SPORTS: The Toronto Maple Leafs take on the St. Louis Blues this afternoon. Ideally, the Leafs will see better results than last Saturday’s game, but we’re not keeping our hopes up. Air Canada Centre (40 Bay Street), 1 p.m., $44.61–$401.51. HOLIDAY: Grocery stores, banks, liquor stores, government offices, and the post office will all be [...]

Photo by dviousto from the Torontoist Flickr Pool. Ah, autumn. While the weather hasn’t quite hit the pinnacle of crisp suniness, the leaves are turning colour and walking the dog through Trinity-Bellwoods has gotten decidedly crunchier. Another key aspect of the fall season is the food—Thanksgiving dinner and all the sleepy joy it brings. So [...]

Global warming revealed its benevolent side yesterday as Toronto recorded the hottest Thanksgiving Day ever. Screw you, polar bears and drought-ravaged farmers—we got patio weather in October! Dalton McGuinty said that he wasn’t taking the election for granted in spite of polls showing the Liberals headed for another majority government. “There’s lots of time left [...]

Here’s hoping you bagged yourself a nice turkey for this Thanksgiving weekend. While we’re talkin’ turkey here, Torontoist is already savouring this hearty holiday meal. Turkey and stuffing, mashed potatoes and gravy, assorted veggies. Just remember to save room for dessert: a slice of pumpkin pie topped with whipped cream. Illustration by Kevin McBride.

It was curtains in Orange County last night as FOX’s golden child threw its final punch. After four years in The O.C., creator Josh Schwartz has taught us that money can’t buy happiness, but it sure does buy a Range Rover full of jaw-dropping plot twists. At a time when television was dominated by Who [...]

If you’re hiking, consider charging up your iPod, as Seattlest finds out that a man lost during a hike was found by the glow of his iPod. That cleverness seems to be devoid in cops who were using police cruiser instant messaging clients – although we imagine IMs “so are you nakie” to be included [...]

In the United States, the day after Thanksgiving has come to be known as Black Friday, during which retailers offer huge discounts and usher in the Christmas shopping season. Not to be outdone, the chic anti-chic magazine Adbusters introduced its own event on the same day: Buy Nothing Day. And while American Thanksgiving is limited [...]

If, like Torontoist, you spent the first third of the fall season desperately clinging to the last brittle twigs of summer, you may have awoken this morning, panicked that the best of autumn has already passed you by. They gave away the pumpkins last week. Thanksgiving is over, and you were too busy pretending to [...]

Thanksgiving weekend marked the beginning of harvest season (or the end, if your harvest season involved picking apples in Bowmanville). We’re all wearing scarves, the leaves are turning yellow, and it’s time to roll out the cornucopia of gourds and wild corn. The best places to find gourds and wild corn are harvest-themed events, but [...]

This year, the city that moves on Canada Day quite sensibly threw what may be the country’s best indie culture fest over Thanksgiving weekend. Now in its fifth year, Pop Montreal took over the indie city from the 4th to the 8th like a clever NXnE that’s actually fun for bands and the public to [...]

A hint to the cuisinarily-challenged: the Fairmont Royal York hotel offers a special Turkey to Go for 4, 8, or 12 people on Thanksgiving at extremely reasonable prices ($115-$295). It’s Thanksgiving dinner just like mom used to make…if your mom is a mega luxury hotel chain. More importantly, for every Turkey to Go purchased, the [...]