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Saturday, June 30, 2012

A brief history of The Ward, Toronto's notorious slum

Get to know a Baker: Graham Bower, Paulette's Original Donuts and Chicken

This Week In Comedy: Doug Funk feat. Denis Grignon, Comic Vision: Last Call, Aziz Ansari, and Premium Comedy feat. Kris Bonaparte

Photo of the Day

Zelda's will not reopen after electrical fire

Friday, June 29, 2012

QuAIA to march in 2012 Pride parade

Canada Day weekend events in Toronto 2012

New Toronto patios for 2012: Grand Electric

The lost world of miniature villages around Toronto

MSTRKRFT sound even better through a haze of vodka

Contest: Win a print from Evoke and Imagine

This Week in Food: Red Fish, Bivy, Le Ti Colibri, North of Brooklyn Pizzeria, Ribfest 2012, Iron Chef does Poutine and Gilead Cafe does back door burgers

Where to watch the Euro Cup Final in Little Italy

Director James Ivory curates screenings at TIFF

College Street erupts as Italy makes Euro finals

The photos of the week: June 23 - 29

Morning Brew: Lines drawn over OneCity, G20 cops protected fence over quelling riot, TTC driver "spoken to" over Ford incident, and food trucks must wait

Photo of the Day

Sunset at Gus Ryder Pool

Thursday, June 28, 2012

Patios for Pride Weekend in Toronto

Art gallery meets nostalgia shop behind INAbstracto

A brief history of Pride in Toronto

Mexican eats land in Liberty Village

Canada Day 2012 fireworks in Toronto

New in Toronto Real Estate: The Carnaby

Toronto Pride 2012

Get to know a bartender: Joe Gomes, Park Hyatt Roof Lounge

This Week in Film: Magic Mike, Flamenco Flamenco, Take This Waltz, The Wedding Banquet, and what's new in DVD & BluRay

Morning Brew: Ford is against OneCity, Captain John's could float on, Pride still deciding on QuAIA, stuck bike at Spadina update, more fierce weather, and Jays lose

Radar: Epicure's Review, Pamenar Balcony Art Series, Roundtable Live, Golden Hour, Correspondances

Photo of the Day

Wednesday, June 27, 2012

Metrolinx issues statement on TTC's OneCity proposal

New College St. record shop supports DIY art and music

What's open, closed Canada Day weekend in Toronto 2012

A fond farewell to Captain John's Seafood Restaurant

A brief history of the first brewery in Toronto

10 Toronto-themed items worth checking out on Etsy

New Toronto patios for 2012: Midfield Wine Bar

A TTC fantasy map that could become reality

A guide to live music in the Village

Fashion & Style

This Week in Fashion: Fashion's Night Out might be coming to Toronto, Joy Apparel's T-shirt party, Roots collaborates with 1LoveT.O.

Morning Brew: The TTC of our dreams, G20 activist jailed, Lake Shore Blvd to stay open, city launches roadwork website, raised condo walkway dramatics

Radar: Spectrum Road, Toronto Sculpture Garden Picnic, Jaggery with Clara Engel and Jaron Freeman-Fox, The EROS Cabaret

Photo of the Day

Waterboard Yoga

Tuesday, June 26, 2012

Toronto councillors set to unveil massive transit plan

If you're not careful, a TTC turnstile might eat your bike

Honest Ed's does a turn as an art gallery

Contest: Win passes to the Ferrari Fan Zone at the Toronto Indy

What Cheer? Brigade bring brassy smiles to the El Mo

Obsidian Theatre top dog at Dora Mavor Moore Awards

Fashion & Style

Street Style: at Breaks and Builds at Airship 37

Gourmet donuts (and fried chicken) roll into Leslieville

This week on DineSafe: Cake House, Canton Chilli, Lemongrass, Mad Dog, Menalon, Paully's, The Spoke Club, Tortilla Flats

