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Extra, Extra: Walrus TV, Acapella Tricks, and James Bond in Toronto
Every weekday’s end, we collect just about everything you ought to care about or ought not miss.
- “If we keep this up, say goodbye to my yacht and my year-end bonus!” Behold…well, something, in which the lines between ideology, (self-)parody, and bad acting don’t so much blur as criss-cross in an impenetrable knot of crazy.
- Congrats, York University students! You officially attend the greenest campus in the country.
- Things that made us smile today, part one: A.V. Club editor (and former Torontoist contributor) John Semley writes, beautifully, about one of Toronto’s neatest intersections, Parliament and Gerrard. Featuring: a barbershop and a giant wheel of cheese.
- Things that made us smile today, part two: the possibility that James Bond originated, in part, in Toronto. Apparently author Ian Fleming stayed here in 1943, specifically, at the Canadian Forces College on Avenue Road. Across the street: the St. James-Bond United Church. OpenFile investigates the connection.
- Today is the launch of Walrus TV, an off-shoot of the magazine co-produced by film company eqhd. It features short documentaries that tie into feature stories from the print edition of the Walrus, as well as videos from Walrus-hosted events. The first set of videos is online now.
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