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Tuesday, August 31, 2010

Inspection finds no bedbugs at Scotiabank theatre

Poetry coming to public spaces in Toronto

Smitherman unveils green energy plan for Toronto

Fort York museum to now cost $23 million

Rob Ford comes out on the losing end of mayoral debate on heritage issues

Bell Lightbox to open with free block party

Is Toronto a nerdy city?

Gelato, now in convenient spaghetti form

Audio & Video: Caribou remixes Hot Chip, D-Sisive Loves A Girl, Attack of The Meligrove Band, plus videos from Boys Who Say No, Woodhands, Isla Craig, The Elwins, Bellewoods & Ivy Mairi

Morning Brew: TIFF has a bedbug problem, Candidates debate Toronto's heritage, Rocco's broken blender, Record heat today?

Radar: Clothing Swap, Bent Words, Electro Night, Big Trouble in Little Portugal, Scissor Sisters

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Sunday Harbour Picnic

Monday, August 30, 2010

Will the mayoral race once again be defined by the "urban" vs. "suburban" split?

Fashion & Style

Street Style: at the Toronto Fan Expo

Photos of BuskerFest 2010

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Morning Brew: Rob Ford leads in another poll, private golf courses off the gravy train, Darcy Allan Sheppard memorial ride, Fan Expo wraps up, an unhelpful Greg Sorbara, police shoot man in Scarborough

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Swimming at Kew Beach

Radar: Ra Ra Riot, Expressive Arts Therapy, The Fallen, The Media Scrum, BeerProv

Sunday, August 29, 2010

TTC to move its headquarters

Should the future of John Street include bike lanes?

How Inside Nightclub became a daycare

Fashion & Style

Street Style: At Buskerfest

The photos of the week: August 23-29

Saturday, August 28, 2010

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The view from Canada Malting Co.

Morning Brew: Rob Ford against gun registry, more pedestrian accidents, don't trust the polls, bomb scare on Porter flight, Port Lands arena complex approved

Nostalgia Tripping: Oscar Wilde Visits Toronto

Weekend Radar: Tegan & Sara, I Spit On Your Grave, BOY, "Niagara Falls, Summer 2010," Bishop Morocco, Save Ontario Dogs, Laugh Sabbath 4 Year Anniversary, Zine Dream 3, FanExpo 2010, BuskerFest

Friday, August 27, 2010

Howard Moscoe says he'll run for mayor if Pantalone drops out

Toronto council endorses harm-reduction strategy on drugs

10 things to do in Toronto before the summer ends

City plans to turn empty Salvation Army building into affordable housing

Julian Schnabel arrives at the AGO

Drinks with the candidates for Ward 18

Morning Brew: Council talks giant erections, Rob Ford is suddenly popular, new bylaw streamlines zoning, two pedestrians killed overnight, shooting wave continues, Creba sentencing complete, TFC signs first youth system graduate

Radar: Free Concert by The Stills, No Heart Feelings Premiere, Dance Armstrong, Dance In My Backyard!, The Specials Make-up Date, Holy Adam West, Batman!

Thursday, August 26, 2010

Why safety blitzes on cyclists and pedestrians miss the point

Will Bell Lightbox kill indie cinemas in Toronto?

Darth Vader descends on Trinity Bellwoods

Ghosts, Goblins, and Guttermouth at Sneaky Dee's

Morning Brew: Parking officers park in handicap spot, Rob Ford still punting the rules, Serial stealer at Laird, Giambrone searches for himself on Twitter, Council would reject Ford as Mayor?

Radar: Julian Schnabel, Phillips & Crown, Lullabye Arkestra, EXCELLENT!, 3 Day Novel Contest Launch

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Coca Cola Scooter

Wednesday, August 25, 2010

All nominees will perform at Polaris 2010 gala

Toronto Bed Bugs Summit planned for Queen's Park

A passport to Toronto's indie coffee shops

Joe Pantalone gets endorsement from Jack Layton

Fashion & Style

Street Style: A model, musician and medieval history student

What it's like to apply (and get in) to TIFF

An understated gallery worth visiting on Dundas West

Hot Ticket: Lou Barlow with Wye Oak, Rich Aucoin EP release, Lullabye Arkestra & Titan, The Stills, Indie Taiwan Tour 2010, Ra Ra Riot, Scissor Sisters, & more

