December 31, 2013 at 3:59 pm

Extra, Extra: City Council Scorecards, Toronto’s Best Films, and the Future of Dips

Every weekday’s end, we collect just about everything you ought to care about or ought not to miss.

“Disdain and contempt for Ford is now fully non-partisan.” Matt Elliott presents his “City Council Scorecard“ for 2013, and names both the most pro-Ford and the most anti-Ford councillors of the year. The identity of the former might not surprise you. There was quite a competition to become the latter.

Did you enjoy Don McKellar’s 1998 film Last Night, which was set in Toronto? Did you think it was a better film than, say, Daniel Cockburn’s You Are Here (2010), or Donald Shebib’s Goin’ Down the Road (1970)? Do you think it is, in fact, the best film ever set in Toronto? If so, you will find much to agree with in NOW‘s “Top 25 Toronto Films.” And if not, you’ll still likely learn about good movies you’ve never seen that make the most of our city.
Put your money in hummus. That’s what we’ll be saying to all the people who come to us regularly for investment advice (please note: there are no such people). It appears PepsiCo believes the chickpea dish will be the dip of the future, and as such, it is exhorting customers to “dip life to the fullest” by eating it. Sabra is soon going to become the NFL’s official dips sponsor—which makes us wonder how many other categories of sponsorship the NFL has going.
And finally, happy almost 2014! Why not celebrate the end of an old year and the beginning of a new one by riding the TTC for free? You could do so until 7 a.m. tomorrow, if you like.