There's a host of surprises behind the elegant red brick exterior of 125 Bedford Rd., which recently hit the market at just shy of $6 million. It's one of those renovated Victorians with plenty of character but also modern appeal. 

The interior design isn't without a few quirks, though. Perhaps the most obvious is the supporting beam that divides the living an dining rooms. Presumably at one point these were separated by a full wall, but when the space was opened up, something was needed for structural support.

I also find the wedge-shaped double fireplace a bit curious, though I'll admit that it actually works quite well in distinguishing the rooms and has plenty of potential to warm both spaces up — both literally and in terms of ambience.

I'm not sure if the kitchen needs an additional breakfast table given the stools that surround the island, but it certainly looks like the kind of place where you could get some serious cooking done. You can imagine the centre area filled with produce in preparation of a large feast.

Upstairs, the historical character of the home shines through on the stairway and in the upper bedrooms. I quite like all the stained glass and the sloped ceilings, but even in the updated master bedroom, the large windows and fireplace are a dramatic reminder of the home's age.

It doesn't look so imposing from the street, but this house boasts over 4,300 square feet of living space, which is punctuated by the size of the upper family room and the master-en suite combo.

Specs

• Address: 125 Bedford Rd.
• Price: $5,988,000
• Lot Size: 44.38 x 112.50 feet
• Bedrooms: 4 + 1
• Bathrooms: 4
• Parking: 4
• Walk Score: 96
• Transit Score: 99
• Listing agent: Zack Fenwick and Erik Paige
• Listing ID: C4047707

Good For

Someone who loves Victorian homes and who needs lots and lots of space. This is a quintessential Annex residence.

Move On If

You prefer a house with a more unified style. This one is a bit all over the place, which might not work for a buyer hoping to snatch up a property requiring no design alterations.

Thanks to Bosley Real Estate Ltd., Brokerage for sponsoring our house of the week. All editorial written and selected by blogTO.

The name Toronto was first applied to a narrow stretch of water between Lake Simcoe and Lake Couchiching.

The word, Anglicized from Mohawk, was spelled tkaronto and taronto and used to describe an area where trees grow in shallow water.

Evidence of early usage of the Taronto. 

The name, misunderstood and confused by various old-world explorers, bounced around the area between Lake Simcoe and Lake Huron. On various early maps it was applied to a canoe trail on the Humber River and Lake Simcoe itself.

Later, the Humber River, before it was named by John Graves Simcoe after a tidal estuary in northeast England, was called Rivière Taronto after the Portage Trail.

As the Humber carried south the water of countless creeks and streams, it also brought the Toronto name to the Lake Ontario shore.

The word Toronto essentially traveled down the Portage Trail to the area that now bears its name.

The first colonial settlement on this part of Lake Ontario was Fort Rouillé, a French trading post depicted in drawings with a high wooden fence at what is now Exhibition Place, just beyond the foot of Dufferin Street.

The Seneca-Mohawk villages of Teiaiagon and Ganatsekwyagon (precise English spellings vary) were within today's city limits at the mouths of the Humber and Rouge rivers respectively.

The small complex - alternatively known as Fort Toronto - was founded in 1750 and contained a soldier's quarters, kitchen, a forge, and an ammunition store.

It and Magasin Royale, another earlier fortification on the Humber River near Old Mill, were built to attack vessels servicing a rival British trading post at Oswego, N.Y..

Rouillé was abandoned and burned by its own troops retreating at the end of the Battle of Quebec in 1759, a key battle that led to France ceding much of its land claims in North America.

Early view of the Garrison at Toronto.

34 years later, John Graves Simcoe, ordered a garrison built at what is now Fort York at the mouth of Garrison Creek. The English military leader believed the location inside the enclosed Toronto harbour would be easy to defend.

The Islands wouldn't become separated from the mainland for another 65 years.

The town of Dublin, renamed York by Simcoe for Prince Frederick, Duke of York and Albany, the second son of then-King George III, developed on the waterfront to the east of the military base.

View of the Garrsion prior to what survives at present day Fort York.

