Kennedy Station will remain closed today, at least for the morning. So, if you live in Scarborough, enjoy those shuttle buses. It's Super Tuesday! Barack Obama is closing the gap with Hillary Clinton in a number of key states, most notably California. Meanwhile, the Republican race is boiling down to a dogfight between Mitt Romney, running on the "I hate liberals the most" platform, and John McCain, running on the "I might actually be......

Tony Blair resigns as British Prime Minister, and Gordon Brown takes over. For those not familiar with British politics, an analogy: remember when Jean Chretien stepped down and Paul Martin took over as Prime Minister, and everybody agreed that although it was clearly time to go, wow, was Paul Martin boring or what? It's like that, except pretend that Paul Martin was even more boring. Looks like the Hamilton Predators will not be in Ontario's......

Remember Jean Chrétien? We haven't heard much about the former prime minister in some time (dude's been off the map ever since Paul Martin forced him off it). Well, Mizalaina of the Toronto LiveJournal community spotted Chrétien earlier today in downtown Toronto, and has one hell of a story to go along with it: So an hour ago I'm walking north along York St. I hear a crash ahead of me and see a......

The always sharp-eyed J. Kelly Nestruck found out that Paul Martin has been moonlighting as a Caltech physicist. Well, according to the Onion anyway. The mug of our former PM was used to illustrate a story about a bunch of physicists who "successfully split the bill." We'd like to see that infamous photo of Jean Chretien as the Shawinigan Strangler used by the Onion.......

Torontoist snagged a free ticket to the Colin Powell, Frank McKenna love in at Roy Thomson Hall last night. Before we walked into the event we were greeted by this small group of protesters which Torontoist must admit were a bit anemic looking. Maybe it was the windy weather, or the short notice (one of the protesters admitted to only hearing about the event the day before), but Torontoist have seen much bigger peace......

It appears as if most Canadians got what they wanted last night, with the Conservatives achieving a minor minority and PM Paul Martin effectively resigning. Over the past six weeks (the first two, we were convinced of another Lib win), Torontoist has spoke out against getting too cozy with the Cons - and we spoke this for good reason. First, some of the CPC platform is a little redonkers; mainly considering time and money parameters.......

Taking the surprise out of election surprises: a) CBC's Campaign Confedential is a toned-down Warren Kinsella. b) Blue will be victorious today - The Maple Laughs will finally pull out a W against red Ottawa. c) And finally, we'll see the election results mirror the 2004 results, though with the blue and red switched. Cons - 121, Libs - 101, Dippers - 30, Bloc 56. No indies (not sure about this, sources are saying André......

There's been a number of unfavourable comparisons of Stephen Harper and George W. Bush of late, both in politics, media and of course those silly attack ads. But what of a legitimate comparison, at least in terms of the campaign? Here is George Jr. on his father's failed 1992 presidential campaign: "First lesson, polls change. I take nothing for granted. Second, we've got a strategy for the timing of policy speeches and set the debate...You......

-Paul Martin pulls out the old "But Mo-om, he DOES have a stupid face - you can't get mad at me for telling the truth!" excuse to defend the Liberal attack ads. -At FishbowlNY, Rachel debunks the debunking of James Frey and the Random House refund rumours (try saying that ten times fast). We're glad that's all cleared up, but if we never hear James Frey's name again it will be far too soon. -The......

By now, most everyone in the city knows of the single most unfortunate event in Toronto this year: On Boxing Day, while shopping, 15-year-old Jane Creba was killed by errant gunfire. Six other innocent bystanders were also wounded. Just as any other human being in this city - or rather anyone else privy to this story - we feel deeply affected by this. And, as it should go without saying, our utmost sympathies to any......

Toronto-St. Paul's Conservative candidate Peter Kent loves his press releases. He sends quite a lot of them out, and a lot of them seem to work. As reported in this week's eye, Mr Kent, if nothing else, is getting the conservative adgenda out there. By that, he must mean this, his latest press release. Here's the gist, in case you don't want to read his opening sentence: Remarks by Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad denying the......

