2:50 a.m., November 11, 1918, the office of the Telegram newspaper on Melinda Street. An early morning full of anticipation as workers there and at Toronto’s five other daily newspapers waited for word sometime during the day that an armistice ending the First World War would be signed. The news during the night had indicated [...]

When east-enders Rachel Conduit and Bruce Dawson first started searching for locations to open a new bar, they had trouble. According to Conduit, landlords just didn’t trust that another watering hole wouldn’t “destroy the building and the neighbourhood.” Now, a year into their business, The Avro has done just the opposite—they’ve built it. “When we [...]

Critical Mass bike rides in cities around the world stir up strong feelings on all sides. Rides in New York have seen arrests and assaults against cyclists, while riders in Seattle have been described as “rampaging.” Critical Mass has become a polarizing event and although Toronto’s version seems a little less controversial, the trip along [...]

Riverdale has long been known for its innovative use of utility poles. Continuing the tradition near Broadview and Danforth, this notice appeared last weekend alongside more typical community posters advertising lost cats and student painters: Sylvia Herman has passed away a former resident of the Chester Village old age home March 10, 2008 A scattering [...]

Revue Video on the Danforth—one of Toronto’s last great independent video stores—shut down earlier this month after two decades of providing Riverdalians with access to the best and most obscure foreign, indie, and documentary films. Apparently tired of answering questions about whether the store would re-open, and certainly bitter about something—maybe the Shoppers Drug Mart [...]