VIDEO: GTA’s Maple Syrup Festival extended because of missing key ingredient
Unusually cold weather has some unexpected effects in the GTA: the annual March Break maple syrup festival too cold for maple syrup
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VIDEO: Happy place? A Toronto museum for Pharrell Williams’ toys
The Grammy Award-winning Pharrell Williams may be known for many things, but his love of toys as an art form isn’t as usually one of them. Now, an exhibition that he’s guest curated, called “This is not a Toy” is open at the Toronto’s Design Exchange.
VIDEO: Gaming social features Toronto designers behind queer-positive game
Dames Making Games held a social on March 22 on the topic of building empathetic games. The speakers were some of the designers behind Long Story, a new queer-positive dating game for pre-teens. Toronto Observer’s Natalia…
VIDEO: Future Ontario college and university game designers show off their creations: Leveling up
Level Up, a game design showcase that highlighted the talents of student game designers. They turned up at the Design Exchange in Toronto hoping to get the attention of some major players in the gaming industry.
VIDEO: Jays win second game of 2014 home opener against the Yankees
The Toronto Blue Jays defeated the New York Yankees 4-0 in their second game of the season home opener on April 5 at the Rogers Centre. Toronto Observer’s Henry Chang Li reports.
VIDEO: Ape-ril at the Toronto Zoo
Welcome to the newest member of the Metro Toronto Zoo. A Western Lowland gorilla family has a new baby but it needs a name. To celebrate the birth, the Zoo has deemed this month as “Ape-ril”…
VIDEO: 3-D printing a breeze with Toronto’s new MakeWorks Studio
MakeWorks studio has recently opened its doors to the public. This innovative, multipurpose workspace is home to both digital and physical designers. With the use of tools such as their 3-D printers, locals can take their ideas from the computer screen to reality.
VIDEO: It’s Spring and Canada Blooms
As Canada is going through an extremely cold winter this year, Torontonians enjoyed a brief moment of warmth by welcoming the 18th Canada Blooms exhibition at the Direct Energy Centre. It’s the biggest garden and flower festival in the country.
VIDEO: Cyclists targeted in Keeping Ontario’s Road Safe Act
Keeping Ontario’s Road Safe Act is currently going through the provincial parliament and if it passes, it will have a big effect on cyclists and drivers in terms of fines, infrastructure and rules. Toronto Observer’s Xuyun…
VIDEO: Fresh food for low income Toronto families
The Good Food Mobile truck is now in its second year of operation and offering fresh produce to Torontonians facing economic and geographical barriers that keeps them from accessing a local supermarket.