This business - a piece of chocolate banana cake and a Future Bakery cake card - is definitely not an election issue. But should it be? Prime Minister Paul Martin doesn't eat cake. His diet precludes him from eating anything similar to this chocolate banana concoction. He's also known to drink 10-15 cups of coffee per day, with rumoured bouts of insomnia as a by-product. Other signs of an unbalanced diet include fits of anger......

First of all, Torontoist would like to aplogize to those of a more sensitive temperament for this unpleasant mental image. Cock Block: 1. A fence to prevent chickens (cocks) from leaving their designated area on a farm. 2. To prevent someone from getting sexual intercourse. See the Kool G Rap song "Operation CB". Definition courtesy of the Rap Dictionary . Let's ignore the first definition, despite the fact that Jean Chretien did prevent Paul......

Barring any last minute grovelling from Paul Martin we'll be waking up to an election campaign tommorow. Like last time the GTA is going to be a major battleground and the Liberals and the NDP are already bringing out their heavy hitters. Michael Ignatieff will be running in Etobicoke-Lakeshore despite some complaints amongst the riding association about his acclaimation. Will the third time be the charm for Olivia Chow? She lost a little over a......

Imaginary Dialogue: Stephen Harper: You call an election! Paul Martin: No, YOU call an election! SH: Not gonna, you do it, you started it. PM: Nuh uh, that was Jean. I didn't do anything. SH: Whatever, baldy. PM: Shut up, fart face. SH: I'm not talking to you. PM: Well, I'm not talking to YOU. Both: Humph. Photo: from globeandmail.com......

The all day drizzle didn't faze the hundred or so zombies who came out to take part in the Toronto Zombie Walk yesterday. The makeup and costumes were great, the range of zombieness on display quite impressive. There were granny zombies, stewardess zombies and even a santa zombie. The Toronto Photography Meetup Group was out in full force and looked to be taking some awesome pictures of the exceedingly well made-up crowd. Also, zombies......

Rumours are a-fly that the CBC will be back in the house as early as next week. No, we're not referring to the Classic Buick Club or Canadian-Born Chinese or Cold-Blooded Creatures, we're referring to the most-trusted news source in Canada. Torontoist has obtained such information from an ex-CTV producer, via somebody we met on the streetcar yesterday. Sound like an unreliable source followed by an unfounded rumour? Well check your facts, mister: Exhibit C:......

If the selection of Jack Layton as yesterday's number five Parliamentary hottie wasn't music to your dance, please refer to the first female selection to this week's Ist List... 4. Ruby Dhalla Liberal, Brampton-Springdale A-hem. That's Dr Ruby Dhalla to you. Not only is this Manitoban a Doctor of Chiropractic Medicine, but she's also a former Bollywood actress and runner-up in 2003's Miss India pageant. And if that wasn't enough, she is rumoured to be......

- DOGS: Well, give us a collar and call us Barkly! Toronto was voted ninth most dog friendly North American city by Dogfriendly.com. Um. great. - COGS: Dumb city official gets arrested trying to extort money from a business for processing a grant application. A possible opportunity for the Mayor to use his campaign broom? - BLOGS: That talk about upcoming shows, Paul Martin as standup comic and blogging about blogging about commenting on......

Shyness is nice, and shyness can stop you, from doing all the things in life you'd like to. Just ask Peter Mackay. After he was named Sexiest Male MP for the last six years straight by political pundits at the Hill Times, his professional career took off and his love life has never been better. He's now dating power-suit pussycat Belinda Stronach, and most recently played a key role in covering up Conservative discontent at......

