Toronto to get $500 million bike lane network
Toronto city council will spend $500 million over the next two years building a network of separated bike lanes that will criss-cross the city, connecting the disjointed parts of the city's existing...
View ArticleThis Week in Music: NXNE announces more shows, The Box Tiger releases new...
This Week in Music rounds up the latest news, releases and concerts coming to Toronto.IN THE NEWSNXNE adds Social Distortion and more to lineupNXNE is always one of the most anticipated festivals of...
View ArticleThe great Toronto coffee drink challenge: Triple Chocolate Maple Passion
There are dozens, maybe even hundreds, of barista competitions every year, and while most of them require competing baristas to present a creative new coffee drink, menu blackboards in cafes still...
View ArticleNocturne breathes life into Toronto's weird scene
While the Queen Street entrance remains as shady as ever, Nocturne Nightclub has stood the place of one of Toronto's longest lasting goth venues, Savage Garden, for two years now. Booker Matt Almeida...
View ArticleSpoken word events in Toronto, April 2013
Toronto Spoken Word Events, April 2013Spring has sprung, and the first full month of the new season also happens to be National Poetry Month. This is a busy time for writers of the lyrical kind. Spoken...
View ArticleVote: 30 plus Best Of categories
No, this is not an April Fools joke. Today we're opening up voting in our latest Best Of poll. Now you can have your say in a diverse range of categories including vegetarian restaurants, tacos, pubs,...
View ArticleToronto Concerts, April 2013
Toronto concerts worth knowing about in April, 2013.Happy Easter Monday! I spent my weekend in Bruce County cross-country skiing, happy to return to a snow-less city. There's lot of shows this month,...
View ArticleRadar: Hidden Toronto, TTC One Book Club, J'Adore Cakes Co. Donut Party, The...
BOOKS & LIT | "Hidden Toronto" Book Launch Photographer Kathy Toth searched back alleys and explored under bridges to find the art of Hidden Toronto, her new book that documents the unusual...
View ArticleMorning Brew: Metrolinx to release transit tax options, Board of Trade starts...
Metrolinx is due to unveil the list of revenue tools it believes will fund the next phase of infrastructure projects in the GTA. In a report due later this year, Metrolinx will select a few of these...
View ArticleCan performance artists save Kensington Market?
Activism and artistry came together this past Saturday when a group of artists assembled to protest recent threats to Kensington Market. MARKIT, orchestrated by Kensington-based artists Jennifer H....
View ArticleLectures in Toronto easy to find with launch of new site
Ever sat pondering over what to do on a Friday night when drinking at the bar just seems like too much work? Podium, a new site created by former students of York and University of Waterloo, hopes to...
View ArticleSigur Ros melts the crowd at the ACC
For the sake of full disclosure, I have to admit that I've been a huge fan of Sigur Ros for over a decade. I had never seen them live before this past Saturday night, though, when they took the stage...
View ArticleThis week on DineSafe: Tim Hortons, The Upper Crust, Ginger (Bloor), TenTen,...
The run of red card-free weeks continues for Toronto restaurants. In our latest instalment of the DineSafe diaries, the most significant errors are inadequate pest control at a Tim Hortons and some...
View ArticleBuild-your-own-taco at this new Mexican grill
Just down the road from The Stockyards, this new fast casual eatery looks deceivingly Mexican-lite. Not the case! The service, style and inspiration might echo a certain U.S. chain, but the food here...
View ArticleNew book documents hidden graffiti in Toronto
Hidden Toronto is a new book that explores the city's inconspicuous places and the graffiti that's found among them. The book's fifty-two images are organized into three sections covering buildings,...
View ArticleThis Week in Home Video: John Dies at the End, The Sweeney, Clown horror and...
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 ArticleHouse of the Week: 25 Ormsby Crescent
If Hugh Heffner were looking to settle down in the bourgeois enclaves of Toronto, 25 Ormsby Crescent would undoubtedly make him feel right at home. Seemingly designed by a 70s adult film set dresser,...
View ArticleMetrolinx releases list of 11 taxes for transit expansion
Provincial transit agency Metrolinx has released a list of 11 potential taxes, tolls, and fees it believes are capable of funding the next wave of transportation projects, including the much-needed...
View ArticleNew website aims to foster city building in Toronto
Launching in Toronto today is a new online platform that's designed to make community projects more easy to realize. For lack of a better analogy, the system resembles what you might get if you...
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