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Saturday, July 31, 2010

A new chapter in the fascinating history of the Imperial Oil Building

Cool junk and a bit of history on Queen West

Christina Zeidler on Parkdale, Bixi bikes and the Bahamas

The Cat Empire ignite a floor-shaking dance party at the Phoenix

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

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

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Friday, July 30, 2010

Caribana gets last-minute funding

Burrowing machines coming to the GTA

Iggy busts a move at Much

Union-Pearson rail link moves forward as private company bows out

Wacky and irreverent signage around Toronto

From Sportsnet to Ward 19 Trinity-Spadina?

Toronto clothing businesses go web 2.0

A Toronto book club not just for nutmeg lovers

Where to find cheap Korean food near City Hall

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: 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

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Thursday, July 29, 2010

An interview with Michael Ignatieff

BIXI bikes make their Toronto debut

Sold! 140 year old house on Peter St. in the Club District

A new bar opens on Church St.

Fashion & Style

Frugal Fashion Week's fabulous footwear finale

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: Whippersnapper Farewell Party, Carl Hiaasen in Conversation with Linwood Barclay, Flat-Land, Hart House Craft Beer Festival, Art Spin

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Wednesday, July 28, 2010

Rossi vows to privatize garbage collection if elected mayor

Pantalone parks in bike lane, Smitherman camp snaps photo

Huge complex slated for construction in the financial district

Ford declines Smitherman debate offer

The top views of Toronto

The best city in Canada

Amazing refurbished finds in the Junction

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

Brad Lamb says city planning along Lakeshore has failed

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: Bixi Bike Launch, Canadian Track and Field Championships, In the Mood For Love, Nero at Wrongbar, ShOUT Unconference

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feathering views

Tuesday, July 27, 2010

Amalgamation causes unrest at University of Toronto

An interview with Roots founder Michael Budman

TIFF 2010 first look

Indie cafes clash on Ossington

Fashion & Style

Hot or not? Elmer Olsen models

Audio & Video: Andre Charles Theriault, Whale Tooth, Fucked Up, PS I Love You, Caribou, Kae Sun, Metric, Gord Downie & more

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: Art Battle 7, Oh the Humanity, Bent Music, Bad Dog Theatre's Short Play Festival, Toronto Barista Championship

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A lizard in Kensington Market

Monday, July 26, 2010

Toronto sports venues among cleanest

Jarvis bike lanes are good to go

Bronfman fence might stand

Zero blood alcohol level for young drivers under new rule

Nostalgia Tripping: Union Station

Cafe Cinquecento's second act

Art Agenda: Group show at Angell Gallery, Annie MacDonnell at Katherine Mulherin and Mitchell F. Chan at Engine Gallery

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

Radar: Friends of Musa Fundraiser, Hercules and Love Affair at the Mod Club, Shane Koyczan and the Short Story Long, Tweetgasm V1.0, Arabian Nights

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Sunday, July 25, 2010

Frank Gehry's childhood home faces demolition

A hookah bar opens in Little Italy

The Hogtown Project and the process of self-publishing a book of Toronto photos

Mark Cohon, Commissioner of the CFL

The photos of the week

Bixi Bash hopes to keep public bikes program alive

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Saturday, July 24, 2010

Caribana Festival 2010

Not just a new basement bar on Dundas West

Will Scarpetta Toronto live up to the hype?

Love, Loss and What I Wore

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

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

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Tight landing at YYZ

Friday, July 23, 2010

Conrad Black can't come to Canada...yet

Ryerson eyeing Empress Hotel

Introducing the Photo of the Week contest

Rogers lowers download limits after Netflix announcement

Fashion & Style

Riding gloves, saddles and other equestrian fetishes highlight Hermes party on Bloor

Gentrification: The Game! to hit Kensington Market

Is a wireless price war coming to Toronto?

