The Toronto Archives is like a box of chocolates: you never know what you’re going to get. We certainly weren’t expecting to stumble across this photo. There are almost too many weird things going on here to list: why is a photographer set up here? Why aren’t the boys wearing shoes on a dirt road? What kind of lecture is the police officer giving? The folks at the archives seem equally as baffled. Toronto, you never cease to amaze.
When a band’s reunion show at SXSW causes a riot, people talk. And it wasn’t long before Toronto band Death From Above 1979 was the talk of the festival circuit, bringing their unique brand of mayhem to stages from Coachella to Lollapalooza. The biggest show this week (month? YEAR?) in town is surely the raging return of legendary duo Sebastien Grainger and Jesse Keeler (MSTRKRFT) to their hometown for two nights at Sound Academy.
Nigel Finley is a Nova Scotia man, so he grew up around some of the best, freshest seafood in the country. “It’s in my blood,” he says. That’s a good thing, because he’s heading up the kitchen at Catch, an upcoming seafood restaurant by The Rushton’s Frank Pronesti.
According to a video and audio release online, hacktivist collective Anonymous is planning an attack on Nov. 7 to “erase” the TSX from the Internet.
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Cheesy Halloween movies are decorum for this time of year. Just look at the remake of the 1982 classic, The Thing, which opened recently in theatres. It’s a Halloween cinema confection that’s doled out to supposedly scare the bejesus out of us, but Torontonians might want to check it out just to be smug, since it was filmed at the city’s Pinewood Studios. That got us thinking: what other hokey horror flicks were filmed here?
What could be better than a bag that can be worn three ways? How about one you can share with your boyfriend, one that can take you anywhere from home to work to Tokyo? Until recently, that bag didn’t exist. So Mjölk and Toronto-based handbag designer Hoi Bo joined forces to create the ultimate bag, one that reflects a perfect balance of form and function.
So it’s looking like Rob Ford is probably wishing he had put his foot in his mouth. Again. According to the CBC, the mayor apparently unfurled some expletives at a 911 dispatcher during that 22 Minutes ambush on Monday. It seems like dispatchers got a taste of Rob “The Jock” Ford. How predictable. Actually, busting out any other personality would probably have been better. Here’s a list of suggestions.
In the midst of the ceaseless commotion that is Chinatown, there’s a new hidden nugget of zen where you can ensconce yourself in a plush beanbag chair, crack open a novel (or a laptop, if you must) and dig into a steaming bowl of noodle soup for under $7 (taxes included).
The saga continues as new reports of Rob Ford’s Monday morning 911 call indicate that he unleashed a not-so-pleasant verbal tirade to dispatchers.
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A top bank official who stepped down after an alleged large-scale Iranian embezzlement scandal broke has been widely reported to have fled to Canada and to be staying in a Bridle Path home
A 47-year-old man sought in connection with an alleged Manhattan-based immigration fraud mill was recently arrested by Toronto Police near his North York home.
The Emerald ash borer, a pest expected to wipe out an entire species of trees, has spread to Richmond Hill and Thornhill
