The Toronto Observer

The land has been barren for years, nothing but a stretch of yellowing grass and home to the Canadian Geese, until a sign was propped up one day saying: “The ONE Centre, for sale, commercial condo opportunities. Today, the land is no longer vacant but occupied by a metal skeleton that begins to take form, snaking its way across the open air.

There’s no foolproof method for writing a successful novel, but Terry Fallis has come close. “I don’t have 14 drafts of my novel,” he said. “I really only have one draft that I keep going over.” November was National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo). It was a month-long quest for first-time writers to produce a 50,000-word [...]

Line-ups snaking out the door, crowded stands filled with rambunctious fans, some wearing team-supporting shirts, but all excited and anticipating the show ahead of them. It sounds like the description of a sports game, but it actually details the scene that many cinemas saw this past weekend with the opening of The Twilight Saga: Breaking [...]

Throughout November the company is attempting to Blanket the Country in Warmth a goal of donating 8 000 fleece blankets in an effort to prepare shelters for the winter weather. At the brand’s 41 retailers across Canada, with every $5.00 donation Urban Barn will give one of their blankets to a local homeless shelter.

Despite writing for over 20 years as a journalist and a short story author, Copernicus Avenue is Andrew Borkowski's first novel and consequently first prize.

Albert Milaim, a game development student at the University of Ontario Institute of Technology, considers himself a geek. But unlike times past, being a geek is no longer a basement culture. “Before geeks were looked down upon,” he said. “Now people will look up to you for knowing what to do.”

Elizabeth Novak said she worries about the effect the past winter is going to have on the Todmorden Mills preserve. There are 94 documented bird species frequenting the area, and with the unusual winter, their migratory pattern has been affected.