Indian-inspired brunch now on Queen East

Fresh to expand to two new locations

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: Women's Arm Wrestling Championship, the Glamour Gala, Love, Saskatchewan, Masala! Mehndi! Masti!, Gasland, Some Old Bull$h*t

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Living it up at the Thompson's rooftop pool

Thursday, July 22, 2010

No love for Banksy

The Philip Sparks Video

2010 Nuit Blanche program released

Fashion & Style

Street Style: architects, animals and Russians

Fashion & Style

Alexander Wang makes first Toronto appearance

Q&A: Mervon Mehta, the Royal Conservatory of Music

A new destination for Canadian design on Dupont

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

Radar: Night of the Living Dead, Today is Yesterday's Tomorrow, Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti at Mod Club, Toronto Burlesque Festival, Powers at 751, Frugal Fashion Week

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Wednesday, July 21, 2010

Activists occupy downtown Liberal Party offices

Hot Ticket: Calexico & Elliott Brood, Diplo, Skream, Benga, Primus, Langhorne Slim, Azores & Ten Kens, White Cowbell Oklahoma & The Golden Dogs, Four Corners & more

Police release additional 21 photos of G20 most wanted

Subway screeching caused by heat

New area code likely for Toronto

Can new Toronto web series make it big?

Toronto through the eyes of Sarah Thomson

Sex and Schnabel to close TIFF Cinematheque's run at Jackman Hall

Morning Brew: Mayoral debate mostly predictable, TTC pursues open payment system, Niagara tourism beats up on Toronto, Conrad Black a model prisoner, OPP probe, more G20 photos and Yonge St. renewal

Radar: Toronto Burlesque Festival, Cancer Can't Dance Like This, Hair, Red Ribbon Affair and a David Lynch Double Bill

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Someone's hungry...

Tuesday, July 20, 2010

Province drops eco fees

The last days of a Club District psychic

Where to buy a suit on Queen

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

Morning Brew: pay-per-use toilet malfunctions, record high Great Lakes' temperatures, public sector wage freeze proposed, Yonge & Gould building fate remains unknown, Netflix coming to Canada, Byrone Sonne bail hearing

Radar: The Book Revue, Imbalance, Sleigh Bells at the Phoenix, Salon de Bon-Bon, Disability Pride Day

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It's in the lines...

Monday, July 19, 2010

The Toronto Indy 2010

Conrad Black gets bail

Canadian Tire eliminates eco fees

Seven more G20 arrests

Jarvis lane changes causes confusion

H1N1 shot prevented 1 million cases of flu

Toronto parking rates second highest in Canada

Fashion & Style

Street Style: at Salsa on St. Clair

Art Agenda: Micah Lexier curates at MKG127, Eli Langer and Jane Buyers at Paul Petro, Eric Farache and Isabelle Hemard at loop

A new burrito option near Yonge and Dundas

Fashion & Style

Can Tommy Hilfiger attract the scenesters again?

Morning Brew: OPP investigating provincial government, lightning triggers house fire, Indy back but attendance lacklustre, G20 inquiry rally smaller and more bubbly, Officer Flashlight, Ontario hospitals in the red, Caribana struggles

Radar: Scott Pilgrim Midnight Release Party, Trampoline Hall, Sweetgrass, Jimmy Cliff at Massey Hall, the Boom Experiment Show

Photo of the Day

Sunday, July 18, 2010

Forget ice cream, frozen custard now available in Toronto

Learning about native edible plants at the Don Valley Brick Works

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Thunderstorm coming

Saturday, July 17, 2010

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Nostalgia Tripping: The Peter Witt streetcar, Toronto's original Red Rocket

Noodle house opens in Roncesvalles

Hip Hop meets indie rock at the Horseshoe Tavern with Josiah Wolf and WHY?

