Check out the Observer’s rundown of notable music fests hitting Toronto this summer, including Riot Fest, Veld Music Festival, CARIBANA, Electronic Island, Edgefest, OVO, Digital Dreams, NXNE, and TD Jazz Fest.
Last week’s unveiling of the 2015 Pan Am Games medals didn’t leave everyone excited. “This is clearly free PR for a company that, though it actually produces gold, badly needs to polish its public image,”…
An investigation of illegal ivory in Scarborough has led to a pledge to protect East African wildlife, Environment Canada says.
Torontonians are planning to celebrate their city’s big day in style tonight. For the second year in a row, nonprofit civic pride organization Happy Birthday Toronto will be hosting an event to commemorate T-Dot’s anniversary.
Somali militant group al-Shabaab may have threatened western shopping malls with violence in a propaganda video, but a quick glance inside the bustling Toronto Eaton Centre shows that people are far from cowering with fear.
The recent frigid weather has not just been hard on people. A record cold February has caused water pipes to freeze and burst all across Toronto. The situation has become so severe that Mayor Tory has called for a “SWAT team” to deal with the 130 calls to 311 every day.
On the coffee table of Geoff Kettel’s Leaside home sits a catalogue of neighbourhood development plans, an architectural timeline of the area. He’s concerned about the survival of the Durant Motors Company building on Laird…