A Toronto games critic has been falsely linked with the Paris terror attacks, and he thinks the so-called Gamergate movement may be behind it. Portraying @Veeren_Jubbal as a terrorist puts his life at risk, ruins his reputation. This is online terrorism. pic.twitter.com/U5bJYCnIsC — Amy (@AmyStephen) November 15, 2015
#MondayMotivation pic.twitter.com/owFz60Uu6I — Norm Kelly (@norm) August 17, 2015 Are you beginning to tire of @norm? Of course you are, because even if he just hit 100,000 followers, he’s become objectively tiresome. Just type “block norm” into Twitter’s search bar and see what turns up. Go ahead, do it right now. We’ll wait.
On October 27, Toronto voters will determine the future of this city. With the 2014 municipal election just days away, candidates are campaigning harder and louder than ever—but how are voters supposed to decide who should lead Toronto through the next four years? We asked some of the city’s top activists, academics, community organizers, and politicians […]
The Toronto municipal election is October 27. Campaigns are heating up, signs are being nailed into lawns, and eager voters are getting candidates’ names tattooed on their chests (we imagine). To help you find out where and how to vote—and how to learn more about the mayoral and council contenders—Torontoist presents a guide to the […]
In the New York Times last week, film critic A.O. Scott drew a distinction between “normal people” and “the citizens of Movieland,” whom he defined as “a fractious, mobile and multifarious population that includes publicists and producers, celebrity profilers and the celebrities they profile, bloggers, soothsayers and critics of every temperament and medium.” With TIFF […]
Mayor Rob Ford made the rounds of U.S. late-night talk shows back in May, shortly after Gawker and the Star revealed the existence of the now-infamous video that appears to show Ford smoking crack. Thursday’s confirmation from Police Chief Bill Blair that police actually have a copy of the video has set off a second […]
The best repertory and art-house screenings, special presentations, lectures, and limited engagements in Toronto. At rep cinemas this week: a celebration of deaf cinema, a political comedy-drama from Chile, and a sci-fi romance.
This week, the federal government arrived at—or more accurately, mandated—an agreement with the provinces to keep a steady stream of health care cash flowing into provincial coffers. The no-strings-attached deal has federal health care transfers growing at 6 per cent annually until 2017, after which increases will be pegged to inflation and economic growth. Predictably, […]
Top: the results of the 2008 federal election; bottom: last night’s results. Colour gradations represent the share of the popular vote: the greater percentage of popular vote the party got, the darker the colour. Last night Toronto went from Liberal red to a multi-party patchwork, breaking a long history of serving as the Grits’ intellectual […]
In today’s Urban Planner: VOTE in the federal election, celebrate Toronto’s most passionate independent theatre contributors at the 2011 Harold Awards, and get spastic and silly with the merrymakers of YACHT.
Illustration by Jeremy Kai/Torontoist. TGI End of the Week! Ripped from today’s headlines: Mayor Ford distributes cheat sheets to council members, TCHC privatization a possibility, TTC driver suspended for using his cellphone on the job is back to work, and more. Also, ripped from non-local headlines: an 8.9 magnitude earthquake hit Japan’s eastern coast on […]
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