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The hotel that arguably launched West Queen West as we know it will open a second, even smaller location of its General Store near the doorsteps of some of the city’s wealthiest residents, hoping to discover among them an appetite for retro Canadiana, cutesy tchotchkes, and ironic toothpaste.

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The Edgewater Hotel sign is gone. City officials ordered that the Parkdale landmark be removed on November 3, after nearly three years of working to convince the owner of the building to which it was attached to make necessary repairs. ...

As of January 3, 2010—barring City Council voting against the decision—TTC fares will rise across the board. Well, almost. Here's what the Commission approved at their meeting this afternoon, all effective on the first Sunday of the new year:

On November 24, the Art Gallery of Ontario will unveil the popular travelling exhibition "King Tut: The Golden King and the Great Pharaohs," running until April 18—its final stop before heading home to Cairo permanently. ...

We understand why you'd be confused about that, "lguy." Fred Armisen is in fact offensive, but that is mostly because he sucks so very, very badly.

But intent was not the issue at hand as the University of Toronto Black Students' Association hosted a town hall meeting on Tuesday, in response to the Halloween party hosted by three student unions on ...

Earlier this week the Toronto Star announced, among other changes, that it was planning to outsource some one hundred in-house, union editing jobs. In the press release issued by the union in the wake ...

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Toronto's extensive work on the silver screen reveals that, while we have the chameleonic ability to look like anywhere from New York City to Moscow, the disguise doesn't always hold up to scrutiny. Reel ...

The Pleasant View neighbourhood in the northeast corner of North York looks placid enough—comfortable middle class demographics, a community centre to take a relaxing skate or swim, and so on. On the surface, ...

What is this? Is it: a. an underground moon base; b. a strange Japanese children's TV programme; c. two vacuum-cleaner attachments in a pistol duel, or; d. the new design for Steeles West Station on the Spadina subway extension?

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