City officials to David Miller: don't tax booze. They reasonably pointed out that consumption taxes don't work when people can just drive thirty minutes to evade said taxes. In response, Miller pouted and ran up to his room, refusing to come out for dinner. Loonie opens trading today at a buck and four cents U.S. The reason for the most recent dramatic rise is, apparently, a combination of the groaning American economy and rising......

So Torontoist hasn't actually read Ulysses but does that mean we can't celebrate Bloomsday? Of course not. Tomorrow is the real-life anniversary of the fictional day chronicled in Joyce's Ulysses (the book told the story of one day in the life of Leopold Bloom). Events include re-enactments of scenes from Ulysses, readings, and a singalong all along the Beach and various neigbhourhoods on Queen East. The day culminates with an event at the appropriately named......

This is a sight that has become equally as common as it is unfortunate this winter. People all over Toronto have abandoned their relationships with the Jester Toque. No longer is this light-hearted look there to put a smile on our face during those unfortunate downtimes. The entertainers of our city streets have sadly opted for more traditional styles to warm their heads this winter season. The benefits of this look went well beyond just......

Maggie MacDonald is a busy woman. As one of the most visible members of the Hidden Cameras, MacDonald is often seen on Toronto's stages bopping along to Joel Gibb's catchy anthems to enemas, fear of commitment and golden showers. MacDonald also plays in a number of other bands in the city including the Dating Service and Republic of Safety. So it's not like she needs another project on her plate. So Torontoist was pretty surprised......

The Toronto Film Festival is fully over and has been for nearly a week, with staff having made their way back from their temporary offices in hotels and malls, volunteers returned to their usual jobs or schools, and stars returning to… their lives of going to parties and hanging out with other stars (not a big change there, then). Now all the films are over and the red carpet has been rolled away, most......

Despite the fact that Kensington Market is one of the most creative neighbourhoods in the entire city a good art gallery has never really been able to set up shop in the neighbourhood until rental gallery/shop/concert venue Xpace came along. So Torontoist was pleasantly surprised to see that the graduating students of U of T's Visual Arts program had turned an empty packing plant at 250 Augusta Avenue into a space for their group show.......

Like a stressed out Bay Street banker Toronto Life was in need of a facelift, maybe some botox or at least a really good makeover. So Torontoist was pretty happy to see the newly redesigned Toronto Life in the mailbox this morning. That ugly, stale red box which branded the mag, gone! Replaced by a softer, new logo, that isn't as brash and domineering but still maintains some link to the past. The second best......

Last year, the blatant ripping off of U2 hit its most maddening with Pilate's Into your Hideout, the U2 song Torontoist was quite excited about before finding out it wasn't U2. Of course, Coldplay had done a fair job stealing from their elders with the bridge from Clocks. So Torontoist supposes it's only fair that the best rock band alive evens out their ledger of debits and credits. Their latest has been hailed and assailed......

Often referred to as the Broken Social Scene babes (of which Feist is included), Emily Haines of Metric and Amy Milan of Stars are indeed scorching hot. However that is not the issue here. The constant recognition of their natural, milk-fed beauty shouldn't trump the importance of their musical contributions to our fair city, or their actual music. So Torontoist will have to drool over the two in a later post. (This will be necessary......

Giller prize nominee Paul Quarrington is a pretty nice guy, and he'll come to your book club meeting so long as it's co-ed. This Torontoist learned at a party last weekend, where Quarrington and fellow writerly chum Shaughnessy Bishop-Stall joked that they only wrote to get girls. Whether that motivation lands him the Giller, we'll wait and see. Especially when Quarrington is pitted against favourites Alice Munro and Miriam Toews. Meanwhile, Torontoist's favourite new author,......