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A Nice Day for a Woof Wedding

As a prelude to this coming weekend’s Woofstock festival, organizers arranged the Woofstock Doggie Weddings High Tea at the King Edward Hotel yesterday. The puntastic event—hosted by comedian Laurie Elliott—brought together doggy couples who wanted to prove their “commuttment” by taking their “bow vows.” Each canine couple received a blessing from Reverend Dr. John Joseph [...]

A Street-Smart Bridal Party

A trip to a thrift store often turns into a stroll through a stranger’s life. Hidden among household items, clothing, or books are stray pieces of the past that the original owner left behind—shopping lists, love letters, business contracts, photographs, etc. During a recent trek to the Value Village at Victoria Park and Van Horne [...]

Tibet Protesters Protest, Transgendered Get Health Coverage, And Russia Gets Back At Us For ’72

Tibet supporters demonstrated outside the Chinese consulate in Toronto yesterday, marching with the Tibetan Freedom Torch, which is supposed to be the symbolic opposite to the Olympic torch. Which doesn’t make sense, because how can a torch be the opposite of another torch? Shouldn’t it have been a large bowl of water instead? The Victoria [...]

Now if Only You Could Get Married Under the Sea

When we think of Disney our minds don’t usually jump to wedding dresses, but players in the Canadian bridal industry are hoping you’ll think cartoon princesses when planning your grown-up “special day.” It only makes good marketing sense given that the big, white wedding dream is often one we come up with, or get forced [...]

Let’s Get Hitched At WhipperSnapper!

Strap on your tux or taffeta this Friday, February 1 and head down to WhipperSnapper Gallery (587A College Street) for Let’s Get Hitched. The youth art collective throws notoriously awesome shindigs: “Whippersnapper openings are essentially hip house parties,” we said in an article about their last exhibit Push It: “Think Pitchfork-approved background music, College kids [...]