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Fandemonium at the Toronto International Film Festival premiere of Third Person, Elgin Winter Garden Theatre, Monday, September 9. See our TIFF coverage.


18 Number of years since unarmed native protester Dudley George was killed by the OPP during a standoff over treaty rights at Ipperwash Provincial Park.

September 9 163rd anniversary of the signing of the Robinson Huron Treaty, which native groups say pledges a cut of natural resources to First Nations.

39 Number of First Nations represented by the Union of Ontario Indians, one of a number of First Nations advocacy groups to have their funding cut recently by the federal Ministry of Indian and Northern Affairs.


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Cityscape

And the winners of the 2013 Toronto Urban Design Awards are… we can’t tell you. They’re embargoed until 8 pm Wednesday, September 11, and we’re on the street before that. But until then you can admire one of the leading contenders in the Small Open Spaces category: the Dundas Street West Parkettes. Ooh. Aah.


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Spotted

WHAT Light The Queer Torch, International Day Of Solidarity For LGBT Equality.

WHEN During the march down Yonge Street, Sunday, September 8, 6 pm.

WHY Global kiss-in to protest Russia’s anti-gay laws ahead of the Sochi Winter Olympics.

Photo by R. Jeanette Martin


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Hidden Toronto

The old Eastern Avenue bridge is one of several abandoned links spanning the lower Don. Built in 1933, it was abandoned in 1964 when Eastern was moved slightly north to connect to the newly built Don Valley Parkway.

Photo by Enzo DiMatteo


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Media Watch

For Tim Hudak’s PCs, it was an inauspicious start to the fall session of the legislature, what with all the headlines about finance critic Peter Shurman’s firing after it got out that he’d billed taxpayers for a questionable $20K housing allowance. Weirder still were the excuses on behalf of Shurman by conservative media types. Sun columnist Sue-Ann Levy found the criticism of Shurman “rather unfair and disrespectful, considering Shurman was commemorating the Jewish New Year.” Oy. No PC muck-up is too big for Levy to excuse away. The question everybody’s asking: what did Tim know and when did he know it? Shurman says the expense was cleared by Hudak – although Shurman told Newstalk’s John Tory he only gave the leader a “heads-up.” Hudak denies approving the allowance, although some in the party believe he did but is denying it because Shurman got caught. Does that mean he should resign as PC leader? Admittedly, the late-night statements issued by his office on the Shurman matter look suspicious.

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