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This week on DineSafe: Ellas Meat Market, Ginger, New Lim Ga Ne, Pinoy Ako,...
This week on DineSafe featured a lingering "Conditional Pass" delinquent. The offender?Tasty House up at Alton Towers Circle, which got its second yellow flag in as many weeks. Third time's a charm,...
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Vietnamese underworld karaoke hangout now a hip bar
First Lower Ossington and now Dundas West? If the site of Vietnamese karaoke bars within a mile of Trinity Bellwoods is no longer a common site as it was in the 1990s, just blame the gentrification...
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Album Review: Gold & Youth, 7"
Considered an indie label heavyweight nowadays, Arts & Crafts have been stepping outside their comfort zone for a while now. No longer do they stay within the confines of their family tree of acts,...
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7 St. Thomas a good example of heritage preservation?
Take a ride across the Gardiner or a stroll along Adelaide, and you'd think Toronto was all glass towers and temporary cladding. But the cognizant Toronto resident knows the city has, indeed, retained...
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What Harbord Street used to look like in Toronto
Harbord may seem like an underwhelming street to give the historical photo treatment to, but when you consider its transformation from a mostly quiet residential street into a crucial passage through U...
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Pacific Mall raid protects us shoppers, right?
Pacific Mall played host to a sweeping raid last Thursday as part of a massive investigation in which police seized more than $3 million in counterfeit goods. After an inquest, which, by all accounts,...
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Hudak promises the sale of wine & beer at corner stores
Hmmm. I don't like Tim Hudak a whole lot, but I do like booze and things that are convenient — you know, like being able to buy booze at the corner store. So I must confess that I'm on board with the...
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Annex catering company opens Davenport cafe
Here's something besides flower shops for the area right by Avenue and Davenport. A new cafe has cropped up in the former home of Caz's Great Fish, offering baked goods, hot lunches, and espresso...
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Who might run for mayor of Toronto in a by-election?
With a by-election likely looming for Toronto in the coming months, now is the perfect time for councillors with mayoral ambitions to take a stab at the top job. The only obstacle in their path:...
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Morning Brew: Ford in court to request stay of removal, Vaughan wants...
Rob Ford and his legal team are due in court again this morning to request a stay of a judge's decision to remove him from office. If he's successful, which seems likely, Ford will remain mayor until...
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This Week in Fashion: Milk Glass Co. Holiday Pop-up Shop, Tunezy and...
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.NEWSThe...
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Six Shooter Records on how to make it as an indie label
Starting with a simple motto — "Life's too short to listen to shitty music" — owner Shauna de Cartier has built Six Shooter Records into one of Toronto's most high-profile independent labels,...
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Gotstyle opens new unisex shop in the Distillery
Girlfriends and wives (or, more likely, wives-to-be) have known this store as a place where their men can pick up some dapper duds. But with a new location now open in the Distillery District, women...
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Get into the holiday spirit with vintage TTC ads
Though some of its staff might occasionally be lacking in the charm department, the TTC was once a perennial source of thoroughly endearing artwork and ideas. In the 1950s, the Commission not only...
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The top 10 films in Canada from 2012
Probably the next best thing to having your film screen at TIFF is having it selected as one of its "Top Ten," a list that was established in 2001 to "honour excellence in short and feature length...
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What should the TTC do to improve its Rocket trains?
Toronto's new Rocket subway trains have a design flaw: if the doors fail to close three times in a row, an automatic shutoff kicks in and the cars need to be taken out of service be reset. This, as you...
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Toronto seeks to design its own version of the High Line
New York City's High Line, a public park built atop a disused elevated railway along the Manhattan's west side, is something that would make a damn fine addition to any urban centre. The problem is, of...
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Judge allows Rob Ford to remain mayor until January
An Ontario Superior Court judge has granted Rob Ford a temporary stay of removal, allowing him to continue as mayor until a formal appeal against a court decision to oust him from office can be heard...
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New cafe has the Parisian vibe down pat
Quiet in King West is not necessarily an anomaly, but this new French cafe offers a little bit of respite from the bustle, complete with quiche, croissants, cafe au lait, and pleasant Francophone music...
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