5 films to see at the Italian Contemporary Film Fest 2012

This Week in Rep Cinema: Star Trek II (The Wrath of Khan), Juan of the Dead, Jaws, Tracey Moffat's Night Cries, Waiting for Guffman

Morning Brew: Ford skips Pride flag raising, a chunk of the Gardiner falls on a car, a TTC surplus, construction site gets surprise guest, and a $1.45 million billing error

Radar: Restaurantacular, Casa Loma Music & Art Series, Frische Magazine Launch Party, Sarah Teitel Brain Paintings

Photo of the Day

Monday, June 25, 2012

Confessions of a male stripper in Toronto

Car hit by falling concrete from Gardiner Expressway

A night out at Eglinton West and Oakwood

Get to Know a Chef: John Lee, Sushi Marche

Roger Waters brings The Wall back to Toronto

Fashion & Style

Street Style: at the RAW 2012 party at 109OZ

Highlights from the Session 99 Craft Beer Festival

Hot Ticket: Orgone, Soul Motivators, Chris Thomas King, Alexi Murdoch, Isla Craig, Fishbone, Scorpions

A gentle night at the Opera House with Destroyer

Morning Brew: Boosting the street food menu, a Canada Day parade, examining helmet laws, fixing St. Clair's bottleneck, ferry line-ups, and Batman acrobatics

Radar: Satya Concert Series Featuring the Wood Brothers, "Chocolate Babies," In Nayman's Terms: The Films of Stanley Kubrick, Short & Sweet

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Leslie Spit Sunset

Sunday, June 24, 2012

MEC Bike Fest rolls through the Distillery District

Janelle Monae brings future pop to Toronto

Toronto through the eyes of Milos Raonic

Fashion & Style

Street Style: at Andrew Richard Designs' summer party

This Week in Theatre: Queer Pride Festival, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Top Gun! The Musical, HELLO, Some Girl(s)

Photo of the Day

Saturday, June 23, 2012

Whatever happened to the Etobicoke RT?

Get to know a Baker: Lesley Mattina, OMG Baked Goodness

Hiking clubs in Toronto

This Week In Comedy: Standprov, Comedy Cabaret, Sketch Comedy Lounge, and Tracey MacDonald

Photo of the Day

Great Blue Heron

Friday, June 22, 2012

Fashion & Style

Street Style: at the Samsung Galaxy S3 launch party

That time when the stubby reigned supreme

Weekend events in Toronto: June 22-24, 2012

Neapolitan pizza finally arrives in the Annex

Factory Theatre ousts Ken Gass in questionable style

Free outdoor movies in Toronto summer 2012

New Toronto patios for 2012: Bar Neon

The photos of the week: June 16 - 22

This Week in Food: DT Bistro-Patisserie now open, Cooking Fire Theatre Festival, O X A L A pops-up, Mount Pleasant gets Restaurantacular

Morning Brew: Arrest in College Street shooting, Presto is coming, TTC chair Stintz offered to quit, Sunnyside bike park update, highway madness, and food cart fare

Photo of the Day

Thursday, June 21, 2012

A Toronto time-lapse a year in the making

New in Toronto real estate: Picasso on Richmond

The Stop's Night Market draws a huge, hungry crowd

Toronto Jazz Festival 2012

Meet Toronto's troupe of gypsy-party-punk musicians

Filipino cuisine gets its turn to shine in Toronto

Fashion & Style

Street Style: at Coal Miner's Daughter opening party

Summerlicious Toronto preview 2012

This Week in Film: Brave, Your Sister's Sister, Alps, The Cameraman, Toronto Korean, Parkdale, and Italian Contemporary film festivals, DVD & BluRay

Civil Twilight pleases the citizens at the Garrison

Morning Brew: Parking rate hike, World's Biggest Bookstore might close, breathalizing prom teens, second shooting victim innocent bystander, and hot, hot heat

Radar: Leslieville Summerlust, Don Tapscott: New Solutions for a Connected Planet, Soiree Quebec 2012, Stay Stranger CD Release, 56 Wines, 1 Summer Solstice

