Entries from Torontoist tagged with 'quebeccity'
July 14, 2008
At Friday's Jays-Yankees game, Alex Rodriguez got hit where it hurts when a pack of Jays fans—one who looks conspicuously like Seann William Scott—teased him with photos of Madonna. (Cynthia Rodriguez had just filed for divorce, her lawyer saying that she was "emotionally cheated" on by her husband with the singer.) Unfortunately, Rodriguez struck back by exploiting the Jay's only weakness: getting many runs scored against them. Toronto Public Health wants kids and teenagers to......
Continue Reading "Jays Fans in a League of Their Own, Material Boys and Girls Warned, Harper Don't Preach"December 11, 2007
A UN Envoy is calling Canada a climate hypocrite. Harper, in return, stomped his feet and said he was going to throw a party and only invite the people who didn't call him names. The Queen is upset with Canada because she wasn't invited to Quebec City's 400th birthday bash. The Queen then stuck her tongue out at Harper, and he told her to blame the UN. The OPP spent money meant for the......
Continue Reading "Harper Gets Told, Maple Leafs Get Bold, Queen Gets Cold Shoulder"August 21, 2007
Upwards of 1,500 protesters from Montreal, Toronto, Quebec City, and Hamilton marched on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Monday to protest the arrival of U.S. President George W. Bush. Bush will meet today with Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper and Mexican President Felipe Calderon in Montebello, Quebec on the two-year-old Security and Prosperity Partnership. The agenda is to include emergency planning for an avian-flu pandemic, the recall of Chinese-made toys, and border security. Demonstrators......
Continue Reading "Bush Bash"August 29, 2006
Subscribers to the magazine “Travel & Leisure” have chosen their top ten destination cities in North America for 2006, and although 4 Canadian cities made the list, Toronto wasn’t one of them. Scenic Vancouver and Victoria, and quaint and historic Montreal and Quebec City all proved more popular than Toronto in this year's survey. Apparently, a little thing called the world’s tallest free-standing structure doesn’t mean much to Travel & Leisure readers. No Canadian cities......
Continue Reading "Blame it on SARS"July 8, 2006
Wilco (everyone's favourite alt-country turned rock band) played an incredible show last night at Massey Hall. Lead singer Jeff Tweedy [pictured] looked particularly frazzled: long, shaggy hair, Bob Dylan's beard, and a cast on his right leg. He sung his heart out, and was quite the charmer, dancing by dragging his hurt leg along the stage floor, and apologizing to the audience twice: one for not speaking until a half-dozen songs into the set,......
Continue Reading "photoTO: Wilco at Massey Hall"March 14, 2005
• Our sources at city hall tip us off to the fact that the Mayor has been tipped on to us. He's mentioned the site and the very likeness you see flanking these words to staffers. Something along the lines of...'hey guys, have you seen this site?' This calls for celebration at Tronnoist headquarters. Pixie sticks for everyone! • What else, y'ask? Mayor Miller is going on vacation next week, to Quebec City for a......
Continue Reading "May Day Vay Cay, and the Mayor Knows TOist"November 23, 2004
Daniel Irvin Rather has announced his impending retirement and the battle to succeed his very well remunerated seat at the CBS News anchor desk is likely already claiming lives and egos on West 57th down in New York. And while it may take some time for the blood to cake and dry and for once pristine haircuts to be un-ruffled, it's entirely likely that one of Toronto's very own, pretty boy John Roberts, will emerge......
Continue Reading "We'd Rather Have Dan"