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Newsstand: November 23, 2009
By winter’s end, at the rate we’re going, the CN Tower will be converted into luxury lofts with the world’s highest ceilings. And when Toronto is nothing but condos, will we have to start slowly converting them back into dive bars? Not that the Cameron House, which just went up for sale, is necessarily slated for the residential treatment, but with an asking price of $2.9 million, it doesn’t look like a bunch of artists and aspiring musicians will be able to chip in to keep the place going. Hopefully the giant ants will get a grandfathered lease, or at least be saved from the dumpster.
You know what were awesome? Adult tickets for the TTC! Nothing else gave your wallet that awkward rectangular bulge right in the middle like those tearable wads of disposable cardstock you couldn’t use at automatic turnstiles. And when they used to change the colours of the tickets so that the ones you already had weren’t good for a ride anymore? That so rocked. While we’re stinging from the biggest fare hike in a decade, it would be really cool of the TTC to bring those babies back for a victory lap, and maybe suspend token sales altogether except at single-serve dispensing machines, to make sure everyone can get in on the nostalgic fuck-you over the next six weeks.
The AGO’s ready to open its Tut exhibit tomorrow, and they promise that the king’s extended stay with them will be marked by the sort of good taste, decorum, and class we’ve come to expect from the gallery. And for an extra six bucks, you can take the audio tour narrated by one Harrison “Indiana Jones” Ford. About half the price of admission will go back to Egypt to compensate them for Tut and Tut-related goods and services.
And, do you think you or a friend might have graduated from York? Better check and make sure. After being publicly shamed a little while back when the Star uncovered a former York student running a degree-forging scam, the school is putting their students’ graduation records online to clear the air. Now, you can browse to their site, “YU Verify,” where you can type in a person’s name and instantly find out what degree, if any, they earned there. So far, everyone’s story has checked out, but hey, you never know.