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Monday, February 28, 2011

The slow fade of industry on Geary Avenue

This Week in Film: Inside Job, The Prowler, A Tale of Two Sisters, The Oath, Four Lions, Dark Crystal, Machete Maidens Unleashed

Photos of the sixth annual Bloor-Yorkville IceFest

Tragically Hip headline Canada Day concert at Downsview Park

Magic Pony moves east and takes over Narwhal space

The great Toronto Caesar challenge: the Cajun Caesar

In the window: Spiritualized, The White Stripes, Nas

Tennis serve up some lush melodies at the Horseshoe

Morning Brew: Ford asks province for money, analysis of Gord Perks' last ditch attempt to avoid service cuts, reports on TCHC wasteful spending and G20 misconduct due today, and the Leafs lose in OT

Radar: L.I.V.E. Hip Hop Festival, Smith Westerns, Elvis Mondays at the Drake, Trans Film Screening Series: XXY

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Sunday, February 27, 2011

Ultimate MC crowns best freestyle rappers in Toronto

Hey Rosetta! brings life to Lee's Palace

The photos of the week: February 21-27

UNIQLO tees and Metropolis Coffee now available in Toronto

The Neighbourhood Mixtape: It's All Gonna Break

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Another Night In Paradise

Saturday, February 26, 2011

The CBC's Fifth Estate examines the G20

The great Toronto Caesar challenge: the classic Caesar

This old school Portuguese bakery oozes character

The Persian Rugs cut up Tiger Bar

Morning Brew: David Miller returns to his old law firm, City ombudsman responds to allegations, the Big Bop to become furniture shop, an alarming police arrest video, and the Yonge Subway Line is closed south of Bloor

Radar: The End of Project 165, 4th NuFunk Festival, Lipstick, Cherry, Turning Point with DJ QUANTIC, Sly Stone documentary release, Oscar Party at The Drake

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Vertical landscape

Friday, February 25, 2011

Part-time students may lose out on cheaper Metropass

15,000 photos of Cherry Beach in four minutes

The Green Room is closed (again!)

New restaurant puts an Irish twist on nachos

Off-track betting at the Greenwood Raceway

The great Toronto Caesar challenge: MSG free

Inside Toronto's hidden cheese store

Morning Brew: Survey says Ontario students disagree with McGuinty's politics, the province is going green, Giambrone goes over his budget, Toronto's digital rockstar heads to Cali and the Leafs beat the Habs

Radar: Jamie Kilstein Live, Krupke's Last Show w/ The Ruby Spirit & Guests, Say My Name, The God Awful [Comedy] Show, Twelfth Night; Or What You Will

Connect the T-Dots wins inaugural grant from Toronto Awesome Foundation

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Toronto Boardwalk February

Thursday, February 24, 2011

2011 Toronto budget roundup and reaction

Toronto in cardboard looks pretty damn good

The great Toronto Caesar challenge: the Monster Caesar

A new app that shows where to drink on the cheap

Cheap downtown Toronto hotels

Upscale hair salon opens near College and Dufferin

Contest: win 2 tickets anywhere Westjet flies

Morning Brew: Rob Ford not worried about next year's huge budget hole, Ontario government wants to relax liquor laws, soon you can watch roasting chicken 24/7, Toronto gets a new nickname and the Raptors win!

Radar: Speed Dating for the Arts, Thomas Hirschhorn Lecture, Land Line by Gillian Willans, Dodger, Lukas Rossi Acoustic Show

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Toronto bike lock bokeh

Wednesday, February 23, 2011

An art show for Toronto's alternative map lovers

Toronto through the eyes of Councillor Mary-Margaret McMahon

Where to snack on frog fallopian tubes in Toronto

The great Toronto Caesar challenge: the red wine Caesar

Don't quarry, everything will be alright

Audio & Video: The Reason perform 'Come and Go', Dinosaur Bones on Wood & Wires, Q TV hosts Luke Doucet, D-Sisive drops Jonestown 2 for free, TWM Mixtape, new Paint Movement single, Ladyhawk live in Toronto, & more

Morning Brew: Parks leaking methane, TTC essential service legislation tabled, Ontario police don't listen to the SIU, the RCMP isn't supposed to practice kettling, more on the street hockey ban, Leafs win, Raptors lose

Radar: Kevin Breit and Domenic Mancuso at Lula Lounge, Wear2Work Style Showcase, Welcome to Hell tour, Tommy Youngsteen & the Million Dollar Band Warchild Benefit, Hey Rosetta! Gramercy Riffs

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Toronto Glassworks

Tuesday, February 22, 2011

The 2011 Toronto Human Rights Watch Film Festival

The true cost of cutting Toronto's Urban Affairs Library

This Week in Film:Leave Her to Heaven, Stop Making Sense, Carrie, Chained Heat, The Princess Bride, The 83rd Academy Awards.

