Toronto

VIDEO: Toronto’s Gay Pride tourism trailer is a tad bit stereotypical

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Toronto’s trying to increase their viability as a gay locale for this year’s Gay Pride week in the city. But the stereotypes going on in this video are probably going to do more to hurt than help. Read more

VIDEO: An event called the “Slut Walk” seems very good for women

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A Toronto police official recently responded to rises in sexual assault crimes by saying that if women want to avoid being raped, they should, and I quote, “avoid dressing like sluts.” So the lasses at Toronto’s York University went all counterintuitive on his ass and dressed in trampy outfits to protest his comments. The event ... Read more

VIDEO: Looter fails at robbery during G20 Riots

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The G20 Summit in Toronto got a lot of unsavory characters rioting and tearing everything up. Fortunately, one looter showed that, hey, Canadians probably shouldn’t be looting. Read more

G20 summit in Toronto hurts sex worker business

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25,000 delegates for the G20 Summit will arrive in Toronto next weekend. Usually a flood of people into your downtown area is good for the economy. Hotel rooms are filled and restaurant reservations are taken weeks in advance. Unfortunately though, a multitude of Toronto businesses will suffer greatly during the summit. More specifically, the sex ... Read more

Toronto robbers spray ATM users with feces, steal their money

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Given the amount of wacky crime-related stories I read for this site in any given day, there isn’t a whole lot that surprises me. But this is a new one: A team of pick-pockets in Toronto is spraying people with feces and then stealing the cash the people just took out from an ATM. Clever! Read more

Woman sues cell phone company for revealing her affair

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A Toronto woman was committing an affair behind her husband’s back. Small problem: She wasn’t very good at covering her tracks. So now she’s suing Canadian cell phone company Rogers for blowing her spot and effectively leading to the breakup of her marriage. Read more

This is what arson looks like

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Ever see a man start a huge fire on a bus? Well then, today’s your lucky day because some random dude in Toronto thought the best way to solve his problems (which included punching a girl in the face after asking for a cigarette and getting denied) was by starting a fire on the bus. Read more