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This article reports on the Rock, Paper, Scissors Championship that occurred at the Steamwhistle Brewery in Toronto, Ontario. Andrea Farina of New York became the first female and first American champion. The contestants say part of the fun is purely social, as they travel from all over the world, the contest becomes a large party.

Cybéle Young, a Toronto sculptor who makes small Japanese paper constructions of everyday urban symbols, including T-shirts, fire hydrants, shoes, chairs and handbags--has come up with some playful titles for her pieces. In her solo show, "Toys that Linger," opening at Toronto's Prime Gallery on May 29, the artist (who makes most of her income from art fairs in the United States) is displaying these paper constructions as well as some small bronze sculptures that use the same iconography. Her fascination for all things little started as a child when she would build miniature farms with tiny tools. Today, her seven-year-old daughter Calder remains a huge inspiration. In fact, Young and her husband David named their child after the American sculptor Alexander Calder "more for his philosophy than his art," she explains.

At this peak a couple of years ago, Josef Penninger was one of the hottest, most charming scientists in the world. From his lab on Toronto's hospital row, Penninger, a fearless anarchist, loved to demolish accepted wisdom as he swooped over a stunningly broad scientific landscape--bone, pain, cancer, heart disease and the immune system.He churned out so many papers in the world's most prestigious scientific journals that for two years running, in 1999 and 2000, the trend-tracker 'Science Watch' said Penninger was among the world's most quoted scientific researchers. Penninger's boss was Tak Mak, the wiry, hard-driven 56-year-old Hong Kong immigrant who has won nearly every scientific prize, except for the Nobel, for his discovery of the holy grail of the immune system.

Reports on the decline of the overall newspaper readership in Toronto, Ontario. Number of Toronto-based dailies; Validity of the data complied by Newspaper Audience Databank Inc.

Focuses on newspaper mogul Conrad Black of Great Britain. Black's interest in starting a daily newspaper in Toronto; Involvement of Black's Hollinger International Inc. in the Southam Inc.'s newspaper chain; Projected costs of newspaper start-up; Speculation on the possible newspaper; Comments of Black.

Focuses on Toronto, Ontario's Clay and Paper Theatre. Role of founder and artistic director David Anderson; Success of 'The Ballad of Garrison Creek'; Background on the play 'Gold.'

The author discusses her conversation with Stan Smurthwaite, a former minister of Baptist churches in Toronto, Ontario, about his love of receiving letters from his fellow readers of "Maclean's." Among the topics that Smurthwaite has shared with his pen pals include his service in the British Royal Navy, his painting hobby, some tales of his family, and his work in the church.

This editorial comments on Maclean's centennial celebration. A black-tie gala was held at the Toronto Centre for the Arts on Nov. 15, 2005. About 500 guests attended the dinner and the entertainment was produced by Garth Drabinsky. People attending the event included Kim Cattrall, Gordon Lightfoot, Belinda Stronach, Dr. Henry Morgentaler, Marc Cardinal Ouellet, and author Margaret MacMillan. The show was hosted by emcee Arthur Kent. The guest speakers were Hilary Weston, David Frum and Joseph Boyden. Conrad Black is mentioned and the fact that he had court papers served on Peter C. Newman.

Focuses on Reg Beatty, a Toronto bookbinder. Handiwork Beatty does when putting covers on books.

Presents a brief profile of Canadian physicist Robert Birgeneau. Biographical and career information; How he decided to become a citizen of the United States; His position of president at the University of Toronto in Ontario; His thoughts on Canada.

Comments on the announcement by Toronto police Chief William McCormack that he plans to retire earlier than expected. His long-simmering battle with Susan Eng, chairman of the board, appointed by the NDP government; Media reaction.

The article reports on a Toronto, Canada, couple who keep a pet crow. Keeping crows as pets is a possibly illegal practice, and the couple fear being found out by authorities. They found Joker, the crow, abandoned and injured as a baby in a Toronto park. Joker has the best room in the house, but has not been let outside since a pair of aggressive crows moved into the neighborhood.

The article reports on the growth of the self-storage industry in Canada and the plans of the storage company Dymon Storage to build a large storage facility in Toronto, Ontario. It mentions that the building will offer amenities such as wine storage, valet service, and other ancillary services appealing to baby boomers, according to Dymon vice-president Steve Creighton.

The article looks at housing markets and real estate development in Canada, focusing on problems and disputes over matters including housing affordability and neighborhood preservation. It discusses various effects of the sharp rise in home prices in recent years in Toronto, Ontario, Vancouver, British Columbia, and other Canadian cities. Topics include teardowns, or properties bought in order to demolish the existing house and build a larger one in its place, and bidding wars for homes.