Morning Brew: drive-thrus in residential areas, would Miller be reelected if he ran again?, residents vs. preacher video goes viral, arrests in GO parking lot thefts, Shakespeare on the subway, Darth Vader yoga and picnic

Radar: Queen West Graffiti Tour, Happily Ever After, Light Fires, Bassmentality, Uproar Festival

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Fergus Highland Games

Tuesday, August 24, 2010

The underground opera, now in a Toronto tin shed

A new destination for sorta cheap, stylish furniture finds

Audio & Video: Heartbeat Hotel album download, DDMMYYYY visit Daytrotter, Shad remixes, Timbuktu & D-Sisive, Ian Kamau, Circle Research, The 2020 Project, Tokyo Police Club, Gord Downie, & more

Fashion & Style

Hot or Not? Tommy Ton at Holt Renfrew

Morning Brew: prisoners accidentally released, Bombardier Q400 planes inspected, tough steak leads to domestic violence, G20 charges dropped, TTC transit museum moves ahead, Bautista chasing home run record

Radar: Brandon Flowers at MTV, Short Shorts Part II, Indie Social, Reading & Signing with Lauren Weisberger, Teenage Paparazzo Advanced Screening

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Monday, August 23, 2010

York U to get Pan Am track

TTC Customer Service Panel recommendations only scratch the surface of Toronto's transit problems

Dozens of G20 charges dropped

Ford challenges Vaughan to enter mayoral race

The Cineforum is dead

Glory days at Ontario Place

Shirts, pants and jackets that's all in the details

Art Agenda: A Regime of Chaos at Gallery 1313, 8th annual Square Foot Show at AWOL, Deborah Walker and Dr. Fleash at the New New Museum

Morning Brew: TTC customer service report, G20 mass court appearances, earthquake crippled government web page, Pattison ads replaced by art, pizza eating contest wows Barrie

Radar: Sketch Wars, Tweetup, Apocolyptica, CV2 Coast-to-Coast, Woody Allen Double Feature

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Sunday, August 22, 2010

Toronto's soup king to expand to Leslieville, Yonge and Sheppard

The photos of the week: August 16-22

Fashion & Style

Street Style: Open Roof and After Dark

Toronto has a new ramen destination

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Art Deco Banking

Saturday, August 21, 2010

Toronto's concrete heritage can't get no respect

A new cafe opens on Carlaw Avenue

Open Roof Films

Inside a Victorian era house in Toronto's Club District

Morning Brew: Cancer-faker gets bail, Rob Ford's bad week, sad news from Scarborough, Tiffany the Macaw is safe, TTC closes in on new headquarters, Bieber's in town, Kenk's bikes are put to good use

Weekend Radar: Ape Sodom with Black Lips, Queen West Music Fest, Roller Derby Double Header, Poetry Slam, Slayer Party, Sunday Night Live, Empire, Unlovable Record Swap

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Friday, August 20, 2010

What are your ideas for Ontario Place?

Sex in the City-themed burger joint set to open in the GTA

CNE Toronto 2010

TTC finally introduces post-secondary student Metropasses

Bay Street's new hot spot

The history of a downtown Toronto youth hostel

Where the mayoral candidates stand on the environment

Morning Brew: new waterfront condo plans unveiled, mystery man may bail out accused cancer faker, Molson to produce Labatt beers, massive medical malpractice suit, CNE opens, Bills in Toronto can't fill Rogers Centre

Radar: Sheezer, The Birth of Big Air, Best Friends in Comedy Tour, WACK MAGIC, Sublime with Rome, Crowded House

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Today's jungle!

Thursday, August 19, 2010

Last chance to check out one of the best Toronto-themed art exhibits of the summer

Hallam Street is the latest to get sharrows

Is this the future of Liberty Village?

Are Rob Ford's views on immigration actually racist?

