The Toronto restaurant and food scene is held hostage to the chaotic G20 summit and now the Toronto Entertainment Distric Business Improvement Area (BIA) is stepping in to rescue by offering two special promotions to showcase the fine dining establishments who are still open for business during this event. Promotion #1:  $35 dinner theatre package [...]

Toronto’s Outdoor Wine & Spirit Festival is back. Enjoy tastings in the original Fermenting Cellar of the former Gooderham and Worts distillery and gourmet fair in the Boiler House, to seminars in tented pavilions on the brick lined paths, this truly is a unique setting for this kick off to summer … a summer solstice.

It’s that time of year again, the kids are dreading the first day of school but they have one last chance of fun in the sun at the Canadian National Exhibition but more commonly known as the “EX”.   Let’s forget about the crazy Midway death traps that were launching those poor people off the [...]

Harbourfront is celebrating South Asian culture with a wide spectrum of tasty dishes, music and dancing all inspired by countries such as Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and Tibet.  Toronto is the place to be this weekend with many festivals to choose from.  Check out other festival news and updates:  Taste of Danforth & Jerk Fest [...]

The wimpy’s at 225 Church Street is having a grand opening sale with some great deals!

Angry food critics over a movie – Green Bin Problems – Mcdonald’s Supercrew – Banned Fish!

The Viva La Vida Tour is back in Toronto for the second time around.  Chris Martin and his crew are back in our town after previously making up for the mixed up tour dates from last year where they were supposed to play two consecutive nights at the Air Canada Centre in August but who’s [...]

VIA Rail passengers will need to find alternative modes of transportation as rail service comes to a screeching halt. The end of the work week approaches, eager VIA Rail passengers anticipating to get home to enjoy the weekend will now have to scramble because as of 1pm today the Via Rail Engineers are now on [...]

As of July 20th 2009 about 30,000 workers were on strike but 824 of them have walked off the picket lines and have applied to return to work.   Is this a sign of things to come in the next little while?   The Toronto City Worker strike saga continues but will it last for [...]

Toronto is notorious for cold winters (not by Quebec and Alberta standards) and visitors should be cautioned to freezing rain warnings but who’d ever thought that this summer we’d be warning tourists to be careful of the mountains of garbage and rats? The widely publicized Toronto municipal worker strike has made headlines in the travel [...]