The article focuses on Toronto Mayor Rob Ford and his reelection campaign that was launched on April 17, 2014. Topics include the allegations that Ford was recorded smoking crack cocaine on April 26, 2014, Ford's decision to enter a rehabilitation facility on May 1, 2014, and how Ford's personal misconduct will impact the election, which is scheduled for October 27, 2014.

The article looks at how Toronto, Ontario mayor Rob Ford could learn from London, England mayor Boris Johnson, who are both characterized as outspoken, gaffe-prone, and conservative. Topics discussed include Ford's feud with the "Toronto Star" newspaper, Johnson's education and career as a journalist, and Ford's image as a buffoon and a bully.

This article describes various gay pride events taking place in Toronto, Canada during 2007, involving notable Canadian figures. Comedian Mary Walsh emceed the Pride Toronto Gala and Awards in Toronto, Canada. Elizabeth May, leader of the Green Party of Canada, held a gay Pride Week reception in Toronto, attended by Toronto chef Jaime Kennedy.

The article looks at Rob Ford, mayor of Toronto, Ontario, who is facing low approval ratings for various political missteps. His relationship with his brother Doug Ford, a Toronto city councillor, is a focus, particularly problems brought on by Doug's remarks about public libraries. Other topics discussed include the mayor's progress at the beginning of his term, his mediocre efforts at cutting costs in the city, and his conflicts with the press, especially the Toronto Star newspaper.

An article is presented that reports on the election of candidate Rob Ford as mayor of Toronto, Ontario. The article discusses the improbability of the win as a conservative politician, describing the roles of campaign workers Richard Ciano and Nick Kouvalis. Information is also provided on Ford's background, use of buzzwords, campaign promises, and his body weight.

The article looks at Rob Ford, city councillor of Toronto, Ontario, who is a candidate in the 2010 elections for Mayor of Toronto. The author comments on Ford's campaign and his expected victory over opponent George Smitherman. Ford's troubled past is also discussed, including a 1999 drunk-driving conviction in Florida. Ford's position on street cars, taxes, and road work is reviewed. INSET: Ford: a man on the move.

Presents a profile of the Toronto-based musical group controller.controller. Description of the group; Release of the album "History"; Plans of the band to release a full-length CD in the fall of 2005.

Presents news briefs about the entertainment industry as of January 31, 2005. Way that Johnny Carson was helping television host David Letterman; Arrest of filmmaker Michael Moore in New York for carrying an unlicensed gun; Speculation on the success of Blue Man Group in Toronto; Others.

The article examines charges of motor vehicle homicide against Michael Bryant, a former attorney general of Ontario, related to the August 31, 2009 death of bicycle courier Darcy Allan Sheppard in a wealthy shopping district of Toronto, Ontario. The two men's lives prior to the accident are described, and Bryant's likely legal defense against the charges discussed.

Presents news on Canadian media figures. Departure of Toronto Star publisher John Honderich; Apology of Gord Martineau, anchor for Toronto's CityTV for remarks made in 1999 outtakes.

In this article the author examines the performance of the Maple Leafs, a Toronto, Canada, professional hockey team. Despite frequent losing seasons the author reports that the Maple Leafs are profitable and that the franchise is considered the most valuable in the National Hockey League. The author blames the consistent failure to improve team performance on a number of factors including poor management and monopolistic business practices. INSET: GM HALL OF SHAME.

Reflects on the stabbing death of David Rosenzweig, an Orthodox Jew, in Toronto, Ontario. Belief that the murder was a hate crime; Charges against Christopher Steven McBride in the case; Idea that Jews are persecuted because others do not like the Jewish people.

Focuses on Polish-born architect Daniel Libeskind's bid to redesign the Royal Ontario Museum. How Libeskind submitted ink sketches on napkins to the committee which will choose the architect; His connections to the city of Toronto where his wife was born.

The article reports on Canada's first national opera house, the Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts in Toronto (Ont.). Years of building and financing delays held up the opera house until Canadian Opera Company director Richard Bradshaw finally made it happen. The building was designed by architect Jack Diamond and boasts palatial box seats.

Comments on the efforts of Toronto, Ontario to host the 2008 Olympic Games. Opinion that a city is judged by its leader; Thoughts on Toronto Mayor Mel Lastman; Belief that Toronto's efforts were futile, and that the International Olympic Committee strongly favored Beijing, China, which was awarded the games.