Torontoist will attempt to put the current state of Canadian-US foreign relations into perspective. As earlier reported, Canada’s refusal to participate in the President’s Missile Defense Shield, has led to a variety of fallouts - leaving the situation in a bit of disarray. In the classic movie Mean Girls, Lindsay Lohan plays the role of Cady Heron, a home-schooled foreigner who arrives at her new California public school and finds out that teenage life is......

When PM Paul Martin pondered joining the Americans in their flailing ballistic missile defense plan last summer, he faced a chorus of concerned Canadians opposing such a decision. The NDP launched a fierce campaign; with Rabble.ca none too impressed either. But now that PM PM has completely sassed the Americans, where did all those concerned voices go? At least some are coming to the defense of our overly likeable PM - albeit not with the......

Le TOist vous offre un petit update sur les relations entre les provinces canadiennes. John Manley veut un leader libéral qui n'est pas de provenance du Québec. « Je crois qu'il est important de constater que nous avons eu des dirigeants en provenance du Québec pendant pas mal de temps, et vous savez, cela fait peut-être partie du jeu d'alternance », déclare-t-il lors d'une entrevue faite avec le Ottawa Citizen la semaine dernière. Comme l'affirme......

On a long weekend last summer, Defence Minister Bill Graham and PM Paul Martin went up north for some rest and relaxation. Hanging around the campfire, guzzling some brews, the two buddies got to talking. After Bill told some story about a nightspot on Church Street, it occurred to our Prime Minister that it was time for a practical joke. Martin and Graham then came up with a plan to trick their friend Jack Layton:......

Paul Martin Junior fired Immigration Minister Judy Sgro today and replaced her with current HRDC top dog Joe Volpe. Despite no new information having come to light in the West York MP's "Strippergate" scandal, the fickle Martin nonetheless went off message once again in dropping his support for his beleaguered underling. Which leads Torontoist to suspect that Ethics Commissioner Bernard "Shappy" Shapiro is on the verge of declaring Ms. Sgro in the wrong. Sgro's departure......

Like most media outlets, Torontoist loves those hot button issues. And right now, what hot button issue is hotter than Canadian spies operating overseas? In a year-end interview with the Edmonton Sun, Public Safety Minister Anne McLellan finally got around to addressing Canada's imminent spy problem. "We may want to redefine the existing section of the CSIS (Canadian Security Intelligence Service) legislation to give them broader powers abroad, and perhaps to gather different kinds of......

Le 25 et 26 novembre dernier se tenait à Ouagadougou, au Burkina Faso, le Xe sommet de la Francophonie qui avait pour thème : « Francophonie espace solidaire pour le développement durable ». Appuyé par le gouvernement de Paul Martin, Madeleine Meilleur, ministre déléguée aux Affaires francophones de l’Ontario, a rencontré quelques membres de l’Organisation internationale de la Francophonie pour pouvoir représenter l’Ontario comme gouvernement membre lors du prochain sommet à Bucarest. Pour le moment,......

In a landmark decision for human rights, PM Paul Martin and the Liberal government will be allowed to introduce same-sex marriage unions to Parliament next year. The bill will seek to redefine marriage as "the lawful union of two persons," and will also protect the rights of religious organizations that refuse to perform same-sex marriages, like the National Post. In another bold move, Paul Martin called Canada the "world's most post-modern country" as a result......

Dubya's visit deserves a subtitle. And what better title than that four letter word at the heart of humanity. Of course, we refer to BEEF. Dubya will sup on it tonight, and protesters from across the country will air theirs all day. Parrish lost her ability to beef up the liberal caucus, and Paul Martin looks like he could use a little more iron in his diet. It all adds up to one beefy......

Well, Canadian Prime Minister Paul Martin delivered the political equivalent of a tough spanking to the Sudanese government yesterday, and rightfully so. Khartoum has repeatedly denied assisting or having the capability to stop the janjaweed, the loosely woven group of bandits, looters and rapists that have been terrorizing the western Sudanese province of Darfur for the past year. The clock is ticking now though, as the peace agreement negotiated last week has a shelf......