Stéphane Dion says that Canadians are smart enough to accept a carbon tax, and he seems willing to bet the next election on it. It's awesome that we have an opposition leader too naïve to recognize that however revenue-neutral and environmentally beneficial his plan is, this may not be the most politically savvy time to hike gas prices. Senator Larry Campbell, concerned about the future of the Canadian Football League, is preparing a bill......

A lot happens in and around Toronto, but we can only write about so much in a week. Here's the best of the rest, in a new weekly feature we're calling Superfluist. Superfluist will appear every Friday night. Cathy Gordon decided to get very, very publicly divorced on Monday, with an art piece she called "On My Knees." For it, she crawled around Toronto for a while (on her knees!), signed divorce papers, and then......

Over the past month, Hillary Clinton has been on the hunt for a campaign song, with her "exploratory committee" website inviting her followers to vote on a winner. Finalists included born-and-bred American bands like U2 and Shania Twain, as well as tried-and-true musical legends like Smash Mouth. This morning, however, the winner was announced. And Hilary Clinton's 2008 campaign song is...that Céline Dion song from that Air Canada commercial! It's such a good song......

We think we've figured out the secret to Tyler Clark Burke's success. Cram as many party ideas into one event as possible. Case in point is her new old country, '70s rock social Lang Thang in the backroom of the Sparrow (92 Ossington) on Wednesday night. The event includes a food drive ($4 cover or free with canned/non perishable food donation), DJ Download & Repeat playing an ecletic mix of '70s rock and country......

Whereas Margaret Wente blows the whistle on off-the-record police meanderings, the rest of Toronto looks toward a viable solution to growing gun problems. One idea that has neary a mention by Wente or anyone else is that of giving a greater voice for those marginalized by Canadian society. In the recent race-riots in Paris, there were claims of widespread ignorance on the part of the French government. Here, there seems to be similar issues.......

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:......

I'm *sixeyes. I'm back. And Torontoist is sick of radio. The kind of crud that gets played on the type of stations that advertise themselves as 'Music for the Workplace'. Celine Dion (a little restraint please), Christina Aguilera (a lot of restraint, puh-leeze), Shania Twain ("Don't", that's the name of the song... so Torontoist has got to say... Please, please, please... doooooonnnnn'tttttt) and ("It only hurts when I'm Breathing"... then doooooonnnnn'tttttt)... Torontoist could go......