The people who drive the buses already have a union. Now there's a movement afoot to create one for TTC riders. In a week punctuated by token hoarding, a fare hike and a six-hour subway disruption comes the suggestion that a transit users' union is the better way to represent riders' frustrations and interests.

Daniel Sullivan doesn't remember how he got backstage.

If you've been grumbling about the rain these past few days, blame Jutta Mason. She's been praying for it. Her latest triumph: Weather permitting, Dufferin Grove's rinks open this morning, a week earlier than last year.

On those occasions when my friend Christie Blatchford says something particularly ditzy or trips on a sidewalk crack or gets us totally lost whilst driving, I always dryly observe: "You're having a very blonde day."

York University has brought in tough new controls in the wake of a Toronto Star investigation that showed a former student fabricated dozens of its degrees, and another got into Osgoode Hall Law School with a degree purchased from a diploma mill.

An Italian researcher says he has successfully treated scores of patients with multiple sclerosis, which has long been thought to be an autoimmune disease.

It will be a full house tonight at Wegz Stadium Bar in Vaughan, and it won't be because of the Leafs.

A Pickering man admitted he was drunk when he tackled British rock star Noel Gallagher as the guitarist's band Oasis performed at the Toronto Island last year.

Yesterday I swam the length of a swimming pool – and it was a wonderfully ugly sight to behold.

TTC collectors let many riders put tokens in turnstiles only to find they couldn't get on the train or wouldn't go as far as they needed.

Tired of your spouse, but worried about an expensive divorce settlement? Act now, while the economy is still in the dumps.

Growing tired of your spouse, but worried about an expensive divorce settlement? Act now, while the economy is still in the dumps, local divorce lawyers advise. Economists say Canada is set for growth in the coming year – so lose your soulmate before your portfolio rebounds all the way back.

TTC collectors faltered in telling riders about a major subway disruption, leaving many to put tokens in turnstiles only to find they couldn't get on the train or wouldn't go as far as they needed.

At least one more person and possibly others are still being sought in connection with last week's deadly home invasion in Brampton.

There are no clues to tell the tale of what happened in the house where Paula Menendez lived – and possibly died – on a cold winter's night in 2007.

In light of the just approved TTC fare hike, many felt the timing of this week's subway shutdown was somewhat ironic.

A former Toronto fire captain caught with 55 hours of child pornography videos in his house has been sentenced to three years and nine months in prison.

Poor Paula Menendez: First she's discovered hanging from the rafters and then she gets hung out to dry.

Everything is back to normal on the TTC today after rush hour chaos on the Yonge subway line Wednesday afternoon.

Poor Paula: First she's discovered hanging from the rafters and then she gets hung out to dry.