The Danforth Music Hall enters the deadpool

Morning Brew: photo radar proposed, Kurt Browning had a leaf blower and house fire, Rob Ford to speak about his former drug possession charges, school prinicpal accused of assaulting teacher, deep-fried butter balls coming to the CNE

Radar: Slim Twig & US Girls, Going the Distance, The Boom Radio Taping, You Make Me Feel So Misanthropic, Jesse Hill, Dunny Trading Party

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Into the sunset

Wednesday, August 18, 2010

Club to protest kite-flying ban

First Canadian Place marble to be turned into sculptures

Executive committee approves $88 million waterfront arena

Cost of York U subway going up again

Mayoral candidates talk Tamils, fair wage, TTC

Charles Khabouth unveils Bisha, his new boutique hotel

Hot Ticket: Five Dollar Rap Show ft. Timbuktu & D-Sisive, Teenage Kicks & Sandman Viper Command, Sunfields album release, Green Day & AFI, Apocalyptica & Dir En Grey, Guttermouth

Morning Brew: kite flying ban, "Mink Mile" upgrades near complete, traffic signals may slow new waterfront streetcar, G20 compensation expanded, metal in cookies, stabbing at outdoor film screening, Toronto Star denies Rob Ford wiki edit

Radar: MothUp, A World of Shorts, Granny Boots, Bikes Rock!!, The Selkie Wife

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Gerrard and Broadview

Tuesday, August 17, 2010

Ty Segall sets the bar high at The Shop

Fashion & Style

Street Style: An engineer, singer and a ping pong champ

Art and technology collide in a Toronto back alley

Fashion & Style

Is Moon the next Club Monaco?

Audio & Video: k-os' Anchorman Mixtape, Broken Social Scene remixes, The Sadies & Gord Downie, The Hoa Hoa's, The Darcys, The Meligrove Band, Steamboat, Nightbox, Shad, Tokyo Police Club & more

Morning Brew: police officer shot in training facility, survivor of scaffolding collapse suing the Province, bed bug solution may be heat, ski hills saved for now, left-handed menus at Chili's

Radar: The Book Revue, Biz Markie, Meet a UFC Star, Aerosmith, When A Stranger Calls a Friend a Friend

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It's just too tasty

Monday, August 16, 2010

Pay raise will be up to new mayor

Emery Village one step closer to giant flagpole

Waterfront germination and kiln buildings are coming down

Charges withdrawn against former Humane Society heads

Bell Lightbox to open with special guests, concerts, events

Fetish Fair hits Church Street

Art Agenda: Reality Check at Clark & Faria, Alexandra MacKenzie and Tomas De Balso at Oz Studios and Faithful and Faithless Messengers at loop Gallery

The Conscious Food Festival at Fort York

Morning Brew: Wi-Fi may be harming school children, Clubland diluted, diesel fuel spill in Don River, taxi fleet not so green, man struck by lightning, can MMA surpass hockey's popularity?, Kaberle remains a Leaf

Radar: Sexual Perversity in Chicago, Vans Syndicate Launch Party, ALTdot Comedy Lounge, I Saw I Was I, Elvis Monday

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Lightning over Toronto

Sunday, August 15, 2010

Another Italian restaurant opens near Yonge & St. Clair

Arcade Fire's Toronto Island Show

The photos of the week: August 9-15

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Financial District, Toronto

Saturday, August 14, 2010

Resident wants High Park BMX ramps gone

Toronto's new office towers bring art out of the galleries and into high-use space

Nostalgia Tripping: The Lillian Massey Department of Household Science

A gaming hub thrives at 364 Richmond St.

Another izakaya opens on Church St.

Morning Brew: taking stock of the suburbs vs. city split, sole-source deal cause for controversy at the western beach, a closer look at John A.D. Tory, Kaberle trade deadline nears, gangsters, lightning and bad music

Weekend Radar: Parkdale Bazaar, Arcade Fire, The Classic Supremes with Colin Mochrie, Crystal Castles, 90's Party, Ty Segall, Laugh Sabbath, Toronto After Dark, Hot & Spicy Food Festival

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Ashbridge's Bay meteors

Friday, August 13, 2010

Shooting stars arrive on schedule

Toronto Women's Bookstore re-opens

Pet sale ban debate put off until January

Toronto office wins international design award

Yonge/Bloor tower to remain 29 storeys

Toronto dominates CAA's list of worst roads in the province

Photos of the 2010 Rogers Cup

A new late night dining option in Parkdale

Morning Brew: Rob Ford slammed for making corruption allegations (and widens his lead), wild cat populations skyrocket, going the wrong way on the 401, waterfront hockey arena price tag is $88M, suspect sought in hammer sex assault