Prior to the construction of Fort York, a second encampment would be built on the other side of Garrison Creek. This short-lived base was destroyed in 1813 during the Battle of York. During the fight, the British army were forced to retreat to Kingston, leaving its armed citizens in the streets.

Before abandoning their garrison, the British set light to their artillery storage area and a ship, the HMS Sir Isaac Brock, under construction at the docks. The gigantic explosion that tore through the fort as the gunpowder ignited killed 38 soldiers, including American leader Zebulon M. Pike, and wounded 222 more.

The Americans occupied York for less than a week before deciding to leave with goods looted from across the town. Despite the wishes of their leader, the Americans raided and burned several buildings, including the town's printing press and Legislative Assembly building for Upper Canada, located on Front Street between Berkeley and Parliament streets.

The town was retaken by the British when the Americans departed for their original position further down the shore. The returning troops built what is present day Fort York near the destroyed garrison and repelled several raids in 1813 and 1814.

The modest beginnings of the town of York.

The town of York recovered from its temporary occupation and grew to surround the old fort. In 1834 the province's legislative council, the leaders of the area around what had become the largest city in Upper Canada, voted to incorporate the community as a city.

A group of local citizens thought then was as good a time as any to re-brand the community. The name Toronto, then recognized as an alternative name for the region, was favoured over York partly because the original York in England was considered so grim.

William Bent Berczy, a member of the Legislative Committee representing Kent, said Toronto had a "musical sound" and was " in every respect much better" than the original title. The others largely agreed, and the city of Toronto was officially founded that same year.

The York name lives on in East York, North York, York Region and the countless other York-related streets and communities in the GTA, while Toronto has continued to travel.

Cities named Toronto in the United States, Australia, and U.K. all derive their name from that narrow stretch of water near Orillia.

Filming is now well underway on the DC Comics blockbuster Shazam!, which should explain any "Gotham City News" trucks you've seen around Toronto lately.

Not to be confused with the fictional genie movie starring Sinbad, Shazam! will be the seventh instalment in the DC Extended Universe film series (which also includes Wonder Woman, Justice League and Suicide Squad).

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It's a really big deal, basically - especially given that this will be the character's first film appearance since 1941. 

The movie, which is about a teenager who can transform into an adult superhero by saying the word "Shazam," is set to drop in April of 2019.

Movie graffiti. Toronto has tons of graffiti but anything featured in a movie needs to be legally cleared and tracking down the artists can be tough. So home made graffiti it is.

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In the meantime, you can creep on the locally shot production via Instagram. Or in person, if you're lucky enough to find an outdoor set).

The film will be shooting in Toronto until May of this year.

New Shazam Leak! Tbh it looks cooler on the back than the front,cause the last leak looked way better, it’s still beautiful tho

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Someone very recently scored a shot of the film's lead character, played by American actor Zachary Levi, in what appears to be Shazam's iconic red and yellow suit.

That photo has been posted online hundreds, if not thousands of times over the past day or two as comic book fans freak out over the garment's design.

Another picture of Levi in costume, shot from the back, went viral a few days earlier.

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Most of the film is being shot at Toronto's Pinewood Studios, but cast and crew have been spotted filming elsewhere around the (modified) city.

"There are two 'Gotham City' newstrucks and a pile of FBI agents at the corner of Parliament & Winchester," tweeted one local this morning.

Someone also captured photos of a scene being shot at Fort York this week.

So much snow, In To-ron-to, So off we go, For cap-puc-ci-no. ☕️ @jackdgrazer @ericblackmon #Shazam #RandosNotIncluded

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When they're not busy working, the film's stars and director seem to be enjoying the city quite a bit – proof of which can be found all over their Instagram feeds.

"'Twas the loneliest of Mudbrays. Sad and discarded in the wet and salted streets of Toronto," wrote Levi of a Pokémon card he'd found outside. 

"Desiring only to be collected, or perhaps recollected, and join the ranks of his Pokémon brethren in the depths of a JanSport backpack. Somewhere. Anywhere."