Photo of the Day

Wednesday, June 20, 2012

New boutique brings haute jewellery to Queen Street

Album Review: Metric, Synthetica

Fashion & Style

Street Style: at the 2012 MMVAs

Contest: Win a pair of passes to the Red Lights premiere

Get to know a Toronto startup: Konekt.me

5 films to watch at the 2012 Female Eye Film Festival

Fashion & Style

This Week in Fashion: Leslieville's Summerlust, Lisa Tant moves on, Found Riches, Project Sunshine holds a patio party, and Fred Perry slashes prices in half

Tokyo Police Club & Foster the People stay upbeat at Downsview Park

Morning Brew: Latest on College St. shooting, Cycle Toronto ups the ante, Toronto Zoo elephant move back on, a zoning map, and "Livestock" coming to the Islands

Radar: Heather Mallick, Toronto Review of Books Launch Party, Concert For Courtney Fundraiser, Willowdale Group of Artists' 65th Anniversary Show

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Billy Bishop Airport

Tuesday, June 19, 2012

Highlights and lowlights from NXNE 2012

Laura Marling tells stories, disses Bieber at the Phoenix

Mirvish launches new arts and entertainment magazine

Multi-day EDM festivals in Toronto 2012

New Toronto patios for 2012: Cold Tea

New West Queen West pub serves ales and British fare

Fashion & Style

Street Style: at Perez Hilton's MMVA afterparty

Photos of the 2012 Eco-Wheels Show

This week on DineSafe: 2-4-1 Pizza, Café Palma, Hong Kong Island, Nak Won, Noah's Ark, Teriyaki Experience, The Office Pub, Town Crier

Where to go for sex on the Danforth

This Week in Rep Cinema: Dirty Dancing, The Gate, North by Northwest, Grindhouse Marathon, The Girl Can't Help It

Nadja sends NXNE to its doom at The Garrison

Morning Brew: Deadly shooting on College Street, bike helmets should be mandatory, Fords finish "Waist" challenge, Humber islands, and a parking win

Radar: 25th Trillium Book Award Shortlist Readings, The Goat or, Who Is Sylvia?, Get Lost In The Wood, Little Terrors Vol. 10

Photo of the Day

Milky Way over the Gardiner

Monday, June 18, 2012

Fashion & Style

Hanging with the B-list at Perez Hilton's Toronto party

Guu gets in on the noodle trend with new ramen joint

Unlovable loses liquor license during NXNE

Fashion & Style

Street Style: at the 2012 Power Ball

Did you get trashed at the Wine and Spirit Festival?

The Flaming Lips do it all at Yonge-Dundas Square

Get to Know a Chef: Mario Cassini, Caju

Taste of Little Italy brings a hungry crowd to College St.

Hot Ticket: Mogwai, Foster the People, Tokyo Police Club, Civil Twilight, These United States, Gdansk, Rob Moir, Japandroids

Vote: Doors Open Toronto 2012 photo contest

Morning Brew: The final "Cut the Waist" weigh-in, Doug Ford mulls Ontario PC run, more on the Radiohead stage collapse, judging graffiti, and Jays sweep Phillies

Radar: Love Works, Mogwai at The Phoenix, Antony Beevor, Emma Lee at Lunchtime Live

Photo of the Day

Car fire at Eglinton

Sunday, June 17, 2012

Photos of the World Naked Bike Ride in Toronto 2012

Matthew Good offers a dose of nostalgia at NXNE 2012

Toronto through the eyes of Tom's Place's Tom Mihalik

Toronto outdoor theatre preview 2012

Photo of the Day

Lakeshore Boulevard

Weston Bakery plans to leave Leslieville

Saturday, June 16, 2012

Stage collapse kills one, cancels Radiohead concert

Bands to check out this weekend at NXNE 2012

Get to know a Baker: Ashley Jacot De Boinod, Glory Hole Doughnuts

The fascinating story of Toronto's first cab company

What is the future for comic shops in Toronto?