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

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

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Unsafe for swimming

Friday, July 16, 2010

International Medical Marijuana Expo in Toronto tomorrow

Toronto Reference Library has bed bugs

TTC passenger audit tomorrow

The Dead Weather hail rock and roll at the Sound Academy

New U of T student residence in the works

Gnocchi poutine with oxtail gravy

The Shinsedai Cinema Festival returns with a new lineup of Japanese indie flicks

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: 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

Photo of the Day

Indy car on teacups

Thursday, July 15, 2010

Plastic bags now (sometimes) six cents

Lake Shore reality show coming to Toronto

The new look TTC (sort of)

TTC panel report running late--again

Ignatieff not headed to U of T

Real Italian food now on Dundas West

Where restaurants go to die in the Club District

Stephen Harper! The Musical

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: Caribana Launch, Blank State Volume One Book Launch, Toronto Tree Portraits, The Dead Weather, Casual Encounters, Tasty Thursdays

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Wednesday, July 14, 2010

Police release G20 most wanted list

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

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

Where to find work wear with sex appeal in Toronto

Morning Brew: beware the toxic Giant Hogweed, cemetery sexual assault, nerds rule, former police services board members skeptical about G20 review's scope, security cameras to go into storage, not all fences are created equal

Radar: Fresh Wednesday, Descant Summer Launch, Granny Boots, Vitamin G, David Mitchell, Free Flicks at Harbourfront: Eat Drink Man Woman

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Freaky Mannequin

Tuesday, July 13, 2010

Fashion & Style

Street Style: a bartender, baker and the Bahamas

Caitlin Cronenberg on the process of self-publishing a book of nude photos

Audio & Video: Anagram, Zeus, Forest City Lovers, ProF, D-Sisive, The Darcys, Mantler & Tokyo Police Club

Where to find cheap beer in 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: Twelfth Night, C Magazine Book Launch, Good Evidence, Big Trouble in Little Portugal, Honda Indy Street Fest

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Who has better fans: the Blue Jays or TFC?

Monday, July 12, 2010

The fate of the streetcar involved in the World Cup celebration on College

Street vendors seek G20 compensation

"Green" bags may be bad for you

Woodbine Beach water is among the best in the world

Toronto's World Cup Warriors: the Winners

Oh, Canada? Canadiana now available on Dundas West

Toronto celebrates Spain's World Cup victory

Morning Brew: drowning deaths, anti-violence BBQ marred by shooting, U of T considers overhaul of arts building, blogG20, World Cup street party

Radar: The Scream in High Park, Semi Precious Weapons, Mad Pride 2010, Monday Meeting at the Social, La Rabbia di Pasolini

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Toronto Density

Sunday, July 11, 2010

The new St. Clair streetcar ROW shows signs of sloppy construction and lack of standards

G20 protests continue to call for a public inquiry

Where to go in Toronto to grow your own food

Saturday, July 10, 2010

Fashion & Style

Street Style: at the 90's Dance Party at Clinton's

The Red Rocket keeps getting better

The Flaming Lips get surreal in 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

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!

Friday, July 9, 2010

Stinky garbage may pose green bin problems for Toronto

City of Toronto launches Road Restrictions Map

Fashion & Style

The French do lingerie really, really well

Torontonians in favour of pedestrian tunnel to Island Airport

Ontario ombudsman to investigate G20 security law

Toronto toilets in the running for national glory

Clubland originals mingle with nightclubs on Adelaide

Where to find good sushi on Yonge St.

David Crombie on Toronto's mayoral race

Bizarre and imaginative animation out of Ottawa

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: Beats, Breaks and Culture, Srebrenica: the Absence, A Place Called Los Pereyra, Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition, Summerlicious, By the Light of the Lane, PWD

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A break in the heat?

Thursday, July 8, 2010

TTC streetcar arrival times on your phone

Canadian Film Centre to make over historic Windfields Estate

Rob Ford fails environmental report card

G20 fence costs almost twice as much as estimate

A Cougar Convention in Toronto

Audio & Video: D-Sisive, ProF, The Mohawk Lodge, Diamond Rings, Tokyo Police Club, Caribou, Maylee Todd, Eamon McGrath, PS I Love You, Dilly Dally

The new gourmet burger? Another Izakaya opens

Q&A: David Naylor, President of UofT

Morning Brew: City to withhold Pride funding, pool repairs have residents steaming, city council commends policing of G20, McGuinty says we're scarred, call for protest photos and videos, subway tunnel fire forces emergency evacuation