First Bud Light Dreams released is musical lineup, and then Veld quickly followed suit with their announcement. Now another popular Toronto music festival has finally released what we've all been waiting for. 

Today at 12 p.m., Field Trip released its 2018 lineup. Metric and the Yeah Yeah Yeahs will be headlining this year's festivities and artists like Japandroids, Middle Kids and Allie X will also be performing over the course of the weekend.

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The annual two day event takes place at Fort York on June 2 and 3. Tickets go on sale March 9 at 10 a.m. on the Field Trip website. 

Infinity mirrors? More like Infinity people in front of me in line right now, AMIRITE?

The Art Gallery of Ontario just released a new block of tickets for Yayoi Kusama's high-demand kaleidoscopic mirror exhibit in Toronto, but good luck getting one, or even coming close to getting one (unless you already did – in which case, congratulations! Need a friend to tag along?). 

Infinity Mirrors Exhibit ticket status update: pic.twitter.com/3ilSsGmcdE

— Schmichael Graves (@SgtMikeHoncho) March 6, 2018

More than 60,000 people are currently waiting in an online queue to buy tickets to the marquee art event, which opened on Saturday and runs until May 27.

So many people rushed the AGO's website this morning that it actually went down for a little while, right before 10 a.m. when tickets were meant to go on sale.

I'm resigned to the fact that I won't get tickets to infinity mirrors, but for kicks I'd thought I'd take a peek at the AGO site when tickets go on sale and uh.... pic.twitter.com/qpuyJ4gVJn

— vicki nerino (@vickinerino) March 6, 2018

By the time many of us could even see the digital line, it was already tens of thousands of Kusama fans deep.

Ummm @agotoronto ... yeah ... it’s not looking good for me ever getting Yayoi Kusama #InfinityMirrors tickets EVER 😭😭✖️✖️ pic.twitter.com/2r4FThvIKX

— Angela Sept Smith (@AngelaPSept) March 6, 2018

The conversation on Twitter has turned from one of excitement and competition to one of apathy and defeat.

There are 32,000 people in line ahead of me. You know what? I'm just going to build my own damn infinity mirrors in my bathroom. https://t.co/JNuc4Ox5iL

— Michael Backs (@MichaelBacks) March 6, 2018

Yesterday, there was still hope for people who hadn't purchased tickets yet.

Surely, after missing out so many times before, Tuesday would be their day. 

Apparently, there are 50,000 people in the queue ahead of me. And 8,000 tickets. Oh-kay. #infinitymirrors

— Ailsa (@AilsaBristow) March 6, 2018

Nope. And for some people, it's time to stop wasting time on this exercise in futility.

"Apparently you only get to experience each room for 20 seconds," wrote one potential visitor of Infinity Mirrors. "I can't put in this much work for that."

"I've been in the AGO queue for #YayoiKusama tickets since 15 seconds after 10 a.m.," wrote someone else. "I'm now 3137 in line. There are 4344 tickets left. I have to leave the house in 1 hour. The math is not looking good. Math has never been my friend."

Looks like I’m not getting #infinitymirrors tickets :( pic.twitter.com/uooFIpRGr3

— Jen Gorman (@JenGorman__) March 6, 2018

Maybe we'll all fare better when the next batch of public tickets go on sale again in three weeks. March 27 sounds like a lucky date, doesn't it?

On this day, March 6, in 1834, the town of York was officially incorporated as the City of Toronto.

That would make our city, as it is known today, 184 years old. But this land, this space, these rivers and lakes – they didn't just pop into existence when the city was incorporated. 

On this day in 1834, the Town of York fully incorporated itself as the City of Toronto. Happy 184th Birthday, Toronto! 🎉#TO184pic.twitter.com/DCSN9Y1wgy

— Norm Kelly (@norm) March 6, 2018

Toronto has been around for a very, very long time, under various names and with various inhabitants, though the history of this land prior to its European settlement doesn't get as much attention as it deserves. 

Modern day Toronto is situated upon traditional territories, including those of the Wendat, Anishinabek Nation, the Haudenosaunee Confederacy, the Mississaugas of the New Credit First Nations, and the Métis Nation. 

