Many of Toronto’s avid cyclists are aware of our network of bike trails, but for the most part, the slice of pseudo-wilderness cutting a swath through the Don Valley and along Taylor Creek is one of the city’s most woefully neglected attractions. Those who use it may like it that way (its obscurity keeps bike [...]

Have you ever wanted to try your hand at sailing, but didn’t know where to go? Do you want to sail but don’t want the hassle of owning a boat? Whether you harbour fantasies about tacking and gybing your way to victory in a regatta or simply envision a relaxing couple of hours criss-crossing the [...]

When trying to solve the problem of the lack of affordable housing, the thinkers and planners and innovators and design enthusiasts come up with some pretty creative ideas. Like the IKEA House, for example, or the notion of shipping container architecture. A group of Toronto activists are proposing a “use it or lose it” bylaw [...]

So, what’s scarier: a zombie infestation or the melting of the polar ice caps? This is an urgent and legitimate question! And later this week, Toronto cineastes can compare and contrast, for just as the After Dark Festival winds down, the Planet in Focus International Environmental Film & Video Festival springs up. Running from October [...]

Feeling nutty and proud of it? David Miller has proclaimed July 14 as Mad Pride Day in Toronto, which aims to recognize and empower a much marginalized group: those who have experienced oppression at the hands of the psychiatric system (psychiatric survivors and consumers) and those who generally have been stigmatized by their mental health [...]

This Sunday is the third annual St. James Town Festival, which begins at 10 a.m. outside of the Wellesley Community Centre at the corner of Wellesley and Sherbourne. At least, it’s supposed to. But festival organizers claim that an unexpected and hefty bill from the city has left the event in jeopardy. For those of [...]

The Toronto Public Space Committee last night Art Attacked every single Astral pillar in the city. Photos are here and here, with more to come. The revulsion with which Torontonians responded to last week’s sudden advertising invasion got us wondering: If that’s how the public reacted to forty street-level ad structures in place for two [...]

By now, you’ve likely heard about some marketing brainiac‘s bright idea for an ad campaign, illegally erecting giant logos for a car company in our city’s ad-free public parks. There has been some discussion about whether or not to give this story further dissemination lest it draw even more attention to the manufacturer and confirm [...]

The urban sprawl in Toronto is a continual point of debate on Torontoist (see, for instance, our interview with Brad Lamb), but tomorrow you will get a chance to share your opinions on the matter outside of our sullied comment threads. On Monday, 7pm to 9pm at the Parkdale branch of the Toronto Public Library, [...]

Natural resources minister Gary Lunn (left) announces a new $238 million green science fund for development of new energy techologies. Distributed over four years that’s a little less than sixty million dollars a year, which will totally be all that’s needed to invent fusion reactors, perfect hydrogen fuel cells and give us all the rocket-backpacks [...]

Before embarking on your Nuit Blanche evening, take a few minutes to load up your iPod. Artist Lewis Kaye has put together a series of MP3s intended to act as your audio companion for the night. Each track is tailored to a specific Nuit Blanche event. Download the audio files here. Here are our five [...]

Councillor Joe Mihevic was among the voices of protest against an 18-10 Coucil decision to give Pepsi an exclusive contract with the Toronto Parks and Recreation facilities on Thursday. Despite the fact that the Toronto Youth Cabinet argued against the deal, in which Council requests that 50% of all beverages sold will be healthy, the [...]