The popular art festival Nuit Blanche has lost Scotiabank as one of its leading sponsors. The bank announced a few days after the festival that their priorities no longer align with those of the festival's.

Toronto's annual contemporary art festival, Scotiabank Nuit Blanche, returns this Sat. October 3, with more than 60 art projects taking over the downtown core throughout the night.

Toronto streets will shut down on Oct. 4 along portions of Spadina Avenue, Queen Street West, Bathurst Street, Fort York Boulevard and Bremner Boulevard for Nuit Blanche, Toronto's annual all-night art celebration.

Streets were closed to traffic and the subway remained open until four in the morning to accommodate the nearly one million people that were expected to take in Nuit Blanche Oct. 1. For those in attendance, the art event was a one-night commitment. Not so for the artists whose work was on display.

Richard Mongiat and Jeff Winch don’t normally use their art for political statements. But the thought of 400 more diesel trains running behind their homes moved them to do just that.