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Newsstand: December 8, 2009
Toronto, we have been doing things all wrong. Obsessing over whether we’re as world-class as London or New York is just signing up our battered urban ego for another round of abuse by haters. And why should we have to keep fielding an endless succession of complaints that London is more cultured, New York more exciting, Sydney graced by a nicer opera house and, I don’t know, bigger spiders? Maybe we should just focus on being cooler than Huntsville. Yeah, that’s right; we took away your G20 conference, with the whole world watching. And we’re keeping it. And later, maybe, we’ll be back for your lunch money. Er, stimulus funds, that is.
So you like pushing people around, too? Maybe we can all apply to work for the TTC. Apparently the pilot project to ease crowding along the Yonge subway platform using ushers and barriers is working so well that the transit agency is thinking of making the crowd-control system permanent. For riders who like being controlled, or just hate crowds, that means good news (and faster morning subways). Don’t even know what we’re talking about? Maybe the timing just isn’t right for you—the clever scheme is only deployed between 7 and 9:30 a.m., or, in university-student terms, “the middle of the night.”
Hey, what do you know, the Michael Bryant dangerous driving trial has hit a bit of a speedbump. Man, if only he’d had one of those around earlier. Anyway, when the case went back before the courts yesterday, Bryant wasn’t in attendance and nothing really happened, so yahoo for justice. Those hoping to grab a courtroom photo of Bryant are instead advised to maybe camp out at his new law firm, Ogilvy Renault. The next court date is set for January 22.
680 News says that, after a long semi-winter, it’s going to be white outside tomorrow. About time. We could use a good snowball fight to let off some steam. Here’s hoping someone excavates some snowy field into an illegal (or “tax-free“) billboard. Now that’s a Beautiful City.