Rob Ford's troubles in front of the camera continue to rumble on. A picture showing the mayor posing with three Hells Angels has surfaced on the motorcycle club's website.
The picture was taken at last weekend's Buffalo Bills game and shows Ford with his arms around "Nick" and "Adam" from Westridge, Alta. and "Cory" from the Toronto chapter. Nick appears to be wearing a Hells Angel neck chain.
"I took probably close to 1,000 pictures," Ford said at City Hall this morning. "I don't check for people's credentials and ask for resumes before I take a picture ... I wasn't aware I was taking a picture with a Hells Angel."
The photo joins two other notorious pictures of Toronto's mayor. There was the time he posed with a uniformed neo-Nazi at his annual New Year's Levee and the infamous picture he took with subsequent murder victim Anthony Smith, Muhammad Khattak, and Monir Kassim.
Former mayor Mel Lastman was famously criticized for showing up at a Hells Angels meeting and shaking hands with one of the club's members.
Is Rob Ford to blame on this one?
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Long gone are the days when the Toronto subway had anything approaching a cohesive interior look. 
It's not completely clear what the TTC paid for the tile because the cost was often lumped in with other work the FCC carried out on the subway, including installing the cashier booths and building a station entrance at Union. One early breakdown put the cost at $1.6 million for materials and installation, though the price fluctuated once work began.
The fragile nature of the Vitrolite glaze ultimately led to its gradual disappearance from the subway. Warping walls, shifting ground, or minor accidents would shatter entire two-inch thick tiles. Rather than pay for the upkeep, the TTC began replacing its original subway tile or covering it in plastic slats, in some cases entombing the damaged Vitrolite behind.
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Toronto events on December 4th, 2013
This Week in Fashion rounds up the week's style news, store openings and closings, pop-up shops, sales and upcoming fashion and design events in Toronto. Find it here every Wednesday morning.
Even in the year that Equinox invaded Toronto, the award for the most high profile fitness club opening has to go to the Madonna backed gym near Yonge and College. It's outfitted with high end equipment and offers services geared toward building a vibrant social scene. I recently gave it a whirl to see whether a workout here would live up to the hype.
The Annex Flea will take over The Centre for Social Innovation this Sunday for the very first time. Echoing the 
TIFF has released its annual Top Ten lists of Canadian movies for 2013, highlighting the best this country has to offer in both the feature and short categories. Now in its 12th year, this year's top picks might lack some of the star power of recent lists - the presence of 
For all the fervour over the 
Parts & Labour opens its newest offshoot today, a tiny shop dedicated to its award winning burgers. In addition to the classic burgers, shakes and fries, vegetarians will be happy to know that they haven't been forgotten with a veggie burger that's anything but an afterthought and a kale caesar salad.
There aren't many bands that can shock the senses on a cool Tuesday night in December. Toronto's formidable July Talk and folk-punk extraordinaire Frank Turner, however, can. And they did just that last night at 
Frontman Peter Dreimanis with his husky, Tom Waits-esque growl is perfectly complemented by the lady of seduction and wispy-voiced Leah Fay. 
Easily their biggest show to date (they did make a lot of fans this summer playing at Hillside in Guelph), July Talk have quickly become known for their live show. In fact, they're up for a 
They seemed genuinely enthused to be giving it all on stage, doing what the could to get the Tuesday night crowd ready for Frank Turner. And I have a feeling it won't be their last big show, as we have it on good authority that there were a couple big labels scouting them last night. (July Talk are currently on the Toronto-based indie label, 
And then enter Frank Turner and his fellow Sleeping Souls touring their fifth studio album, Tape Deck Heart. No stranger to Toronto, Frank Turner has played all over this city in recent years -- Horseshoe, El Mocambo, Phoenix and now Sound Academy -- which just shows his skyward trajectory. 
Opening with the sing along-worthy 
Being quite chatty in between songs, Turner shares that he recently screwed up his back at a show. His doctor told him he couldn't play his acoustic guitar and had to cancel all of his shows up until Christmas. But this is Frank Turner, a defiant folk-punk troubadour, so he just put on a giant wrap around his back and chest and played as if everything was just fine, gliding around the stage. 
For anyone that has seen him play live, Frank Turner is one of those performers that gives it all for each show, even if he threw his back out. And his devoted fans were happy to reciprocate, hanging off every lyric as the Englishman brought his variety of rapid fire folk lyrics back to Toronto on cool December night.
Toronto's struggling bike share system is going to become part of the Toronto Parking Authority, starting in Spring 2014.
There is a treasure trove of secrets, anecdotes, and seldom told stories related to Toronto's famous neighbouring city halls. 
Long before the international design competition that would be eventually won by Finnish architect Viljo Revell, the city seriously considered going with another proposal submitted by a committee of architects.
The best specialty fitness clubs in Toronto offer way more than a couple of treadmills in a windowless room. These gyms take a boutique approach, offering small, intensely focused classes with plenty of attention from instructors -- basically, it's the next best thing to having a personal trainer. 
Rob Ford offered alleged Dixon Road gang members a car and $5,000 in return for the crack video weeks before its existence was reported by Gawker and the Toronto Star, a batch of newly released court documents suggest.
Toronto events on December 5th, 2013
Holiday art sales in Toronto could be your saving grace when it comes to finding the perfect gift for the creative enthusiast on your shopping list. We've already rounded up the (huge) number of holiday craft shows in Toronto, but there are a bunch sales happening throughout December that put more focus on prints, paintings and other less "crafty" work. Some incorporate open houses and artist talks, but all include awesome sale prices on original artwork. 
