Officials desperately arguing over who's responsible for potential financial shortfall for Expo 2015. If the answer is "somebody other than Toronto," we'll get to bid! If that is not the answer, however, things will be slightly more problematic. (That's the Perisphere and Trylon on the left there, by the way. From the New York World's Fair. They're famous, you know.) David Miller and Jane Pitfield come together to agree that the provincial and federal......

Yeesh; another week, another pile of movies which were at the Toronto International Film Festival. Considering there are, oh, 32,064 or so films at each TIFF we should probably get over this as soon as possible, otherwise every week our column is going to sound the same. Still! At least this week we’ve seen some of them. Burtynsky doc Manufactured Landscapes is the big dog of the week, having been covered heavily and given glowing......

The Guardian Angels hold their first recruiting session and vow to be on the streets by the summer. The mayor and the chief of police gave them the cold shoulder last time but criticism is a little more muted this time around. Torontoist remains lukewarm on the volunteer crime-prevention group. We'd prefer to see trained police officers doing the job of crime prevention and community policing but can understand how people in the city feel......

We're still recovering from the sugar crash, but our Halloween spirit lingers in these links. Strong Bad and the gang always have the greatest costumes (we still think about Marzipan's Log Lady outfit from two years ago with the greatest of admiration), and this year is no exception. But then, we're easily won over by Peewee's Playhouse references. Looks like our New York sister had a fabulous Halloween. They have links to all kinds of......

Now that Senator John F. Kerry conceded defeat in last nights' U.S. election, the rest of the world can get right back to protesting/fearing invasion. In the U.K., disapproving Britons can already be seen wearing black anti-American armbands. You can download your own armband here. But, as the U.K. newspaper The Guardian found out, it won't change anyone's mind in Ohio.......