MACY GRAY JULY 3, YONGE-DUNDAS SQUARE Your new album is called Beauty in the World. What’s the most beautiful thing about Toronto (and don’t say how polite we all are): I like the fact that you don’t have a military and have never been to war. Um.… Three must-bring items to ensure a good … Continued
THE TROTSKY WAS one of the biggest, best-received movies at last year’s Toronto International Film Festival. That its director was a 31-yearold from Montreal makes this fact somewhat surprising, especially considering that his leading man, Jay Baruchel,is slight and gawky and not the most obvious casting choice for a fiery, romantic film star. However, when … Continued
Thornhill native Adrian Cann probably couldn’t tell you much about what student life was like at Thornhill Secondary School. He wouldn’t be able to tell you about how bad the cafeteria food was or where the kids used to smoke in between classes. He couldn’t reminisce about that one biology teacher who had invested all … Continued
IT WAS THE spring of 2007, and Adam Lind, a skinny, straw-haired kid from Anderson, Indiana, found himself eating alone at a restaurant on Yonge Street. The future star slugger of the Toronto Blue Jays had just been called up to the big club, and he was terrified. Not so much about his big league … Continued
SEVERAL YEARS AGO, Stephen King famously crowned fellow writer and filmmaker Clive Barker “the future of horror.” To fans of the macabre, it was the equivalent of the Good Housekeeping Seal of Approval and being anointed by Oprah all rolled into one gruesome goody basket. What, then, would King think of Vincenzo Natali, whose latest … Continued
WHEN IT COMES to saving the world, caped crusaders and supermen are in short supply. Not that we’re without our heroes. They just happen to look more like rock stars and movie actors than those of the tights-andflight variety. There’s Bono and Bob Geldof, of course, and George Clooney and Brangelina. A little closer to … Continued
HEY, BAYVIEW TEENS: someone’s watching you. No, don’t worry, she’s not out to steal your iPhone: Sarah Gadon’s more interested in lifting your slang and mannerisms. “I love watching the neighbourhood high school kids walk to school,”says the 23-year-old actor, who lives just on the edge of Bayview. “You get to see their body language … Continued
The frontman of the fab five-turned-four on the Barenaked breakup, his harrowing plane crash and starting over in Rosedale
More than 12 years ago, residents of Merton Street took Sunnybrook School to the Ontario Municipal Board (OMB). Now they’re at it again.
A Thornhill residents’ group intent on stopping a proposed golf centre development recently brought the fight before the Ontario Municipal Board.
After leading the winning $1.1 billion group bid to acquire the Canwest newspaper chain, North Yorker Paul Godfrey is poised to take the helm as president and CEO of the new company that will emerge.
For a youngster, it’s helpful to realize that Mom and Dad were once like them