Radar: The Room, More Proof, Starlight Burlesque, METZ 7, Bike! Bike! Scavenger Hunt

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Reflections - Corner of King and University

Thursday, August 12, 2010

A first look at Lake Shore, Toronto's reality TV series

Hot Ticket: Arcade Fire with Janelle Monae & The Sadies, Biz Markie, Ty Segall, Metz & Anagram, Nightbox, The Wilderness, Bravestation & more

A new 24 hour diner opens in Toronto

Fashion & Style

Street Style: fake Ray Bans, linen pants and a vest

Smitherman a winner at CARP debate as Ford sticks to his guns on cutting spending

Peter Murphy's dark redemption at Lee's Palace

Morning Brew: Emery Village may get tallest flagpole in North America, big Casino Rama slots win, Presto falls short with the visually impaired, Ontario's worst roads, fugitive in disguise, a Toronto wish list

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Toronto skyline looking east

Radar: This Movie is Broken, Ape Sodom, Forest City Lovers, Menage a Moi, Comedy above the Pub

Wednesday, August 11, 2010

Should Toronto invest in ski hills?

Queen's Park view one of the Top 10 Endangered Places

Where's Omar? (as in Khadr) cardboard cutouts spotted around Toronto

Police arrest alleged G20 cop car arsonist

Future not so bright for laneway housing in Toronto

Rossi warns TTC open fare bidders to walk away

Woman who faked cancer faces new, harsher fraud charge

More nightclubs to disappear from Clubland under proposed hotel/condo development

High-end design on Ossington

Morning Brew: inmates stage hunger strike, teen charged after bragging online about speeding, G20 charges were delayed in the mail, Blurred Vision get Pink Floyd's support, Greyhound Canada lockout looms, cocaine bust at Pearson

Radar: Diamond Rings, Cairo Time, Fresh Wednesdays, Hear/Hear Reading Series, Warpaint

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A face in the green

Tuesday, August 10, 2010

Smitherman unimpressed with Ford's two paycheques

Rob Ford satire site shut down

Canadian content aplenty at this year's TIFF

Women's College Hospital to get facelift

Library vending machine coming to Union Station?

Perseid meteor shower 2010

Finally, a film about what it's like to be 29 and living near Dundas West

Keep calm and drink tea in Leslieville

Morning Brew: Union Station rail workers' strike averted, mayoral candidates reject pay raise, two ski hills in jeopardy, green-bin processing machine needs repairs, botched jewelry heist, elaborate missing puppy case

Radar: Stilt Walking, Catch Me if You Can, Art Bar Poetry, Dragonette, GLAM, S'mores in the City

Photo of the Day

Monday, August 9, 2010

Fashion & Style

Street Style: shorts, shoes, t-shirts and a floral jacket

The first downtown Toronto night market

Is this the rebirth of menswear in the Annex?

Not Your Father's Contemporary is a new Toronto art gallery with no fixed address

Morning Brew: TTC calls for public feedback on streetcar facility, alleged gun threat in under-13 soccer league, close but no cigar for Blue Jay's Brandon Morrow, more on bed bugs, good and bad reading

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Post-apocalypse Toronto (or construction on the Gardiner)

Sunday, August 8, 2010

Nostalgia Tripping: The Heritage Wall at 1001 Queen Street West

The photos of the week: August 2-8

Buy some art, pick up pork chops for dinner

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Rafael Nadal at the Rogers Cup

Saturday, August 7, 2010

Taste of the Danforth

Will Silva Cells help improve Toronto's urban forest?

Ex Nobu chef opens sushi restaurant in Toronto

Morning Brew: Bed bugs taking over the city, anticipating the Eglinton LRT, cash-for-gold employee charged in murder-for-hire plot, Cody LeCompte returns home, green hostel set to open, what to do with Yorkville?

Weekend Radar: Love Me Tender, Toronto's Festival of Beer, Roncylicious, Will Munro: Total Eclipse, Graffiti Alley Photo Walk, Movies Made by Other People, Sexy Words, Taste of the Danforth

Photo of the Day

Friday, August 6, 2010

Toronto mosquitoes test positive for West Nile

Sunrise propane explosion inspires guitar solo

Ford wants more CCTVs

Details of G20 class action lawsuit released

Proposal for city-wide ban of sale of dogs and cats

Late Night in the Bedroom Season Finale

Does the future look like the past for subway expansion?

