Not content to let America have all the schadenfreude fun, Ashley Madison—Toronto-based online dating company intended for people looking to cheat on their spouses, whose slogan is "when monogamy becomes monotony" and who is responsible for TV ads like these—took out a full-page ad in today's New York Post. Addressed to Eliot Spitzer, the now–former New York Governor who was caught hiring prostitutes, the open letter (at right) slicks a thick coat of sleaze onto......

Plagued by complaints, the City of Toronto has finally gotten around to ticketing some homeowners who don't clear the snow in front of their property. A city spokesperson said they prefer not to send out inspectors in the winter because it's so difficult to get around. Anxious to cement a reputation for self-serving indifference to the public interest, more than 99% of TTC workers have voted more to reject their most recent contract offer.......

Gas prices in Toronto are at $1.09 or more a litre today, reflecting all-time record oil prices of over US$108 per barrel. For all our driving readers, it might cheer you up to consider that it's still cheaper to fill up your car with gas than say, orange juice or Diet Pepsi. By the way, if you do decide to go with orange juice, remember that the pulp-free kind is less likely to gum up......

Taking a page from David Miller's Big Book of Intergovernmental Panhandling, Dalton McGuinty is complaining that Ontario is going to need a hot cash injection from the Feds if we're going to get those manufacturing jobs back from Bangladesh. Q: What do you get when you have an NDP mayor, a Liberal Premier, and a Tory Prime Minister? A: If you pay taxes in Toronto, pretty much nothing! In related "news," New York Governor......

Abuse, dancing, destruction, disappointment, death and Laffy Taffy, in that order: 8 year-olds, dude. The soooper-annoying Keith's Scottish guy is up on child porn charges - including pictures of infants. SNL goes Narnia Rap Redux with a new viral video. Or at least an attempt. Meanwhile, eye writes about Queen Street Man this week. We just wrote that so we could write this: New look, new OUTlook. Spitz destroys Destroyer. Indie-rock cheerleader Helen Spitzer breaks......

Lazy is a relative term. And more than one of our relatives are lazy. But Helen Spitzer's CleverLazy isn't all that 'lazy' - but moreso 'on a different schedule.' Every six days - either staggered this way on purpose or like our own podcast segment (random) - Spitz rolls out a radioshow-cum-podcast like none other. Last week was mellow affair including Bell Orchestre, Final Fantasy and Alien8's Shalabie Effect. The better part of the Spitz......

Whatever shall we do now that the CBC is on strike? It’s not enough to fill the projected 6-week work stoppage, but here we’ve collected a few suggestions: First, to ease the pain: Helen Spitzer, god of CFRU, points us to a band of CBC enthusiasts called Peter Mansbridge and the CBCs. You could become a regionalized Death Cab For Cutie. Get a band together and have your music featured on the Canadianized O.C.-show called......