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Saturday, July 31, 2010
City
A new chapter in the fascinating history of the Imperial Oil Building
Announcements
Cool junk and a bit of history on Queen West
MB Toronto
Morning Brew: Where the mayoral candidates call home, the week's election news, Conrad Black on his release, Fantino's still at it, Hazel McCallion might not be, and more classiness from the 407
Radar
Weekend Radar: Caribana Parade, Will Munro: Total Eclipse, LED Lightsaber Battle, Pillow Fight League, Chosen Ones Vintage Sale, Down Low and Bad Taste, Pasolini's Trilogy of Life, Free the Hikers Benefit, Rockabana, Island Soul
Photo of the Day
Riverdale Park
Friday, July 30, 2010
News Flash
Burrowing machines coming to the GTA
City
Iggy busts a move at Much
City
Wacky and irreverent signage around Toronto
Announcements
From Sportsnet to Ward 19 Trinity-Spadina?
Eat & Drink
A Toronto book club not just for nutmeg lovers
MB Toronto
Morning Brew: threat to dogs at Cherry Beach, lost and found in a cornfield, office space vacancy rates spike, Tory's decision and Thomson's campaign, Toronto Hydro tries to settle with stray voltage victim
Radar
Radar: I Hate You More than the Devil Hates Me, Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros, Twilight Convention, Fondle 'Em Fridays with DJ Fase, Island Soul Festival, Seven Inch Samurai
Photo of the Day
Fresh Pop Corn
Thursday, July 29, 2010
Announcements
An interview with Michael Ignatieff
City
Sold! 140 year old house on Peter St. in the Club District
Announcements
A new bar opens on Church St.
Fashion & Style
Frugal Fashion Week's fabulous footwear finale
MB Toronto
Morning Brew: police administrative error makes G20 charge vanish, horrific stench in the Scarborough air, Smitherman taunts Ford in schoolyard style, hydro rate hikes on the horizon, Colangelo reflects on Bosh
Radar
Radar: Whippersnapper Farewell Party, Carl Hiaasen in Conversation with Linwood Barclay, Flat-Land, Hart House Craft Beer Festival, Art Spin
Photo of the Day
CN Tower Vista
Wednesday, July 28, 2010
News Flash
Rossi vows to privatize garbage collection if elected mayor
News Flash
Huge complex slated for construction in the financial district
News Flash
Ford declines Smitherman debate offer
Sports & Play
The best city in Canada
Announcements
Amazing refurbished finds in the Junction
Music
Hot Ticket: The Cat Empire, Brasstronaut, The Black Keys with The Morning Benders, Maylee Todd & Times Neue Roman, The Avengers, The Ruby Spirit & People in Grey
MB Toronto
Morning Brew: John Tory still on the fence, Pakistani mango smuggling, Enbridge billing fiasco, Toronto Hydro customers might pay lawsuit settlement, police take down the wrong man, rubber bullet flip-flop
Radar
Radar: Bixi Bike Launch, Canadian Track and Field Championships, In the Mood For Love, Nero at Wrongbar, ShOUT Unconference
Tuesday, July 27, 2010
Film
TIFF 2010 first look
Fashion & Style
Hot or not? Elmer Olsen models
Music
Audio & Video: Andre Charles Theriault, Whale Tooth, Fucked Up, PS I Love You, Caribou, Kae Sun, Metric, Gord Downie & more
MB Toronto
Morning Brew: Jarvis bike lane traffic impact to be measured in the fall, teen charged after texting while cycling, bid to create "Little Ethiopia" rejected, submitted resume leads to theft arrest, iPhone 4 is available on Friday
Radar
Radar: Art Battle 7, Oh the Humanity, Bent Music, Bad Dog Theatre's Short Play Festival, Toronto Barista Championship
Monday, July 26, 2010
News Flash
Toronto sports venues among cleanest
News Flash
Jarvis bike lanes are good to go
News Flash
Bronfman fence might stand
City
Nostalgia Tripping: Union Station
Arts
Art Agenda: Group show at Angell Gallery, Annie MacDonnell at Katherine Mulherin and Mitchell F. Chan at Engine Gallery
MB Toronto
Morning Brew: rubber bullets used by G20 police?, CityPlace congestion solution two years away, Simcoe teen stranded in Cuba after traffic accident, Presto card vs. open payment for TTC, snake on the loose in London
Photo of the Day
St. James Town
Sunday, July 25, 2010
City
Frank Gehry's childhood home faces demolition
Announcements
A hookah bar opens in Little Italy
Announcements
Mark Cohon, Commissioner of the CFL
City
The photos of the week
Photo of the Day
Off Ramp
Saturday, July 24, 2010
Announcements
Not just a new basement bar on Dundas West
MB Toronto
Morning Brew: Hostage situation in Etobicoke ends with suspect's surrender, Maple Leaf Gardens renovation update, class-action lawsuit against Scarborough gynecologist, a poor piece of writing, G.I. Joe convention coming, drivers beware this weekend
Radar
Weekend Radar: Kultura Filipino Arts Festival, Jump Up, Jump Up, Oliver Mtukudzi at the Opera House, New Bloor Festival, Ride the Tiger at the Dakota, Deli Duel, Pedestrian Sunday, Love, Saskatchewan
Friday, July 23, 2010
News Flash
Ryerson eyeing Empress Hotel
Tech
Rogers lowers download limits after Netflix announcement
News Flash
Gentrification: The Game! to hit Kensington Market
Tech
Is a wireless price war coming to Toronto?
