In June, 200 media professionals, producers, activists and academics packed into a Bathurst Street studio for a party celebrating the launch of a new English-language global news and documentary network, The Real News. If building an international news network from scratch doesn’t sound mind-boggling-ly ambitious to you, consider this: Real News CEO Paul Jay is promising to accomplish this feat without corporate, government or advertising dollars. This makes The Real News the world’s first...
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It takes chemistry, faith and ego control to make a comedy duo work—elements that aren't easy to keep in check. In improvisational theatre, a duo has even less control over the laughs because it's all made up on the spot. But that's the beauty of the form—it's a high wire act. Me Likey, a combo comprised of Jan Caruana and Rica Eckersley, is one of the city's most successful comedic pairings. In June, the act will be representing the T-Dot at the San Francisco Improv Festival. To warm up and raise funds for the Fest, Me Likey is putting on a show tonight at the Bad Dog Theatre.
In June, one of the Torontoists wrote about the gross washroom at Eglinton subway stop under our Ist Lists Creepiest Washroom series. Incredibly, that washroom has become even more creepy with the news that TTC employees had peepholes into them and were spying on people. Ewww!

Newsstand: November 23, 2009