Disgraceland opened earlier this year on Bloor West and quickly won over local fans for its weekend brunch lineup.

Having heard glowing reviews from friends but mixed reviews in the local papers, I was eager to get over there check it out for myself. Ready for anything, I walked over bright and early, settled into a seat by the window with a couple friends and ordered up the Veggy Benny, Green Eggs & Ham, a round of coffees and one Strawberry Mimosa ('cause hell, we're up before noon on a Sunday).

Ready the full review of Disgraceland in our restaurants section.

Details are sketchy at this point but an absolutely massive fire at Sunrise Propane near Keele & Wilson is filling the city skies with smoke, ash and just in the past hour, a massive mushroom cloud explosion that rocked the socks off of balcony observers -- see the youtube video footage below and live updates below.

Despite forecasted thunderstorms, thousands showed up for Pride Toronto 2008's Dyke March and Pride Saturday festivities yesterday. Of course, lucky us, the supposed forecast didn't hold true (what else is new?) and the afternoon was sunny and beautiful.

Saturday was a jam packed schedule of incredible concerts, drag royalty, burlesque, dancing and the all-important marching... photo highlights after the jump.

Toronto queer indie darlings, Dance Yourself To Death, are becoming one hot ticket these days, and thanks to hat-trick style gig booking this Pride Week, they're also making it pretty much impossible for you to miss a performance.

Last night, Pride Toronto rolled out the red carpet for their annual Pride Toronto Gala & Awards. The event honours local LGBTQ heroes as well as big name celebrities who've done their part to affect social change.

Thanks to the a few big name attendees and presenters like Sandra Bernhard, the event was very well attended by major media (watch those elbows, Global!), which will hopefully help spread the word about the work being done by many of these honourees...

The 4th Annual "Artwherk!" exhibit is on!

Dedicated to showcasing the work of talented, emerging queer artists, the Artwherk! Collective has once again brought together an inspiring group of people this year. The Pride Week art extravaganza opened last night and runs through til June 30th at Hotshot Gallery .