Whenever you buy a ticket to the CNE, it’s a statement of fortitude. The fair grounds not only represent carefree summer fun, they’re also where today’s urbanites can test their grit. Kids compete in Zipper marathons until the first one yacks, or a boyfriend proves his merit with a stuffed animal won for his lady [...]

Among the musical acts at this year’s Canadian National Exhibition is one making a final Toronto appearance. After over 50 years in the music business, Glen Campbell announced his current tour is his last due to a diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease. Tomorrow night’s show won’t be Campbell’s first at the Ex—back in 1969, he was [...]

It’s opening at the Ex, and you know what that means: we’ve reached the beginning of the end of another Toronto summer. But this city knows how to exit August in style: a fairground packed with giddy kids, dizzying rides, and sinful food we’ll later regret eating. Torontoist couldn’t resist a visit on opening day [...]

Amid the lines starting today for doughnut cheeseburgers and deep-fried cola at this year’s Canadian National Exhibition, you might hear an eternal argument: is the CNE a charming anachronism that has provided generations of Torontonians a final taste of summer fun, or an outdated relic that has little reason to continue?

Every few weeks, Torontoist receives transmissions from the travel log of Gleebax, the alien Urbanaut, as he explores the foreign land of Toronto.

A whole pantheon of Greek gods are installed on the CNE grounds; you can find them southeast of the Horticultural Building. Above, Pan, the party animal who's got Bacchus' back and knows all the pretty nymphs, is relaxing and digging his pipes. Poseidon has his own instrument, a conch shell, with which to summon the Kraken. Regular ocean sounds can be very relaxing but the sort of winds and waves the conch summons are far more daunting auditory experiences.

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 Toronto revels in digging up and displaying the films that attempt to mask, hide, or—in rare cases—proudly display our city. Even [...]

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 Toronto revels in digging up and displaying the films that attempt to mask, hide, or—in rare cases—proudly display our city. Watching [...]

Source: The Globe and Mail, August 8, 1967. The 1967 edition of the Canadian National Exhibition was not going to be an easy one to market to the public. How could it compete with the once-in-a-lifetime hoopla surrounding the year’s main celebration of Canada’s centennial, Expo 67? Would a trio of entertainers with Canadian roots [...]