Tkaronto is much older than 184 years.
I wish to acknowledge that Toronto is the traditional territory of Indigenous people who called this land home before the arrival of settlers and many still do. Land acknowledgements are first steps toward reconciliation not the last. https://t.co/naTbiHkExl

— Kristyn Wong-Tam (@kristynwongtam) March 6, 2018

The very name of this city (borrowed from a narrow stretch of water between Lake Simcoe and Lake Couchiching) is an Anglicization of the Mohawk word tkaronto, which is used to describe an area where trees grow in shallow water.

Reflecting this, many people have been wishing both Toronto and Tkaronto a happy birthday today – so many that latter word started trending locally on Twitter.

#HappyBirthdayToronto! Or should I say #Tkaronto? https://t.co/BbAZyQ6yp6 via @globeandmailpic.twitter.com/lVytY9uOnx

— Hermione Wilson (@hermioneOG) March 6, 2018

This land has been a site of human activity for at least 15,000 years, according to U of T.

A lot has happened in the area since then, including the Toronto Purchase of 1787 – when Loyalist settlers bought 250,880 acres of land from the Mississaugas for just 10 shillings (about $60 today).

Today is apparently Toronto's 184th birthday so let me remind you it's actually called Tkaronto and has been here for 15,000 years. Oh and we totally stole this land.

- ur friendly neighbourhood angry feminist #HappyBirthdayToronto

— Vanessa Marie Rose (@pizzathepuzzle) March 6, 2018

If you care to look, Toronto's deep history is actually visible across the city, from the winding route of Davenport Rd. (once an offshoot of the Portage Trail) to the name Spadina, which derives from the Ojibwa word ishpadinaa, meaning high place or ridge.

On this municipal anniversary, it's worth pausing to consider Tkaronto and the peoples who first called this place home. 

With the official start of spring just over two weeks away, it's time to start planning day trips once the temperate weather arrives.

One destination to have on your list is White Water Walk, the thrilling boardwalk adjacent to the rapids of the Niagara River. In a town with many dubious tourist attractions, the riverside trail is a diamond in the rough.

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The boardwalk is 400 metres long with multiple viewing platforms that bring visitors almost directly above the fast-moving water, which are categorized as class six rapids, some of the most dangerous in the world. 

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If there's a downside to White Water Walk, it's how busy it gets in the prime summer months. One way to beat the crowds is to go early in the season. This year, the attraction is scheduled to open on April 14, weather permitting.

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Mid-spring is actually a fantastic time to see check out the boardwalk, as the vegetation surrounding the river hits a bright green tone, which is dramatically juxtaposed against the turquoise river. It's a sight to behold.

Adult admission for 2018 is $13. White Water Walk is located at 4330 River Rd. in Niagara Falls.

Toronto has witnessed a surge of new Asian dessert destinations. Chains from around the globe now call Toronto home and they're serving up next-level offerings of grass jelly, giant toasts, and matcha soft serve.

Here are some of the new places for unreal Asian desserts in Toronto.

The Dessert Kitchen

This Harbord Village spot is an international transplant serving a menu of eye-catching Asian-style sweet treats. Among their unique items is Ice Stream Ramen - their take on kanten jelly noodles.

Meet Fresh

The chain known for their Taiwanese desserts has landed near Yonge and Finch. Go here for mung bean cake, egg pudding, purple rice pudding, taro balls and grass jelly.

Smile Dessert

This wildly popular international dessert chain, famous for its molecular creations, can now be found at the Finch Midland Plaza in Scarborough. 

Saryo

This dessert spot shares its space with Konjiki Ramen in Koreatown North. The Tokyo transplant serves up mind blowing desserts including their signature parfait featuring hojicha and matcha soft serve.

Luscious Desserts

This Chinatown destination serves up traditional Chinese sweets like house grass jelly and gigantic toasts filled with vanilla, black sesame, green tea, strawberry or mango ice cream.

It's that time of year again. We're opening the poll to 10 new best of categories including Jamaican patties, cheap drinks, cheeseburgers, delis, jewellery stores and more. Voting ends on Wednesday March 7 at 11:45 p.m.

