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2012 Villain Nominees: Culture and Sports
Undermining the vitality of our city.
Torontoist is ending the year by naming our Heroes and Villains: the very best and very worst people, places, things, and ideas that have had an influence on the city over the past 12 months. From December 10 to 19, we’ll unveil the nominees, grouped by category. Vote for your favourites from each batch, every single day! On December 19 and 20 the winners from each category go head-to-head in the final round of voting, and on December 21, we will reveal your choices for Toronto’s Superhero and Supervillain of the year.
The Nominees: Culture and Sports
CLICK ON EACH NOMINEE to learn more about them.
Margaret Wente![]() Plagiarism, and laziness of epic proportions. |
NHL Lockout![]() Taking hockey away from us. |
NFB Funding Cuts![]() Forcing the Mediatheque closure. |
John Farrell![]() Checking out even before he left the team. |
CBC Funding Cuts![]() Weakening one of our national institutions. |
Sedwick Hill![]() For the untimely death of the Toronto Underground Cinema. |
Factory Theatre Board of Directors![]() Losing their community’s trust. |
Voting has now closed on this category. The final round of voting begins Wednesday, December 19.