The Bloor Cinema is set to re-open next month, ready to receive a whole new wave of indie, doc, and retro movie junkies. While the Annex cinema is still in the midst of its seven-month-long renovation, Hot Docs has announced that its doors will open March 12 for a free...

Any fears about the resurgence of the Christie Pits landfill can finally be put to rest. Toronto City Council and CUPE 416, the local representing 6,000 outdoor workers, approved a tentative agreement this morning that gives workers a six per cent wage increase over four years. Council was unanimously in...

The best places to watch a film in Toronto prove that this city's rep cinema landscape is one of the best in North America and has been actively evolving for decades. Long littered with single-screen art houses — almost every neighbourhood has a nearby venue for non-commercial cinema — the...

Two giant pandas are coming to Toronto, and evidently, I'm supposed to be excited. While I suspect I could get the same experience with a sunburn and Animal Planet DVD, general hype tells me that these animals aren't to be missed. Though I'm not so sure. Is the price that...

The Bloor Cinema is set to re-open next month, ready to receive a whole new wave of indie, doc, and retro movie junkies. While the Annex cinema is still in the midst of its seven-month-long renovation, Hot Docs has announced that its doors will open March 12 for a free...

The best places to watch a film in Toronto prove that this city's rep cinema landscape is one of the best in North America and has been actively evolving for decades. Long littered with single-screen art houses — almost every neighbourhood has a nearby venue for non-commercial cinema — the...

The Hot 'n Dog wants to give your wiener a makeover. And I want to litter this review with bad puns and innuendo. I'll try my very best to keep it to a minimum, but I can't help it if now and then one slips through the cracks... While other...

Every woman should have the luxury of owning a custom cocktail dress; one that makes her feel like the only girl in the world (or at least the hottest in the room). I find the most surefire way to achieve that deep level of sartorial satisfaction is to order a...

Just in case you still thought building a Sheppard Subway extension was a good way to spend billions of dollars, more evidence surfaces that ridership projections for the areas through which it would run just don't justify such an expenditure. As the Fords gear up to launch their Save Our...

Looks like when it comes to having a casino in Toronto, it's a downtown versus the suburbs battle. Yesterday, councillor Adam Vaughan's proposal to change zoning rules to prohibit casinos in his ward was unanimously supported by council from the former city of Toronto and East York. Meanwhile, at another...

Belly Catering + Kitchen Rental is the urban dweller's antidote to tiny kitchens and miniscule dining areas. So next time you're considering making a group of dinner guests balance their meal on their laps, crammed together on your livingroom floor, eating off paper plates because you don't have a dishwasher...

Migrating Landscapes, Canada's official entry in the 2012 Venice Biennale in Architecture, has overtaken the brightly lit atrium of Brookfield Place with the sights and smells of freshly cut lumber. Presented by Jae-Sung Chon and 5468796 Architecture, the exhibit, which is on one of its last stops of a tour...

The best florists in Toronto are akin to your indispensable best friends. They're there for life's highlights (weddings, anniversaries, Valentine's Day, and birthdays), lowlights (sickness, sympathy, and those times you get to drunk and start pawing your girlfriend's sister) and perhaps most importantly, offer cheap substitutes for jewellery that pack...

Live music picks for TUESDAY FEBRUARY 14 through SUNDAY FEBRUARY 19. 2012. SATURDAY FEBRUARY 18 / SLEIGH BELLS / PHOENIX / $33.75 / ALL AGES On February 21, Sleigh Bells will release the follow-up to their critically acclaimed debut album, Treats. Reign of Terror, the band's newest album, sees the...