Reports on the Toronto International Film Festival in 2005. Celebrities who attended the festival; Description of the films that were presented; Assertion that there were a lot of Oscar-worthy performances among the films shown; Comments on the film "Capote," starring Philip Seymour Hoffman; Analysis of the English Canadian film industry.

The article describes the return of Roméo Dallaire's return to Rwanda ten years after the genocide in 1994. In a 100-day period, Hutu extremists massacred some 800,000 Tutsis and moderate Hutus before rebel Tutsi forces of the Rwanda Patriotic Front (RPF) emerged victorious. The bloodbath has continued to haunt the Canadian military officer, who was part of the UN peackeeping forces. But in April, Dallaire returned to Rwanda with a film crew from White Pine Pictures to mark the 10th anniversary of the slaughter. The resulting documentary, Shake Hands With the Devil: The Journey of Roméo Dallaire, had its world premiere last week at the Toronto International Film Festival.

Focuses on investment banker Tom Kierans. His role in public policy in Canada at the C.D. Howe Institute; Scheduled resignation fror the institute; History of his work at the institute; Other career information; Biographical details; Comments from Kierans.

Reports that as of October 1998 shares of Toronto's Newcourt Credit Group Inc. were falling in value. Rumors that Newcourt's founder and chief executive officer Steve Hudson had been fired; Reaction of Hudson to the rumors; Financial statistics on the company; Loss of Newcourt's profitable leasing arrangement with Lucent Technologies; Use of secured loans by Newcourt.

Reports on the voting by the Toronto city council to decriminalize adult prostitution.

Reports that a team of Toronto journalists is developing a made-in-Canada weekly scandal sheet, entitled `Public Eye.' Brainchild of publisher Ray Mason; Editor Jim Peters; Problems coming up with sexy scandals about Canadian stars.

Opinion. Criticizes the Toronto Board of Education, which, strapped for funds, has signed a contract giving Pepsi-Cola the monopoly to distribute its wares in all of the board's schools. Suggestion that those in authority know that drinking junk rots your teeth and that smoking junk stuff leads to cancer and death; Decision by the Toronto education system that their students are marketable qualities.

Recalls the hazards of Bike to Work Week in Toronto, and the kickoff flapjack breakfast in Nathan Phillips Square, complete with soggy flapjacks and entertainment by a comic commenting on drug dealers and bicycle thieves. Homeless collecting a free breakfast; Difficulties in telling the homeless from cyclists; Epidemic of bike theft in Toronto; Effects of special interest groups on Toronto.

Opinion. Asserts the foolishness of Toronto calling itself a `world-class city.' Criticism of the report by Dr. Anne Golden which proposes a Greater Toronto Area (GTA) that would replace 30 local governments and produce large amounts of wealth; View that real world-class cities including Rome or Paris do not have to promote themselves as such.

Focuses on the plans of Canada's Ontario province for the restructuring of the political system of Toronto. Bill 103 and how it will unify the area's six municipalities along with the regions government of Metropolitan Toronto, into a single city; Aspects of the opposition to the proposed megacity; Why the effects of the provincial plan for Toronto transcend the borders of the city; Why there is a need for change; Tory support for the bill.

Several letters to the editor are presented in response to articles in previous issues including "Toronto stinks," in the July 27, 2009 issue and "Why do you leave the one you love?" by Mark Steyn and "Autistic license," both of which appeared in the July 20, 2009 issue.

The article discusses the difficulties of legal associates working at law firms in Toronto, Canada. Toronto law firms offer law school graduates the chance for training and high salaries. Associates comment on how the long hours at law firms interrupts their personal lives and the competitive nature of law firm work. Law professor Lawrence Krieger recommends lawyers seek out positions at smaller law firms and in the government.

Offers world news briefs for the week of January 9, 2006. The City of Toronto announced that its Streets to Homes program, which assigns trained workers to assist homeless people in applying for social assistance and finding a place to live, has helped 533 people get off the streets in less than a year since its launch. Amid growing public concern over C. difficile and avian influenza, Canadian health officials have announced there have been only half as many confirmed flu cases across the country this season as during the same period last year. Andrei Illarionov, economic adviser to Russian President Vladimir Putin, resigned last week, citing restrictions on his ability to speak his mind and rampant state intervention in the economy. The Supreme Court of Canada has ruled that the practice of liberated individuals crowding onto a stage at a busy Montreal club to grope, fellate, and mount one another does not violate Canadian standards of decency. Spain has thrown the full weight of the state behind its efforts to make men do their chores. Earlier this year, the civil code was reformed to include in marriage contracts a pledge that spouses share housework, child rearing and elder care. Other topics include cobras, smoking and blindness, and Lewis Pugh.

