First snow and now polar bears. Thanks to our friends at Polar Bears International and Canada Goose we're giving one lucky winner the chance to attend an exclusive event at the Fairmont Royal York next Tuesday, December 14th.

This event will feature a special presentation by world renowned polar bear expert, Dr. Ian Stirling (pictured above) and includes wine and hors d'oeuvres, plus an autographed copy of Stirling's new book, Polar Bears: The Natural History of a Threatened Species. Want to go? Keep reading on details how you can win.

December is just a day away and with December comes snow - usually lots of it; and it looks like we've gotten a bit of a preview of what's to come today. When the massive snowfalls arrive that means skiing, and when we think of skiing we think of Blue Mountain.

All this talk of snow and skiing has us so excited that thanks to our friends at Blue Mountain Resorts we're giving away a 2011/12 Super Pass ($869 value) to one lucky winner. But that's not all. Included in this Blue Mountain prize pack are 2 Ridge Runner tickets and a seat on the first lift of the day on December 17, 2011.

With the recent launch of the blogTO iPad app we're doubly excited about all things tablet these days including David Hockney's Fresh Flowers exhibit currently showing at the ROM. If you haven't seen it, the exhibit features hundreds of the artist's sketches displayed on iPhones and iPads - the same type of mobile and tablet devices he used to create the art in the first place. For more details check out our review of the exhibit here or this page on the ROM web site.

Now, in partnership with the ROM, we're offering a free iPad 2 to one lucky winner of our photo contest. The theme of our contest is Fresh Flowers and the winner of the contest will be whoever submits the photo we feel best represents the theme. For details on how to submit your photo to the contest please keep reading.

This December, The Enwave Theatre at Harbourfront Centre will be playing host to Tumbling Into Light, a music-centred, multidisciplinary performance put on by Diasporic Genius Productions. The event breaks new ground in musical theatre by bringing together high-level performance with community-based art. This new hybridity exploits the power of a blended ensemble, as the performers weave together beauty, humour, and extremes of darkness and light.

Sound like your kind of show? Good news, we have two pairs of tickets to give away to opening night on December 1st. The tickets are valued at $39 each and should make for a nice early holiday gift. Keep reading for details on how you can win.

There is a makeshift garden in the street-level atrium just east of the box office in the Four Seasons Centre. It is not a farmers market, nor a gardening show, nor swanky reception you weren't invited to. Rather, for the next few days, the Four Seasons Centre will be plush with plants in exhibition of the winning community idea for the American Express Room for Thought Contest.

As much as we love Toronto, there really is no place like Montreal which is why thanks to our new friends at Tourisme Montreal we're going to award two lucky readers with free return trips to La Belle Ville. Each winner will receive 1 return trip for 2 people from Toronto to Montreal. You'll travel Business Class on VIA RAIL and receive a 2-night stay in a double occupancy room in a 4 or greater star hotel. Your trip may occur anytime before December 20, 2011. While there, make sure to check out our sister site Midnight Poutine for info on what's going on.