Belarusians create tilt-shift video of Toronto

The great Toronto Caesar challenge: the Irish Caesar

Hot Ticket: Hey Rosetta!, Gramercy Riffs, The Head and the Heart, The Wilderness of Manitoba, The Treasures, Tennis, Holiday Shore, Motorhead, Clutch, Valient Thorr, Smith Westerns and Unknown Mortal Orchestra

New bar in Little Italy puts LOL out if its misery

Morning Brew: Scathing report expected for TCHC, Toronto newspapers critical of Mayor Ford's transit plan, York strike averted again and the Leafs aren't done trading just yet

Toronto deemed fourth most livable city in the world

Radar: Ryan Masters & Pinnacle People, Human Rights Watch Film Festival, Yann Tiersen, Alissa York on Fauna, Bringo

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Monday, February 21, 2011

Awesome Foundation releases its first Toronto shortlist

In the window: The Ex, Kleenex/Liliput, Braids

The great Toronto Caesar challenge: cherry tomato

Photos of the 2011 Toronto Auto Show

Park-inspired restaurant opens near Trinity Bellwoods

Morning Brew: Gravy is hard to find at city hall, York transit to strike tomorrow, Toronto rallies for Libya, Schenn ready to take on bigger role with the Leafs, and LARP isn't just for nerds

Radar: Spacing Winter 2011 Release Party, Thicker Than Blood: A Family Day Affair w/ Chang-A-Lang and Terror Lake, Elvis Monday at the Drake, Times Of Grace & more

Photo of the Day

Sunday, February 20, 2011

Inside the new Green Room

The great Toronto Caesar challenge: with chopsticks

The Green Room is open again

Inside Bathurst's bagel king

The Neighbourhood Mixtape: Dark Horse

The photos of the week: February 14-20

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CN Tower from the CBC Building

Saturday, February 19, 2011

The great Toronto Caesar challenge: the $3 Caesar

A real French bistro opens in Liberty Village

Call & Response: Ben Veneer

Morning Brew: Metrolinx chair responds warmly to Ford's subway plan, Toronto councillors weigh in on new graffiti website, Bell employees suing co-workers over lottery win, helicopter targeted by laser pointer, Kaberle trade reaction

Radar: Lucas Silveira, Nero & Skrillex, The Guru Tribute Show, Wavelength Studio Sessions #1, Akron/Family, Liz Worth & Stuart Berman, Elite Force UK: Family Day at Wrongbar, Vinyl Only!

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Friday, February 18, 2011

Ontario Family Day 2011

Tomas Kaberle traded to the Boston Bruins

Cast confirmed for David Cronenberg's next film

Toronto graffiti documented via Street Art View

The great Toronto Caesar challenge: extra horseradish

On love, music and self-publishing a book in Toronto

New Church St. eatery is also a social enterprise

Morning Brew: Toronto police officer apologizes for "slut" remark, Rob Ford is happy with the power he has, Simon Cowell signs 10-year old Toronto girl to record deal and the Leafs need another goalie

Radar: The Best of LadyStache, HHK 4th Anniversary w/ Black Sheep, Great Bloomers + Huron + Rituals, Hoar Howe's Casting Fundraiser, Khadija Baker

Photo of the Day

Thursday, February 17, 2011

Twitter reaction to Doug Ford's dream of ultimate mayoral authority

Where to eat naked in Toronto

Night falls on Toronto (cool time-lapse videos)

The great Toronto Bloody Caesar challenge

Bats, bones and skulls surface in Kensington

Morning Brew: Doug Ford wishes mayor had veto power, another heritage building in danger, York transit workers may still strike, removing the condo hype, Bosh is booed but still wins and Bieber lauds Canada's health care system

Radar: 7 Year Itch, Wild Nothing & Abe Vigoda, Graphic Details, Love Hertz, New Growth Show Reception, and more

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Nature's own seat covers

Wednesday, February 16, 2011

What a million dollars of weed looks like

How Rob Ford plans to finance his subway line

If you like historical maps of Toronto, go here...

