It seems that the mere presence of teenagers is enough to herald the downfall of a neighbourhood. The Star quoted a mid-Scarborough building superintendent commenting on the harbingers of doom: "We've seen a big change in this area. In the last six months, we've started to see young people hanging around in groups." After two stabbings (one fatal) in three weeks, the Star now describes the area as a "new trouble spot" that's "violence-racked." No......

Today's Star has a great article about hipsters (thanks Mark Jull for sending it in), which quotes Stillepost, cites Vice's Gavin McInnes, and contests an Adbusters article declaring that "the hipster represents the end of Western civilization." As part of her argument defending those-who-ought-not-be-named, writer Sarah Barmak notes that "the way people communicate deep involvement—in social change, in discourse, in subculture—has gone from being a below-ground, analogue language of worn, spray-painted or stitched symbols to......

"Hordes of Annex hipsters watched in disbelief last night while police cordoned off the intersection at Bloor St. W. and Brunswick Ave. and questioned witnesses about a shooting that took place at 11 p.m., wounding two young people."......

Photo by Daniel Kahn. Last night, amidst the falling snow, the torrid wind, and the downtown lights, a sizable contingent of ironically-dressed hipsters, amateur figure skaters, tiny tots, and bewildered parents skated to the sounds of Stars, Major Marker, and Kevin Drew. All the while, Craig Norris froze his ass off while hosting the R3-30, CBC Radio 3's weekly indie rock countdown, at the Natrel Skating Rink at Harbourfront. Besides the music, there was......