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In their now annual attempt to recreate the partisan rancour of European soccer's traveling support, close to 2500 Toronto FC fans are crossing the border today on their way to Columbus, Ohio for an Major League Soccer match against the Columbus Crew (4 p.m. on GolTV). This will be the first of three regular season games between the MLS rivals; whichever team garners the most head-to-head points from the three matches will win the Trillium Cup, which last year went to the Crew. The Cup is also the basis of a friendly wager between Columbus mayor Michael Coleman and David Miller—Toronto's mayor was last year forced to wear Columbus' "ugly yellow shirt" at BMO Field, something he swears will "never happen again." We shall see, Mister Mayor, we shall see.

Amid all the woe and gnashing of teeth within Toronto's professional sports establishment this winter—the Maple Leafs' continued struggle to reach .500, the Raptors’ inability to play consistently under interim head coach Jay Triano, the less-than-encouraging off-season changes with the Blue Jays’ roster—there was some actual good news last week, although news that didn’t exactly inspire sports editors to include a front-page spread.

Police are investigating a mysterious purple liquid found seeping around the Don River. When asked for comment, the police stated that they have all their men rolling around in the goo in the hopes that it's radioactive and gives them all superpowers.

Sold in April and refurbished this summer, Toronto’s smallest house is on the market again!

Do you wistfully dream of having a little corner of the city to call your own, but balk at the "Homes" section of the classifieds with its hyperbole-strewn ads and dead-eyed realtors? A new Google Maps-based website, housing123.com, tries to make things a little easier for potential home buyers across the GTA.

Photo of David Beckham by rayxhead

Somewhere, Dave Meslin is weeping with joy. Today marks the launch of Rami Tabello's IllegalSigns.ca: an incredibly ambitious project that, through its comprehensive analysis of billboard advertising in Toronto, ties together a number of the loose ends of the broader public space movement. What Tabello has found – and has the hard evidence to back up – is that "half the billboards in Toronto are illegal." They have "thus far identified 350 illegal billboards," and estimate that "there are an additional 1500 illegal billboards in this town that we have not yet discovered."

Happy Holidays from the Ist-A-Verse!

Torontoist is somewhat obsessed with following the local real estate market, albeit a hobby done mostly in vain. While we would love to actually participate in buying and selling, our fascination with all things property is a pastime devoted to monitoring: who's purchasing where, how that house was flipped, and what the current price tag is for each neighbourhood.

gotten in over his head, despite assurances that he has "done nothing wrong." Maybe the real question is what the MLS-mess will do to Mayor and Deputy Mayor relations? We had already planned the post-political careers of the Mayor and his deputy. But with scandal washing over one half of this dynamic duo it may take a while for us to coax them into being the next Lemmon and Matthau.