Now Magazine has made what appears to be an error by publishing an article that states that Adam Giambrone is gay.
In this week’s edition of NOW (in print and online) there’s an article detailing “,” complete with a lead photo of Toronto city councillor (and potential 2010 mayoral candidate) Adam Giambrone. He’s described as bright, young, and… gay.
Previously I’ve marked the end of the year by counting down the 50 most viewed posts from the past 12 months on this site. In a break with tradition I’ve shortened the list to 10. What’s clear at looking at this distilled selection is that readers of this site are obsessed about the weather, rat infestations, garbage and Google, not necessarily in that order. Here, in terms of page views, are the top 10 posts of the year:
As we near the end of another year (and decade!), most Toronto media outlets and blogs have been having fun with best-of-the-year lists and year-in-review summaries. In similar spirit, the Toronto Star’s Public Editor, Kathy English, has published a rather nifty year-end exercise – one that allows Star readers to , and make difficult publishing decisions based on 12 real scenarios the Star’s editorial team faced this past year.
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The public is learning more about the execution-style murder that has shocked residents of the Junction. The victim, Kenneth Mark, was known in the community for his valiant efforts in anti-gang activism and supporting local youth… and police think that these very activities may be the reason why he was targeted and shot in the head outside one of his favourite pizzerias.
On a related note, some 239 guns were seized by police after a month-long sweep for “non-compliant” weapons (i.e. those that aren’t properly registered or haven’t had licenses renewed, etc.) that might otherwise be stolen and used by bad people for bad things. Call me cynical, but this seems like a lot of effort to invest on a tertiary problem. The real problem is guns that are already in the possession of gangs, no?
A 16-year old Barrie teen is being sought, after disappearing with a 42-year old online female friend from Texas who came up to visit him in person. When found, he’s likely going to get grounded by his folks, and either heavily chastized or high-fived by his teenage friends.
The top Toronto news stories from 2009 are certainly cause for reflection.
It’s been quite the eventful year for Toronto. From union action and garbage heaps in public parks, to wild storms and tornadoes touching down, to Transit City triumphs and hurdles, protests that went too far, a virus that didn’t go all that far, and more.
Here’s a look at the top 10 news stories that captivated us all in 2009.
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McNally Robinson has applied for bankruptcy protection and also abruptly closed two of its four Canadian bookstores – including the one in Don Mills. Another book retailer is close to biting the dust, as consumers continue to buy from online shops rather than brick and mortar, and e-books gain in popularity.
With Transit City moving forward (a plan for transit expansion in Toronto that relies almost exclusively on a series of LRT lines and vehicles) there’s another rather underdog traffic congestion-fighting theory floating about – surface and suspended cable cars. I think we should forgo gondolas and wait it out until we can build hovering or flying shuttle buses.
The Toronto Port Authority is poised to make major expansions to the Billy Bishop Toronto City Center Airport, and if all goes as planned (i.e. unabated), flight frequency will increase a whopping 77% by the end of 2010. Will Mayor Miller make this his final battleground, the climax of his career, and a part of his legacy? Or will he back down and leave the fighting to someone else?
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The Special Investigations Unit has been called in to piece together an incident at a Scarborough movie theater that resulted in officers shooting and killing a Montreal man. Details are still sketchy, and police are mum (as they usually are in cases that involve civilian death at the hands of police).
Sam Mellace, a former Torontonian and now licensed B.C. pot grower, wants to eliminate Health Canada’s monopoly on medical marijuana production. Not only is competition in this area good for the economy, but it also may force the government to produce stuff that’s of comparable quality to what is readily found… umm… outside of the licensed realm.
Popular Annex pizza joint Cora’s is once again open for business after forced closure by Toronto Public Health for health code violations related to rodent infestation. According to the Sun, the owners are still denying the inspector’s finding of dead rats, instead claiming that it was a mouse and it was dead in a trap.
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What’s open and what’s closed today? Given that Boxing Day landed on a weekend this year, government offices are closed today, but most malls and other retailers are open for extended bargain shopping hours. And we can buy booze.
Holiday travel at Lester B. Pearson International is normally rather chaotic as hordes of people hop on flights to visit friends and family afar and take vacations to greener pastures. But after a suspected would-be bomber was thwarted by passengers on board an Amsterdam to Detroit flight on Christmas day, hundreds of flights from Toronto (and the world over) were delayed or canceled as security was beefed up. Passengers have been limited to one carry-on bag, subjected to far more rigorous than usual physical searches, and are required to remain seated for the final hour of the flight.
The intricate and layered texture of the built environment is always something that has amazed me. Gazing up at my favorite buildings always fills me with wonder, as each step warps my vision of structures which would ordinarily seem so static and immutable.
Walking around downtown Toronto reveals a wide array of gleaming glass, which from a height can often spit back at the viewer a horrendous interpretation of its neighbour across the street, the menacing architecture cast into abstract angles and lines.
We are used to images of buildings as whole structures, or at least that display elements that immediately give away their identity. I thought it would be fun, then, to put together a series of photographs that masks immediate identifiers and thus reveals abstract patterns as opposed to functionality.
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Happy Boxing Day everyone! May you find all the deals you desire.
West Queen West is the latest area to get the restaurant and bar development kibosh. Citing noise complaints and the general proliferation of these establishments, Councillor Adam Giambrone believes that restrictions virtually identical to those put on Ossington more than a half year ago will address the concerns of area residents. Naturally, not everyone agrees…
And although Christmas (and its attendant shopping frenzy) has occupied the spotlight for the last little bit, an important Muslim event is also currently taking place in Toronto. Held over three days, roughly 17,000 people — one of whom is the singer formerly known as Cat Stevens — are expected to pass through the Metro Toronto Convention Centre for the convention titled “Reviving the Islamic Spirit.”
No doubt the saddest news around the Toronto Asian escorts over Christmas was the collapse of a swing stage in Etobicoke that left four construction workers dead and another critically injured. There’s speculation that safety harnesses were not used (or used improperly) and that some of the men may have been illegal migrant workers, but this hardly lessens the tragedy.