A guide to WiFi in Toronto Hotels

Art Agenda: Nicole Rayburn and Kathleen Boetto at Barbara Edwards, the Art of Illusion at Olga Korper, and upcoming shows at Bau-Xi Photo and loop gallery

Twenty years later, still the place to shop in Yorkville

Morning Brew: John Tory is out (for sure this time), Sarah Thomson reveals environmental plan, Nathan Phillips Square revitilization price tag goes up, Conrad Black drops bid to return to Canada, G20 class action lawsuit, Air Canada smartens up

Radar: Taste of the Danforth, Movies by Moonlight: The Parking Lot Movie, Hip Hop Karaoke and King Sunshine in Yonge-Dundas Square, Whatevs, Tribute to Sugar Minott, Incongruous Quarterly Launch Party

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Not Worth the Risk

Thursday, August 5, 2010

John Tory confirms (again) that he's not running for Mayor

Rebuilding effort on Queen Street leaves much to be desired

Photos of the free Metric concert at Union Station

New Annex barbershop rids guys of their ear hair

Rooftop screening series moves to parking lot

Morning Brew: Woman survives 11-storey fall, Toronto restrooms in the running for best in the country, John Tory's mayoral interest wanes (again), marijuana compassion club raided, new zero alcohol law for young drivers challenged, aurora borealis fail

Radar: SummerWorks 2010, Being Scene, TO Haiti, The Dirty Hustle, Life Is Horrible Deal With It

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Wednesday, August 4, 2010

Rob Ford supports 'traditional marriage'

Behind the scenes at the Toronto Underground Cinema

Taking a look at the Humber River rock balancing act

TIFF unveils 2010 documentary film lineup

Illegal tank-to-tank transfer caused Sunrise Propane explosion

Pearson to offer free WiFi

Hot Ticket: ALL CAPS Island Festival, Boris & Russian Circles, Hollerado & The Darcys, Noisedive & Ismism, Story Of The Year, The Hidden Cameras & Maylee Todd, Wolfe Island Music Fest, Interpol

The most jaw-dropping new furniture store in Toronto

Are cupcakes a sign of neighbourhood gentrification?

Morning Brew: New condo sales decrease for the first time since 1994, the Dufferin Jog nears completion (sort of), Ontario's putting back the booze this summer, car dealerships coming to Leslieville, a look at plastic bags

Radar: Metric Free Show at Union Station, Late Night in the Bedroom Season Finale, Trivia Night at the Drake, Stand-Up Showdown, Pass the Butter Johnny McLeod

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Toronto or New York?

Tuesday, August 3, 2010

No cheeky luggage decals at Pearson airport

VMA nominations include Drake

Reel Talk coming to TIFF Bell Lightbox

Humber River rock sculptor revealed

The northern lights may dip down to the GTA tonight

Is province wasting money on PRESTO project?

A new brunch spot opens in Bloordale

SummerWorks Festival preview

Audio & Video: Julie Fader, Broken Social Scene, Gentleman Reg, Gravity Wave, Shad, Caribou, Prof, Metric, Four Corners footage & more

Morning Brew: Mysterious stone sculptures appear in Humber River, tragedies continue in GTA pools, how popular would John Tory actually be, councillor spending update courtesy of the Sun, Beaches NIMBYism, troubles in Flemingdon Park

Radar: Steve Adler at Chapters, the Black Keys at Kool Haus, Ocean's 11 Double Bill, Inter Milan vs Panathinakos, Chromeo at the Phoenix

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1 Spadina Crescent

Monday, August 2, 2010

Aerial views of Toronto

Will tea shop's gamble on Queen St. pay off?

Morning Brew: A political history of the chicken suit, Toronto's top tweeters, neighbourly dichotomies, Drake brings some surprise guests, and other important stuff

Simcoe Day Toronto 2010

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Faces of Caribana

Sunday, August 1, 2010

Remembering Dar Robinson's CN Tower Jump

Caribana Parade 2010

The photos of the week

Life after death for Whippersnapper Gallery

Where barn doors, salvaged materials get a second life

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