Moss Park gets a (small) makeover

This Week in Comedy: Laughable, Brian Scolaro feat. Ron Sparks, Fundraiser for Mike MacDonald, Hannibal Buress, and the 2012 South Asian Comedy Showcase

Photo of the Day

Little spidey sips

Friday, June 15, 2012

Retrontario revisits the birth of the Blue Box in Toronto

A weekend getaway guide to Collingwood

Art and history collide at Fort York for the Encampment

Weekend events in Toronto: June 15-17, 2012

New Toronto patios for 2012: La Societe

Popular textile designer reopens boutique on College

Bands to check out on day three of NXNE 2012

Roncesvalles bakery opens second spot on Queen St.

This Week in Food: Hogtown Pub & Oysters, GLAS, Origin Liberty Village, Dishcrawl does bacon, Sneaky Dee's and Poutini's celebrate anniversaries

The photos of the week: June 9 - 15

Morning Brew: Toronto eyes car charging stations, the city's worst roads, saving Jarvis bike lanes, odd bylaws, suspicious plans at Billy Bishop, and a meteor sighting

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Finch Subway station

Thursday, June 14, 2012

2012 Polaris Music Prize long list announced

Pop-up king now serving tacos on College St.

29 bars open until 4 a.m. during NXNE

2012 PUG Award winners for architecture announced

Bands to check out on day two of NXNE 2012

New in Toronto real estate: The Carlaw

Mansion aim to reinvent Toronto's dance party scene

This Week in Film: Marina Abramovic (The Artist is Present), Safety Not Guaranteed, The Free Screen, Nanook of the North, Female Eye, DVD & BluRay

Does the food pass mustard at this classic burger shack?

Get to know a DJ: Jeff Button

Morning Brew: Ontario likes bag ban (just), Vaughan's bullet ban criticized, Fort York seeks reno funding, Wonderland on acid, and Spadina transit trouble looms

Radar: Toronto Wine & Spirit Festival, An Evening at the AGO with David Suzuki & Richard Louv, Tribute to Adrienne Rich, A NXNE Day Party, Sadeh21

Photo of the Day

What's for Dinner?

Wednesday, June 13, 2012

The top 10 Toronto bands to catch at NXNE 2012

New Toronto patios for 2012: Gusto 101

The Annex gets an old school snack bar and ice cream

Metric gives Toronto some hometown love

New Leslieville BBQ restaurant doubles as a gas station

Bands to check out on night one of NXNE 2012

The TTC route map gets the 8-bit treatment

Fashion & Style

Street Style: on the rooftop patio at the Thompson Hotel

Dieu Du Ciel! takes over the taps at WVRST

Fashion & Style

This Week in Fashion: Toronto's first Etsy meet-up, Chloe Comme Parris opens online store, Uncle Otis markdowns, Off the Map Webzine hosts pop-up sale

Morning Brew: Adam Vaughan wants to ban bullets, Riverdale Farm secures funding, King Street condo controversy, and those days when the Junction was dry

Radar: Lunchtime Illuminations with Joe Boyd, Doug Paisley, Of a Kind and Static Zine Kick Off NXNE

Photo of the Day

Setting The Stage

Tuesday, June 12, 2012

Ontario Craft Beer Week preview 2012

Fashion & Style

Street Style: at the SummerWorks launch party

Contest: Win passes to Friday Night Live at the ROM

Sanagan's is moving in to old European Meats space

Koreatown now does brunch

This week on DineSafe: Florida Shish Kebob, Leiria Bakery, Lettieri, Lick's, Nora Shawarma, Pizza Pizza, Qadri Halal Meat, The Roastery

Get to know a Toronto startup: The Mantry

This week in Rep Cinema: Some Like it Hot, Packaged Goods, I am a good person/I am a bad person, Back to the Future, The 5,000 Fingers of Dr. T

Morning Brew: Bag ban passes a hurdle, OLG still looking for casino site, more DRL talk, Toronto gets a new bike park, second Eaton Centre shooting victim dies

