What Davenport Road used to look like in Toronto
Davenport Road might lack the stature of some of the other streets we've featured in our series of Toronto history, but even if it was never developed to the same degree as nearby St. Clair Avenue or...
View ArticleRob Ford celebrates the best summer ever!
Rob Ford has had an amazing summer, don't you know? Controversy-free, he's been able to really enjoy the city and his constituents, getting out to various street festivals and even arm wrestling with...
View ArticleMashup project blends a century of Toronto streets
Change rarely comes quickly in cities. Buildings come and go, businesses open and close, and styles change, but it often takes years to notice the endlessly shifting landscape. That's where Toronto's...
View ArticleWeekend events in Toronto: September 13-15, 2013
Weekend events in Toronto is our guide to events happening this Friday, Saturday and Sunday. Here's what's happening in Toronto this September 13-15, 2013.Roncesvalles Polish Festival The final street...
View ArticleThat time Eaton's planned the tallest tower in the world
Toronto has had its fair share of aborted construction projects and big development ideas brought low - enough to fill two fascinating books, in fact - but Eaton's John Maryon Tower, a giant precursor...
View Article10 must-see shows at Just For Laughs Toronto 2013
Just for Laughs in Toronto is pretty stacked this year. Family Guy Live. Aziz Ansari. Sarah Silverman. 42 other killers. Questions? Follow me as I walk you through the star-studded line-up...The Pass...
View ArticleThis Week in Music: Hayden announces tour dates, Mushy Callahan at Tattoo...
This Week in Music rounds up the latest news, releases and concerts coming to Toronto.IN THE NEWSHayden announces fall tour, premieres new videoAfter releasing Us Alone, his first album in four years,...
View ArticleCollective Arts Brewery launches fusion of art & beer
Seemingly perfectly timed with my newfound interest in the art on Toronto's beer labels, a new Ontario brewer, Collective Arts Brewery, officially launched last Thursday night, with a goal no less...
View ArticleLuxe snack bar opens in former Cowbell space
Parkdale has a new dining and late night destination and the menu is bistro meets seafood snack bar. Channelling the glitz and glamour of the 1920's, the new bar boasts classic cocktail standards and...
View ArticleManifesto Festival 2013
The 7th Annual Manifesto Festival returns to Toronto from September 19 to 22 at venues across the city. This non-for-profit grassroots organization with a focus on youth and hip hop culture aims to...
View ArticleInaugural Junction Night Market draws big crowds
The Junction Night Market debuted on Saturday night at the Junction Train Platform. The inaugural outdoor market in West Toronto attracted big crowd with free admission and the promise of $5 plates and...
View ArticleThe top 50 movies at TIFF 2013
The top movies at TIFF 2013 represent a wide range of genres with some predictable inclusions and under the radar surprises. At the start of the festival I floated my top picks and yesterday TIFF...
View ArticleHave you seen these monsters on Toronto streets?
Aiden Glynn sees monsters everywhere. They're lurking in doorways, peering out of alleys, and tucked low in the undergrowth with a toothy grin and a floppy tongue. Now, thanks to a set of homemade...
View Article20 pierogi-studded highlights from Roncy's Polish Fest
Roncesvalles played host to its annual Polish Festival this weekend, bringing out over 300,000 people with food, music and a variety of street performances. In its eighth year, the Festival was a...
View ArticleRadar: Majical Cloudz, Candice Breitz, Bidder 70, The Dove in Bathurst...
Toronto events on September 17th, 2013MUSIC | Majical Cloudz w/ Matthew E. Duffy at Wrongbar Montreal-based duo, Majical Cloudz, hit Wrongbar tonight. This duo, made up of Devon Welsh and Matthew Otto...
View ArticleMorning Brew: Raids targeted seller of alleged Rob Ford drug video, subway...
The home of the man who tried to sell a video allegedly showing Rob Ford smoking crack cocaine was raided during Operation Traveller, a widespread police search of high-rise apartments in northwest...
View ArticleThis Week in Home Video: World War Z, The Bling Ring, Wikileaks, Friday the...
This Week in Home Video previews all the latest Blu-ray, DVD and on-demand titles hitting the street this week, plus lost gems, crazed Cancon, outrageous cult titles and the best places to rent or buy...
View ArticleWhere to get your bubble tea fix at Yonge & Eglinton
This cafe at Yonge and Eglinton, which was most recently the short lived midtown location of Bulldog Coffee, doubles as a Taiwanese tea house and coffee shop with its bubble tea drinks, espresso,...
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