Bill Murdoch, Conservative MPP for the riding of Bruce-Grey-Owen Sound, has announced that he disagrees with his party's plan to fund faith-based education and will vote against it if it is raised in the legislature. All MPPs continue to support faith-based taxation, i.e., the system that sees taxpayers give their money to governments with the irrational belief that they they won't piss it away on things like religious schools. Toronto police chief Bill Blair yesterday......

Justin Timberlake. Where to begin? Tracing his life story to this point requires little more than listing nouns. Mickey Mouse Club. Britney Spears. *NSYNC. Justified. Wardrobe Malfunction. SexyBack. Dick in a Box. Timberlake is the epitome of a guilty pleasure, someone who is intensely hard to dislike, try as some might. No-one in recent memory has drawn more comparisons to Michael Jackson, been as successful post-boy-band, or created catchier pop songs (dude's even Pitchfork-approved).......

Continuing this week's trend of in your face ad campaigns, TOist was surprised to find that Grand & Toy even had a mascot, if that's what this creepy yellow mass with Mickey Mouse hands can be called. Is it supposed to be a giant Post-It pad? A hunk of cheese? TOist has no idea. We're just glad it didn't strangle us.......