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New Brunswick native Mary Martell knew something was weird when the baggage scanners at Saint John Airport asked why she had packed a turkey in her suitcase. On her way through to YYZ for a business trip, Martell had no fowl to declare, so airport officials curiously sent her luggage through without much further scrutiny, despite seeing a tiny skeleton on the x-ray screen.

The most unusual aspect of Monday night's quiet jam at the Drake Underground was the absence of annoying chatter during three folk-rock solo sets. Everyone knows Toronto keeps it real by keeping still, but normally a quieter show means restless drinkers hoping to catch up with friends while they absently watch a show as if it's background music. Astoundingly, the audience remained almost completely and respectfully silent throughout Baby Eagle, again through Woolly Leaves, and again for Sackville, New Brunswick's Julie Doiron.

Torontoist Poetry Contest Reminder! At the beginning of the new year, Torontoist launched a poetry contest to encourage the penning of new poems about our fair city. To inspire you, we are presenting a series of previously published Toronto poems that will run until the final week of the contest.

A body that was discovered in 1968 north of Toronto has been identified as a 17-year-old New Brunswick teen. Richard Hovey moved here to take part in Toronto's thriving counterculture scene but sadly met a tragic end.

This is going to be one big downer of a news roundup today, folks. Some seriously sad news from our sister site, Phillyist, where co-Editor Star C. Foster passed away suddenly yesterday. We'll miss her. Be sure to lend your support for her friends and family in the comments on Phillyist.

In due time, you'll be able to fold a map of city in half, with Yonge Street as the crease, and witness the more or less symmetry in Starbucks locations on Queen Street. One Starbucks is on Queen West in Beaconsfield, site of the infamous "Drake you ho this is all your fault" tag of last year. The other is planned for Queen East in Leslieville, home of the infamous commenter Joe Clark. More importantly, West Queen West (or whatever) and Leslieville may mirror each other in more ways than coffee chains - as condos, home renovations and, eventually, higher property values begin to appear.

Torontoist is crying in our large double doubles after reading this little piece about Tim Horton's rabidly popular Roll up The Rim contest on the CBC News site. It turns out that southern Ontario Tim Horton customers have the worst odds of winning the major prizes in Timmy Ho's contest; one in 11 million versus one in four million in Quebec and one in eight million in BC!

After reports that Liz Jagger's father Mick and the R. Stones are practicing at in Rosedale's Masonic Temple, it was confirmed today that they'll play the Rogers Centre on September 24. They also announced Moncton, New Brunswick and O-Dot City as part of their Canadian tour stops. Look for Mick, Ron, Keif, Charlie and whoever replaced Bill Wyman in and around Soto Soto.

David "Corner Store Crunk" Peterson

It's official. Should you want to take that Ontario ice wine you've been saving for a special occasion out to dinner with you, you now can. The province decided to follow Quebec, New Brunswick, Alberta and B.C. in changing the legislation to entice more restaurant customers to come in from the cold, bottle in tow. It's about time, thinks Torontoist. Taking Chateau Diana to Burger King just got that much easier. We kid. Fast food restaurants will likely not be eligible for BYOB licensing.