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. "Take that word 'homeless' out, and use the word 'Jewish.' Would we be studying whether Jewish people could come......

Each week, Torontoist shows off the most interesting, creative, and cool submissions to our Torontoist Flickr Pool. We're especially partial to photos that show our city in a new light, highlight a recent event, and remind us why we live here. Join the Flickr pool and show us what you've got. York StreetBY HENRY ROXAS Autumn LeavesBY MICGORMIT little-courtyardBY HESITATION head in the cloudsBY SYNCROS ChristineBY TORONTOGAL PHOTOS DialogueBY .STEFFIE C. Urban Shadow BoxerBY EYELINE-IMAGERY......

Sunday afternoon is the Toronto Public Space Committee's third annual Human River Walk, a trek along the course of the buried Garrison Creek, from Christie Pits to Fort York in a parade of blue, symbolically bringing the river back above ground for one beautiful afternoon. Along the route, there will be music, performances, and stories about the history of the creek, the neighbourhoods, the trees, and Toronto's stormy relationship with its water. But, above......

Torontoist has been saying for years that City Council provides better bang for your buck than any other piece of live entertainment in this city. At absolutely no cost (unless you count, you know, taxes), you can attend this extravaganza that combines the spectacle and epic scale of a mega-musical with the manic energy of a really good Fringe show. Each run lasts two consecutive days a month but is often held over to......

Hopefully the success of the Dupont-Spadina message board that Torontoist previously reported on will spur some other neighbourhoods to have a go. In the meantime, with the original board filled to the brim, it's kindly been replaced by a fresh canvas. That's right—part deux is up and running, and it's another good medley of confessionals, illustrations, and generally happy springtime thoughts, save for the poor soul who was, shall we say, rooster-checked out of......

The Toronto Public Space Committee's excellent new Municipal Elections website contains a veritable treasure trove of information about each candidate in the 2006 election (and a pretty sexy Google maps mashup). The site also features sometimes-hilarious quotations from and anecdotes about our to-be-elected officials in poster format. We have selected some gems from the site for your reading pleasure: Ward 20: "[Adam Vaughan] is on record as wanting to gate alleyways in the ward, including......

The last time a vote was this close the Supreme Court had to be called in. Last night's Downtown and East York final for City Idol went to three ballots and a run-off before Desmond Cole (shown here in between Boy Reporter and fellow finalist Karen Sun) was picked by a raucous crowd at Lula Lounge to be downtown Toronto's first City Idol. Cole will be running in Ward 20 alongside former TV broadcaster......

Come next Tuesday, Toronto will have its first four City Idol winners. Last weekend part-time Grad student and Ministry of the Environment employee Bahar Aminvaziri won the title of City Idol for North York. She's declared that she's running in crowded Ward 26, vacated by Mayoral candidate Jane Pitfield. This Saturday, Scarberians will be picking their own City Idol. The event starts at 6:30pm at the Scarborough Civic Centre. Monday sees the final for......

The Apple Store Yorkdale will feature the second Toronto Area Photobloggers event on Sunday, February 26th at 6:30pm. Presenters include Chris and Jessica of istoica, Payam Rajabi of ColourBlind.ca, Irina Souiki of StillMemory.ca, Sam Javanrouh of Daily Dose of Imagery, Shahin Edalati of Foto Project, and Taku Kumabe of media smaku with the latest issue of U&IMagazine. Plus, arrive by 6:30 pm and receive a 10% off Full Retail Price coupon good for anything......

Tonight, photopia photoblogger HiMY SYeD invites the city to join a moment of silence and candlelight vigil for all victims of gun violence in 2004 2005. He attemted a vigil last Tuesday, 24 hours after the shooting, and has since regrouped for a more organized effort. A website, with a blog, pictures and information, has been set up for the event by Mr. Syed. More details about the vigil and moment of silence: -......

Artist and photoblogger HiMY SYeD likes to claim Woodbine Beach as his canvas. See him do so tonight as he creates a lantern work of art monument to spell out Nagasaki Hiroshima. The Full Circle project is an offshoot of a series of events taking place worldwide. SYeD has charted the progress of a group of Buddhist Monks who have walked for twenty-five days to raise awareness, and keep alive and 'atomic flame' that......