2017 was a fabulous year for food, in which we saw some highly anticipated restaurants open their doors and start serving some truly incredible dishes. We asked Toronto’s best chefs, restaurateurs and food experts to share their favourite new restaurants from 2017. Here are their top picks.
Crow’s Theatre is bringing back one of its most popular plays from 2017, The Wedding Party, from Jan. 2 to 20. So we decided to chat with one of the show’s stars, Jason Cadieux, about his own wedding party — the one he had back in 2004 when he married his wife Stephanie. How they … Continued
Local battle ensues over tree clearing; application to build a separate house on property appealed to the OMB
Being an entrepreneur isn’t for everyone. The potential pitfalls are many and the odds for success minimal, but for Dan Demsky the entrepreneurial spirit struck early. During high school at Newtonbrook Secondary, Demsky and his friends (eventually turned business partners), Andrew Cariboni and Dima Zelikman, funded their love of attending concerts by making art prints … Continued
The Living City Art Exhibition, at Toronto’s Evergreen Brick Works runs until Dec. 31.
Samara Shuter is best known for her larger-than-life paintings of headless men wearing everything from tailored suits to motorcycle jackets. Her most recent showcase, titled Rhythm + Treble, took place Nov. 18 at the Spoke Club. Back in her film industry days, she met Emily Krouse, and the two were married in 2015. Here they … Continued
Leaside resident and realtor Patrick Rocca said he has received multiple emails threatening to ruin his reputation and that of his family, unless he hands over $250,000. The person responsible claims to belong to the international hacker group Anonymous.
Residents in the Bedford Park community are going bald this winter, and they’re doing so for Katarina Burgess, a brave Grade 5 student at John Wanless Public School who was recently diagnosed with cancer. Katarina has osteosarcoma, the same type of cancer that affected Terry Fox. On Nov. 17 at Starks Barber Company near Yonge … Continued
Councillor Joe Cressy is the kind of person this city needs as mayor. He’s young, progressive, politically skilled in getting things done and has an appealing manner. He works well with political opponents yet remains clear about issues. But he has no intention of running for mayor next fall.
A life of sports, hard work and a bit of luck is the formula Luka Milacic-Perusina used to make his name in the world of dance. The Lawrence Park Collegiate grad recently competed on NBC’s World of Dance, where Jennifer Lopez is both a judge and executive producer. Dance became a part of Milacic-Perusina’s life … Continued
After 16 completed projects and a 40,000-square-foot home ready for delivery, he has just broken ground on his biggest and the country’s biggest project to date: A mansion that clocks in at a mammoth 50,000 square feet.
Olympian Kristina May first played volleyball while attending Havergal College, although she didn’t take it too seriously. “I wasn’t one of those crazy, sport nut kids who try everything,” she says. “My family was really into mountain biking and cross-country skiing, so I did that.” After graduating from Havergal, May went to the University of … Continued