What Toronto looks like from space

Behind the scenes at Toronto's smoked salmon king

Hot Ticket: Rich Aucoin, Pete Samples, Wild Nothing, Abe Vigoda, Baths, Braids, Hooded Fang, Maylee Todd, Little Girls, Eric Chenaux, Grimes, Akron/Family & Delicate Steve

Morning Brew: Watson guesses Toronto and gets embarrassed, condo proposal at Dundas and Manning, Pearson baggage handlers on strike, Prince William and Kate to travel across Canada and Bob Barker fights for an elephant-free Toronto

Radar: Wavelength 11th Anniversary Fest, Emilie Autumn, Authors at Harbourfront Centre, Local Alt-Rock at the 'Shoe

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Royal Bank Plaza

Tuesday, February 15, 2011

Free comic book enters the fray for commuter eyes

Audio & Video: D-Sisive teams up with Damian Abraham, Timber Timbre drop new single, PS I Love You on Q TV, Wood & Wires features Cuff the Duke, Wildlife on Southern Souls, Julie Doiron and Hellogoodbye live in Toronto, & much more

Continuing education options in Toronto

Where to get a wax in Leslieville

Art Agenda: Ron Terada at Justina Barnicke, "Lake Effects" at Arta and a group show at Christopher Cutts

Morning Brew: Condos planned for King and Spadina are too tall, city's "snitch" line pays off, low-income private school proposed, Lottomax winners finally get their money and Versteeg is traded to the Flyers

Radar: Polaris Music Prize Record Salon: The Dears, Spare Hearts Improv, Floating, Comedy Records Presents: Comedy at Czehoski

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Nathan Phillips Square construction

Monday, February 14, 2011

Pizza Gigi shut down after drug raid

Toronto through the eyes of Councillor Josh Matlow

Photos of Icycle 2011

This Week in Film: Sensations, Blue Valentine, Black Narcissus, Heavy Metal, The World's Best Commercials, Small Town Murder Songs, Singin' in the Dark

A Valentine's Day art installation at Trinity Bellwoods

Where to watch Bollywood movies in Toronto

Korean restaurant opens on Eglinton West

The 2011 Toronto Erotic Arts and Crafts Fair

Morning Brew: Toronto police crack down on texting while driving, York region averts bus strike, Mayor Hazel turns 90, Arcade Fire wins Best Album of the Year and students dissatisfied with Ryerson profs

Radar: Escape The Fate, Valentine's Day Cabaret: Love Hurts with Lily Frost, WORN Fashion Journal's 4th Annual Heartbreak Karaoke, Film Buffet Double Bill

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Toronto City Hall

Sunday, February 13, 2011

Nostalgia Tripping: the University College Fire of 1890

The Neighbourhood Mixtape: Love is a Place

Something New gets second season on AUX

The photos of the week: February 7-13

Where to get crepes and coffee in the Beaches

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Snow Passes Out to the Lake

Saturday, February 12, 2011

Valentine's Day in Toronto 2011

Inside Real Food for Real Kids

Where to go in Toronto for the perfect eyebrows

Call & Response: Amberhaze

Morning Brew: McCallion calls for Toronto to step up its regional cooperation, CKLN granted an emergency stay, another G20 arrest, the TTC Chair takes the Sun on a tour of the system, celebration at Yonge-Dundas Square over Mubarak's resignation

Radar: Wayne Shorter Quartet, Matthew Barber & Peirson Ross, New York's NOW Ensemble, Valentine's Fetish Ball, Hellogoodbye, The Beat Goes On, Eat for Tibet Food Festival

Photo of the Day

Friday, February 11, 2011

Toronto celebrates Mubarak's resignation

The mystery of the mass bee deaths at the ROM

Toronto raccoons get the documentary treatment

Will ping pong be the next big trend in Toronto bars?

Coffee Lime vs. Coffee Time

Toronto through the eyes of Councillor James Pasternak

The troubled state of Toronto heritage

Artisanal chocolate maker eyes expansion

Morning Brew: Kerfuffles and kidney stones at budget meeting, TTC union slams essential service request, masked man is moving to Toronto, record first-day sale for UFC, and whatever happened to King West?

