment, making this weekend the perfect time to visit, as long as heavy rain doesn't destroy these delicate flowers.

In the midst of Toronto's condo madness, it becomes clear that the only thing sacred is the almighty dollar. If a space can be broken up and parceled out, a developer will appear instantly to stake out the territory.

Beyond its picnic areas, tennis courts and manicured gardens, High Park is a thriving ecosystem. The Western Ravines and Beaches Discovery Walk explores some of the park’s wild areas, as well as some of the neighbouring regenerated wetlands.

With this year's Toronto International Film Festival kicking into high gear, it seems appropriate to look back to the advertising for its tenth edition, back in the days when it was known as the Festival of Festivals.

Contributor Tony Makepeace is taking us for some spins around our city with his fantastic VR panoramas. You can look up, down, side to side, in and out—pretty much every direction but back at yourself, which would be kind of creepy. Say hello to Panoramaist: the Toronto shoe-gazer's worst enemy. Click the preview image above to launch the QuickTime VR panorama in a separate full-screen browser window. Panoramaist is best viewed on a fast computer....

About every two weeks, Torontoist looks to fill up all the square feet in your abode. Eschewing the Ikea catalogue, delve into the unique design shops, interesting sales, and easy do-it-yourself projects that can be found scattered throughout Toronto.

A month ago, Torontoist brought you "Great News About the Revue Cinema"—remember? We're not the type to leave our readers hanging, so we have an update!

Tonight, The Fifteenth Annual Scream Literary Festival launches its six-day festival with readings by Dennis Lee and Souvankham Thammavongsa at The Gladstone Ballroom. Performances by George Elliot Clarke, and robots belonging to Shapour Shahidi are also promised, and it sounds like audience members are invited to make art with weird, old science textbooks. This year's festival “considers the strange alchemy of poetry and science, through readings, panels, and performances.”

MP Peggy Nash and MPP Cheri DiNovo protest the closing of Toronto's swimming pools.

Artist Damien Hirst's diamond-studded skull reminded us that we used to live across the street from a lady who kept a magical Mayan crystal skull in her house. Which got us to thinking about other spooky things. So we've compiled a list of ten, supposedly haunted places in the city. Make your own ghost walk and if you do actually see a spirit, please let us know.