Take the poll here

Events in Toronto today offer a rare glimpse into the mysterious world of Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama in conjunction with her wildly popular Infinity Mirrors exhibit. Meanwhile, Michael Wolff stops by to discuss his controversial book about the Trump White House.

The best piercing in Toronto takes place in shops that are professional, good creative environments, and above all hygienic. These places understand that your piercings aren’t just accessories, they’re a part of your body that’s integral to your health and lifestyle.

Here are the best places to get piercings in Toronto.

After another cancelled TTC subway closure planned for last weekend, Toronto is, for better or worse, now back on track for its regularly scheduled closure this weekend.

There will be no subway service on Line 1 between St Clair West and Union stations on March 10 and 11 due to signal upgrades. 

Shuttle buses will operate between St. Clair West and Spadina stations only. Riders are encouraged to take surface routes to the Yonge Line throughout the southern portion of the closure.

Dupont, Museum, Queen's Park, St. Patrick, Osgoode and St. Andrew stations will all be closed.

Regular scheduled service will resume on Monday morning. The next scheduled closure will halt weekend service on Line 3 between Kennedy to McCowan stations on March 17 and 18 due to track and infrastructure work.

Want to try a free fall jump without the risk (and cost) of skydiving?

The Toronto area just got a new "experiential entertainment" facility for cautious thrill seekers in the form of iFLY Toronto – Whitby, the second local outpost of a popular indoor skydiving chain with 37 locations across the world.

Prior to the opening of Whitby's flight chamber last month, eager flyers had been able to hit up the iFLY in Oakville since 2014.

Now their options have doubled – and those interested in actually taking up the sport of bodyflight can do so in Durham Region, where athletes are already training for international indoor skydiving competitions.

The new Whitby facility has an 18-foot-tall glass flight chamber with wall-to-wall airflow, which is said to provide "the exact feeling people get when they jump out of a plane."

I can verify that the body mechanics are very similar – but the exact feeling of jumping out of a plane is more stomach-in-throat,  adrenaline punch than the "Wee! This is fun!" of indoor skydiving.

Still, the latter is awesome to experience  – and a great way to work up the nerve to free fall without any cushions or glass in the way.

Wouldn't it be nice to go apartment hunting in Toronto with a company-provided rent subsidy? Such is the case for many ex-pat workers who temporarily call the city home. It's renters like these who might fall in love and actually be able to afford a place like 132 Shaw St.

For the rest of us, it's still alluring to get a peek inside a stunning furnished rental space. Located on the top two floors of a house that was just completed last summer, this unit has style and space to spare.

Of the various highlights, the luxurious kitchen area would probably rank at the top of the list, though the slick en suite and multiple outdoor areas might give it a run for its money. 

As for the furnishings, the decorators did an admirable job of keeping things contemporary without sacrificing in the comfort department. This place looks both pretty and highly livable, a combination that's always desired but not always met in furnished units.

It's hard to find many faults with this space aside from the price. 

Specs

• Address: 132 Shaw St. Unit C
• Apartment type: House
• Rent: $5,995
• Furnished? Yes
• Utilities: Included
• Air conditioning? Yes
• Bedrooms: 2
• Bathrooms: 1.5
• Parking: $150 a month
• Laundry? In suite
• Outdoor space? Two decks

Good For

A professional couple with a family who have considerable money to blow on rent either through a company subsidy or because they're waiting for their dream house to be be built. 

Move On If

You don't want to live right next to a school. Givins/Shaw Junior Public School is the next property over, so you can count on shrieking children as a regular soundtrack during the week. 

The fast-expanding restaurant empire known (colloquially, until now) as Vegandale has staked its claim on a stretch of Queen Street between Dufferin and Brock.

Introducing the Vegandale village– a self-described "mecca for the ethically minded and hungry, with the best of vegan food, goods, and services co-existing on one city block in downtown Toronto."

This newly-branded destination is currently home to three successful vegan brands, all managed by a group called The 5700: Doomie's, The Imperative and the recently-opened Mythology Diner by award-winning vegan chef Doug McNish.