Radar: I Love You Featuring MiMOSA, Our Liner Notes Book Launch, Modra, A Work of Hearts, In Person: Barry Avrich, and more

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Distillery District Winter

Thursday, February 10, 2011

Toronto's underwhelming Bikeway Network

A new contender for best TTC streetcar iPhone app

Is homophobia on the rise in the Village?

Snow art in Toronto

Parkdale's newest gallery a fixer-upper no more

Morning Brew: Toronto is Canada's top-ranking sustainable city, next year's budget shortfall is a whopper, Doug Ford might run in provincial election, Raptors lose, and another subway closure this weekend

Radar: White Girl Records presents Invasions 7" Release Party, WDWMKR 3 Year Birthday Party Show, Nobuaki Onishi, Quiver by Holly Luhning, In Front of Us

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Wednesday, February 9, 2011

The slippery slope between graffiti and an art mural

Toronto trade shows 2011

MoCCA looks to get Luis Jacob some local lovin'

Leafs trade Beauchemin to Ducks

New restaurant rocks the 416 theme

Dazzling ice formations on the Toronto waterfront

The strange world of Toronto's Cash for Gold stores

Hot Ticket: Allie Hughes, Henri Faberge & the Adorables, Hands & Teeth, Heartbeat Hotel, Justin Martin, Ryan Warner and The Moonlight Ride, Travis Caine & The Lasting Effect, Hellogoodbye, Interpol, School of Seven and more

Morning Brew: City councillors vote to freeze their wages, changes for U of T and York U, businesses have yet to be compensated for G20 damage, TMX and London Stock Exchange merge and UFC tickets go on sale Saturday

Radar: RiP - A Remix Manifesto, African Jazz and Film Series, Valentine Wedding Spectacular, Women of Wit and Invention, In Conversation with Paul Haggis

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Toronto Alley Stalking

Tuesday, February 8, 2011

The Tampa Bay Maple Leafs?

City park likely to be renamed after Sgt. Ryan Russell

Toronto's idyllic ice rink

Audio & Video: Shad's "Keep Shining" video, The Elwins record a second session with Southern Souls, ExploreMusic chats with the Cancer Bats about recent Juno nom, Young Rival visit Daytrotter, Ryan Warner is this week's Indie Exclusive, & more

Toronto prior to the 1850s

Five decade theme nights in Toronto

Where to find Montreal-style bagels in the Beaches

Morning Brew: Pan-Am games to cost more than expected, Court says nope to religious dope, Tories want to bring back "a buck a beer," thumbs up and down for Steeles West Station, and Salad King to reopen February 22

Radar: AvantGarden, Between Cynicism and Romanticism, Meet the New Curator: Melanie O'Brian, Pulp Kitchen: Rising Chef Citrus Cook-Off, Cart/Horse Theatre Presents Philip Ridley's Vincent River

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Ashbridges Bay in Winter

Monday, February 7, 2011

Hidden gems on Toronto architecture and design

With Starbucks on the way, is Gerrard East on the rise?

Police confirm that fire at Yonge & Gould was arson

Toronto garbage removal inches closer to privatization

The Rob Ford graffiti conversation continues

Toronto through the eyes of Councillor Kristyn Wong-Tam

This Week in Film: This Is Spinal Tap, Back to the Future, Ousmane Sembene Retrospective presents Ceddo, Lars Van Tier's Antichrist, Paprika, Kuroneko, and Labyrinth

Where to get slabs of cinnamon buns on Bloor St.

Morning Brew: Brick Works graffiti will be reviewed for cultural merit, debit cards might replace welfare cheques, spies told to keep it on the DL, Kessel doesn't talk to Wilson, and Jack Layton hands out lucky money in Chinatown

Radar: Dirty Thirties, Radio Dept and Young Prisms at Lee's Palace and Sonic Boom, Shoeless Monday, Rower's Pub Reading Series