Radar: Site Exercises, Fuel, the Nasty Show at Just for Laughs, Gaza Freedom Flotilla Eyewitness Reports, Tattoo Thursday's Tribute to Martin Streek

Photo of the Day

Spanish celebration on College Street

Wednesday, July 7, 2010

The Best City in Canada Smackdown

A vegan restaurant worth searching for

Hot Ticket: The Flaming Lips & Spoon, Kid Koala & The Slew, Rock The Coliseum, D-Sisive & Buck 65, The Swell Season, Optical Sounds Loft Party, The Zoobombs, & more

Toronto's World Cup Warriors: the Spaniard

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

Radar: Spacing Magazine Summer Launch, The New Toronto Zoo, Press Pass One Year Anniversary, Legally Blonde the Musical, Live Band Karaoke, Pitchin' Tents at Camp 4

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Fire at 100 Donlands

Tuesday, July 6, 2010

Polaris Prize Shortlist Announced

Independent review of police conduct during the G20 to be launched

Truffle salt popcorn, music, tasty cold beverages (and, oh yeah, art) at this new Queen and Palmerston gallery

Toronto's World Cup Warriors: the Dutchman

Minus The Bear show off their groove at The Mod Club

Honda Indy to get a facelift

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: Toronto Just for Laughs, A Month in the Country, Rachel, the Scream Literary Festival, Geek Poetry Slam

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The source of the Toronto blackout

Monday, July 5, 2010

Against Life with Anagram and Young Mother

Power out in many areas across Toronto

Lawyers say 16 still in custody on G20 charges

TIFF pre-sale on now

Mammoliti confirms he's out of mayoral race

Art Agenda: Jack Burman at Clint Roenisch and group shows at Gallery TPW, MOCCA and the Gladstone

Group to file UN complaint over G20 police action

Forget latte art, this new cafe makes fresh mini donuts

Nostalgia Tripping: Toronto's bay-and-gable architecture

Q&A: Dwayne DeRosario, Toronto FC Captain

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?

Radar: Uncalled For's Hypnogogic Logic, Richard Hunt: Gay Muppeteer, the Toronto Film Society's From Stage to Screen, the Future of Front Street, Lion's Den

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Soaking (up) the crowd at Pride

Sunday, July 4, 2010

Toronto Pride Parade 2010

Fire destroys Musa and several homes at Dundas and Euclid

Why a public inquiry into police actions during the G20 is necessary

Toronto Patio Guide: King West

A gourmet tea shop opens at Queen and Parliament

Mammoliti to drop out of mayoral race

Toronto Through The Eyes of Charles Pachter

Sugar Beach Park opens on Toronto's waterfront

Cyndi Lauper sings the blues, fails to see the irony at heavily secured Queen's Park show

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Saturday, July 3, 2010

Cirque du Soleil's Alegria wows at the ACC

Is a class-action lawsuit against Toronto Police Services for their conduct during the G20 inevitable?

Japanese pocket sandwich shop opens in Toronto

Is the World Cup all that different from the G20?

Morning Brew: G20 narratives continue to unfold, why we need road tolls now, remembering the mayoral race, Leaf signings, Annex fire, Casa Loma feud and the importance of Pride

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

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Anticipation before the parade

Friday, July 2, 2010

McGuinty snubs G20 public inquiry request

More people pissed with Pride

Couple engaged at G20 protest

Forget Twibbons, Joe Pantalone has condoms

Shriners coming to Toronto

Nostalgia Tripping: the roots of Canada Day

Queen and Bathurst gets a new rock & roll bar

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

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Canada Day Fireworks Toronto

Thursday, July 1, 2010

The evolution of 81 Peter Street in the Club District

Where to find real Mexican food in Toronto

Art Agenda: Friends With You, Samonie Toonoo and Ed Pien, Holly Farrell, William Eakin, and Kate Tarini

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?

Canada Day 2010 in Toronto

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