Photo by Jonathan Goldsbie. According to a December 2004 article in the Globe, Mike Harris is (or at least was at the time) the chairman of video advertising company Onestop; he got on board "in return for an equity stake" in the business. Presuming that he still has that stake (and why wouldn't he? he may be evil, but he's not stupid), Harris became a richer man two weeks ago, when the Toronto Transit......

The ever-reliable Transit Toronto has just posted a comprehensive list of a number of Ontario transit services' holiday hours. If you have any intention of using any or all of Barrie Transit, Brampton Transit, Burlington Transit, Durham Region Transit, GO Transit, Guelph Transit, Hamilton Street Railway, Milton Transit, Mississauga Transit, Oakville Transit, Orangeville Transit, Region of Peel Transhelp, Toronto Transit Commission, or York Region Transit between today and December 28, the list is an invaluable......

Photo by Marc Lostracco. With all the recent hubbub over taxes, cutting costs, and shutting down elements of the TTC, folks have been a little concerned about the fate of everyone’s favourite public transit system. While Mayor David Miller continues to passive-aggressively beg Ottawa and Queen’s Park for funding, many wonder if it’s possible to run the TTC without it. Haven’t we been a big, tough, independent city in the past? Can’t the Toronto......

TTC Chair Adam Giambrone has responded to Toronto bloggers' (that's us, BlogTO, Reading Toronto, and Spacing) open letter to the TTC about fixing their website. And the news is allll good. Our third and final main suggestion -- a crucial one that the entirety of the project pretty much hinged on -- was that "the user input our challenge generated and the media firestorm that followed it suggest the RFP [Request For Proposal] be......

When Torontoist joined forces with blogTO, Reading Toronto, and Spacing and asked our readers for feedback on the TTC's website at the beginning of this month, we had absolutely no idea that we would get such an enormous response. We'd like to thank you all again for participating, and we've taken each and every one of the ideas that we received to heart. Now, it's time to move forward. The Editors and Publishers of......

Tomorrow, knitters in the city have plans to take over the Toronto Transit Commission with a TTC Knit-A-Long. Two groups will meet at different spots in the city and pit their knitting prowess against each other. They will converge in Kensington Market for lunch and then do their final knit-off on streetcars ending with a grand prize. There will be many opportunities to munch before, during and after. Come out and meet knitter extraordinaire......

In 1800's France, during the time of novelist Victor Hugo, the underground was considered a thriving spot for young love. With a backdrop of smelly water and rats, a stroll through the famous sewers of Paris was the ultimate display of courtship. Just as couples would spend hours wandering through intricate tunnels deep below the streets of Paris, modern romantics are spending more time getting to know one another in the Toronto underground. Thanks to......