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Metropolis Naming Rights Awarded
With rights being awarded right and left to rename every sports facility and theatre, this is one of the strangest yet, and despite our general aversion to runaway corporate whoring, dare we say we...
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Toronto Smog Alerts: Nature’s Wake-up Calls
This was Toronto’s downtown at 10:30 a.m. yesterday, as seen from Lakeshore Boulevard near the Canadian Exhibition Grounds. Air Quality Ontario’s Air Quality Index measured a daytime high of 54, which...
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Flashy Lights, High Performance Sports Centre, TDSB Turns Rootfops Into Power...
You know all those flashy LED lights on the CN Tower? Apparently they’re going to get flashier by this Thursday. U of T is set to approve the plan to build a $53 million Centre for High Performance...
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If You Can Dodge a Wrench, You Can Dodge a Ball
Once upon a time, we would hear the word “dodgeball” and be swept back to a simpler time, when colours were flourescent, New Kids on the Block were popular and dodgeball was little more than an excuse...
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Historicist: Going Pro
The Toronto Oslers, perennial amateur baseball champions, jump to the professional game.Baseball players in Riverdale Park, ca. 1930s. From the City of Toronto Archives, Fonds 200, Series 372,...
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Historicist: Birth of a Golf Superstar
An unknown Arnold Palmer kicks off his career into gear at the Canadian Open.Photo of the Arnold Palmer statue at the Weston Golf and Country Club by Jesse Hirsh. From Flickr via Creative Commons. In...
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What to Do at Toronto Beer Week 2014
Celebrate Toronto's local beer scene with cruises, educational sessions, panel discussions—and, of course, tastings.Prepare to get your thirst on, because Toronto Beer Week is back. Now in its fifth...
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Monday Nights: A Basketball Bromance With Hustle and Heart
Five Toronto actors bring blood, sweat, tears, and more sweat to this immersive show.The Theatre Centre’s latest production, Monday Nights, has all the hallmarks of a classic sports tale: a team of...
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Just for Laughs Brings the Funny to Toronto
Five comics talk about yelling at hecklers, drowning in debt, and avoiding Hitler as the 10-day comedy festival approaches.It’s the time of year when everyone could probably use a good laugh—the recent...
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Books Make Room for Art at Word on the Street
At this year's annual book and magazine fair, sculptures will show off new Canadian literature in a unique way.The annual Word on the Street festival returns to Queen’s Park this Sunday—it’s a chance...
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Historicist: The Indianapolis-Scarborough Peace Games
For 32 years, starting in 1973, amateur athletes from Scarborough regularly tested their sporting prowess against the people of Indianapolis, Indiana. Great rivalries: The Maple Leafs and Canadiens,...
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