Radar: Holiday Art Bash, Christmas at the Garrison, Colin Mochrie, Still...
Toronto events on December 18th, 2013PARTY | Art Battle Art Bomb Holiday Art Bash Tonight, both Art Battle and Art Bomb join forces to colour your world in a big way at a special Holiday Art Party at...
View ArticleMorning Brew: Daniel Dale libel suit to proceed despite apology,...
Daniel Dale will proceed with his libel suit against Rob Ford despite the mayor offering an apology of sorts yesterday. Ford said he was sorry for how the media had interpreted his "taking pictures of...
View ArticleThis Week in Fashion: Square One expansions, Young & Tae opens on Queen,...
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.NEWSSquare...
View ArticleWhere to score a decent burger in Scarborough
Blending into its industrial neighbourhood, this east end diner has good food at fair prices. With a solid all day breakfast, a good looking (and tasting) burger), and hot daily specials, this is a...
View Article20 frozen photos of the ice storm aftermath in Toronto
The ice storm might be over in Toronto, but the damage it's left in its wake continues to plague a city in the midst of a major cleanup effort. Hundreds of thousands still lack power, and downed tree...
View Article10 fiery photos of the Winter Solstice in Toronto
The 24th annual Kensington Market Winter Solstice filled Augusta Avenue with night-defying antics and entertainment, complete with a healthy dose of pyrotechnics. Giant puppets on stilts featuring...
View ArticleRob Ford is now an action figure (kind of)
Here's hoping you don't find this under your tree - especially if you're under the age of, I don't know, 13. Joke/art site Masatoys is selling (but not really selling) a Rob Ford action figure called...
View ArticleThis week on DineSafe: Le Paradis, O.Noir, House of Wong, Inakaya, Marrakech...
Dining in the dark got a little, er, more interesting this week on DineSafe as O.Noir restaurant was served with a yellow card. If you can't see your contaminated food, does that make it less gross? A...
View Article115,000 without power in Toronto as temperature dips
Over a hundred thousand homes in Toronto are still without power as temperatures have plummeted, leading the City to issue an extreme cold weather alert. With winds in excess of 30 km/h in the...
View ArticleHouse of the Week: 66 St. Germain Avenue
You won't be able to miss this house: a tall, geometric, pristine rebuild plunked down on a Lawrence Park street lined with traditional brick houses. 66 St. Germain towers over its closest neighbours,...
View ArticleThe top 10 restaurants open Christmas Day in Markham and Scarborough
Markham and Scarborough restaurants do brisk business on Christmas Day. From dim sum to dinner or something in between, here are some of the best bets for eating out on December 25th 2013.Gourmet...
View ArticleRestaurants open on Christmas Day 2013 in Toronto
Restaurants open on Christmas Day in Toronto give holiday diners plenty of options. The most popular ones tend to fall into a few basic categories: 24-hour diners, Chinese restaurants, Jewish eateries,...
View ArticleToronto filmmaker turns the ice storm into art
As destructive as the Toronto Ice Storm has been (thousands still lack power), most will agree that the scene it left in its wake has been nothing short of beautiful. This was particularly the case...
View ArticleThat time Toronto built a giant bridge in record time
The Leaside Viaduct doesn't get nearly the attention it deserves. Needlessly dwarfed in terms of fame and stature by its slightly older cousin to the south, the Prince Edward Viaduct, the Leaside...
View ArticleToronto restaurants aim to "rescue Christmas"
In the face of widespread power outages across Toronto lasting through Christmas Day, The Real Jerk wants to "rescue Christmas" by offering free food for those displaced by the ice storm. Rather than...
View ArticleRegent Park gets an influx of samosas
Some of the best samosas in Toronto are now more accessible to downtown dwellers. Occupying a large corner lot just north of Dundas and Parliament, this much-loved purveyor of samosas and dipping...
View ArticleBoxing Day Sales in Toronto 2013
Boxing Day Sales in Toronto are the best way to remedy whatever bad gifts you found under the tree today. And, really, it's a day when almost everyone in the city is scattered inside malls and on the...
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