Announcements
Indian-inspired brunch now on Queen East
Announcements
Fresh to expand to two new locations
MB Toronto
Morning Brew: Smitherman throws down gauntlet to Ford, G20 police inquiry by Ontario watchdog, Conrad Black may be allowed back to Toronto, Eaton Centre peeping Tom, real life Winnie-the-Pooh
Radar
Radar: Women's Arm Wrestling Championship, the Glamour Gala, Love, Saskatchewan, Masala! Mehndi! Masti!, Gasland, Some Old Bull$h*t
Thursday, July 22, 2010
News Flash
2010 Nuit Blanche program released
Fashion & Style
Alexander Wang makes first Toronto appearance
Announcements
Q&A: Mervon Mehta, the Royal Conservatory of Music
MB Toronto
Morning Brew: Furious George turns his ire towards Niagara, G20 "ringleader" arrested, head of the Toronto Cyclists Union ticketed on Jarvis, Porter CEO sues Air Canada, dog takes communion, Regent Park loses a pool and Conrad Black is free
Wednesday, July 21, 2010
News Flash
Activists occupy downtown Liberal Party offices
Music
Hot Ticket: Calexico & Elliott Brood, Diplo, Skream, Benga, Primus, Langhorne Slim, Azores & Ten Kens, White Cowbell Oklahoma & The Golden Dogs, Four Corners & more
Arts
Can new Toronto web series make it big?
People
Toronto through the eyes of Sarah Thomson
Film
Sex and Schnabel to close TIFF Cinematheque's run at Jackman Hall
Radar
Radar: Toronto Burlesque Festival, Cancer Can't Dance Like This, Hair, Red Ribbon Affair and a David Lynch Double Bill
Tuesday, July 20, 2010
News Flash
Province drops eco fees
City
The last days of a Club District psychic
Music
Audio & Video: Broken Social Scene's G20 inspired video, Grey Kingdom, Siskiyou, Owen Pallett, Caribou, Kamau, The Ghost is Dancing, Tokyo Police Club, Zeus, Provincial Parks & more
Radar
Radar: The Book Revue, Imbalance, Sleigh Bells at the Phoenix, Salon de Bon-Bon, Disability Pride Day
Monday, July 19, 2010
Sports & Play
The Toronto Indy 2010
News Flash
Canadian Tire eliminates eco fees
News Flash
Seven more G20 arrests
News Flash
Jarvis lane changes causes confusion
News Flash
H1N1 shot prevented 1 million cases of flu
News Flash
Toronto parking rates second highest in Canada
Fashion & Style
Street Style: at Salsa on St. Clair
Fashion & Style
Can Tommy Hilfiger attract the scenesters again?
Photo of the Day
Mini Toronto
Sunday, July 18, 2010
Announcements
Forget ice cream, frozen custard now available in Toronto
Eat & Drink
Learning about native edible plants at the Don Valley Brick Works
Photo of the Day
Thunderstorm coming
Saturday, July 17, 2010
News Flash
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Announcements
Noodle house opens in Roncesvalles
Music
Hip Hop meets indie rock at the Horseshoe Tavern with Josiah Wolf and WHY?