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Sugimoto-style Seascape

Sunday, February 6, 2011

A visual history of Queen, King and Roncesvalles

Toronto steps up its show of support for Egypt

Health food options in the Annex continue to grow

The Neighbourhood Mixtape: Wasted Hours

The photos of the week January 31 - February 6

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Frozen Sculpture

Saturday, February 5, 2011

The NDP take over Toronto's Stop the Meter Rally

Nostalgia Tripping: Toronto's Chinatowns

A visit to one of Toronto's most established art galleries

Downhill skiing around Toronto

Call & Response: Foxes in Fiction

Morning Brew: Check out the size of Nick Kouvalis's ego, the Hearn may yet become an arena complex, what's up with Toronto's Official Plan, TTC to trim $11 million from 2011 budget, hello Black Hoof & Company

Radar: UndieComp 3D, Ladyhawk with Quest For Fire, Danko Jones, Beit Zatoun's First Year Anniversary Open House, Vintage Cuts: On The Home Front, Best Coast & Wavves at the Phoenix

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Waverise, Cherry Beach

Friday, February 4, 2011

Why the graffiti at the Brick Works should stay

Massive ping pong club set to open in Toronto

A photographic survey of Toronto Bridges

The Dundas West gallery scene continues to grow

The choose your own adventure of board games

Morning Brew: Toronto man cracks lotto scratch code, TTC won't strike during contract negotiations, police nab ATM fraudsters, Reimer helps Leafs beat Canes, and who is Renata Ford?

Radar: 6th Annual Bob Marley Birthday Tribute Weekend, Sketchrieg Presents Paper Trail, Construction at O'Born Contemporary, Black Book Free Friday Film, The Evolution of Gospel Music, and more

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Snowy Wednesday Sunset

Thursday, February 3, 2011

TTC service cuts and the "greater good"

Torontonians remain vigilant in fight against UBB

Damian Abraham helps "wedge" music back into Much

Why we need community radio in Toronto

Retro Toronto barbershop is now double the pleasure

Morning Brew: Plans for new aquarium are going swimmingly, 200 Wellesley has long history with fires, Canadian government will save our internet usage, TTC votes to cut back on bus service, and police officer charged with beating a second person at G20

Radar: The Urban Voyageur Show, Threepenny Opera, Foxes in Fiction w/ The Conoisseurs of Porn Cowlick, The Cool Hands, Seventyfive Percent, Highway 63: The Fort Mac Show, and more

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Snowy Queen streetcar

Wednesday, February 2, 2011

New Data Bank is a fascinating portrait of GTA housing

Toronto band to release edible EP

The Decemberists pay Toronto a February visit

As daily deal sites proliferate, buyer fatigue sets in

Snow farce 2011

What ails Little India?

Roast chicken joint opens across from Trinity Bellwoods

Hot Ticket: Charlotte Cornfield, Low Level Flight, Capital Stacks, Foxes in Fiction, The Cool Hands, Cowlick, Jim Bryson & The Weakerthans Band, Daniel Ledwell, Ladyhawk, Best Coast/Wavves, No Joy, The Radio Dept. & more

Morning Brew: Don't get snowed by shoveling fraudsters, the Bieber's in town, Rossi will run for the provincial Conservatives, bonus program for city managers under review, Leafs win, and the Juno nominations are out

Radar: Rich Aucoin, Jane's Partym Gramercy Riffs, Rucksack Willies, Flock Of Marys, The Coloured Imagination, One (g)Love, Pass the Butter! with Dylan Thomas-Childs

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Tuesday, February 1, 2011

Sherbourne Common is Toronto's newest skating rink

Toronto gets average grades on Living City Report Card

This is what a snow monster looks like

Audio & Video: free Snowblink download, The Barrettas debut single, Diamond Rings on Q TV, new video from Matthew Barber, Elk is our Indie Exclusive, D-Sisive at Sonic Boom, a Woods & Wires session with Graydon James & The Young Novelists, & tons more

Behind the big mess on St. Clair West

Toronto Roller Derby League gets new lease on life

Art Agenda: Kim Dorland at Angell Gallery, Hugh Scott-Douglas at Clint Roenisch and Robert Wiens at Susan Hobbs

Designer consignment boutique a hit on Queen West

Morning Brew: TTC's proposed new headquarters too expensive, another delay for big Lotto Max payout, police to keep sound cannons, snow by the numbers, and the Leafs stand by their coach

Radar: The Decemberists, Lynch Mob (ft. George Lynch) w/ Three Quarter Stone/Bone Trigger, Family Story, Good Art Good Soul

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Dundas West doorway

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