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By the end of this 2018, a total of seven cruelty-free storefronts will fill out the prominent block on Parkdale's east side, according to press materials from Vegandale.

Restaurants called Vegandale Bracitorium, Prohibition Pie and NYM are all expected to open in the neighbourhood this summer.

"This premiere destination for the vegan and vegan curious is the only one of it’s kind, promoting a world where animal exploitation is a thing of the past. With our roots in abolitionism, our unapologetic messaging is the connection between each project we touch."

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Coinciding with the announcement of Vegandale itself is a name change for North America's fastest-growing Vegan food festival, which enters its fourth season this summer.

The hugely popular Vegan Food & Drink Festival will henceforth be known as the Vegandale Food Drink Festival.

Dates aren't yet announced for the event, which takes place across Chicago, Toronto and New York City, but organizers (the same team behind the Vegandale neighbourhood project, natch) say that a new "secret destination" is on the tour this year.

Keep your eyes on us this week. You're not gonna want to miss this. 😉 #VeganLevelUp #StayTuned

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"Our downtown Toronto urban playground for the vegan and vegan curious exists to bring the best of the vegan world together to exhibit the ease and enjoyment of living without the use of animals," reads a press release  announcing the festival's name change / rebranding. 

"But we can't contain that to one city block, so we're packing up and taking over the world!"

The move couldn't come at a better time, to be honest. Global sales of plant-based meat substitutes have skyrocketed in recent years, and our city itself is seeing an explosion in vegan options at retail stores and through a boom in new, 100 per cent meatless restaurants.

You can thank Irish whiskey for more than the gift of gab and a hangover next weekend.

TTC officials have confirmed that the 504 King, 514 Cherry and 501 Queen streetcars will all operate free of charge on St. Patrick's Day  courtesy of Jameson.

Clover-clad partiers can hop on any eligible red rocket vehicle between 4 p.m. on March 17 and 2:30 a.m. on the 18th without spending a penny.

So can people who have no intention of doing anything related to St. Patrick's Day, but good luck to them among all that very loud, very drunk Canadian-style craic.

Like New Year's Eve, St. Patrick's Day tends to bring out the inner party animal in many Torontonians. Providing free transportation is a tried and true way of encouraging people to avoid driving while under the influence, and to get the city home safe and sound.

How does an American restaurant chain go from small-town food court staple to most visible purveyor of hamburgers in the downtown core of Canada's largest city?

A&W has it figured out, that's for sure. The root beer-centric fast food franchise has been on an aggressive expansion tear in recent years, and Toronto has proven very popular in terms of where it wants to be.

The company's sleeker-than-usual black and orange "urban concept stores" have been popping up around The 6ix since 2010, more and more of them each year, it seems.

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You'll find them now in Queen West, West Queen West, Little Italy, down by the Harbourfront, all along Yonge Street and throughout the Financial District (among other places.)

Some in Toronto aren't happy about A&W locations opening near their homes, however – particularly when the chain is booting a long-standing independent business. 

It's almost as though A&W has replaced Starbucks as the default harbinger of gentrification. You'd think so, at least, by what residents of one downtown neighbourhood are writing on Facebook this week.

huh, so the old Cai Yuan supermarket seen here in 2012 on the corner of Broadview & Gerrard that burnt down a few years ago is finally getting its first tenant.. an A&W franchise. pic.twitter.com/1zfW7vuoBv

— I'll be Frank w/ you (@syncros) March 7, 2018

"What is the deal with the A&W all day breakfast Downtown East takeover?" wrote a woman named Tara in the I am a Leslievillian! Facebook group on Monday. 

"We go from East Chinatown to this?" she continued. "We totally skipped gentrification and went right to fast food, ok."

She laments that a new location is soon to open at Broadview and Gerrard, despite there already being an A&W at Broadview and Danforth.

"They are literally 3 streetcar stops apart!" replied someone in the thread. "Too bad a local business couldn't get the space. Likely due to high rents."

Move over, Drake. Toronto is now officially known as the fish sex movie city.