MB Toronto
Morning Brew: More G20 arrests, Rob Ford wants (and believes he'll get) more money, eco-fee apology, no Lotto Max winner, political unrest in Mississauga and a Toronto Sun reader survey
Radar
Weekend Radar: Z's by the C, Honda Indy, Best of the Fringe, TTC Passenger Audit, Parkdale Then and Now, Threesome, the Media Scrum, High Park Tree Tour
Photo of the Day
Unsafe for swimming
Friday, July 16, 2010
News Flash
International Medical Marijuana Expo in Toronto tomorrow
City
Toronto Reference Library has bed bugs
Music
The Dead Weather hail rock and roll at the Sound Academy
City
New U of T student residence in the works
Announcements
Gnocchi poutine with oxtail gravy
MB Toronto
Morning Brew: Ontario Place makeover, TTC recommendations, homeowner's sewage nightmare, suspect's photo released, toddler elephants, mudslides, and a 50 million dollar jackpot
Radar
Radar: Expressions of Brazil, Free Friday at the Toronto Indy, Love, Loss and What I Wore, Bent Out of Shape, Modernboys Moderngirls 50's Rock 'n Roll Party, Mad Culture Jam
Thursday, July 15, 2010
News Flash
Lake Shore reality show coming to Toronto
City
The new look TTC (sort of)
News Flash
Ignatieff not headed to U of T
Announcements
Real Italian food now on Dundas West
City
Where restaurants go to die in the Club District
Arts
Stephen Harper! The Musical
MB Toronto
Morning Brew: Jarvis bike lane construction starts, turning car parking into bike parking, Little India arsons, Canada geese cullings, G20 arrest, U of T courting Ignatieff, Argos win home opener
Radar
Radar: Caribana Launch, Blank State Volume One Book Launch, Toronto Tree Portraits, The Dead Weather, Casual Encounters, Tasty Thursdays
Photo of the Day
Monochrome TTC
Wednesday, July 14, 2010
Arts
Art Agenda: Sol LeWitt at Mercer Union, Daisuke Takeya at Christopher Cutts, Hanna Hur and Laurie Kang at the Department, Anthony Lister and Niall McClelland at Show & Tell
Fashion & Style
Roots goes chic with Douglas Coupland designs
Music
Hot Ticket: Poor Pilgrim Island Show, Why?, Islands, The Budos Band, Kurt Vile & Real Estate, Titus Andronicus, We Are Scientists & Lightspeed Champion, The Loom & more
Announcements
Where to find work wear with sex appeal in Toronto
Radar
Radar: Fresh Wednesday, Descant Summer Launch, Granny Boots, Vitamin G, David Mitchell, Free Flicks at Harbourfront: Eat Drink Man Woman
Tuesday, July 13, 2010
Fashion & Style
Street Style: a bartender, baker and the Bahamas
Books & Lit
Caitlin Cronenberg on the process of self-publishing a book of nude photos
Music
Audio & Video: Anagram, Zeus, Forest City Lovers, ProF, D-Sisive, The Darcys, Mantler & Tokyo Police Club
Announcements
Where to find cheap beer in Toronto
MB Toronto
Morning Brew: TTC cleanliness audit, feds reject G20 inquiry, ambitious Portlands arena proposal, teenager robs four banks in one hour, police seek help in Chinatown murder case, Island Airport tunnel to proceed, TTC spares four Danforth homes
Radar
Radar: Twelfth Night, C Magazine Book Launch, Good Evidence, Big Trouble in Little Portugal, Honda Indy Street Fest
Photo of the Day
Who has better fans: the Blue Jays or TFC?
Monday, July 12, 2010
News Flash
The fate of the streetcar involved in the World Cup celebration on College
News Flash
Street vendors seek G20 compensation
News Flash
"Green" bags may be bad for you
News Flash
Woodbine Beach water is among the best in the world
Radar
Radar: The Scream in High Park, Semi Precious Weapons, Mad Pride 2010, Monday Meeting at the Social, La Rabbia di Pasolini
Bistro 422
Sunday, July 11, 2010
City
The new St. Clair streetcar ROW shows signs of sloppy construction and lack of standards
Saturday, July 10, 2010
Fashion & Style
Street Style: at the 90's Dance Party at Clinton's
Announcements
The Red Rocket keeps getting better
MB Toronto
Morning Brew: Mayor Miller G20 apology, chain of command confusion, sausage tampering arrest, power-grid problems, Pan Am projects and unrest over eco-fees
Radar
Weekend Radar: Afrofest, Loadbang, National Day of Action for Civil Liberties, Sol LeWitt: A Mercer Union Legacy Project, the Keyhole Sessions, the Scream's Moustache Gala, the World Cup Final at the Revue Cinema, Beats, Breaks and Culture
Photo of the Day
Toronto taken over by octopus machines!
Red Canoe
Urban Harvest
Friday, July 9, 2010
News Flash
Stinky garbage may pose green bin problems for Toronto
News Flash
City of Toronto launches Road Restrictions Map
Fashion & Style
The French do lingerie really, really well
News Flash
Torontonians in favour of pedestrian tunnel to Island Airport
News Flash
Ontario ombudsman to investigate G20 security law
News Flash
Toronto toilets in the running for national glory
Film
Bizarre and imaginative animation out of Ottawa
MB Toronto
Morning Brew: cell phone service on TTC subway platforms, world's biggest smoothie, OPP lays very rare hate crime charges, Deputy Police Chief welcomes a G20 inquiry, security zone saplings to be replanted in September
Radar
Radar: Beats, Breaks and Culture, Srebrenica: the Absence, A Place Called Los Pereyra, Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition, Summerlicious, By the Light of the Lane, PWD
Photo of the Day
A break in the heat?
