Dalton McGuinty plans to form a committee to look for ways of replacing the daily recitation of the Lord's Prayer at Queen's Park, a practice which he says does not properly reflect Ontario's diversity. The Lord was unavailable for comment. If you're planning a trip to Thailand, don't forget sunscreen, mosquito repellent, and a lightweight Kevlar vest. A Mississauga scientist travelling in northern Thailand with his wife was the fourth Canadian to be shot......

Photo by apanatchi from Flickr. Usually considered a street-stall food, pad thai is not available in Toronto a la cart due to some stringent law in our fair city about hot dogs and their superiority. That having been said, there is still oodles of great pad thai on offer in Toronto, for sit-in, take-out and, as chosen for our challenge, delivery. Please note we used the word "oodles" because it rhymes with "noodles." You......

Well! Considering we got in so much trouble in the comments the last time we mentioned the upcoming Toronto International Film Festival 2007 in conjunction with zombies, we think this time we’re going to be really careful with what we say about the exciting news that George A. Romero’s Diary of the Dead is to play this year’s Midnight Madness program. So all we'll say is that we think that’s going to be really......

A kickboxing demonstration in Nathan Philips Square on July 15 by the Toronto Kickboxing & Muay Thai (TKMT) Academy. View more photos after the fold.......

Friday afternoon, a Thai eatery in the Annex. Three girls in their late teens or early twenties are having lunch with two middle-aged women, possibly former high school teachers of theirs. One of the girls is expressing her dissatisfaction with university. Girl: "Anthropomorphic." That's the only thing I've learned. That's a $12,000 word to me.......

Every weekday, we pick an image from the Torontoist Flickr Pool and feature it here on the site. It's our way to give the many excellent photographers in our pool the attention they deserve! One of Toronto's strengths is our celebration of world cultures, and July 14–15 will be all about Thai pride! The annual Tastes of Thailand festival is the biggest Thai event in Canada and features activities like traditional dancing and costumes, food......

Today marks the opening of the Ontario College of Art and Design’s Professional Gallery and sparks the art college’s new residency program with international art star and OCAD alumnus, Rirkrit Tiravanija. The son of Thai diplomats, now based equally in New York, Berlin, and Bangkok, Tiravanija epitomizes the “Nomadic Resident” the series aims to represent. Tiravanija’s unique and experimental practice has most famously involved cooking and serving Pad Thai in the gallery, but has also......

Have you found a great place to buy vintage jackets? Have you just eaten the best vegetarian pad Thai this side of the Mekong River? Do you want to use the Internet to tell more than just the six people on your LiveJournal friends list about your amazing discoveries? Look no further, consumers of indie culture. Torontoist reader Peter has told us that 9tomorrows has launched its Tupalo service in Toronto. Plugging into the......

Jagshemash! Borat is a hit. It's getting rave reviews, grossing millions, and definitely the most quotable thing we've seen in ages. But Borat seems to have missed most of the -ist cities, and we were all wondering how the film would have been different if he'd made his way around the world on the -ist tour. In Shanghai, Borat would be observing Inane Learnings of Penis Photos for Make Benefit Glorious Flat World of......

This has been a rough week for your -ist pals, though you wouldn't know it from the great posts all over the network. Plagued with server problems, our tech team (led by the great Neil Epstein) toiled around the clock to solve the glitches as they arose. Seriously, we've said, typed, and thought the phrase "server problems" more in the past week than we have for the last 35 years combined. Why not say it......

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So many films, so few words. Everything is Illuminated: Surprisingly good adaptation from Henry V (Liev Shrieber) of J Safran Foer's magical novel. The decision to drop the surreal bits works out, and Eugene Hutz (of the Balkan punk band Gogol Bordello) is terrific as the malapropist Alexander Perchov. But go for the soundtrack which features Hutz' Gogol Bordello, The terrific Balkan Brass band Kocani Orkestar, Tin Hat Trio and guitar work by the amazing......

So tonight is the big opening of the Festival, with certain sections of the city all abuzz with poseurs yammering into cell phones, except now not in Canadian accents! All the staff and hardworking volunteers will be hoping it all goes off without a hitch, terrified and excited at the thought of nearly two weeks of celebrities, parties, networking… oh, and films, I guess. The opening night Gala tonight is Deepak Mehta’s Water, a......

New contributor Mathew will be posting regular on all things TIFF. Here goes: With only a few days to go until individual tickets go on sale for the Toronto Film Festival (7am on September 7th) and tickets hitting the heights of $20 when you factor in GST (over $35 for Gala tickets, which should be sold out by now, actually) it's definitely time for film lovers to begin their research into which films to......

After a tiring afternoon of shopping on Bloor Street - by shopping we mean trying on expensive sunglasses at Holts, and by tiring we mean trying to get through the crowd of hipsters at H&M, TOist stopped by Yonge Streets latest Pan-Asian eatery, Saigon Sister, for a light dinner. Saigon Sis opened just over a year ago on the strip which includes Green Mango and Spring Rolls, and has already established itself as a hip......

Torontoist reader Janos points us to the irony of talking about great DVD's in the wake of so much tragedy. And indeed, as the numbers swell, and the destruction becomes more evident, TOist has been struck by the horror of it all. Yesterday, we debated whether Canada was doing enough, over a delicious tortiere, and the richness of it made us feel fortunate beyond belief. Canada has pledged over $4 million in aid, but how......

Describing yourself as the "king" of anything usually warrants a little skepticism. Michael Jackson, for instance, will never live down calling himself the "King of Pop." The same can be said for LeBron James' "King James" moniker in the NBA. Salad King, however, represents a horse of a different colour. The popular Thai restaurant on Yonge and Gould St., one block north of Dundas Square, is neither "salad" nor "king." Against the literal meaning of......

Natalie Portman may be twenty-three, but this still from Friday's flickpick makes her look like kid sister to tall, rakish Jude. And to add another layer of implausibility to the mix, Portman plays an exotic dancer. Be afraid. Be very afraid. We wish Natalie would just get into her Prius and drive away from all this nude scene nonsense. Maybe someone could work up a nice period piece for her. It would suit her stilted......

Without a doubt, and in truly girly fashion, Torontoist has to vote Bridget for this week's film. The distributors even 'pushed the film's release up a week' because demand was so high. We love this (highly specious) argument. And we love Bridge, even if she is a selfish, gluttonous, awkward ninny. And even if ALL the advance buzz is telling us this sequel is a total dud. Bridget Jones' Edge of Reason the book was......