Radar: NXNE Interactive, The Edward Bond Festival, Royal and Other British Commemoratives, Cages of Shame

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One of those days

Monday, June 11, 2012

Fashion & Style

Selling the past at the Junction Flea

Inside Toronto's newest used record store

Get to Know a Chef: Paul Boehmer, Boehmer

Where to find wasabi macarons in Toronto

Hot Ticket: Deer Tick, Turbo Fruits, The Novaks, Wintersleep, Counting Crows, Good Old War, Foreign Fields, Filligar, Bernice, Radiohead, Caribou

Highlights from the Toronto Raw/Vegan Festival

Morning Brew: Toronto mulls 2024 Olympics, G20 cops worried about embarrassment, ugly underpasses, mentalist predicts news, and Doug Ford apologizes

Photo of the Day

Stained Perspective

Radar: Metric free show at Sugar Beach, Gloria Vanderbilt, Early Monthly Segments #40, Rower's Team Reading

Sunday, June 10, 2012

Doggie Style: photos from Woofstock 2012

15 free shows and events at NXNE 2012

Where to go for a buffet brunch in Toronto

K'naan (and Nelly Furtado) light up Luminato

This Week in Theatre: From the Dark, Next to Normal, Chroma, Edward Bond Festival, Home

Photo of the Day

Rosedale Station

Saturday, June 9, 2012

Sam James opens new location in the PATH

Get to know a Baker: Marc Thobor, Thobors Boulangerie

5 films to see at the 2012 NXNE Film Festival

This Week In Comedy: Russell Peters, Magnus Betner, Sketch Com-Ageddon, John Wing, Legends in the Making, Superstars of Comedy, NXNE Showcase

How to Dress Well unleashes the emotions at the Drake

Photo of the Day

Double Rainbow Skyline

Friday, June 8, 2012

NXNE 2012 Preview

Where to watch the 2012 Euro in Toronto

Get to know a street: Millwood Road

Tree-loving coffee pub fuels entrepreneurs in the Annex

New Toronto patios for 2012: Bellwoods Brewery

Weekend events in Toronto: June 8-10, 2012

This Week in Food: The White Brick Kitchen, The Feel Good Guru, Le Dolci, Blues & Brews, TUM, Market 707/Food Truck Eats mash-up this weekend

The photos of the week: June 2 - 8

Where to drink beer on Harbord Street

Morning Brew: Ford on the plastic bag ban, Mcallion wants new tax for transit, some bed bugs funding restored, a social media scorecard for city council

Photo of the Day

High Rise Takeoff

Thursday, June 7, 2012

Pride funding safe for 2012

Who writes all those fancy restaurant chalk boards?

Camping in and around Toronto

A closer look at the Leslieville Farmers' Market

New in Toronto real estate: 109OZ

5 Toronto restaurants specializing in gourmet grilled cheese sandwiches

Poll: Do you support Toronto's plastic bag ban?

Get to know a barista: Ian Jones of I Deal Coffee

Comrags makes the move north to Dundas West

This Week in Film: Cosmopolis, Prometheus, Early Monthly Segments, Luminato & TIFF Go to the Movies, Japanese & Russian Film Festivals, DVD & BluRay

Morning Brew: Toronto bans plastic bags, more big ideas for the city, a casino is officially out at Ontario Place, and the cause of the Union Station flood

Radar: The Loyalists, Milk Show, Toronto Japanese Film Festival, Secret Garden, and It's Medicinal

Photo of the Day

Rainbow at Cherry Beach

Wednesday, June 6, 2012

Fashion & Style

Welcome to our new Toronto Street Style section

Where to buy a road bike in Toronto

Who are the top music promoters in Toronto?