Red Rocket Coffee on Wellesley
Thursday, July 8, 2010
News Flash
Canadian Film Centre to make over historic Windfields Estate
News Flash
Rob Ford fails environmental report card
News Flash
A Cougar Convention in Toronto
Music
Audio & Video: D-Sisive, ProF, The Mohawk Lodge, Diamond Rings, Tokyo Police Club, Caribou, Maylee Todd, Eamon McGrath, PS I Love You, Dilly Dally
Announcements
The new gourmet burger? Another Izakaya opens
Announcements
Q&A: David Naylor, President of UofT
Radar
Radar: Site Exercises, Fuel, the Nasty Show at Just for Laughs, Gaza Freedom Flotilla Eyewitness Reports, Tattoo Thursday's Tribute to Martin Streek
Energia Athletics
Wednesday, July 7, 2010
Announcements
A vegan restaurant worth searching for
MB Toronto
Morning Brew: independent review into G20 policing, an amputee and a hero tell their G20 stories, Bloor Street Viaduct suicide barrier (sort of) effective, 407 ETR boasts record volume, Lawrence Heights makeover passes key council vote
Photo of the Day
Fire at 100 Donlands
Tuesday, July 6, 2010
News Flash
Independent review of police conduct during the G20 to be launched
Announcements
Truffle salt popcorn, music, tasty cold beverages (and, oh yeah, art) at this new Queen and Palmerston gallery
Music
Minus The Bear show off their groove at The Mod Club
MB Toronto
Morning Brew: blackout quickly remedied, Shriners parade, Front Street makeover at Union Station, restaurants and retailers take big hit during G20, TTC customer service report running late
Radar
Radar: Toronto Just for Laughs, A Month in the Country, Rachel, the Scream Literary Festival, Geek Poetry Slam
Photo of the Day
The source of the Toronto blackout
Monday, July 5, 2010
Arts
Art Agenda: Jack Burman at Clint Roenisch and group shows at Gallery TPW, MOCCA and the Gladstone
News Flash
Group to file UN complaint over G20 police action
Announcements
Forget latte art, this new cafe makes fresh mini donuts
City
Nostalgia Tripping: Toronto's bay-and-gable architecture
Announcements
Q&A: Dwayne DeRosario, Toronto FC Captain
MB Toronto
Morning Brew: Queen visits Toronto, Mammoliti drops out of mayoral race, daughter of G20 police officer arrested, Quebecers targeted at G20, Malton basketball court shooting, tooth extraction while driving?
Photo of the Day
Soaking (up) the crowd at Pride
Sunday, July 4, 2010
City
Toronto Pride Parade 2010
City
Fire destroys Musa and several homes at Dundas and Euclid
City
Why a public inquiry into police actions during the G20 is necessary
Announcements
A gourmet tea shop opens at Queen and Parliament
People
Toronto Through The Eyes of Charles Pachter
Music
Cyndi Lauper sings the blues, fails to see the irony at heavily secured Queen's Park show
Saturday, July 3, 2010
City
Is a class-action lawsuit against Toronto Police Services for their conduct during the G20 inevitable?
Announcements
Japanese pocket sandwich shop opens in Toronto
Radar
Weekend Radar: Cyndi Lauper at Pride, Goin' Steady's 5 Year Anniversary, Pride Community Fair, the Greatest Show on Earth, Rock n' Roll Tune Up, the Making Of, Pride Parade, Vazaleen Will Munro Tribute
Photo of the Day
Anticipation before the parade
Friday, July 2, 2010
City
McGuinty snubs G20 public inquiry request
News Flash
Couple engaged at G20 protest
News Flash
Forget Twibbons, Joe Pantalone has condoms
News Flash
Shriners coming to Toronto
Announcements
Queen and Bathurst gets a new rock & roll bar
MB Toronto
Morning Brew: calls for public inquiry into G20 security, CAMH smoking ban canned, HST sticker shock at gas pumps, Pride weekend and politics, report on York University security
Photo of the Day
Canada Day Fireworks Toronto
Thursday, July 1, 2010
City
The evolution of 81 Peter Street in the Club District
MB Toronto
Morning Brew: CCLA considers joint lawsuit in connection with G20 arrests, say hello to the HST, Leafs trade for Kris Versteeg, Toronto's best dressed (really?), how well do you know Canada?
Radar
Canada Day 2010 in Toronto
Photo of the Day
Canadian Flag
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