This article presents a profile of the University of Toronto, judged best overall in the Medical-Doctoral category of the Maclean's ranking of public universities in Canada. It has only been a few weeks since Héloose Apestéguy-Reux started working toward her degree in international relations and political science. But already she feels "in a whole new world, and right at home" at the University of Toronto. Enrolled at the university's historic Victoria College, the 19-year-old has joined the photography club, been working out at the Hart House gym and has run for a spot on the student council. But best of all, she says, has been her experience of settling into the innovative new Vic One program, which offers 100 top students the chance to study primarily in small seminar settings. One of the world's pre-eminent research institutions, Canada's top-ranked Medical-Doctoral university is a place where students can find opportunities in spades. Which is not to say that all the news is good. President Robert Birgeneau has said that he is determined to improve the student-faculty ratio, now sitting at 30 to one. As well, through the past decade, the university built up a debt of $200 million. Still, the lion's share of that money has gone to keeping U of T a great place for students to be..

In March, accepting the Oscar for best documentary feature, director Michael Moore stood on stage with a phalanx of his fellow nominees and defended the notion of non-fiction. He was using it as a conceit to attack the "fictional" presidency of U.S. President George W. Bush and the war in Iraq. But the director of "Bowling for Columbine" was also taking a stand for documentary truth in the face of industrial illusion--even if some would argue that there's as much conjuring as journalism in Moore's work. Last week (April 25-May 4), Toronto celebrated the 10th anniversary of Hot Docs, North America's largest documentary festival. And some of the festival's most powerful entries were Canadian--notably "The Last Round," about George Chuvalo's stoical defeat to Muhammad Ali in 1966, "Men of the Deeps," an eloquent portrait of Cape Breton coal miners, and "Rage Against the Darkness," a harrowing tale of two aging sisters warehoused in separate institutions.

FRIDAY MORNING: I arrive at Toronto's National Trade Centre for the NDP leadership convention, a copy of Anthony Giddens' 'The Third Way' in hand.Giddens is the bible of modernizing leftists, he's Tony Blair's guru. A recent 'Toronto Star' editorial asked, 'If the Third Way style of social democracy, best portrayed by British Labour Prime Minister Tony Blair, works in Europe, why not try it here?' OK, why not? Giddens ushered leftists into "a world where there are no alternatives to capitalism." He held a sunny view of this choicelessness: "Third Way politics should take a positive attitude toward globalization." He had slogans: "No rights without responsibilities." Your Scout leader couldn't put it better. He took a deferential tone toward big business, seeking "synergy between public and private sectors." And zero verbal passion, to prevent confusion with florid left-wingers of the old days. I should have left my copy home. There's not a Third Wayer in sight among the candidates, or delegates. Some NDPers gave it a shot once, like ex-Ontario premier Bob Rae; or outgoing leader Alexa McDonough, briefly. The rejection is well-timed. It would be an odd moment to glorify globalization, after Canada's long experience with the thing, via free trade, and the way services like education and health have declined.

Focuses on Canadian theater impresario Garth Drabinsky. His self-imposed exile from theater after the failure of his company Livent Inc.; Litigation against the company; Impact of the company's failure on the Toronto, Ontario theater community; Personal and career information.

Looks at the status of SkyDome, a domed stadium in downtown Ontario, Toronto, as of December 14, 1998. Financial problems confronting the stadium's management; Information on the acquisition of Labatt Breweries of Canada by Interbrew WA; Cost of building the SkyDome; Information on the shareholders. INSET: Subsidies for sport?, by James Deacon.

The article focuses on Toronto, Ontario's bike-sharing program, known as Bixi. Topics include why the bike-sharing program was destined to fail since its implementation in 2010, how the city has attempted to reduce bike-sharing program costs in 2013, and how software problems that customers experience when attempting to rent a bike.

The article looks at gay penguins Buddy and Pedro at the Toronto Zoo. Topics discussed include the penguins' arrival at the zoo in November 2010 from a zoo in Toledo, Ohio, the critical responses to zookeepers' plans to separate the pair to mate them with girl penguins, and other famous gay penguin couples at the New York Aquarium and the Central Park Zoo. Also mentioned is Steve Sarro, animal husbandry at the National Aviary in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, who heads the Species Survival Plan.

The article focuses on social justice activists who were arrested for protesting at the Group of Twenty (G20) organization's 2010 summit meeting which was held in Toronto, Ontario. Leah Henderson and Alex Hundert were in custody for 24 days before they were released on bail. Hundert and Mandy Hiscocks are living under house arrest.