5 films to watch at the Toronto Russian Film Festival

Fashion & Style

Got a beard? Toronto has a club for that...

blogTO iPhone/iPad app updated with search

It's time to get purposeful with plastic bag fee revenue

New Parkdale clothing shop also does coffee & tattoos

Fashion & Style

This Week in Fashion: The Parkdale Tiny Flea, Beaches Arts and Crafts Show, Jonathan+Olivia's T-shirt collection, and Beyond the Rack's first sample sale

Get to know a Toronto startup: Shore Up

Morning Brew: Ideas for Ontario Place, more on the Dupont bike lanes, Rob Ford acts mayoral, city council meets Game of Thrones, Summerworks funding restored

Radar: Griffin Poetry Prize Shortlist Readings, Tommy Youngsteen, Earth Day Canada's Gala, Reveal Me, Mirage: the 2012 Versailles Gala

Photo of the Day

Tuesday, June 5, 2012

New night market coming to Honest Ed's alley

The time is now for electronic music in Toronto

What Queen's Quay will look like in 2015

The Junction Farmers' Market debuts

New Toronto patios for 2012: Miller Tavern

Contest: Win movie passes to Safety Not Guaranteed

This Week on DineSafe: Chabichou, Cheese Emporium, Creme, Fox & Fiddle, Golden Thai, Mexican Market, Lim Ga Ne, The Epicure

Summer beer festivals in Toronto 2012

This Week in Rep Cinema: Cabin in the Woods, Body Heat, The Raid, Fathers Day, The Rules of Attraction

National Ballet's Hamlet a bold and moody affair

Morning Brew: More details emerge about Eaton Centre shooting, other sites the City considered to memorialize Jack Layton, Dupont bike lanes in danger?

Radar: CFC's 18th Worldwide Short Film Festival, Transit of Venus at Varsity Stadium, Pioneers for Change, Meanwood

Photo of the Day

Spadina and Front

Monday, June 4, 2012

Is it time for NOW to stop selling sex ads?

2012 Toronto Luminato Festival preview

Bry Webb and Del Bel enchant at 918 Bathurst

Great Lake Swimmers come home with Cold Specks

Toronto Festival of Clowns is full of very dark humour

Get to Know a Chef: Garth Legree, The County General

Did you know Stussy has a store in Toronto?

Hot Ticket: The Parlotones, How to Dress Well, Skydiggers, mewithoutYou, Buried Beds, Imaginary Cities, Lisa Hannigan

Morning Brew: Arrest in Eaton Centre shootings, on the need for a city subway loop, Rob Ford really wants to eliminate the land transfer tax, the weekend roundup

Radar: Bernie Finkelstein, Iain Gardner, Rowers Pub Reading Series, Lunchtime Live, Toronto Jewish Book Festival, Elvis Monday

Photo of the Day

Sunday, June 3, 2012

Toronto's back alley beauty gets the book treatment

Burger wars arrive on the Danforth

Toronto through the eyes of Mike Layton

Fashion & Style

5 stores to buy tile in Toronto

This Week in Theatre: Luminato Festival, The Loyalists, Odysseo, Lost in Yonkers, Much Ado About Nothing

Photo of the Day

Saturday, June 2, 2012

Coeur de Pirate brings bilingual dream pop to Toronto

Yorkdale mall gets a major upgrade to its food court

Get to know a Baker: Nadege Nourian, Nadege Patisserie

New Parkdale salon offers non-surgical "endermologie"

This Week in Comedy: Bobcat Goldthwait, Brody Stevens, David Hemstad, and One Hour Fun Hour

New Dundas West hair salon doubles as event venue

Photo of the Day

A day to remember

Friday, June 1, 2012

Video of the Union Station flood

Worldwide Short Film Festival 2012 preview

Weekend events in Toronto: June 1-3, 2012

Handcrafted shoes the prize at new Queen St. shop

The photos of the week: May 26 - June 1

New Yorkville pub serves ales and classic British grub

This Week in Food: The Feasting Room pops-up, Fancy Franks opening soon, Tom Brodi leaves TOCA, and backdoor donuts now available at Beast Restaurant

A weekend getaway guide to The Kawarthas

Morning Brew: Ford skips mayor's meeting, Google continues to map the city, Riverdale Zoo still in danger, urban planners steer clear of Toronto

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