Last Sunday's Oscars ceremony saw Toronto get a few shout outs from filmmakers, most notably Guillermo del Toro whose film The Shape of Water took home the top prize the night.

Now it seems Toronto is no longer known for the iconic CN Tower, or it's thriving hip hop scene, or even it's undying raccoon love. 

No, we're the city where the fish sex movie was filmed, as clearly stipulated in the new Welcome to Toronto sign someone so graciously took the liberty of updating.

According to @emtothea, Toronto's new city motto #toronto#Oscarspic.twitter.com/nwaPzej1iZ

— Dan Seljak (@DanSeljak) March 5, 2018

The film revolves around a love story about a very jacked fish-man and a janitor who must save the fish dude from a bad guy with gross fingers.

More important than the themes of interspecies love and how we can't help but destroy beautiful things, however, is that Toronto was the city where this so-called fish sex movie was filmed.

Thanks to Toronto's ever-growing filmmaking industry, hopefully we will see more sexy fishy movies made here in the future.

Kimpton Saint George – Toronto's first outpost of the ultra-swank, San Francisco-based boutique hotel chain – will now take your reservations, madams and sirs.

The hospitality company announced in a press release this morning that its new luxury lodging site will be open as of July 1, 2018 at 280 Bloor Street West.

Located in the heart of what Kimpton describes as "Bloor Street's Culture Corridor," the hotel will take over what was once Yorkville's Holiday Inn (with some serious modifications, as one might assume).

Follow us @kimpton for more inspired spaces. We're excited to share that *38* of our hotels were named to Condé Nast Readers' Choice list.

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A total of 66 other Kimptons already exist in 35 cities around the world, but this will be Canada's first and only.

Kimpton Saint George, which will be owned and developed by InnVest Hotels, is set to feature 188 "artfully designed guest rooms," including 20 suites, one Presidential Suite and approximately 1,500 square feet of ground level meeting space.

The complex will also include a "dynamic gastropub dining destination" from Jackman Reinvents and Pegasus Hospitality Group CEO Terry Tsianos, according to Kimpton.

When the whole crew is all in. 📷: @videolsson #hotelwilshire

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"Toronto is one of the most dynamic cities in the world right now with its own distinct identity and culture, making it a perfect home for Kimpton," said Kimpton Vice President Ron Vlasic.

"We're thrilled to be opening the first boutique hotel that embodies the essence of the lively Annex neighbourhood, in the hub of the city's arts, culture and dining scene."

The St. Patrick's Day Parade is returning to Toronto for 2018. Expect a heavy dose of Irish cheer, unique floats, and, of course, road closures. The annual parade in celebration of Ireland's patron saint will go down on Sunday, March 11 at noon.

The parade will begin on the corner of Bloor and St. George streets and then head east along Bloor Street. It'll then turn south on Yonge Street and proceed down to Queen Street before concluding at Nathan Phillips Square.

The parade will go on for about one and a half hours. As a result, there will be a few road closures.

8 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.

• Harbord Street, from Huron Street to St. George Street
• St George Street, from College Street to Bloor Street West
• Devonshire Place, from Hoskin Avenue to north of Hoskin Avenue

10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.

• Hoskin Avenue, from Queen's Park Crescent West to St George Street

12 p.m. to 3 p.m.

• Bloor Street West, from St George Street to Yonge Street
• Yonge Street, from Bloor Street West to Queen Street West
• Queen Street West, from University Avenue to Yonge Street
• Bay Street, from Queen Street West to Dundas Street West
• Elizabeth Street, from Dundas Street West to Hagerman Street
• Hagerman Street, from Elizabeth Street to Bay Street
• University Avenue, from Queen Street West to Armoury Street

12:30 p.m. to 3 p.m.

• Armoury Street, from University Avenue to Chestnut Street
• Centre Avenue, from Armoury Street to Dundas Street West
• University Avenue, from northbound Armoury Street to Dundas Street West 

Also worth nothing surface routes 5 Avenue Rd, 6 Bay, 94 Wellesley, 501 Queen detour during the parade.