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East York art school holds fundraiser to avoid closure
An art school in East York facing closure is turning to the community for help with funding and finding a new home. The school says the ... -
Scarborough artist Garry Herridge has made many friends through art
Art Guild of Scarborough members are regularly featured on toronto.com As a retired art teacher for the Toronto District School Board, drawing has always been my ... -
À Propos host Jim Corcoran hangs up the mic, talks past, present and future
Corcoran built career on highlighting quality French Canadian music for Anglo ears After 30 years of hosting the CBC Radio One show À Propos, Jim Corcoran has ... -
How legal are the cannabis sponsorships at Canadian music festivals?
As synth-pop duo Phantogram perform their hit song, You Don’t Get Me High Anymore, tiny red and white lights gleam in sync with the music. The ... -
Why Calgarians won’t see Styrofoam blue bin recycling despite local innovation’s success
North America’s only mobile-Styrofoam recycling company says business is booming, but not in its home city Recycled Styrofoam oozes out of a compressor. It’s part of an ... -
Controversial Chick-fil-A coming to Canada as Toronto proves magnet for foreign fast food
TORONTO — A controversial fast food company that is known as much for its role in U.S. politics as it is for its chicken announced Wednesday ... -
Hotel-to-condo developments are threatening Toronto’s convention business: report
Toronto could lose thousands of well-paying jobs and much of its thriving hotel-based business due to downtown condo development, warns a report from a hospitality workers’ ... -
‘It’s all unknown’: Cannabis entrepreneurs attend Toronto conference to learn to navigate changing legal landscape
With just over 60 days to go until cannabis is legalized, Brent Parsons has found himself grappling with an ever-changing playing field. “It seems like every ... -
Renovation nightmare: Lack of quality contractors leaves Toronto homeowners in a bind
The first sign that Isabel Freire’s renovation job wouldn’t be a piece of cake was when her basement flooded after a simple plumbing fix. Ms. Freire’s ... -
Ontario government freezes salaries of public sector executives
The Ontario government has suspended salary increases for public-sector senior executives, including those at school boards, universities, colleges and hospitals, effectively reinstating a wage freeze that ...